FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2006

TITLE: US ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS PORTS 

Geodataset Name:       ACPORT_2006
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         416
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains the US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) Port locations within the state of Florida. The data consists of listings of port area's waterfront facilities, including information on berthing, cranes, transit sheds, grain elevators, marine repair plants, fleeting areas, and docking and storage facilities. This is an updated layer, the original layer was created in 2001. 
DATA SOURCE(S):                    US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     100000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      2006
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: ACPORTS_2006.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
OBJECTID
4 OID ---
ID
10 Number ---
LONGITUDE
10 Number ---
LATITUDE
10 Number ---
NAME
200 String ---
LOCATION
30 String ---
ADDRESS
50 String ---
COUNTY
30 String ---
COUNTY_FIP
2 String ---
TOWN
30 String ---
STATE
2 String ---
WTRWY
50 String ---
PORT
21 String ---
MILE
5 Number ---
BANK
5 String ---
LATDEC
17 Number 5
LONGDEC
18 Number 5
OPERTOR1
150 String ---
OWNER
120 String ---
PURPOSE
254 String ---
RWYCONN
250 String ---
PORTSER
4 String ---
SEQ_NO
3 String ---
LOC_CD
5 String ---
PWDNO
5 String ---
OLDPWD
5 String ---
DOCKCD
3 Number ---
NDCCODE
10 String ---
CNGDST
5 String ---
COMM_CD1
2 String ---
COMM_CD2
2 String ---
COMM_CD3
2 String ---
COMM_CD4
2 String ---
REMARK1
240 String ---
REMARK2
240 String ---
REMARK3
240 String ---
DATUM
4 String ---
DEPTH1
2 String ---
DEPTH1A
2 String ---
DEPTH2
2 String ---
DEPTH2A
2 String ---
DEPTH3
2 String ---
DEPTH3A
2 String ---
TBIRTH1
5 String ---
TBIRTH2
5 String ---
TBIRTH3
5 String ---
YEAR
4 String ---
MAPNO
3 String ---
FNAME
50 String ---
LNAME
50 String ---
PHONE
43 String ---
FAX
12 String ---
STFIPS
2 String ---
VERSION
2 String ---
DESCRIPT
50 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
SHAPE
4 Geometry ---
AUTOID
4 Integer ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





OBJECTID

Internal feature number.
















ID

Unique Identifier
















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.
















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.
















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
















COUNTY_FIP

County FIPS Code
















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)
















LATDEC

Wharf location latitude: Decimal
















LONGDEC

Wharf location longitude: Decimal
















OPERTOR1

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
















CNGDST

Congressional district of structure
















COMM_CD1

Commodity code for first commodity handled at wharf
















COMM_CD2

Commodity code for second commodity handled at wharf
















COMM_CD3

Commodity code for third commodity handled at wharf
















COMM_CD4

Commodity code for 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
















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 element being described
















YEAR

Year of last survey
















MAPNO

Port series report map no.
















FNAME

First name of contact person
















LNAME

Last name of contact person
















PHONE

Telephone number of facility operator or contact person
















FAX

Fax telephone number of facility operator or contact person
















STFIPS

The 2-character FIPS code of the State or State equivalent
















VERSION

The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed.
















DESCRIPT

Based on 'NAME'
















FGDLAQDATE

Date Geoplan acquired data
















SHAPE

Feature geometry.
















AUTOID

Unique ID added by GeoPlan




























USER NOTES:








RITA/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













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.

























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 data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems
for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.















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.















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















THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING,
MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

A note about data scale: 

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
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.
1:125000 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 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 (NTAD):
http://www.bts.gov/
http://www.bts.gov/help/national_transportation_atlas_database.html









DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 








Extraction of the USACE identified port nodes from the National 
Waterway Network file.
Process Date: 2006


Geoplan, during the QA/QC process included the following aspects:
1.) Clipped to the state of Florida
2.) Projected data to FGDL Albers HPGn
3.) DESCRIPT added to attribute table based on NAME
4.) FGDLAQDATE field added to attribute table
5.) Upcased all character records
Process Date: 20060906


Metadata imported.
Process Date: 








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:




Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Transportation Statistics (RITA/BTS)
USACE
400 7th Street, SW Room 4117
Washington, DC
20590
(202) 366-3282


<http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/>
answers@bts.gov
Geospatial Information Program









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