FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: PORT

Geodataset Name:      PORT
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains 2003 Port Facility Information for the State of
Florida. This dataset contains fields denoting the name, location, and
contact information for port facilities located in Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S):                   Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    1:100,000 to 1:500,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     Source 2002, Automated 2003
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name:   PORT.DBF

ITEM NAME       WIDTH          TYPE             PRE>CISION

Shape             6            SHAPEPOINT           0
Name             83            CHARACTER            0
Location        149            CHARACTER            0
Address          38            CHARACTER            0
County           17            CHARACTER            0
Town             23            CHARACTER            0
State             7            CHARACTER            0
Wtrwy            33            CHARACTER            0
Port             24            CHARACTER            0
Mile              5            CHARACTER            0
Bank              6            CHARACTER            0
Latitude         19            DECIMAL              6
Longitude        19            DECIMAL              6
Op1             134            CHARACTER            0
Owner            97            CHARACTER            0
Purpose         186            CHARACTER            0
Rwyconn         208            CHARACTER            0
Portser          10            CHARACTER            0
Seq_no            9            CHARACTER            0
Loc_cd            8            CHARACTER            0
Pwdno             8            CHARACTER            0
Oldpwd            9            CHARACTER            0
Dockcd            9            CHARACTER            0
Ndccode          11            CHARACTER            0
Commcd1          10            CHARACTER            0
Commcd2          10            CHARACTER            0
Commcd3          10            CHARACTER            0
Commcd4          10            CHARACTER            0
Remark1         218            CHARACTER            0
Remark2         213            CHARACTER            0
Remark3         209            CHARACTER            0
Remark4         209            CHARACTER            0
Remark5         139            CHARACTER            0
Datum             8            CHARACTER            0
Depth1            8            CHARACTER            0
Depth1a          10            CHARACTER            0
Depth2            8            CHARACTER            0
Depth2a          10            CHARACTER            0
Depth3            8            CHARACTER            0
Depth3a          10            CHARACTER            0
Tbirth1           9            CHARACTER            0
Tbirth2           9            CHARACTER            0
Tbirth3           9            CHARACTER            0
Year              6            CHARACTER            0
Mapno             8            CHARACTER            0
Fname            21            CHARACTER            0
Lname            33            CHARACTER            0
Phone            22            CHARACTER            0
Fax              12            CHARACTER            0
Version           2            CHARACTER            0
Revision          2            CHARACTER            0
Descript         83            CHARACTER            0

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

ITEM            ITEM DESCRIPTION

FID             Internal Feature Number.

SHAPE           Data attribute inherent to the esri shapefile format,
                which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.

NAME            Wharf Name

LOCATION        Location of wharf on wharf waterway or in port

ADDRESS         Street address for wharf location

COUNTY          county in which wharf is located

TOWN            town in which wharf is located

STATE           state in which wharf is located

WTRWY           waterway on which wharf is located

PORT            port in which the wharf is located

MILE            waterway mile of wharf location above or below a datum point

BANK            bank of river for wharf location (left or right)

LATITUDE        latitude of wharf in decimal degress

LONGITUDE       longitude of wharf in decimal degress

OP1             operator of wharf

OWNER           owner of wharf

PURPOSE         purpose for which wharf is used, including commodities
                handled and/or services performed

RWYCONN         railway connections servicing wharf

PORTSER         port series report number (one of 57, hard copy)

SEQ_NO          unique number that is generated within each port series
                number

LOC_CD          location code generated by waterborne commerce statistics
                center (wcsc)

PWDNO           pier, wharf or dock record sequence number from current
                edition of port series report

OLDPWD          pier, wharf or dock record sequence number from previous
                edition of port series report

DOCKCD          location code designating where a dock is located generated
                by wcsc

NDCCODE         internal code generated by the navigation data center for
                data integration and system interoperability

COMMCD1         commodity code for first commodity handled at the wharf

COMMCD2         commodity code for the second commodity handled at wharf

COMMCD3         commodity code for the third commodity handled at wharf

COMMCD4         commodity code for the fourth commodity handled at wharf

REMARK1         remarks, including description of wharf-related storage
                facilities and their operators

REMARK2         remarks, including description of wharf-related storage
                facilities and their operators

REMARK3         remarks, including description of wharf-related storage
                facilities and their operators

REMARK4         remarks, including description of wharf-related storage
                facilities and their operators

REMARK5         remarks, including description of wharf-related storage
                facilities and their operators

DATUM           depth/height datum used

DEPTH1          depth alongside wharf's first operational element being
                described

DEPTH1A         second depth alongside wharf's first operational element
                being described

DEPTH2          depth alongside wharf's second operational element
                being described

DEPTH2A         second depth alongside wharf's second operational element
                being described

DEPTH3          depth alongside wharf's third operational element
                being described

DEPTH3A         second depth alongside wharf's third operational element
                being described

TBIRTH1         berthing distance of wharf's first operational element
                being described

TBIRTH2         berthing distance of wharf's second operational element
                being described

TBIRTH3         berthing distance of wharf's third operational elemen
                being describe

DESCRIPT        Field added by FGDL based on NAME.

USER NOTES:

This dataset contains informatin on port facilities from the U.S.
Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
(BTS), National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2003.

The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Ports database is an extract
from the National Waterway Network database consisting of fifty-six
Port Series Reports covering nearly 10,000 facilities in more than 200
port areas.  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.

The National Waterway Network was created on behalf of the Bureau of
Transportation Statistics, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S.
Bureau of Census, and the U.S. Coast Guard by Vanderbilt University and
Oak Ridge National Laboratory.  Additional agencies with input into network
development include Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Maritime
Administration, Military Traffic Management Command, Tennessee Valley
Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Railroad
Administration.

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.

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.

A note concerning data scale:

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 multicounty 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:

Process Steps for NTAD 2003 Port Facility Locations:

-Port Facility locations were obtained from the CD-ROM
 National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2003
 (A Collection of Spatial Data for Use in GIS-based Applications)
 BTS-03-04.
-GeoPlan extracted this data in shapefile format and removed facilities
 not located in Florida.
-The shapefile was reprojected from WGS_1984 Decimal Degrees to the
 FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. (See "Map Projection Parameters" below)

REFERENCES:

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
http://www.bts.gov/gis

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Port locations were obtained from the CD-ROM
National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) 2003
(A Collection of Spatial Data for Use in GIS-based Applications)
BTS-03-04. GeoPlan extracted this data in shapefile
format and removed facilities not located in Florida.
The shapefile was reprojected from WGS_1984 Decimal Degrees to the
FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. (See "Map Projection Parameters" below)

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

DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Web site: http://www.bts.gov/gis/
Address: 400 Seventh Street, S.W.
Address: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
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

FGDL CONTACT:

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                         PO Box 115706
                         Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
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