﻿<metadata>
  <idinfo>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>Federal Highway Adimnistration (FHWA), Ed Strocko</origin>
        <pubdate>20130409</pubdate>
        <title>FAF_regions </title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <onlink>http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/.</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>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.</abstract>
      <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.</purpose>
    </descript>
    <status>
      <update>As needed</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-179.147340</westbc>
        <eastbc>179.778480</eastbc>
        <northbc>71.389613</northbc>
        <southbc>18.910842</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>Frieght Analysis Framework</themekey>
        <themekey>Freight</themekey>
        <themekey>FAF</themekey>
        <themekey>FAF region</themekey>
        <themekey>FAF Zone</themekey>
      </theme>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</themekt>
        <themekey>economy</themekey>
        <themekey>transportation</themekey>
      </theme>
      <temporal>
        <tempkt>None</tempkt>
        <tempkey>2013</tempkey>
      </temporal>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>The FAF regions, or any portion thereof, can be freely distributed as long as this metadata entry is included with each distribution. The original metadata entry cannot be modified or deleted from any data transfer.</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</cntorg>
          <cntper>Office of Geospatial Information Systems</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>unknown</addrtype>
          <address>1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E.</address>
          <city>Washington</city>
          <state>DC</state>
          <postal>20590</postal>
          <country>US</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>202 366-DATA</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>answers@bts.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <datacred>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</datacred>
    <native>Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.1.0.3035</native>
  </idinfo>
  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Vector</direct>
    <ptvctinf>
      <sdtsterm>
        <sdtstype>GT-polygon composed of chains</sdtstype>
        <ptvctcnt>123</ptvctcnt>
      </sdtsterm>
    </ptvctinf>
  </spdoinfo>
  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <geograph>
        <latres>8.983152841195215e-009</latres>
        <longres>8.983152841195215e-009</longres>
        <geogunit>Decimal Degrees</geogunit>
      </geograph>
      <geodetic>
        <horizdn>D WGS 1984</horizdn>
        <ellips>WGS 1984</ellips>
        <semiaxis>6378137.0</semiaxis>
        <denflat>298.257223563</denflat>
      </geodetic>
    </horizsys>
  </spref>
  <eainfo>
    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>FAF_regions</enttypl>
      </enttyp>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>FID</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Internal feature number.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Shape</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Feature geometry.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>ESRI</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Coordinates defining the features.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>F3Z</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Unique identifier for the region</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>FHWA</attrdefs>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>F3_Name</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>State postal code and metro area name or remainder of state</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>FHWA</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>State Postal Code Only</edomv>
            <edomvd>FAF region comprised of entire state</edomvd>
            <edomvds>FHWA</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>State Postal Code and "Remainder"</edomv>
            <edomvd>FAF region for remainder of state excluding metro areas included for the state</edomvd>
            <edomvds>FHWA</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>State Postal code plus metro area</edomv>
            <edomvd>Name of state and the portion of the metropolitan area within that state boundary</edomvd>
            <edomvds>FHWA</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>METRO_REGI</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Code for the type of FAF region</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>FHWA</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>0</edomv>
            <edomvd>FAF region is the remainder of the state excluding metro area FAF regions within that state</edomvd>
            <edomvds>FHWA</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>1</edomv>
            <edomvd>FAF region is a metro area within a state </edomvd>
            <edomvds>FHWA</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>2</edomv>
            <edomvd>FAF region is the entire state </edomvd>
            <edomvds>FHWA</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
    </detailed>
    <overview>
      <eaover>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</eaover>
    </overview>
  </eainfo>
  <distinfo>
    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</cntorg>
          <cntper>Office of Geospatial Information Systems</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>unknown</addrtype>
          <address>1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E.</address>
          <city>Washington</city>
          <state>DC</state>
          <postal>20590</postal>
          <country>US</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>202-366-DATA</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>answers@bts.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <resdesc>National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2013</resdesc>
    <distliab>None</distliab>
    <stdorder>
      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>ESRI Shapefile</formname>
          <formvern>10.1</formvern>
          <filedec>no compression applied</filedec>
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        <digtopt>
          <offoptn>
            <offmedia>dvd</offmedia>
            <reccap>
              <recden>650</recden>
              <recdenu>megabytes</recdenu>
            </reccap>
            <recfmt>ISO 9660</recfmt>
          </offoptn>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <ordering>Call 202-366-DATA, or E-mail (answers@bts.gov) RITA/BTS to request the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2013 DVD. This and other RITA/BTS products may be ordered from the RITA/BTS Internet website http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/.</ordering>
    </stdorder>
  </distinfo>
  <metainfo>
    <metd>20130415</metd>
    <metrd>April 2013</metrd>
    <metc>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</cntorg>
          <cntper>Office of Geospatial Information Systems</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E.</address>
          <city>Washington</city>
          <state>DC</state>
          <postal>20590</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>202 366-DATA</cntvoice>
        <cntemail>answers@bts.gov</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
    <mettc>local time</mettc>
  </metainfo>
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