Hydrographic Featrues (line)
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- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (comp.)
- Publication_Date: 2000
- Title: Hydrographic Featrues (line)
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Suitland, MD
- Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Other_Citation_Details:
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Compiled by the University of Tennessee
Center for Transportation Research
GIS GROUP from the TIGER/Line machine readable files, U.S. Bureau of the Census
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov>
- Larger_Work_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title: National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003
- Edition: 2003
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Washington DC
- Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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The hydro polygon/arc coverages were created using TIGER/LINE 2000 shapefile data gathered from ESRI's Geography Network. The individual county hydrography line shapefiles were processed into Arc/Info coverages and then appended together to create complete state coverages. They were then edited to remove unwanted features, leaving a state-by-state database of both important and navigable water features. Attributes were added to denote navigable features and names. Also, an attribute was added to the polygons to denote which were water and which were land features.
The state databases were then appended together to create a single, nationwide hydrography network containing named arcs and polygons. These features also contain a state FIPS. Because some of the hydro features are represented by lines instead of polygons, the complete hydro dataset consists of 2 shapefiles, one for lines and one for polygons. They must be used together to paint a complete picture.
- Purpose:
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The BTS desires a single nationwide database that has polygons/attributes for major rivers and lakes, is consistent across state lines, and has the most accurate data available. This database will be used primarily for map production, basic queries, and will be distributed as part of the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD).
- Supplemental_Information:
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The BTS HYDRO Database contains TIGER 2000 geometry and attributes. UTCTR flagged this database to represent major water features and edited the geometry to insure polygons would fill for cartographic representation. To find out more about TIGER/Line files and other Census TIGER data base derived data sets visit <http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger>.
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 2000
- Currentness_Reference: ground condition
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.252851
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.830623
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 71.441056
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 17.831509
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: hydrography
- Theme_Keyword: water
- Theme_Keyword: polygon
- Theme_Keyword: line
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: United States of America
- Place_Keyword: United States
- Place_Keyword: USA
- Place_Keyword: US
- Stratum:
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- Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Stratum_Keyword: ground
- Temporal:
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- Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Temporal_Keyword: 2000
- Temporal_Keyword: 2003
- Access_Constraints: none
- Use_Constraints:
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Acknowledgement of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) would be appreciated in products derived from these data.
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 400 Seventh Street, SW
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: DC
- Postal_Code: 20590
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (202) 366-3282
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (202) 366-3640
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov
- Security_Information:
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- Security_Classification_System: none
- Security_Classification: Unclassified
- Native_Data_Set_Environment:
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Microsoft Windows NT Version 4.0 (Build 1381) Service Pack 6; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
- Cross_Reference:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (comp.)
- Publication_Date: 2000
- Title: Hydrographic Features (line)
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Suitland, MD
- Publisher: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Other_Citation_Details:
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Compiled by the University of Tennessee
Center for Transportation Research
GIS GROUP from the TIGER/Line machine readable files, U.S. Bureau of the Census
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.census.gov>
- Larger_Work_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Publication_Date: 2003
- Title: National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003
- Edition: 2003
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Washington DC
- Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Value: unknown
- Logical_Consistency_Report:
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All node-link and polygon topological relationships are created and verified using computer algorithms. Unique entity identifiers were similarly verified by computer algorithm.
- Completeness_Report:
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Attributes for the hydrography data set were created using ARC/INFO, a Geographic Information System (GIS). All area and distance values were calculated to the nearest 50m.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Consistent with TIGER 2000
- Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: unknown
- Lineage:
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator:
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University of Tennessee Center for Transportation Research GIS GROUP
- Publication_Date: 2001
- Title: Nationwide Hydrographic Database
- Larger_Work_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Title: TIGER
- Source_Scale_Denominator: 100,000
- Type_of_Source_Media: Digital
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: HYDRO
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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1) Downloaded zipped shapefiles from www.geographynetwork.com; 2) Converted the Shapefiles to Coverages; 3) Removed all intermittent water features H02, H12, H22, H32, H42, H60, H71, H72, H80, and H81 from the database coverages; 4) Flagged arcs to be retained in the output coverage based on relative importance and research using the Internet and state maps; 5.) Added attributes to polygons to denote name description and land/water. These attributes were then populated by user input using mapping resources such as state and county maps; 6) Added attributes to both arcs and polygons to denote navigable waterways. For single line features, the arcs were flagged. If a feature contained polygons, the polygons only were flagged; 7) States were then appended, extra items dropped, data released.
