﻿<metadata>
  <idinfo>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>National Renewable Energy Laboratory</origin>
        <pubdate>20110101</pubdate>
        <pubtime>000000</pubtime>
        <title>altfuels</title>
        <edition>2012</edition>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>Washington, DC</pubplace>
          <publish>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <onlink>http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/</onlink>
        <onlink>http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/</onlink>
        <lworkcit>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</origin>
            <pubdate>20120724</pubdate>
            <pubtime>000000</pubtime>
            <title>National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2012</title>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Washington, DC</pubplace>
              <publish>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <onlink>http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </lworkcit>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>The Alternative Fuels database is a geographic point database of fueling facilities that offer fuels other than gasoline in the United States.</abstract>
      <purpose>The dataset provides users with information about alternative fueling station locations and attributes and can be used for national and regional analysis applications.</purpose>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
          <caldate>20110101</caldate>
          <time>000000</time>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>publication date</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>Irregular</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-157.945000</westbc>
        <eastbc>-68.011168</eastbc>
        <northbc>64.812658</northbc>
        <southbc>19.729455</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>location</themekt>
        <themekey>Alternative</themekey>
        <themekey>transportation</themekey>
        <themekey>Fuels</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>USA</placekey>
        <placekey>United States</placekey>
        <placekey>US</placekey>
      </place>
      <stratum>
        <stratkt>None</stratkt>
        <stratkey>Alternative</stratkey>
        <stratkey>Fuels</stratkey>
      </stratum>
      <temporal>
        <tempkt>None</tempkt>
        <tempkey>2011</tempkey>
        <tempkey>2010</tempkey>
        <tempkey>2012</tempkey>
      </temporal>
      <theme>
        <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Categories</themekt>
        <themekey>transportation</themekey>
        <themekey>economy</themekey>
        <themekey>environment</themekey>
        <themekey>location</themekey>
      </theme>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>None</accconst>
    <useconst>None</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>National Renewable Energy Labratory</cntorg>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>Alternative Fuels Data Center</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
          <address>National Renewable Energy Laboratory</address>
          <address>1617 Cole Blvd.</address>
          <city>Golden</city>
          <state>CO</state>
          <postal>80401</postal>
          <country>US</country>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>(303) 275-4470</cntvoice>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <datacred>NREL - National Renewable Energy Labratory</datacred>
    <secinfo>
      <secclass>Unclassified</secclass>
    </secinfo>
    <native>Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcGIS 10.0.3.3600</native>
    <crossref>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</origin>
        <pubdate>20120724</pubdate>
        <pubtime>000000</pubtime>
        <title>National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2012</title>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>Washington, DC</pubplace>
          <publish>Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <onlink>http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </crossref>
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  <dataqual>
    <attracc>
      <attraccr>Station attributes were obtained from the NREL and were then confirmed via the internet when possible</attraccr>
      <qattracc>
        <attraccv>unknown</attraccv>
        <attracce>N/A</attracce>
      </qattracc>
    </attracc>
    <logic>All point records in this dataset are represented by a single coordinate pair and a unique feature identifier. BTS quality checks were to cross reference the place dataset with the state dataset, to determine that the spatial data and attribute data were accurate.</logic>
    <complete>unknown</complete>
    <lineage>
      <srcinfo>
        <typesrc>None</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>20100101</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>Unknown</srccurr>
        </srctime>
      </srcinfo>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <onlink>http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/</onlink>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <typesrc>None</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <sngdate>
              <caldate>20110101</caldate>
            </sngdate>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
        </srctime>
      </srcinfo>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>The creation of this geospatial data layer was completed by RITA/BTS in March 2008. This Shapefile was built from a combination of database tables and internet research. The coodinates of the fueling stations were derived from the addressed by geo location.</procdesc>
        <procdate>20110101</procdate>
        <proctime>000000</proctime>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Vector</direct>
    <ptvctinf>
      <sdtsterm>
        <sdtstype>Entity point</sdtstype>
        <ptvctcnt>4884</ptvctcnt>
      </sdtsterm>
    </ptvctinf>
  </spdoinfo>
  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <geograph>
        <latres>8.9831528411952133e-009</latres>
        <longres>8.9831528411952133e-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>
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    <detailed>
      <enttyp>
        <enttypl>altfuels</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>FuelType</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Type of Fuel Offered.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>BD</edomv>
            <edomvd>BioDiesel</edomvd>
            <edomvds>BTS</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>CNG</edomv>
            <edomvd>Compressed Natural Gas</edomvd>
            <edomvds>BTS</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>E85</edomv>
            <edomvd>An alcohol fuel mixture that typically contains a mixture of up to 85% denatured fuel ethanol and gasoline or other hydrocarbon by volume.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>BTS</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>ELEC</edomv>
            <edomvd>Electric</edomvd>
            <edomvds>BTS</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>HY</edomv>
            <edomvd>Hythane is a mixture of natural gas and hydrogen, usually 5-7 percent hydrogen by energy.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>BTS</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>LNG</edomv>
            <edomvd>Liquid Natrual Gas</edomvd>
            <edomvds>BTS</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>LPG</edomv>
            <edomvd>Liquid Propane Gas</edomvd>
            <edomvds>BTS</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>H</edomv>
            <edomvd>Hydrogen</edomvd>
            <edomvds>BTS</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
        <begdatea>2010</begdatea>
