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Pitney Bowes Parcel Boundaries

Parcel data for Boulder Colorado displayed with aerial imagery

Documents, maps and other information that depict rights and interests in property provide the
foundation for decision-making in communications, utilities, insurance and government applications.
When parcel information is maintained in a geographic information system (GIS), it can be integrated in
an informational workflow that is easily shared and accessed within and between departments and
organizations. The Pitney Bowes Parcel data sets empower businesses to geographically analyze data
and make the correct decision based on property boundaries. With the flexibility to integrate into most
software systems, the Pitney Bowes geocoding and spatial products have long set the standard for
geocoding accuracy, spatial analysis and speed. Pitney Bowes Parcels sets the highest standard for
accuracy and spatial analysis.

In this document
 Parcel Boundary Overview
 Parcel Boundary Database
 Table Structures

Parcel Boundary Overview

Unlike simple points used in addressing, parcel boundary data helps communication providers, utilities
and insurance providers map and analyze property characteristics across an entire area of interest.
Parcel data also enables sophisticated spatial analysis such as proximity, overlay and buffer zone
operations. While using parcel data in their daily operations, these companies are realizing new ways to
enhance capabilities, improve services and reduce operating costs by:

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 Overlaying parcel data with satellite imagery to assess damage following catastrophic events
 Accurately locating retail and site properties for sale and learning more about surrounding
geographies
 Determine potential flood, wild fire or other risk hazards when providing insurance premium
pricing
 Aligning service territories to parcel boundaries to more precisely define service areas
 Improving the accuracy of tax jurisdiction assignments
 Managing assets across multiple properties without physical mailing addresses, such as meters
and transformers, cell towers and more
 Define which customers are serviced by a grid to respond to outages more efficiently

Parcel Boundary Database

File Naming
PB Parcel Boundaries data is available in MapInfo TAB and ESRI SHP format, is delivered in county files
and is available in county, state and national coverages. The naming conventions are parcels_xxxxx.tab
or parcels_xxxxx.shp where xxxxx is the State and County FIPS code.

Due to licensing restrictions we are prohibited from distributing parcel boundaries in some counties. We
provide the point of the center of the parcel in these counties instead of the parcel boundary. To
distinguish these from the parcel boundary data they are named parcelpoints_xxxxx.tab or
parcelpoints_xxxxx.shp.

United States Parcel Boundary File Set – MapInfo

Parcel Boundary Counties
parcels_xxxxx.tab
parcels_xxxxx.map
parcels_xxxxx.dat
parcels_xxxxx.ind
Parcel Point Counties
parcelpoints_xxxxx.tab
parcelpoints_xxxxx.map
parcelpoints_xxxxx.dat
parcelpoints_xxxxx.ind

United States Parcel Boundary File Set – ESRI

Parcel Boundary Counties Parcel Point Counties
parcels_xxxxx.dbf parcelpoints_xxxxx.dbf
parcels_xxxxx.prj parcelpoints_xxxxx.prj
parcels_xxxxx.shp parcelpoints_xxxxx.shp
parcels_xxxxx.shx parcelpoints_xxxxx.shx
Seamless Tables
Two seamless tables are available with the purchase of national coverage parcel boundary data in
MapInfo tab format. The us_seamless.* files allow for the control of the parcel boundaries and the

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us_seamless_points.* files control the parcel point counties. Follow these three steps to make use of the
provided seamless tables.
1. Unzip the all of the US Parcel product files into one common directory.
2. Copy the us_seamless.* and us_seamless_points.* files from the first DVD to the directory
that contains the unzipped parcel data.
3. Open the us_seamless.tab and us_seamless_points.tab in MapInfo Professional.

Spatial Referencing
The Parcel Boundary dataset has the following coverage, scale, and coordinates:
 Coverage - United States
 Purchase Options - Full Coverage, State or County
 Scale - 1:24,000
 Coordinates - Latitude and Longitude in decimal degrees
 Projection - WGS 84
 Updated Quarterly with full coverage purchase

Table Structures
Parcel Boundary and Parcel Point data both have the following table structure:

Field Description Data Type Width

ID Unique PB Parcel identifier Char 55
PID [FIPS]+[APN] CHAR 55
APN Assessor parcel number CHAR 50
FIPS Census code indicating State, County CHAR 5
CensusCode Census code indicating State, County, Tract, CHAR 15
Block Group, and Block (2010)
Address Property primary base street address CHAR 70
Unit_Num Property unit number CHAR 10
Prop_City Property city CHAR 40
Prop_ST Property state CHAR 2
Prop_ZIP Property postal code CHAR 5
Version Julian release date INT
Elevation Centroid elevation in feet INT
Lon Centroid longitude (WGS84) DECIMAL 11,6
Lat Centroid latitude (WGS84) DECIMAL 11,6
pbKey Unique address identification key CHAR 20

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