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United States National Waterway Network Lines, 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
- United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
- Publication Date
- 2011
- Title
- United States National Waterway Network Lines, 2013
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Collection Title
- National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2013
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Publisher
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation Data Center
- Online Linkage
- http://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/ntad_2013_waterway.zip
- Abstract
- The National Waterway Network is a comprehensive network database of the nation's navigable waterways. The data set covers the 48 contiguous states plus the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and water links between. The nominal scale of the dataset varies with the source material. The majority of the information is at 1:100,000 with larger scales used in harbor/bay/port areas and smaller scales used in open waters.
- Purpose
- The National Waterway Network is a geographic database of navigable waterways in and around the United States, for analytical studies of waterway performance, for compiling commodity flow statistics, and for mapping purposes.
- Supplemental Information
- Links in the waterway network represent actual shipping lanes or serve as representative paths in open water where no defined shipping lanes exist. Nodes may represent physical entities such as river confluences, ports/facilities, and intermodal terminals, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE nodes), or may be inserted for analytical purposes. Approximately 180 USACE ports are geo-coded in the node database.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2013
- Bounding Box
- West
- -179.803407
- East
- 179.135190
- North
- 72.199720
- South
- -55.905212
- Theme Keyword
- network
- waterway
- transportation
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- waterway network
- Theme Keyword
- transportation
- inlandWaters
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- ISO 19115 Topic Categories
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Temporal Keyword
- 2008
- 2007
- 2009
- 2011
- 2006
- 2010
- 2012
- 2013
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- None
- Status
- In work
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Continually
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center
- Delivery Point
- P.O. Box 61280
- City
- New Orleans
- State
- LA
- Postal Code
- 70161-1280
- Country
- US
- Contact Telephone
- 504-862-1453
- Contact Facsimile Telephone
- 504.862.1423
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- CEIWR-NDCWCSC.WEBMASTER@usace.army.mil
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Tranportation 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
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Contact Telephone
- 504-862-1384
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- Shaku.M.Jain@usace.army.mil
- Collection
- Originator
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Publication Date
- 20110101
- Title
- National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2013
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
- Data Quality Information
- Attribute Accuracy Report
- Attribute accuracy is tested by manual comparison of the source with hard copy printouts and/or symbolized display of digital line graphs on an interactive computer graphic system; selected attributes that cannot be visually verified on plots or on screen, are interactively queried and verified on screen.
- Logical Consistency Report
- RITA/BTS quality checks were completed to cross reference the dataset with the state dataset to determine if the spatial data and attribute data were accurate within each state
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
- The "shape source" field in the link database, and the "node source" field in the node database indicate the data sources used to derive link and node placements. The accuracy of each network element is correlated to the data source used to derive that element. For example, links and nodes derived from 1:100,000 scale DLGs are more accurate than links and nodes derived from 1:500,000 scale NOAA Navigational Charts. Links with unknown/missing sources are usually schematic representations of USACE links. Off-Shore: NOAA Charts vary in scale. Larger scale charts were used in harbor/port areas, while smaller scale charts were used in open water. For channels, sea lanes, and Intracoastal Waterways, shape points were placed as needed to ensure that link segments fall within waterway boundaries. Inland: Links digitized from 1:100,000 DLG files, or large scale NOAA charts are the most accurate representations. Shape points were placed as needed to ensure that link segments fall between waterway shorelines. Links derived from Corps milepoints have shape points approximately one mile apart. The Corps milepoints were mainly derived from 1:24,000 and 1:100,000 scale maps. Therefore, the shape points derived from Corps milepoints are often as accurate as shape points derived from 1:100,000 DLG files. However, line segments connecting the shape points may not accurately represent the curvature of the waterway.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Vanderbilt Engineering Center for Transportation Operations and Research
