FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: RAIL NETWORK IN FLORIDA - 2017

Geodataset Name:       RAILS_2017
Geodataset Type:       SDE Feature Class
Geodataset Feature:    Polyline
Feature Count:         4590
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains the Florida subset of the National Rail Network. The Rail Network is a comprehensive database of the nation's railway system at the 1:100,000 scale or better. This is an update to the rails_2016 layer.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Railroad Administration
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20170519 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20170519 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: RAILS_2017.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
FRAARCID
8 Double
FRFRANODE
8 Double
TOFRANODE
8 Double
STFIPS
2 String
CTFIPS
5 String
STCYFIPS
5 String
STATE
2 String
FRAREGION
8 Double
RROWNER1
5 String
RROWNER2
1 String
RROWNER3
1 String
TRKRGHTS1
5 String
TRKRGHTS2
5 String
TRKRGHTS3
1 String
TRKRGHTS4
1 String
TRKRGHTS5
1 String
TRKRGHTS6
1 String
TRKRGHTS7
1 String
TRKRGHTS8
1 String
TRKRGHTS9
1 String
SUBDIV
35 String
YARD
20 String
PASSNGR
1 String
STRACNET
1 String
TRACKS
8 Double
NET
1 String
MILES
8 Double
OLD_FRAID
8 Double
DESCRIPT
10 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

FRAARCID Unique Identifier

FRFRANODE The FRA assigned node number at the topological start of the link

TOFRANODE The FRA assigned node number at the topological start of the link
CTC = Centralized Traffic Control


STFIPS Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State Code

CTFIPS Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) County Code

STCYFIPS Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State and County Code

STATE State railroad abbreviation which follows the Postal abbreviation

FRAREGION FRA Regional Boundaries

RROWNER1 The reporting mark of the 1st owning railroad. A mark of 'XXXX' indicates an abandoned link. Rule 260 codes are used where available. A mark of 'DUMX' indicates an added connecting link.
8 = AK, ID, MT, ND, OR, SD, WA, WY


RROWNER2 The reporting mark of the 2nd owning railroad, if any.
8 = AK, ID, MT, ND, OR, SD, WA, WY


RROWNER3 No descript available.

TRKRGHTS1 Reporting mark of the 1st railroad having trackage-rights.
8 = AK, ID, MT, ND, OR, SD, WA, WY


TRKRGHTS2 Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
8 = AK, ID, MT, ND, OR, SD, WA, WY


TRKRGHTS3 Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.
8 = AK, ID, MT, ND, OR, SD, WA, WY


TRKRGHTS4 Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.

TRKRGHTS5 Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.

TRKRGHTS6 Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.

TRKRGHTS7 Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.

TRKRGHTS8 Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.

TRKRGHTS9 Reporting marks of any additional railroads having trackage rights.

SUBDIV Subdivision, if available

YARD Name of the Yard, if available

PASSNGR Passenger Railroad Operations

STRACNET Type of military interest flag - this code should match the publication 'Civil Rail Lines Important to 'National Defense, 2013'

TRACKS Number of tracks

NET Indicates which operations is part of the network, spatially

MILES Length of segment in miles

OLD_FRAID No descript available.

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on FRAARCID

FGDLAQDATE The date GeoPlan acquired the data from the source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.LEN Length in meters

National Rail Network
USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
At the time of publishing the DVD significant updates to the layer were underway.

The data set provides location and partial attribute 
information for use in national and regional network 
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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Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes.
Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
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1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
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Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be
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before using it for projects or analysis. 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 webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
National Transportation Atlas Database:
http://www.bts.gov/publications/national_transportation_atlas_database/

Bureau of Transportation Statistics:
http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
- Downloaded data from BTS Open Data Portal (http://osav-usdot.opendata
.arcgis.com/datasets/2553aa5e457349efb600502050bf9c3c_0).

- Extracted features where "STATE" = 'FL' to select features in Florida and 
saved as rails_2017.shp

- Reprojected file into Albers from GCS_WGS_1984 using the WGS_1984_
(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation.  
The newest update has been edited by NTAD to better reflect rail lines and 
therefore does not line up with rails_2016.

- Between updates, the COUNTRY field was removed and the OLD_FRAID 
field was added

- Added DESCRIPT field, populated it based on FRAARCID

- Added FGDLAQDATE and populated it based on the date GeoPlan received 
the data

- Removed all shape_length and OBJECTID fields

- Restructured table

- Uppercased all fields
Process Date: 20170720

Dataset copied. Process Date: 20171129
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 SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Railroad Administration
RITA/BTS/FRA
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, D.C.
20590
202.493.6415

http://osav-usdot.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/2553aa5e457349efb600502050bf9c3c_0 Raquel.Hunt@dot.gov Raquel Wright

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Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
                        431 Architecture Building
                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

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