Transport Routes, 1996 is a polyline theme representing the world's major roads and railroads.
Purpose
For educational, non-commercial purposes. This dataset is appropriate for use in a GIS.
Supplemental Information
The transport route maps show the world's major roads and railroads. Many of these are main polyways of international importance. They represent the framework of the world's transportation infrastructure, which provides connections between one settlement and another and between settlements and their hinterlands. Although the map scales are rather small for displaying transportation routes, the maps show the features and types of route network configurations as well as possible.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
1996
Bounding Box
West
-180
East
180
North
85
South
-85
Theme Keyword
transportation
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Theme Keyword
Transport routes
Roads
Roadways
Highways
Railways
Railroads
Railroad lines
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
Earth
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
1996
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For current Columbia affiliates only.
Use Restrictions
For educational, non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
None planned
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
ESRI
Delivery Point
380 New York Street
City
Redlands
State
California
Postal Code
92373-8100
Country
USA
Contact Telephone
909-793-2853
Contact Facsimile Telephone
909-793-5953
Contact Electronic Mail Address
info@esri.com
Hours of Service
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
Data Quality Information
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
String
Point and Vector Object Count
9083
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
0.000000
Longitude Resolution
0.000000
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D_Clarke_1866
Ellipsoid Name
Clarke 1866
Semi-major Axis
6378206.400000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
294.978698
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
rds_rr
Entity Type Definition
Major Transport Routes
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
Definition Source
ESRI
FNODE_
Frome node
TNODE_
To Node
LPOLY_
Left polygon
RPOLY_
Right Polygon
LENGTH
Length
NAAURWDD_
North America
NAAURWDD_I
North America
TYPE
The type and local significance of the transport route
SAAURWDD_
South America
SAAURWDD_I
South America
EUAURWDD_
Europe
EUAURWDD_I
Europe
AUAURWDD_
Australia
AUAURWDD_I
Australia
ASAURWDD_
Asia
ASAURWDD_I
Asia
AFAURWDD_
Africa
AFAURWDD_I
Africa
Distribution Information
Format Name
geopackage
Distributor
ESRI; ESRI International Distributors
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20090630
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St. 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Country
USA
Contact Voice Telephone
(212) 854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Hours of Service
7:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Pacific time, Monday-Friday
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