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: TIGER
- Process_Date: June 2000
- Process_Time: 3 Months
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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When UTN processed the TIGER dataset for State, County and Hydrographic (line and polygons) it created a 3-mile buffer around Texas shorelines. This buffer removed the island off the coast of Texas. To correct this error, BTS used ARC/INFO to remove the 3-mile buffer to capture the islands along Texas. To capture the islands the state dataset needed to be reselected, by selecting the code = 1. This process created a few inaccurate polygons and they were removed. To create the final datasets, the datasets were dissolved and regions created on STFIPS and County FIPS.
- Process_Date: March 2003
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description: Metadata imported.
- Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
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- Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
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- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 501573
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 54513
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 54513
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Node, planar graph
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 483121
- SDTS_Terms_Description:
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point
- Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4
- Spatial_Reference_Information:
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- Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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- Geographic:
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- Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
- Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
- Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
- Geodetic_Model:
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_WGS_1984
- Ellipsoid_Name: WGS_1984
- Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257224
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: hydrolin
- Entity_Type_Definition: ESRI shapefile of hydrographic features (line)
- Entity_Type_Definition_Source: ESRIand BTS
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FID
- Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Unrepresentable_Domain:
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Shape
- Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
- Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: "polyline"
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition:
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A "Polyline" is a single geometric segment defined by two points.
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Assigned
- Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: STFIPS
- Attribute_Definition: State FIPS code
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Codeset_Domain:
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- Codeset_Name: Federal Information Processing Standard, Publication 6-4
- Codeset_Source: National Institute for Standards and Technology
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: FENAME
- Attribute_Definition: Feature Name
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Codeset_Domain:
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- Codeset_Name: TIGER2000/UTCTR List
- Codeset_Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census (BOC)
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: NAVIGABLE
- Attribute_Definition: Navigable Waterway Network
- Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 0
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: not navigable
- Enumerated_Domain:
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: navigable
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: VERSION
- Attribute_Definition: version of the database
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 00
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 99
- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: REVISION
- Attribute_Definition: feature revision number
- Attribute_Definition_Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Attribute_Domain_Values:
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- Range_Domain:
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- Range_Domain_Minimum: 00
- Range_Domain_Maximum: 99
- Distribution_Information:
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- Distributor:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 400 Seventh Street, SW
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: DC
- Postal_Code: 20590
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-366-DATA
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 202-366-3640
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: answers@bts.gov
- Resource_Description: National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003
- Distribution_Liability: None
- Standard_Order_Process:
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- Digital_Form:
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- Digital_Transfer_Information:
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- Format_Name: ESRI Shapefile
- Format_Version_Number: 2003
- File_Decompression_Technique:
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No compression applied. However, if using digital transfer online option, note access instructions.
- Transfer_Size: 179.518
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- Online_Option:
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- Computer_Contact_Information:
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- Network_Address:
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- Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.bts.gov/gis/>
- Access_Instructions:
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Anyone with access to the World Wide Web may connect to the BTS server. To access a specific database, go to the address listed above in the Network Resource Name. The visitor can create a package of the dataset for download in a .zip format (i.e. MS-DOS zip archive). This archived package is stored in a temporary file that can then be copied to the visitor's home directory.
- Offline_Option:
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- Offline_Media: CD-ROM
- Recording_Capacity:
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- Recording_Density: 650
- Recording_Density_Units: megabytes
- Recording_Format: ISO 9660
- Fees: None
- Ordering_Instructions:
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Call 202-366-DATA, fax 202-366-3640, or E-mail (answers@bts.gov) BTS to request the National Transportation Atlas Databases (NTAD) 2003 CD-ROM. This and other BTS products may be ordered from the BTS Internet website (<http://www.bts.gov/gis/>).
- Technical_Prerequisites: Software that can process GIS files.
- Available_Time_Period:
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 2003
- Metadata_Reference_Information:
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- Metadata_Date: 20030423
- Metadata_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 400 Seventh Street, SW
- City: Washington
- State_or_Province: DC
- Postal_Code: 20590
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 202-366-DATA
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 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
- Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
- Metadata_Access_Constraints: None
- Metadata_Use_Constraints: None
- Metadata_Security_Information:
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- Metadata_Security_Classification_System: none
- Metadata_Security_Classification: Unclassified
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- Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
- Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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