FAF domestic region level datasets and products provide information for states, state portions of large metropolitan areas, and remainders of states. Metropolitan areas consist of Metropolitan Statistical Areas or Consolidated Statistical Areas as defined by the Office of Management and Budget. When a metropolitan area is entirely within a state or when a state's portion of a multi-state metropolitan area is large enough to support the sampling procedures in the Commodity Flow Survey, the area becomes a separate FAF region. Small single-state metropolitan areas and small portions of a multi-state metropolitan area are part of the State or Remainder of State. FAF has two metropolitan areas that are each divided into three FAF regions, four that are each divided into two FAF regions, and several that have small pieces combined with States or Remainders of States.
Purpose
The FAF region boundaries are a geographic database of state and metropalotin boundaries. The database includes boundaries for all 123 regions including Washington D.C.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
publication date
Time Instant
2013
Bounding Box
West
-179.147340
East
179.778480
North
71.389613
South
18.910842
Theme Keyword
Frieght Analysis Framework
Freight
FAF
FAF region
FAF Zone
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Theme Keyword
economy
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
Maintenance and Update Frequency
As needed
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
Delivery Point
1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E.
City
Washington
State
DC
Postal Code
20590
Country
US
Contact Telephone
202 366-DATA
Contact Electronic Mail Address
answers@bts.gov
Credit
United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration. For more information, see the site http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/freight_analysis/faf/faf3/userguide/index.htm
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
GT-polygon composed of chains
Point and Vector Object Count
123
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
FAF_regions
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
F3Z
Unique identifier for the region
Definition Source
FHWA
F3_Name
State postal code and metro area name or remainder of state
State Postal Code Only
FAF region comprised of entire state
State Postal Code and "Remainder"
FAF region for remainder of state excluding metro areas included for the state
State Postal code plus metro area
Name of state and the portion of the metropolitan area within that state boundary
Definition Source
FHWA
METRO_REGI
Code for the type of FAF region
0
FAF region is the remainder of the state excluding metro area FAF regions within that state
1
FAF region is a metro area within a state
2
FAF region is the entire state
Definition Source
FHWA
Entity and Attribute Overview
More information on the FAF regions is available in the Freight Analysis Framework User Guide, available at http://www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/freight/freight_analysis/faf/faf3/userguide/index.htm
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
