Geodataset Name:       AMTRAK_2007
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         36

DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     100000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      200701
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: AMTRAK_2007.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
STNCODE	Unique Station Code
STNNAME	City and State of the station
ADDRESS1	Street address of the station
ADDRESS2	Street address of the station, if app.
CITY	Name of city where station is located
STATE	State railroad abbreviation which follows the Postal abbreviation
ZIP	Postal ZIP Code for station
STNTYPE	Type of Station BUS = Station is a Bus location RAIL = Station is a rail location OTHER = Station serves other modes
LAT	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.
LON	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.
STFIPS	Two digit State FIPS Code
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	GeoPlan added field based on CITY
FGDLAQDATE	Date GeoPlan acquired data from source
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan
SHAPE	Feature geometry.

USER NOTES:

All point records are represented by a single coordinate pair and a unique feature identifier; the Amtrak Station Code (stored in the STNCODE field). Attribute data can be matched to specific point records using this identifier.

The database includes all Amtrak railroad and thruway bus stations listed in the Amtrak timetables mentioned above.

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

The data set provides location and attribute information for use in national and regional cartographic and 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

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: http://www.bts.gov/help/national_transportation_atlas_database.html Federal Railroad Administration: http://www.fra.dot.gov/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Each Amtrak railroad or thruway bus station identified in the Amtrak Timetables was initially geocoded based on its street address and ZIP Code, using the geocoding procedures in ESRI software and the TIGER/Line(TM) 1995 street centerline databases. Stations with ambiguous street addresses were then located using a combination of geographic cues, including location of nearest railroad tracks, location of Standard Point Location Code (SPLC) place names, location of Census Named Places, and commercial road atlases. Stations with no street address and stations located in Canada were manually located based on place name and location of nearest railroad service. Process Date: In July 2007 Geoplan obtained the data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics in CDROM format. - 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). - All records were upcased. - Changed original layer name from amtrak_sta to amtrak_2007. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on CITY - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date of data processing Process Date: 20070712 Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20071218

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):

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Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
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U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Federal Railroad Administration
USDOT/BTS/FRA
FRA - Mailstop 15
Washington, DC
20590
202.493.6415


http://www.fra.dot.gov/

Raquel Wright

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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