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6[1mNAME[0m
7       citydecoder  ‐  Generate  city/site  data  files  for  use
8with SPLAT from
9       U.S.  Census  Bureau  files  of  Incorporated  Places/Cen‐
10sus  Designated
11       Places
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13[1mSYNOPSIS[0m
14       [1mcitydecoder [22mfile
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16[1mDESCRIPTION[0m
17       [1mcitydecoder [22mis an utility that  reads  U.S.  Census
18Bureau files of Incor‐
19       porated  Places/Census  Designated  Places,  and generates
20city/site  data
21       files for use with SPLAT! software.  Files  for  use  with
22this utility are
23       available   for   download    free    of    charge   from:
24http://www.cen‐
25       sus.gov/geo/www/cob/bdy_files.html.
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27       Please  select  the  ARC/INFO  Ungenerate (ASCII) Metadata
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29       Boundary  Files from this site and unzip them prior to im‐
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31       citydecoder. U.S. Census files are cataloged  by  the  two
32digit FIPS code
33       for  the  region (state) they represent. citydecoder takes
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35       the  two‐letter  file  prefix plus the FIPS  code  of  the
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41       citydecoder pl34
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45       [4m/usr/bin/citydecoder[0m
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47[1mSEE ALSO[0m
48       [1msplat[22m(1),
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50[1mBUGS[0m
51       No known bugs at this time.
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53[1mAUTHOR[0m
54       Sindre Pedersen Bjordal (foolish@guezz.net)
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56[1mHISTORY[0m
57       2007 ‐ Text copyed from README
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