FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: 2001 INTERMODAL TERMINAL FACILITIES

Geodataset Name:      FCTF
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains geographic data for trailer-on-flatcar (TOFC) and
container-on-flatcar (COFC) highway rail and/or rail-water transfer 
facilities in the State of Florida.  Attribute data specify the intermodal 
connections at each facility; i.e., the modes involved in the intermodal 
transfer, the AAR reporting marks of the railroad serving the facility, 
the type of cargo (always containers/trailers), and the direction of
the transfer.
DATA SOURCE(S): USDOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics                 
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     2001
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida
 

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: FCTF.DBF

ITEM NAME     WIDTH       TYPE           PRECISION

Shape            6        SHAPEPOINT        0                    
Pointid         10        DECIMAL           0                    
Version          2        CHARACTER         0                     
Revision         2        CHARACTER         0                     
Moddate         50        CHARACTER         0                    
Featureid       10        CHARACTER         0                   
Longitude       11        DECIMAL           0                   
Latitude        11        DECIMAL           0                   
Descriptio      35        CHARACTER         0                   
Stfips          50        CHARACTER         0                    
Mode1            1        CHARACTER         0                     
Mode2            1        CHARACTER         0                    
Rr_id            5        CHARACTER         0                    
Cargo            6        DECIMAL           0                     
Trans_dir        6        DECIMAL           0          
Descript        35        CHARACTER         0	                     
 

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

ITEM            ITEM DESCRIPTION

Shape           The SHAPE attribute is a data attribute inherent to the
	         ESRI shapefile format.

Pointid         PointID is a sequential unique integer assigned to each
	         record.

Version         The Version is a 2-character value representing the
	         version number. The version is incremented for all
                records in the database whenever a new release is
                distributed.             

Revision        The REVISION is a 2-character value representing the
	         records revision number.  The revision number is
                increments individually for each record whenever a change is
                made to one of its fields.

Moddate         The MODDATE (or modification date) is a character field
                indicates when each record in the database was
                last changed.  As changes are made to a record, the
                modification date is entered in the format 'yyyymmdd'

Featureid       FeatureID is a unique character string assigned to each
                record. Formatted as SSCCC-NNN where SS is the State
                Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, CCC is a
                County FIPS code and NNNN is a sequential number within SSCCC

Longitude       Longitude coordinate value of the terminal - formatted with
                six implied decimal places

Latitude        Latitude coordinate value of the terminal - formatted with
                six implied decimal places

Stfips          Two character state Federal Information Processing Standard
                (FIPS) Code.

Mode1           First mode of transportation in the intermodal connection
                H- Highway
                P- Pipeline
                R- Rail
                W- Water

Mode2           Second mode of transportation in the intermodal connection
                H- Highway
                P- Pipeline
                R- Rail
                W- Water

Rr_id           Association of American Railroads (AAR) reporting mark of
                the rail carrier involved in the intermodal connection.

Cargo           Cargo indicates the type of cargo that is involved in the
                transfer.  The field is a string of three characters
                that corresponds to the descriptions enumerated below.

		100- Container cargo (including highway trailers on rail 
		     flatcars and marine vessel roll-on/roll-off)
		200- Category breakbulk/unitized cargo
		210- Food Products
		220- Lumber and Wood
		230- metal Products
		240- Machinery
		250- Motor Vehicles
		260- Pulp and paper products
		270- Clay, concrete, glass, and stone building material
		280- Livestock
		290- Other breakbulk cargo not previously classified
		300- Dry Bulk Cargo
		310- Coal
		320- Grain
		330- Metallic ores and bulk metals
		340- Wood Chips
		350- Cement
		390- Other Dry Bulk Goods
		391- Chemicals
		392- Dry Edibles
		393- Minerals and other dry bulk materials
		400- Liquid Cargo
		410- Crude petroleum
		420- Petroleum Products
		490- Category - non-petroleum bulk liquids
		491- Chemical Products		492- Liquid Edibles

Trans_dir       The transfer direction indicates the direction in which
                the cargo is being moved.  A 1 indicates that the
                cargo is being transferred from transportation mode1
	         to transportation mode2.  A 2 indicates that the cargo is
                being moved in both directions.
                
Descript        Facility name and city location
 

USER NOTES:

The dataset provides location and attribute information for use in national and
regional cartographic and network analysis applications.
Attribute data were extracted from the IANA 1997 Rail Intermodal Terminal 
Directory, the Official Railway Guide; the TTX Company Intermodal Directory;
World Wide Web home pages of Burlington Northern Santa Fe, Conrail, CSX 
Transportation, Kansas City Southern, and Norfolk Southern; U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers Port Series Reports; Containerization International Yearbook; 
1996 AAPA Directory; and various transportation news sources both in print 
and on the Internet.  Attribute data reflect conditions at TOFC/COFC 
facilities during 1995-96 and are subject to frequent change.  Some 
facilities may be dormant or permanently closed.
The database includes TOFC/COFC facilities and marinecontainer terminals 
with rail connections which were listed the IANA 1997 Rail Intermodal 
Terminal Directory, the January/February 1997 edition of the Official 
Railway Guide; the TTX Company Intermodal Directory; the World Wide Web 
home pages of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, Conrail, CSX 
Transportation, Kansas City Southern, and Norfolk Southern; U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers Port Series Reports; Containerization International Yearbook; 
1996 AAPA Directory; and various transportation news sources both in print 
and on the Internet.  The database does not include TOFC/COFC and marine 
container facilities known to have been closed before or during 1996.  
However, because of the frequent turnover of this type of facility, some of
the terminals included in the database may now be dormant or permanently 
closed.

The locations of TOFC/COFC facilities were determined using available 
facility addressinformation and MapExpert, a commercial nationwide digital
map database and softwarepackage, and recording the longitude/latitude of 
the approximate center of the facility.  Facility locations are not bound 
to any currentor previous highway, railway, or waterwaynetwork models.

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not
suitable for some project, analysis, or modelling purposes. Please be sure
you are using the best available data.

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county
level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.

1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.

1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered
suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for
projects or analyses. Every effort has been made to supply the user with
data documentation. For additional information, see the References section
and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more
information regarding scale and accuracy, see our web pages at:

http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html
 

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below)
-Upcased all character records

REFERENCES:


 

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

This data was downloaded in shapefile format from Geospatial Data 2001 National 
Transportation Atlas Data at http://199.79.179.77/gis/ntatlas/natlas.html by 
the GeoPlan Center in 2001.  Lowercase characters within the attribute table 
were upcased. When received, data was in Geographic projection, Datum: NAD83, 
Spheroid: GRS1980, Units: Meters. 
 

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

  Projection                           ALBERS
  Units                                METERS
  Datum                                HPGN
  Spheroid                             GRS1980
  1st standard parallel                24   0  0.000
  2nd standard parallel                31  30  0.000
  central meridian                    -84   0  0.000
  latitude of projection's origin      24   0  0.000 
  false easting (meters)               400000.00000
  false northing (meters)              0.00000

DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name:           Bureau of Transportation       
Abbr.name:      BTS          
Address:        400 Seventh Street, SW Washington DC 20590             
Phone:          202-366-DATA                  
Web site:       http://199.79.179.77/gis/ntatlas/natlas.html 
Contact Person: David Middendorf     
         Phone: 865-557-43895  
         Email: ntad@bts.gov

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                    Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:              FGDL
Address:                 Florida Geographic Data Library
                         431 Architecture
                         PO Box 115706
                         Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
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