The U.S. Census Bureau

Example of the Address Finder Feature in LandView

The following illustrations show the steps in determining the census tract number for

7950 Ashton Avenue in Bull Run VA 20109.

You would enter the street name and ZIP Code in the Address Finder Screen (See Figure 1)


Figure 1

You would then see a Search Collection screen listing all the streets matching the Address Finder Search criteria. (See Figure 2).

What do I do if the search collection does not show any streets?


Figure 2

You would then click the Addresses button to see all the address ranges for the selected street in Bull Run (See Figure 3).


Figure 3

Since the address range highlighted in Figure 3 contains the address 7950, you then click the Show on Map & Zoom button. (See Figure 4).


Figure 4

To determine which side of the street 7950 is on you would select Segment Settings under the Objects menu. (See Figure 5)


Figure 5

Based on this information, you would move the focus point  to the left hand side of the street and then select "Sharing, LandView, Identify Census Areas" at Current Map Pointer. This function would produce the screen shown in Figure 6.


Figure 6



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Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Geography Division
Created: December 23, 2002
Last revised: Wednesday, 11-Aug-2004 10:27:58 EDT

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