United States Amtrak Stations, 2013 is a point theme representing Amtrack stations.
Updated database of the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Amtrak Station database. This database is a geographic data set containing Amtrak intercity railroad passenger terminals in the United States and Canada. Attribute data include services and passenger amenities provided at the station.
Purpose
The data set provides an updated version of the location and attribute information for all Amtrak stations in the United States and Canada. This data is used for national and network analysis applications.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2013
Bounding Box
West
-124.211990
East
-68.670621
North
50.331532
South
25.849848
Theme Keyword
transportation
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
ISO 19115 Topic Categories
Place Keyword
United States
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2013
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
None
Use Restrictions
None
Status
In work
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Annually
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count
879
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Geographic
Latitude Resolution
8.983152841195215e-009
Longitude Resolution
8.983152841195215e-009
Geographic Coordinate Units
Decimal Degrees
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
D WGS 1984
Ellipsoid Name
WGS 1984
Semi-major Axis
6378137.0
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257223563
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
Amtrak Stations
Entity Type Definition
Stations
Entity Type Definition Source
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
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
STNCODE
Unique Station Code (Character Value)
Definition Source
Antrak
STNNAME
City and State of the station (Character Value)
Definition Source
FRA
ADDRESS1
Street address of the station (Character Value)
Definition Source
Amtrak
ADDRESS2
Street address of the station, if applicable (Character Value) (Character Value)
Definition Source
Amtrak
CITY
Name of the city the station is located in (Character Value)
Definition Source
Amtrak
STATE
State abbreviation which follows the postal abbreviation (Character Value)
Definition Source
Amtrak
ZIP
Postal ZIP code for location of station (Character Value)
Definition Source
Amtrak
STNTYPE
Type of station
BUS
Station is a thruway bus stop
RAIL
Station is a rail station
OTHER
Station serves other modes
Definition Source
Amtrak
STFIPS
Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State Code (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State CodeNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST))
Definition Source
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Distribution Information
Distributor
Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20140925
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
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