        <enddatea>2010</enddatea>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Name</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Name of the Facility</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Name of the fueling station</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Address</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Address of Facility</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Address of the fueling station</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Address2</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>2nd Line for Address</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>2nd line of the stations address</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>City</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>city in which the facility is located</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>City in which the station is located.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>StatePost</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>State Postal Code Abbreviation</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>USPS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <codesetd>
            <codesetn>Official List of U.S. Postal Code Abbreviations</codesetn>
            <codesets>U.S. Postal Service (USPS)</codesets>
          </codesetd>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ZIP</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>ZIP code in which the facility is located</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>The zip code in which the station is located.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>ZIP4</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Additional four digits of the the zip code in which the station is located.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Additional four digits of the the zip code in which the station is located.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>StationPho</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>The phone number of the station.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>The phone number of the station.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>AcessTime</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Time span in which the station is open.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Time span in which the station is open.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>CardsAccep</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>The credit cards accepted by the station.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>The credit cards accepted by the station.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>AccessGrou</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Those permited access to the station.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Those permited access to the station.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Latitude</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>The latitude of the point expressed as a signed real number. This value is in decimal degrees with negative values indicating South latitude and positive values indicating North latitude.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>RITA/BTS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>The latitude of the station.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Longitude</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>The longitude of the point expressed as a signed real number. This value is in decimal degrees with negative values indicating West longitude and positive values indicating East longitude.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>RITA/BTS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>The longitude of the station.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Blend</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>The blend of the fuel type if the fuel is blended.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>The blend of the fuel type if the fuel is blended.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>References</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>The URLs used to verify the addresses of the Hydrogen fueling stations.</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>RITA/BTS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <udom>Tthe URLs used to verify the addresses of the Hydrogen fueling stations.</udom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Status</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Status of the Facility</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>NREL</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Operational</edomv>
            <edomvd>Stations that were operational at the time of publication</edomvd>
            <edomvds>NREL</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Planned</edomv>
            <edomvd>Stations that are beingg planned.</edomvd>
            <edomvds>NREL</edomvds>
          </edom>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Decomissioned</edomv>
            <edomvd>Decomissioned</edomvd>
            <edomvds>NREL</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>Version</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>Version of the database</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>RITA/BTS</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <rdom>
            <rdommin>00</rdommin>
            <rdommax>99</rdommax>
          </rdom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
      <attr>
        <attrlabl>STFIPS</attrlabl>
        <attrdef>State FIPS Code</attrdef>
        <attrdefs>National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST)</attrdefs>
        <attrdomv>
          <edom>
            <edomv>Decomissioned</edomv>
            <edomvd>Decomissioned</edomvd>
            <edomvds>NREL</edomvds>
          </edom>
        </attrdomv>
      </attr>
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    <distrib>
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        <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., SE</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) 2012</resdesc>
    <distliab>None</distliab>
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          <formname>ESRI Shapefile</formname>
          <formvern>2012</formvern>
          <transize>0.545</transize>
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              <recdenu>megabytes</recdenu>
            </reccap>
            <recfmt>ISO 9660</recfmt>
          </offoptn>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <fees>None</fees>
      <ordering>Call (202-366-DATA), or E-mail (answers@bts.gov) RITA/BTS to request the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2012 DVD. The NTAD DVD can be ordered from the online bookstore at www.bts.gov. Individual datasets from the NTAD can also be downloaded from the Office of Geospatial Information Systems website at http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/</ordering>
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      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
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          <time>000000</time>
        </sngdate>
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    <metd>20120508</metd>
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        <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., SE</address>
          <city>Washington</city>
          <state>DC</state>
          <postal>20590</postal>
          <country>US</country>
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        <cntvoice>202-366-DATA</cntvoice>
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    <metstdn>FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
    <mettc>local time</mettc>
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