FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2004
TITLE: NAVIGABLE WATER WAYS
Geodataset Name: BTSWW Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: LINE
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains navigable waterways in and around Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S): Bureau of Transportation Statistics
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: Many were 1:100,000, see the DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY
for more information
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: Beginning date 1978, ending data 1994
GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES
Datafile Name: BTSWW.DBF
NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION FNODE_ 5 DECIMAL - TNODE_ 5 DECIMAL - LPOLY_ 5 DECIMAL - RPOLY_ 5 DECIMAL - LENGTH 18 DECIMAL 5 BTSWW_ 5 DECIMAL - BTSWW_ID 5 DECIMAL - MODATE 8 DECIMAL - FIPS 2 CHARACTER - LONG_DEC 11 DECIMAL 6 LAT_DEC 10 DECIMAL 6 DESCRIPT 35 CHARACTER -
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
ITEM DESCRIPTION MODATE Record Modification Date FIPS Federal Information Processing Standard Code LONG_DEC Longitudinal decimal degrees LAT_DEC Latitude decimal degrees DESCRIPT USGS Name or identification for the link
USER NOTES:
The National Waterway Network is a geographic database of navigable waterways in and around the UnitedStates, for analytical studies of waterway performance, forcompiling commodity flow statistics, and for mappingpurposes.
Links in the waterway networkrepresent actual shipping lanes or serve as representative paths in open water where no definedshipping lanes exist. Nodes may represent physicalentities such as river confluence's, ports/facilities, and intermodal terminals, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE nodes), or may be inserted for analytical purposes.
Merging of inland and offshore waterway networks required a specialized program written to merge the two networks. In general, Vanderbilt nodelocations were accepted as authoritative when both datasets had the same elements. This meant moving an OakRidge link incident to that node. If the link wasclassified geographically ocean or Great Lakes, and aVanderbilt link or chain existed with the same ID andendpoints, the Oak Ridge link was discarded, aftertransfer of Oak Ridge attributes. If the Oak Ridge linkwas within 2 km of the new end nodes' location: and 1)if a duplicate Vanderbilt link existed with a highersource code, it replace the Oak Ridge link, or 2) theOak Ridge link was moved by a logistic adjustment to the new location. (This causes modest disruption to thepreponderance of the shape, yet assured that the angleof approach to the displaced end node location waspreserved.) If the link was functionally classed "deep draft" and a duplicate Vanderbilt link had an authoritative source code, the Oak Ridge link was replaced. Otherwise an additional shape point was addedat the end to snap to the new node location withoutdisrupting the original link shape. If the link had aVanderbilt duplicate with the same ID, the Oak Ridgelink was so flagged to be manually resolved. Thecomposite network was then cleaned manually, resolvingall cases of still remaining duplicate links and deciding case-by-case how to smooth or otherwiseaccommodate a highly displaced Oak Ridge shape into theVanderbilt digitized node location, using TIGERshorelines as a background.
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers
-Set Precision to DOUBLE
-Set Tolerances to FGDL Standards
REFERENCES:
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The National Waterway Network was created onbehalf of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Bureau of Census, and theU.S. Coast Guard by Vanderbilt University and Oak RidgeNational Laboratory. Additional agencies with input into network development include Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Maritime Administration, Military TrafficManagement Command, Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S.Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal RailroadAdministration.
Off-Shore: NOAA Charts vary in scale. Larger scale
charts were used in harbor/port areas, while smaller
scale charts were used in open water. For channels,
sea lanes, and Intracoastal Waterways, shape points
were placed as needed to ensure that link segments
fall within waterway boundaries.
Inland: Links digitized from 1:100,000 DLG files, or
large scale NOAA charts are the most accurate
representations. Shape points were placed as needed
to ensure that link segments fall between waterway
shorelines. Links derived from Corps milepoints
have shape points approximately one mile apart. The
Corps milepoints were mainly derived from 1:24,000
and 1:100,000 scale maps. Therefore, the shape
points derived from Corps milepoints are often as
accurate as shape points derived from 1:100,000 DLG
files. However, line segments connecting the shape
points may not accurately represent the curvature of
the waterway.
Lineage
Source Information
Source Citation
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication Date: varies
Title: USGS Digital Line Graph (DLG-3) Series
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Publication Information
Publication Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Source Scale Denominator: 24000
Type of Source Media: stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Range of Dates/Times
Beginning Date: 1978
Ending Date: 1994
Source Currentness Reference: publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: DLG
Source Contribution: Inland navigable waterways spatial
and type attributes
Source Citation
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication Date: unknown
Title: National Atlas
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Publication Information
Publication Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Source Scale Denominator: 1.2M
Type of Source Media: stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date: 1980
Source Currentness Reference: publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: NA
Source Contribution: Inland navigable waterways spatial
and type attributes
Source Citation
Originator: U.S. Bureau of Census
Publication Date: 1990
Title: TIGER/Line files
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Publication Information
Publication Place: Washington, DC
Publisher: U.S. Bureau of Census
Source Scale Denominator: 100,000
Source Time Period of Content
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date: 1990
Source Currentness Reference: publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: TIGER
Source Contribution: Inland navigable waterways spatial
and type attributes
Source Citation
Originator: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration
Publication Date: varies
Title: NOAA Navigation Charts
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: paper map
Publication Information
Publication Place: Washington D.C.
