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United States Railroads, 2012
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Originator
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Originator
- Environmental Systems Research Institute (Redlands, Calif.)
- Publication Date
- 2012
- Title
- United States Railroads, 2012
- Edition
- 2012
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- Data Maps for ArcGIS
- Issue Identification
- 2012 - World, Europe, and United States
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Redlands, California, USA
- Publisher
- Esri
- Online Linkage
- https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/esri_2012_us_rail100k.zip
- Abstract
- United States Railroads is a line theme representing railroad tracks in the United States at a 1:100,000 scale. The data set covers all 50 States plus the District of Columbia.
- Purpose
- United States Rail Lines provides location and partial attribute information for use in national and regional network analysis applications.
- Supplemental Information
- Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:50,000. No data for Alaska or Hawaii.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Bounding Box
- West
- -124.258491
- East
- -67.267945
- North
- 49.001891
- South
- 25.462464
- Theme Keyword
- line
- railroads
- railway
- transportation
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Theme Keyword
- transportation
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 2002
- 2000
- 1998
- 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
- Annually
- 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 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; Esri ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- The shapefile is converted to SDC (Smart Data Compression) format using tools in ArcGIS. The SDC data set is then imported into a file geodatabase to verify, validate, and if needed repair the geometry. The network is not topologically connected.
- Completeness Report
- After processing, the data set is checked for drawing display and number of records and file sizes compared with source materials.
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- The positional accuracy can be stated as being that associated with a 1;100,000 scale map.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Originator
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Publication Date
- 2002
- Title
- National Rail Network 1:100,000 (line)
- Edition
- 2002
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Series Information
- Series Name
- National Rail Network 1:100,000
- Issue Identification
- 2002
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC, USA
- Publisher
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Other Citation Details
- From the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2002 CD-ROM.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.bts.gov/gis/
- Source Scale Denominator
- 100000
- Type of Source Media
- CD-ROM
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Multiple Dates/Times
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2002
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2000
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 199812
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Attribute and geospatial data
- 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
- 131480
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000009
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000009
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D_WGS_1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS_1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257224
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- rail100k
- Entity Type Definition
- The lines represent a comprehensive database of the nation's railway system at 1:100,000 scale. The data set covers the 48 contiguous States plus the District of Columbia within United States.
- Entity Type Definition Source
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Attributes
- ObjectID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- Esri
- ID
- The unique sequential identification for the railroad feature in the network structure. (Sequential whole numbers for the features.)
- Definition Source
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- RAILROAD
- The name or identification for the railroad feature. (Official List of Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Railroad NamesFederal Railroad Administration (FRA))
- Definition Source
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- RROWNER
- The reporting mark of the first owning railroad feature. A mark of 'XXXX' indicates an abandoned railroad feature. Rule 260 codes are used where available. A mark of 'DUMX' indicates an added connecting railroad feature. (Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Rule 260 and Owner CodesFederal Railroad Administration (FRA))
- Definition Source
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- TR
- Reporting mark of the first railroad feature having trackage-rights. (Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) List of Railroad Name AbbreviationsFederal Railroad Administration (FRA))
- Definition Source
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- PASSENGER
- The type of passenger railroad feature indicator.
- A
- Amtrak line.
- AC
- Amtrak line, commuter line.
- AT
- Amtrak line, tourist line.
- C
- Commuter line.
- CX
- Commuter line, previous passenger line.
- F
- unknown
- NYC
- unknown, undesignated service, commuter line.
- R
- Rail line now used for rapid transit.
- T
- Tourist line.
- X
- Previous passenger line.
- Definition Source
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- MILITARY
- The type of military interest railroad feature indicator - this code should match the publication 'Civil Rail Lines Important to National Defense, December 1998'.
- C
- A connector to the Strategic Rail Corridor Network (STRACNET) system.
- S
- On the Strategic Rail Corridor Network (STRACNET) system.
- Definition Source
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- FRA_REG
- The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) region number for the railroad feature. (Official List of Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Region NumbersFederal Railroad Administration (FRA))
- Definition Source
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- CLASS
- The railroad feature classification code.
- 0
- Not applicable, active.
- 1
- Class 1.
- 2
- Class 2.
- 3
- Class 3.
- Definition Source
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- MILES
- The measure of distance in miles. (Calculated distance for the features.)
- Definition Source
- Esri
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- Esri
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- SDC
- Distributor
- Esri; Esri Offices
- Online Access
- http://www.ArcGIS.com
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20130205
- 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
- Contact Voice Telephone
- (212) 854-6012
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- data@library.columbia.edu
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
