For the 1980 census, the U.S. Census Bureau produced Geographic Base Files (GBF) and Dual Independent Map Encoding (DIME) files, containing census geographic statistical codes and coordinates of line segments for most metropolitan areas. DIME files provide a schematic map of a city’s streets, address ranges, and geostatistical codes relating to the Census Bureau’s tabular statistical data. DIME was replaced by TIGER for the 1990 Census.
