The United States Military Installations database contains the boundaries, location, and areal information for important military installations in the United States and Puerto Rico. The database includes 436 polygons that represent 365 military installations.
Purpose
The data provide users with information about the locations, names, and priority of military installations primarily for national planning applications.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1998
Bounding Box
West
-158.146847
East
-65.589426
North
64.877772
South
18.196659
ISO Topic Category
boundaries
intelligenceMilitary
Theme Keyword
Military bases
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Place Keyword
United States
Puerto Rico
Place Keyword Thesaurus
LCSH
Temporal Keyword
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
Acknowledgment of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas Database would be appreciated in products derived from these data
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Military Traffic Management Command - Transportation Engineering Agency (MTMCTEA
Delivery Point
720 Thimble Shoals Blvd, Suite 130
City
Newport News
State
Virginia
Postal Code
23606
Country
USA
Credit
The Military Installation Boundary files were compiled by the Military Traffic Management Command -Transportation ngineering Agency from a variety of sources including the US Bureau of the Census TIGER/Line files.
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.1.1.649
Collection
Originator
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Publication Date
2001
Title
National Transportation Atlas Databases
Data Quality Information
Attribute Accuracy Report
Attributes for the military installations database have been created using a Geographic Information System.
Logical Consistency Report
All node-link and polygon topological relationships are created and verified using computer algorithms. Unique entity identifiers were similarly verified using ARC/INFO.
Completeness Report
The data set includes information for 365 installations in the United States and Puerto Rico.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
The Military installation database was compiled from TIGER/Line data having a positional accuracy measure of +/- 80m for the contiguous 48 States plus Washington D.C and Hawaii. TIGER/Line files for Puerto Rico and Alaska were compiled at a scale of 1:125,000.
Lineage
Source
Originator
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Publication Date
1990
Title
TIGER/Line digital data files, US Bureau of the Census
Publication Information
Publication Place
Washington, DC
Publisher
U.S. Bureau of the Census
Source Scale Denominator
none
Type of Source Media
CD-ROM
Source Temporal Extent
Time Period Information
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date
1990
Source Currentness Reference
publication date
Contribution
Spatial information for installation boundaries.
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Area chain
Point and Vector Object Count
436
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
GT-polygon composed of chains
Point and Vector Object Count
530
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000464
Longitude Resolution
0.000464
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name
Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257224
Vertical Coordinate System Definition
Altitude System Definition
Altitude Resolution
1.000000
Altitude Encoding Method
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
U.S. Military Installations
Entity Type Definition
ESRI Shapefile
Entity Type Definition Source
ESRI
Attributes
VERSION
File version number
Definition Source
Assigned
REVISION
Record revision number
Definition Source
Assigned
MODDATE
Record Modification Date
Definition Source
Assigned
STFIPS
State Federal Information Processing Standard Code (Federal Information Processing Standard)
Definition Source
FIPS Pub 6-4
NAME
The name of the Military Installation
Definition Source
Military Traffic Management Command (MTMC)
TYPE
The installation type
Definition Source
MTMC
PRIORITY
The priority of the installation. (1 to 9)
Definition Source
The Strahnet Connector Atlas
STATE
State Postal Abbreviation (Federal Information Processing Standard)
Definition Source
FIPS Pub 6-4
STNAME
Full State name in which in the military installation is located.
Definition Source
MTMC
SHAPE
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
SHAPE.AREA
SHAPE.LEN
SHAPE.FID
Distribution Information
Format Name
SHAPE
Distributor
Harvard Geospatial Library
Online Access
hgl.harvard.edu
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20020705
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Harvard Geospatial Library
Contact Person
Geospatial Resources Cataloger
Contact Address
Address
Office of Information Systems
Address
1280 Massachusetts Avenue
City
Cambridge
State or Province
MA
Postal Code
02138
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
617-495-2417
Contact Facsimile Telephone
617-496-0440
Contact Electronic Mail Address
hgl_ref@hulmail.harvard.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
