FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2003, RELEASED NOVEMBER, 2002.
RAIL ROAD 100K
Geodataset Name: RR100K Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: LINE
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains the Rail Network, which is a comprehensive database of Florida's railway system at the 1:100,000 scale. The data set provides location and partial attribute information for use in regional network analysis application.
DATA SOURCE(S): Bureau of Transportation Statistics, (BTS) SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: 1:100,000 DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: Source 1999 GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: RR100K.DBF ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION LINKID 11 DECIMAL 0 FEATUREID 10 CHARACTER - ANODE 11 DECIMAL 0 BNODE 11 DECIMAL 0 RTE_ATT 4 CHARACTER - DESCRIPT 35 CHARACTER -
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
item item description LINKID Unique sequential line identification FEATUREID Unique line identification ANODE Node identification for the beginning node of the line BNODE Node identification for the ending node of the line DESCRIPT Name or identification for the Rail line
USER NOTES:
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers -Set Tolerances to FGDL Standard -Dropped item featureid (repeat of featureid) -Moved descript to the end of table -Changed records in DESCRIPT item to uppercase -Related attribute tables were joined
REFERENCES:
-Federal Railroad Administration contributed the reference location base map dated 1994 -Rail Industry contributed Railroad terminal identification ownership and commodity handling capabilities
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
After completing topological and attribute verification using ARC/INFO, the data was extracted and reformatted into the BTS ACSII format.
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS
PROJECTION ALBERS DATUM HPGN UNITS METERS SPHEROID GRS1980 1st standard parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd standard parallel 31 30 0.000 central meridian -84 00 0.000 latitude of projection`s origin 24 0 0.000 false easting (meters) 400000.00000 false northing (meters) 0.00000
DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):
Name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Abbr.name: BTS
Contact Address: 400 Seventh Street, SW
Washington, DC 20590
Phone: 1-202-366-3640
Fax: 1-202-366-3640
Voice Mail: 1-202-366-3282
Web site: www.bts.gov
Email: ntad@bts.gov
Contact Person:
Phone: 1-202-493-6396
Voice Telephone: 1-202-493-6396
Fax: 1-202-493-6401
FGDL CONTACT:
Name: Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name: FGDL
Address: Florida Geographic Data Library
431 Architecture Building
PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
Web site: http://www.fgdl.org
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