Downloads Shape files from US Census website for a given year or the closest one

Source code

Tool. Runs: dorieh.gis.shapes_downloader

Description

This tool downloads Shape files from a given collection (TIGER/Line or GENZ) and a geography (ZCTA or Counties) from the US Census website, for a given year or for the closest one.

Inputs

Name

Type

Default

Description

proxy

string?

HTTP/HTTPS Proxy if required

year

string

Calendar year, for which we are downloading shape file

geo

string

geography type, zip, zcta or county

collection

string

tiger

Collection of shapefiles, either GENZ or TIGER

Outputs

Name

Type

Description

shape_files

File[]