Major Ports

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Originator Bureau of Transportation Statistics (comp.) Publication_Date 2002 Title / US Army Corps of Engineers Ports Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form vector digital data Publication_Information Online_Linkage <http://www.bts.gov/gis/> <http://www.bts.gov/gis/> Larger_Work_Citation
Title: Major Ports
Online_Linkage:
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:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1994
Ending_Date: 2002
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Continually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -176.652778
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -68.775000
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 66.908333
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 19.642222
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Point
Theme_Keyword: transportation
Theme_Keyword: port
Place:
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: United States
Place_Keyword: US Territories
Stratum:
Stratum:
Stratum_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Stratum_Keyword: ground
Temporal:
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: 2002
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.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 7701 Telegraph Road, Casey Bldg
City: Alexandria
State_or_Province: VA
Postal_Code: 22315-3868
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703.428.9061
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 703.428.6047

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.
Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:
Attribute_Accuracy_Value: unknown
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.
Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: unknown
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Vanderbilt Engineering Center forTransportation Operations and Research Vanderbilt University
Publication_Date: 2001
Title: USACE Port Database
Type_of_Source_Media: stable-base material
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2001
Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Extraction of the USACE identified port nodes from the National Waterway Network file.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: PORT
Process_Date: 2001
Process_Step:
Process_Description: Metadata imported.
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Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 9233

Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Longitude_Resolution: 0.000001
Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: port
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: / Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: Wharf Name
Attribute_Definition_Source: BTS
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LOCATION
Attribute_Definition: Loaction of wharf on wharf waterway
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ADDRESS
Attribute_Definition: Street Address for wharf location
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COUNTY
Attribute_Definition: County in which wharf is located
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TOWN
Attribute_Definition: Town in which wharf is located
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: STATE
Attribute_Definition: State in which wharf is located
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: WTRWY
Attribute_Definition: Waterway on which wharf is located
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PORT
Attribute_Definition: Port in which the wharf is located
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MILE
Attribute_Definition: Waterway mile of wharf location
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: BANK
Attribute_Definition: Bank of river for wharf location
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LATITUDE
Attribute_Definition: Latitude of wharf in decimals degress
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -90
Range_Domain_Maximum: 90
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE
Attribute_Definition: Longitude of wharf in decimals degress
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: -180
Range_Domain_Maximum: 180
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OP1
Attribute_Definition: Operator of Wharf
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OWNER
Attribute_Definition: Owner of wharf
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PURPOSE
Attribute_Definition:
Purpose for which wharf is used, including commodities handled and/or services performed
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: RWYCONN
Attribute_Definition: Railway connections servicing wharf
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PORTSER
Attribute_Definition: Port Series Report Number (One of
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1
Range_Domain_Maximum: 57
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SEQ_NO
Attribute_Definition: Unique number that is generated with
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Integer
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LOC_CD
Attribute_Definition:
Location code generated by waterborne commerce statistics center (WCSC)
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Official List of Location Codes
Codeset_Source: Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: PWDNO
Attribute_Definition:
Pier, wharf or dock record sequence number from current edition of port series report
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Integer
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OLDPWD
Attribute_Definition:
Pier, wharf or dock record sequence number from previous edition of Port Series Report
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Integer
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DOCKCD
Attribute_Definition:
Location code designating where a dock is located generated by WCSC
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Official List of Location Codes
Codeset_Source: Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NDCCODE
Attribute_Definition:
Internal code generated by the navigation data center for data integration and system interoperability
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Integer
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COMMCD1
Attribute_Definition: Commodity code for first commodity
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Official LIst of Commodity Codes
Codeset_Source: Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COMMCD2
Attribute_Definition: Commodity code for the second
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Official LIst of Commodity Codes
Codeset_Source: Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COMMCD3
Attribute_Definition: Commodity code for the third
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Official LIst of Commodity Codes
Codeset_Source: Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COMMCD4
Attribute_Definition: Commodity code for the fourth
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Codeset_Domain:
Codeset_Name: Official LIst of Commodity Codes
Codeset_Source: Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REMARK1
Attribute_Definition:
Remarks, including description of wharf - related storage facilities and their operators
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REMARK2
Attribute_Definition:
Remarks, including description of wharf - related storage facilities and their operators
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REMARK3
Attribute_Definition:
Remarks, including description of wharf - related storage facilities and their operators
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REMARK4
Attribute_Definition:
Remarks, including description of wharf - related storage facilities and their operators
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: REMARK5
Attribute_Definition:
Remarks, including description of wharf - related storage facilities and their operators
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Character String
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DATUM
Attribute_Definition: Depth/Height Datum Used
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DEPTH1
Attribute_Definition:
Depth along side wharf's first operational element being described
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DEPTH1A
Attribute_Definition:
SECOND DEPTH ALONGSIDE WHARF'S FIRST OPERATIONAL ELEMENT BEING DESCRIBED
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DEPTH2
Attribute_Definition:
DEPTH ALONGSIDE WHARF'S SECOND OPERATIONAL ELEMENT BEING DESCRIBED
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DEPTH2A
Attribute_Definition:
SECOND DEPTH ALONGSIDE WHARF'S SECOND OPERATIONAL ELEMENT BEING DESCRIBED
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DEPTH3
Attribute_Definition:
DEPTH ALONGSIDE WHARF'S THIRD OPERATIONAL ELEMENT BEING DESCRIBED
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DEPTH3A
Attribute_Definition:
SECOND DEPTH ALONGSIDE WHARF'S THIRD OPERATIONAL ELEMENT BEING DESCRIBED
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TBIRTH1
Attribute_Definition:
BERTHING DISTANCE OF WHARF'S FIRST OPERATIONAL ELEMENT BEING DESCRIBED
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TBIRTH2
Attribute_Definition:
BERTHING DISTANCE OF WHARF'S SECOND OPERATIONAL ELEMENT BEING DESCRIBED
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TBIRTH3
Attribute_Definition:
BERTHING DISTANCE OF WHARF'S THIRD OPERATIONAL ELEMENT BEING DESCRIBED
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: YEAR
Attribute_Definition: YEAR OF LAST SURVEY
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MAPNO
Attribute_Definition: PORT SERIES REPORT MAP NO.
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Telephone
Attribute_Definition: TELEPHONE NUMBER OF FACILITY
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FAX
Attribute_Definition: FAX TELEPHONE NUMBER OF FACILITY
Attribute_Definition_Source: USACE
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number

Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation
Contact_Address:
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
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Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2002

Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 5 May 2002
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Bureau of Transportation
Contact_Address:
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
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