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United States Border Crossings, 2013
- 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
- United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Originator
- U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Publication Date
- 2011
- Title
- United States Border Crossings, 2013
- Edition
- 2013
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Other Citation Details
- This data is created and maintained by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and spatially enhanced by BTS. The CBP also designated the port codes, names, and attributes.
- Online Linkage
- http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/ntad_2013_border_x.zip
- Abstract
- Border Crossing Ports are points of entry for land modes along the U.S. - Canadian and U.S.- Mexcian borders. The ports of entry are located in 15 states along the U.S. borders. The nominal scale of the data set is 1:1000,000 with a maximal positional error of +- 10 meters.
- Purpose
- This dataset is published by USDOT-RITA-BTS to display ports of entry and its associated data as an online mapping application.
- Supplemental Information
- Used for the interface of Border Crossing/Entry Data: http://www.bts.gov/programs/international/transborder/TBDR_BC/TBDR_BC_Index.html. This data is created and maintained by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and spatially enhanced by BTS. The CBP also designated the port codes, names, and attributes. For any questions regarding the CBP data, please contact (877) CBP-5511.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2011
- Bounding Box
- West
- -141.001444
- East
- -66.980076
- North
- 64.085516
- South
- 25.883416
- Theme Keyword
- Border Crossing
- Port
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- Border Entry, Port of Entry (POE)
- Theme Keyword
- location
- transportation
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- None
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Annually
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- USDOT-RITA-BTS
- Delivery Point
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Delivery Point
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration
- Delivery Point
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- City
- Washington
- State
- DC
- Postal Code
- 20590
- Country
- US
- Contact Telephone
- (202) 366-9683
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- steven.beningo@dot.gov
- Hours of Service
- 8:00AM-4:30PM EST
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- MacroSys LLC
- Delivery Point
- U.S. Department of Transportation
- Delivery Point
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Delivery Point
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration
- City
- Washington
- State
- DC
- Postal Code
- 20590
- Country
- US
- Contact Telephone
- 202-366-0262
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- zhi.liu@dot.gov
- Hours of Service
- 8:00AM - 4:30PM EST
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Delivery Point
- 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE
- City
- Washington
- State
- DC
- Postal Code
- 20590
- Country
- US
- Contact Telephone
- 202-366-DATA
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- answers@bts.gov
- Collection
- Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- The accuracy of the location data is very high. PortName and PortCode are extracted from the Census website: The link is: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/index.html Only 40% of data were converted from .csv files, others were from digitized manually using high resolution image as background (Google Earth).
- Completeness Report
- 100% complete
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- Within 10 meters
- Lineage
- Source
- Online Linkage
- http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/
- Online Linkage
- http://culspatial-dev.cul.columbia.edu/geoserver/ows?service=WFSversion=1.0.0request=GetFeaturetypeName=Columbia.outputFormat=SHAPE-ZIP
- 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
- 171
- 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
- border_x
- 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
- PortCode
- Port Code
- Definition Source
- Census Foreign Trade Division, The link is: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/index.html
- PortName
- Port Name
- Definition Source
- Census Foreign Trade Division, The link is: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/reference/codes/index.html
- State
- U.S. State Abbreviation
- Definition Source
- Operator
- CP_Name
- Coustoms Port Name
- Definition Source
- Since the Border Crossing/Entry data are reported at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) port level with unique port codes, a port name must be used to present the ports which are sharing the same port code (most cases) for the surrounding ports. For example, Buffalo-Niagara Falls (port code:0901) was selected to present four ports: Buffalo-Peace Bridge, Niagara Falls-Lewiston Bridge, Niagara Falls-Rainbow Bridge and Niagara Falls-Whirlpool Bridge. The U.S. Census Bureau maintains a list of Customs districts/ports, port codes and descriptions known as the Schedule D. The most recent Schedule D is available from the U.S. Census Bureau?s Foreign Trade Division at: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/schedules/d/dist2.txt.
- UniqueID
- A number that is a unique identifier for each border crossing (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- USDOT-RITA-BTS
- Year
- Year of the attribute data
- 2009
- Year of the attribute information
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Trucks
- Number of arriving trucks; does not include privately owned pick-up trucks. (0 to 1382319)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Loaded_Tru
- A container (loaded) is any conveyance entering the U.S. used for commercial purposes, full or empty. In this case, it is the number of full or empty truck containers arriving at a port. This series includes containers moving as inbound shipments. (0 to 984285)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Empty_Truc
- A container (empty) is any conveyance entering the U.S. used for commercial purposes, full or empty. In this case, it is the number of full or empty truck containers arriving at a port. This series includes containers moving as inbound shipments. (0 to 457514)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Trains
- Number of arriving trains at a particular port. (0 to 3286)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Loaded_Rai
- A container (loaded) is any conveyance entering the U.S. used for commercial purposes, full or empty. In this case, it is the number of full or empty rail containers arriving at a port. This series includes containers moving as inbound shipments. (0 to 224202)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Empty_Rail
- A container (empty) is any conveyance entering the U.S. used for commercial purposes, full or empty. In this case, it is the number of full or empty rail containers arriving at a port. This series includes containers moving as inbound shipments. (0 to 172718)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Train_Pass
- Number of passengers and crew arriving by train and requiring U.S. Customs processing. (0 to 64751)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Buses
- Number of arriving buses at a particular port, whether or not they are carrying passengers. (0 to 72450)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Bus_Passen
- Number of persons arriving by bus requiring U.S. Customs processing. (0 to 883448)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Personal_V
- Number of privately owned vehicles (POVs) arriving at a particular port. Includes pick-up trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, taxis, snowmobiles, ambulances, hearses, and other motorized private ground vehicles. (0 to 13354887)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Personal_1
- Passengers Crossing In Privately Owned Vehicles-Persons entering the United States at a particular port by private automobiles, pick-up trucks, motorcycles, recreational vehicles, taxis, ambulances, hearses, tractors, snowmobiles and other motorized private ground vehicles. (0 to 23934882)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS-Border Crossing/Entry Data
- Pedestrian
- CLASS
- Class of the border port. 1 - Port of Entry, 2 - Other Crossing
- 1
- Port of Entry
- 2
- Other Crossing
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- STFIPS
- State FIPS code (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), Publication 6-4National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST))
- Definition Source
- 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
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