Publisher: National Oceanographic and Atmospheric
Administration
Source Scale Denominator: varies
Type of Source Media: stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Range of Dates/Times
Beginning Date: unknown
Ending Date: 1994
Source Currentness Reference: publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: NOAA
Source Contribution: Inland and offshore navigable
waterways spatial and type attributes
Source Citation
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
Publication Date: varies
Title: 1:100,000 Quad maps
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: paper map
Publication Information
Publication Place: Reston, Virginia
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Source Scale Denominator: 24000
Type of Source Media: stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date: varies
Source Currentness Reference: publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: QUADS
Source Contribution: Inland navigable waterways spatial
and type attributes
Source Citation
Originator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Publication Date: unknown
Title: Waterway Link Network
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Publication Information
Publication Place: New Orleans, LA
Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Source Scale Denominator: no scale
Type of Source Media: stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date: unknown
Source Currentness Reference: publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: USACE WLN
Source Contribution: Corps of Engineers links and nodes
on inland and offshore navigable waterways.
Source Citation
Originator: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Publication Date: unknown
Title: USACE Mile Markers
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: table
Publication Information
Publication Place: New Orleans, LA
Publisher: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Source Scale Denominator: none
Type of Source Media: stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date: unknown
Source Currentness Reference: publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: USACE MM
Source Contribution: Inland navigable waterways locational
mile markers.
Source Citation
Originator: Oak Ridge National Laboratories
Publication Date: 1993
Title: Inland Waterways
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Publication Information
Publication Place: none
Publisher: none
Source Scale Denominator: none
Type of Source Media: unknown
Source Time Period of Content
Range of Dates/Times
Beginning Date: unknown
Ending Date: 1994
Source Currentness Reference: ending date
Source Citation Abbreviation: ORWW
Source Contribution: Addition and correction of Inland
navigable waterways attributes.
Conflation of inland and offshore waterways.
Source Citation
Originator: Vanderbilt Engineering Center for
Transportation Operations and Research
Publication Date: 1994
Title: Vanderbilt Waterway Network
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Publication Information
Publication Place: none
Publisher: none
Source Scale Denominator: varies
Type of Source Media: stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date: 1994
Source Currentness Reference: source date
Source Citation Abbreviation: VUWW
Source Contribution: Offshore and coastal
waterways spatial and operational attributes
Source Citation
Originator: Vanderbilt Engineering Center for
Transportation Operations and Research
Publication Date: 1994
Title: National Waterway Network ver 1.0
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Publication Information
Publication Place: none
Publisher: none
Online Linkage: none
Source Scale Denominator: varies
Type of Source Media: stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content
Single Date/Time
Calendar Date: 199410
Source Currentness Reference: publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: WWAY10
Source Contribution: Offshore, inland, and coastal
waterways spatial and operational attributes
Process Step
Process Description: Extraction of spatial and type
attributes for waterway features from NA, DLG and
TIGER
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: DLG
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: NA
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: TIGER
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: USACE
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: WLN
Process Date: 1994
Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: ORWW
Process Contact
Contact Person Primary
Contact Person: Bruce Peterson
Contact Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Contact Address
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
City: Oak Ridge
State or Province: TN
Postal Code:
Country: United States of America
Contact Voice Telephone: 6155744419
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 6155743895
Contact Electronic Mail Address: gto@stc10.ctd.ornl.gov
Process Description: Specification of offshore, coastal
and Great Lake network nodes and links on NOAA,
followed by direct digitization of specified nodes
and links.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: NOAA
Process Date: 1995
Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: none
Process Contact
Contact Person Primary
Contact Person: Mike Dimaiuta
Contact Organization: Vanderbilt Engineering Center
for Transportation Operations and Research
Contact Address
Address Type: mailing address
Address: Box , Station B
City: Nashville
State or Province: TN
Postal Code: 37235
Country: United States of America
Contact Voice Telephone: 6153223683
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 6153223365
Contact Electronic Mail Address:
dimaiuma@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: TIGER
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: ORWW
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: VUWW
Process Date: 1994
Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: WWAY10
Process Contact
Contact Person Primary
Contact Person: Bruce Peterson
Contact Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Contact Address
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
City: Oak Ridge
State or Province: TN
Postal Code:
Country: United States of America
Contact Voice Telephone: 6155744419
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 6155743895
Contact Electronic Mail Address: gto@stc10.ctd.ornl.gov
Process Description: Heads-up digitizing of WWAY10 to add
shape points to inland waterways where straight links
still existed. Incorporation of comments from users
(Vanderbilt, ORNL, and USACE Waterborne Commerce
Statistics Center) of WWAY10 and error correction.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: WWAY10
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: DLG
Process Date: 1995
Source Produced Citation Abbreviation: WWAY11
Process Contact
Contact Person Primary
Contact Person: Mike Dimaiuta
Contact Organization: Vanderbilt Engineering Center
for Transportation Operations and Research
Contact Address
Address Type: mailing address
Address: Box , Station B
City: Nashville
State or Province: TN
Postal Code: 37235
Country: United States of America
Contact Voice Telephone: 6153223683
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 6153223365
Contact Electronic Mail Address:
dimaiuma@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
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 Statistics
Abbr.name: BTS
Address: 400 Seventh Stree SW
Washington D.C. 20590
Phone: (202) 366 - 3282
Fax: (202) 366 - 3640
Email: orders@bts.govBTSWW
FGDL CONTACT:
Name: FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name: FGDL
Address: Florida Geographic Data Library
431 Architecture Building
PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
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