FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: ALTERNATIVE FUELS

Geodataset Name:       ALTFUELS_2008
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         66
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Alternative Fuels database is a geographic point database of fueling facilities that offer fuels other than gasoline in the United States.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    National Renewable Energy Laboratory
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 2008 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 2008 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: ALTFUELS_2008.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
FuelType
5 String
Name
125 String
Address
50 String
Address2
50 String
City
25 String
StatePost
2 String
ZIP
5 String
ZIP4
4 String
StationPho
15 String
AcessTime
50 String
CardsAccep
15 String
AccessGrou
50 String
Latitude
8 Double
Longitude
8 Double
Blend
5 String
References
150 String
Status
15 String
Version
2 String
STFIPS
7 String
FUEL
25 String
DESCRIPT
100 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
SHAPE
4 Geometry
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

FuelType Type of Fuel Offered.
BD = Biodiesel

CNG = Compressed Natural Gas

E85 = An alcohol fuel mixture that typically contains a mixture of up to 85% denatured fuel ethanol and gasoline or other hydrocarbon by volume.

ELEC = Electric

HY = Hythane is a mixture of natural gas and hydrogen, usually 5-7 percent hydrogen by energy.

LNG = Liquid Natural Gas

LPG = Liquid Propane Gas

H = Hydrogen


Name Name of the Facility

Address Address of Facility

Address2 2nd Line for Address

City city in which the facility is located

StatePost State Postal Code Abbreviation

ZIP ZIP code in which the facility is located

ZIP4 Additional four digits of the zip code in which the station is located.

StationPho The phone number of the station.

AcessTime Time span in which the station is open.

CardsAccep The credit cards accepted by the station.

AccessGrou Those permitted access to the station.

Latitude 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.

Longitude 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.

Blend The blend of the fuel type if the fuel is blended.

References The URLs used to verify the addresses of the Hydrogen fueling stations.

Status Status of the Facility
Operational = Stations that were operational at the time of publication

Planned = Stations that are being planned.

Decommissioned = Decommissioned


Version Version of the database

STFIPS State FIPS Code

FUEL Fuel based on FUELTYPE field

DESCRIPT Name of Location and Fuel Type Available

FGDLAQDATE GeoPlan Acquisition Date

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan


USER NOTES:
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.
unknown
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.

The dataset provides users with information about alternative fueling station 
locations and attributes and can be used for national and regional analysis 
applications.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

NONE

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REFERENCES:
Bureau Transportation Statistics:
http://www.bts.gov/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
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 coordinates of the fueling stations were derived from the addressed 
by geo location.
Process Date: 2008

-The Geoplan Center received the dataset 8/5/2008. -Records were selected where "FIPS" = '12' to select only features in Florida. -Exported selection as a new layer -Reprojected data from GCS_WGS_1984 to Albers Conical Equal Area (Florida Geographic Data Library) -Added DESCRIPT based on [Name] & " [FUEL TYPE: " & [FUEL] &"]" where FUEL field was based on unabbreviated FUELTYPE field -Added FGDLAQDATE field and calculated to 8/5/2008 Process Date: 10/8/2008
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20081021
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

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Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics
BTS/RITA
1200 New Jersey Ave., SE
Washington, DC
20590
202-366-DATA

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