- Publication Date
- 19940101
- Title
- Vanderbilt Waterway Network
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- none
- Publisher
- none
- Source Scale Denominator
- 0
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopyDiazo
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 19940101
- Source Currentness Reference
- Unknown
- Contribution
- Offshore and coastal waterways spatial and operational attributes
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Title
- 1:100,000 Quad maps
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- paper map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Reston, Virginia
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Source Scale Denominator
- 24000
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopyDiazo
- Contribution
- Inland navigable waterways spatial and type attributes
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Publication Date
- unknown
- Title
- National Atlas
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Reston, Virginia
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Source Scale Denominator
- 0
- Type of Source Media
- None
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 19800101
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Inland navigable waterways spatial and type attributes
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Title
- USGS Digital Line Graph (DLG-3) Series
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Reston, Virginia
- Publisher
- U.S. Geological Survey
- Source Scale Denominator
- 24000
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopyDiazo
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Range of Dates/Times
- Beginning Date
- 19780101
- Ending Date
- 20090101
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Publication Date
- unknown
- Title
- USACE Mile Markers
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- table
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Publisher
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Source Scale Denominator
- 0
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopyDiazo
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- unknown
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Publication Date
- unknown
- Title
- Waterway Link Network
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- New Orleans, LA
- Publisher
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- Source Scale Denominator
- 0
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopyDiazo
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- unknown
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
- Title
- NOAA Navigation Charts
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- paper map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington D.C.
- Publisher
- National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration
- Source Scale Denominator
- 0
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopyDiazo
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Range of Dates/Times
- Beginning Date
- unknown
- Ending Date
- 19940101
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- U.S. Bureau of Census
- Publication Date
- 19900101
- Title
- TIGER/Line files
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- U.S. Bureau of Census
- Source Scale Denominator
- 100
- Type of Source Media
- None
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 19900101
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Vanderbilt Engineering Center for Transportation Operations and Research
- Publication Date
- 19940101
- Title
- National Waterway Network ver 1.0
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- none
- Publisher
- none
- Source Scale Denominator
- 0
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopyDiazo
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 19941001
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Source
- Originator
- Oak Ridge National Laboratories
- Publication Date
- 19930101
- Title
- Inland Waterways
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- none
- Publisher
- none
- Source Scale Denominator
- 0
- Type of Source Media
- None
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Range of Dates/Times
- Beginning Date
- unknown
- Ending Date
- 19940101
- Source Currentness Reference
- ending date
- Source
- Originator
- Vanderbilt Engineering Center for Transportation Operations and Research
- Publication Date
- 19970101
- Title
- National Waterway Network ver 2.0
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- digital map
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, D.C.
- Publisher
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Online Linkage
- none
- Source Scale Denominator
- 0
- Type of Source Media
- hardcopyDiazo
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 19970101
- Time of Day
- unknown
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- 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
- 6865
- 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
- waterway
- Entity Type Definition
- National Waterway Network (line)
- Entity Type Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- Attributes
- FID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Shape
- Feature geometry.
