U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
Economics and Statistics Administration 
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU 
Boundary and Annexation Survey (BAS) 
Response Methods and Materials Checklist 

Paper BAS 

Your paper BAS packet includes: 

BAS Letter 
Respondent Guide – review latest updates at 
<http://www.census.gov/geo/www/bas/bashome.html> 

BAS Form(s) 
Maps 
Colored pencils 
NO CHANGE post card 
Postage-paid return envelope 
Ruler 

To change your response method from Paper BAS to either Digital BAS or MAF/TIGER Partnership 
Software, you must notify the U.S. Census Bureau by February 15 to allow adequate time for 
additional material creation and shipment. You may contact the Census Bureau by phone at 
1-800-972-5651 or by e-mail at <geo.bas@census.gov>. 

Digital BAS 

and 

Master Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and 
Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Partnership Software (MTPS) 


Digital BAS is designed to accept responses from experienced geographic information system 
(GIS) users who provide their changes to U.S. Census Bureau spatial data. Digital BAS participants 
must have the ability to edit Census Bureau shapefiles in order to participate in Digital BAS. The 
MTPS is a PC-based software application for participants to digitally update U.S. Census Bureau 
maps, as well as local contact data. MTPS participants do not need to have GIS experience or 
software in order to respond using the MTPS. Paper forms are provided for informational purposes 
only and should not be returned. 

Your Digital BAS/MTPS packet includes: 

BAS Letter 
Respondent Guide (included on data CD) 
CD or DVD with Census Bureau spatial data shapefiles 
BAS forms(s) 
CD with MTPS software 

To change your response method from Digital or MTPS to Paper BAS, you must notify the Census 
Bureau by February 15 to allow adequate time for additional material creation and shipment. You 
may contact the Census Bureau by phone at 1–800–972–5651 or by e-mail at 
<geo.bas@census.gov>. 

BAS-5(I) 

(9-12-2012)