METADATA FOR US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PORTS

VERSION 2

 

                  Identification Information

 

Citation

  Originator:  Bureau of Transportation Statistics, (comp.)

  Publication Date: 2001

  Title: US Army Corps of Engineers Ports

  Publication Information

    Publication Place:  Washington, DC

    Publisher:  Bureau of Transportation Statistics

  Larger Work Citation

    Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

    Publication Date:  2001

    Title: National Transportation Atlas Databases

    Publication Information

      Publication Place:  Washington, DC

      Publisher:   Bureau of Transportation Statistics

 

Description

  Abstract: The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Ports

      database is an extract from the National Waterway

      Network database consisting of 224 points coded as

      US Army Corps of Engineers ports.

 

  Purpose:  The Ports database is a geographic database of

      the US Army Corps of Engineers Ports in and around the

      United States, for analytical studies of waterway

      performance, for compiling commodity flow statistics,

      and for mapping purposes.

 

Time Period of Content

  Range of Dates

     Beginning Date: 1994

     Ending Date: present

  Currentness Reference: publication date

 

Status

  Progress: In work

  Maintenance and Update Frequency: Continually

 

Spatial Domain

  Bounding Coordinates

     West Bounding Coordinate:  -159.353104

     East Bounding Coordinate:   -64.732422

     North Bounding Coordinate:   61.237782

     South Bounding Coordinate:   17.752710

 

Keywords

  Theme

     Theme Keyword Thesaurus:  None

     Theme Keyword: point

     Theme Keyword: transportation

     Theme Keyword: ports

  Place

     Place Keyword Thesaurus:  None

     Place Keyword:  United States

     Place Keyword:  US Territories

 

Access Constraints: None

 

Use Constraints: None.  Acknowledgment of the Bureau of

  Transportation Statistics National Transportation Atlas

  Database would be appreciated in products derived from

  these data.

 

Data Set Credit:  The National Waterway Network was created on

      behalf of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the U.S.

      Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Bureau of Census, and the

      U.S. Coast Guard by Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge

      National Laboratory.  Additional agencies with input into

      network development include Volpe National Transportation

      Systems Center, Maritime Administration, Military Traffic

      Management Command, Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S.

      Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Railroad

      Administration.

 

                   Data Quality Information

 

Attribute Accuracy

  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. 

 

Positional Accuracy

  Horizontal Positional Accuracy

    Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: The accuracy of

        each point element is correlated to the data source

        used to derive that element.  For example, links and

        nodes derived from 1:100,000 scale Digital Line

        Graphs are more accurate than links and nodes

        derived from 1:500,000 scale NOAA Navigational

        Charts.  Elements with an "M" in the source field

        (indicating an unknown or missing source) are the

        least accurate.

 

Lineage

  Source Information

     Source Citation

       Originator: Vanderbilt Engineering Center for

           Transportation Operations and Research

           Vanderbilt University

       Publication Date: 2001

       Title:  USACE Port Database

       Publication Information

          Publication Place: none

          Publisher: none

     Type of Source Media: stable-base material

     Source Time Period of Content

       Single Date/Time

          Calendar Date: 2001

       Source Currentness Reference: source date

 

  Process Step

     Process Description: Extraction of the USACE identified

        port nodes from the National Waterway Network file.

     Source Used Citation Abbreviation: WATERWAY

     Process Date: 2001

     Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: PORT

 

              Spatial Data Organization Information

 

Direct Spatial Reference Method:   Point

Point and Vector Object Information

  SDTS Terms Description

     SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: Entity Point

     Point and Vector Object Count: 224

 

                  Spatial Reference Information

 

Horizontal Coordinate System Definition

  Geographic

     Latitude Resolution:  various

     Longitude Resolution:  various

     Geographic Coordinate Units:  Decimal degrees

Geodetic Model

    Horizontal Datum Name:  North American Datum of 1983

    Ellipsoid Name:  Geodetic Reference System 1980

 

 

                 Entity and Attribute Information

 

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

    Entity_Type_label: PORT.SHP

      Entity_Type_Definition:  ESRI Shapefile

      Entity_Type_Definition_Source:

Attribute:

  Attribute_Label:  SHAPE

  Attribute_Definition:

        The SHAPE attribute is a data attribute inherent to the ESRI

        shapefile format.  It defines the vector data as point, polyline

        or polygon.  For further information concerning the definition

        of SHAPE, consult ESRI documentation

  Attribute_Definition_Source:  ESRI and BTS

  Attribute_Domain_Values:

        Domain:  Enumerated

              Enumerated_Domain_Value:  point

              Value_Definition:

                     A point represents a single location, usually

                     identified by longitude-latitude, on the earth's

                     surface.

              Value_Definition_Source:  ESRI and BTS

  Attribute:

   Attribute_Label: Version

   Attribute_Definition:

    The Version is a 2-character value representing

    the version number. The version is incremented

    for all records in the database whenever a new

    release is distributed. In this version, the value is "02"

   Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

   Attribute_Domain_Values:

    Domain: Range

     Range_Domain:

      Range_Domain_Minimum: 01

      Range_Domain_Maximum: 99

  Attribute:

   Attribute_Label:  REVISION

   Attribute_Definition:

    The REVISION is a 2-character value

    representing the records revision number.  The

    revision number is incremented individually for

    each record whenever a change is made to one of

    its fields. (Revision numbers will not be reset

    with each new release.)  IN this version, the value

    will not exceed "03".

   Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

   Attribute_Domain_Values:

    Domain: Range

     Range_Domain:

      Range_Domain_Minimum: 00

      Range_Domain_Maximum: 99

  Attribute_Label:  MODDATE

  Attribute_Definition:  Record Modification Date

  Attribute_Definition_Source:  Assigned

  Attribute_Domain_Values:  Positive integer

Attribute:

  Attribute_Label:  FEATURID

  Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for the port -

      USACE Port Code

  Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE

  Attribute_Domain_Values:  character

Attribute:

  Attribute_Label:  DESCRIPT

  Attribute_Definition:  Name of port

  Attribute_Definition_Source:  USACE

  Attribute_Domain_Values:  character

Attribute:

  Attribute_Label: PORT

  Attribute_Definition: Port identification code

  Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE

  Attribute_Domain_Values: character

Attribute:

  Attribute_Label:  STFIPS

  Attribute_Definition:  State FIPS Code

  Attribute_Definition_Source:  FIPS Pub 6-4.  State FIPS Code

      of the state in which the port is located

  Attribute_Domain_Values:

    Codeset Domain:

      Codeset Name:  Federal Information Processing Standard

Attribute:

  Attribute_Label: STATE

  Attribute_Definition: Assigned

  Attribute_Definition_Source: FIPS Pub 6-4

    Attribute_Domain_Values:  character

      Codeset Domain:

        Codeset Name: Federal Information Processing Standard

      Enumerated_Domain:

        Enumerated_Domain_Value:

               XX - Non US Area

Attribute:

  Attribute_Label: NON_US

  Attribute_Definition: Abbreviation for non US areas

  Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

  Attribute_Domain_Values:  character

    Enumerated_Domain:

      Enumerated_Domain_Value:

             AC - Arctic Ocean

             AT - Atlantic Ocean

             BS - Bering Sea

             CB - Caribbean Sea

             CD - Canada

             GM - Gulf of Mexico

             PC - Pacific Ocean

             PM - Panama

             XX - Undefined Area

Attribute:

  Attribute_Label: WHO_MOD

  Attribute_Definition:  Composite code designating what

      organization modified the link to which this node is

      attached and how

  Attribute_Definition_Source:  Assigned

  Attribute_Domain_Values: character

    Enumerated_Domain:

      Enumerated_Domain_Value:

          first character:  V  - Vanderbilt addition

                            R  - Oak Ridge addition

                            J  - guessed

                            H  - screen digitization from

                                 DLGs or TIGER

                            Q  - digitized from USGS quad

                                 maps

                            A  - digitized from NOAA

                                 charts

          second character: 0    original

                            1    94 May

                            2    94 June

                            3    94 July

                          blank  after July 1994

          third character:  R    attributes modified by ORNL

                            A    attributes modified by

                                 Vanderbilt

Attribute:

  Attribute_Label: SRC

  Attribute_Definition: Source of the port node

  Attribute_Definition_Source:  Assigned

  Attribute_Domain_Values: character

    Enumerated_Domain:

      Enumerated_Domain_Value:

             V1 -  Digitized from NOAA Charts

             V2 -  Digitized from 1:100K USGS Quads

             V3 -  Imputed from ORNL port

             V4 -  Imputed from Corps port

             V5 -  Digitized from 1:100K DLGs

             V6 -  Digitized from State or World Boundary

             V7 -  Imputed from Corps Lock location

             O1 -  Oak Ridge estimate

             C  -  Corps

             M  -  Missing / Unknown

Attribute:

  Attribute_Label:  NODEID

  Attribute_Definition:  Unique point identification code.  Links

      to NODEID in the USACE Waterway Network

  Attribute_Definition_Source:  Assigned

  Attribute_Domain_Values:  Positive integer

 

 

                     Distribution Information

 

Distributor

  Contact Organization Primary

     Contact Organization: BTS Product Distribution Center

  Contact Address

     Address Type:  mailing and physical address

     Address:  400 Seventh Street, SW

     City:  Washington

     State or Province:  District of Columbia

     Postal Code:  20590

  Contact Voice Telephone:  1 202 366 DATA

  Contact Facsimile Telephone:  1 202 366 3640

  Contact Electronic Mail Address:  answers@bts.gov

 

Resource Description: National Transportation Atlas Database

     2001

 

Distribution Liability:  None

 

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          However, if using digital transfer online option, note

          access instructions.

       Transfer Size: 0.5 megabytes

 

   Digital Transfer Option

     Online Option

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         Network Address

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           zip archive; .tgz - a gzip-ed unix tar archive;

           and .tar - a unix tar archive.  This archived

           package is placed in a temporary file which can then

           be copied off the BTS server to the visitor's home

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       Online Computer and Operating System:  Sun Ultra

           running Solaris 2.6 operating system.

 

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          Offline Media:  CD-ROM

          Recording Capacity

            Recording Density:  650

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          Recording Format:   ISO 9660

 

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                   Metadata Reference Option

 

Metadata Date:  19960226

Metadata Review Date: 200105

  Metadata_Contact:

    Contact_Organization_Primary:

      Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation

          Statistics

       Contact_Address

          Address Type:  mailing address 

     Address: 400 Seventh Street, SW

     City: Washington

     State or Province: District of Columbia

     Postal Code:  20590

  Contact Voice Telephone:  1 202 366 DATA

  Contact Facsimile Telephone:  1 202 366 3640

  Contact Electronic Mail Address:  answers@bts.gov

Metadata Standard Name:  FGDC Content Standards for Digital

  Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version:  FGDC-STD-001-1998