- Polyline
- Polylinear shapes as defined by ArcView
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- ID
- Unique Link identification number (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- LENGTH
- Link length in Miles
- real
- with one explicit decimal place
- Definition Source
- USACE
- LINKNUM
- Unique Identifier (Numeric)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- ANODE
- Identifies a record (NODEID) in the node file that corresponds to the starting position of the link (Positive integer)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- BNODE
- Identifies a record (NODEID) in the node file that corresponds to the ending position of the link (Positive integer)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- LINKNAME
- USACE link description (Description)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- RIVERNAME
- Name of the water that the object belong to. (Description)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- AMILE
- Milepost at the ANODE, inland Corps links, only (real, with one explicit decimal place)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- BMILE
- Milepost at the BNODE, inland Corps links, only (real, with one explicit decimal place)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- LENGTH1
- Line length, in miles (real, with one explicit decimal place)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- LENGTH_SRC
- Indication of how the length was calculated
- V
- Vanderbilt; length was calculated using GIS software
- M
- Milepoints; length was calculated by subtracting 'B' milepoint from 'A' milepoint
- Definition Source
- USACE
- SHAPE_SRC
- Indicates the data source used for each link
- CM
- Corps Milepoints
- DD
- Digitized from 1:100K DLGs (CD-ROM)
- DN
- Digitized from NOAA Charts
- DQ
- Digitized from 1:100K USGS Quads
- J
- Rough shape (guessed)
- JR
- Original shape modified by ORNL
- JV
- Original shape modified by Vanderbilt
- M
- Missing / Unknown
- NA
- Digitized from 1:2M National Atlas Points
- RR
- ORNL link modified by ORNL
- RV
- ORNL link modified by Vanderbilt
- VR
- Vanderbilt link modified by ORNL
- Definition Source
- USACE
- LINKTYPE
- Indicates the originator of the link or the type of feature represented by the link
- CORPS
- Corps of Engineers original link
- CWIS
- Corps of Engineers civil works improvement addition
- ORNL
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- VANDERBUILT
- Vanderbuilt University
- LOCK
- Corps of Engineers lock
- Definition Source
- USACE
- CTRL_DEPTH
- Control depth of link, in feet,Corps links only (Measured Value)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- WATERWAY
- 4-digit waterway code from Corps Master_port_waterway (Corps Master_port_waterwayUSACE)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- GEO_CLASS
- Geographic Class
- G
- Great Lakes
- O
- Ocean / Offshore
- I
- Inland
- Definition Source
- USACE
- FUNC_CLASS
- Functional Class
- N
- no traffic, non-navigable
- S
- shallow draft (i.e., no deep draft ocean vessels)
- D
- deep draft
- B
- Both
- U
- special vessels only (fishing, pleasure craft, etc; normally no freight traffic)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- WTWY_TYPE
- Waterway Type
- 1
- Harbor (including harbor channels), Bay
- 2
- Intracoastal Waterway
- 3
- Sealane
- 4
- Sealane with separation zone
- 5
- Open water
- 6
- River, creek, thoroughfare, lake
- 7
- Estuary
- 8
- Channel (not including harbor channels)
- 9
- Canal
- 10
- Great Lakes direct link (major ports)
- 11
- Great Lakes indirect link
- 12
- Corps of Engineers Lock
- Definition Source
- USACE
- CHART_ID
- 4 or 5 digit NOAA chart number or 15 character 1:100K USGS Quad Map ID (Official NOAA Chart IndexNOAA)
- Definition Source
- NOAA
- NUM_PAIRS
- Number of coordinate pairs that make up the link (Calaulated Value)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- WHO_MOD
- Composite code designating what organization modified the link
- V
- Vanderbilt addition
- R
- Oak Ridge addition
- J
- guessed
- H
- screen digitization from DLGs or TIGER
- 1
- 94 May
- 2
- 94 June
- R
- attributes modified by ORNL
- A
- attributes modified by Vanderbilt
- Definition Source
- USACE
- DATE_MOD
- The MODDATE (or modification date)indicates when each record in the database was last changed. As changes are made to a record, the modification date is entered in the format 'mmddyyy'. (Date Value)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- HEADING
- Compass Direction
- N
- North
- S
- South
- E
- East
- W
- West
- Definition Source
- USACE
- STATE
- State Postal Abbreviation (Offical List of State Postal AbbreviationUSACE)
- Definition Source
- USACE
- FIPS
- Primary State FIPS Code (Federal Information Processing Standard- FIPS Pub 6-4National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST))
- Definition Source
- USACE
- FIPS2
- State FIPS Code (Federal Information Processing Standard- FIPS Pub 6-4National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST))
- Definition Source
- USACE
- NON_US
- Abbreviation for non-US areas
- AC
- Arctic Ocean
- AT
- Atlantic Ocean
- BS
- Bering Sea
- CB
- Caribbean Sea
- CD
- Canada
- GM
- Gulf of Mexico
- PC
- Pacific Ocean
- PM
- Panama
- XX
- Unidentified Area
- Definition Source
- USACE
- 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
