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New York City Freight Rail Lines, 2007

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Identification Information
Citation
Originator
Community Cartography
Publication Date
2007
Title
New York City Freight Rail Lines, 2007
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/halcrow_freightline_nyc_2007.zip
Abstract
NYC Freight Rail Lines is a line theme of major freight rail lines in New York City and Long Island. Attribute data include the name of the line, name of the railroad, use, owner/operator and type of train service. Raw data was acquired from files from the New York State Department of Transportation. Data is provided in the projection NAD83 to align with the NYCMap basemap. The realigned data has not been thoroughly checked for accuracy.
Purpose
For research purposes only.
Temporal Extent
Currentness Reference
ground condition
Time Instant
2007
Bounding Box
West
-74.255064
East
-71.951586
North
41.111332
South
40.494292
ISO Topic Category
transportation
Theme Keyword
Train
Rail line
Rail road
Freight
Theme Keyword Thesaurus
None
Place Keyword
New York City (5128581)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Bronx (New York, N.Y.)
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Nassau County (N.Y.)
Essex County (N.Y.)
Long Island (N.Y.)
Place Keyword Thesaurus
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Temporal Keyword
2007
Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
None
Access Restrictions
For research purposes only.
Use Restrictions
Educational non-commercial use only.
Status
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency
Unknown
Point of Contact
Contact Organization
Community Cartography
Delivery Point
1200 MacArthur Blvd
City
Mahwah
State
NJ
Postal Code
07430
Contact Telephone
1-877-MakeMap
Contact Facsimile Telephone
201-529-5728
Contact Electronic Mail Address
info@comcarto.com
Native Data Set Environment
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780
Cross-Reference
Originator
Community Cartography
Publication Date
2007
Title
NYC Freight Rail Stations
Geospatial Data Presentation Form
vector digital data
Online Linkage
https://www1.columbia.edu/sec/acis/eds/dgate/studies/C1301/data/fre_sta.zip
Data Quality Information
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report
The realigned data has not been thoroughly checked for accuracy.
Lineage
Spatial Data Organization Information
Direct Spatial Reference Method
Vector
Point and Vector Object Information
SDTS Terms Description
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
String
Point and Vector Object Count
1027
Spatial Reference Information
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
Planar
Map Projection
Map Projection Name
Lambert Conformal Conic
Lambert Conformal Conic
Standard Parallel
40.666667
Standard Parallel
41.033333
Longitude of Central Meridian
-74.000000
Latitude of Projection Origin
40.166667
False Easting
984250.000000
False Northing
0.000000
Planar Coordinate Information
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
coordinate pair
Coordinate Representation
Abscissa Resolution
0.001024
Ordinate Resolution
0.001024
Planar Distance Units
survey feet
Geodetic Model
Horizontal Datum Name
North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name
Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major Axis
6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio
298.257222
Entity and Attribute Information
Entity Type
Entity Type Label
fre_line
Entity Type Definition
Freight rail line
Entity Type Definition Source
CommunityCartography
Attributes
FID
Internal feature number.
Definition Source
ESRI
Shape
Feature geometry.
Definition Source
ESRI
CATEGORY
FEATURE
SOURCE
GRADESEP
OWNER
Code for Owner
Definition Source
CommunityCartography
OWNER_NAME
Name of Owner
Definition Source
CommunityCartography
OPERATOR
Name of the operator
Definition Source
CommunityCartography
TRK_RIGHT
RR_TYPE
Type of railroad
Definition Source
CommunityCartography
USE
Use for the line
Definition Source
CommunityCartography
LINE_NAME
Name of the rail line
Definition Source
CommunityCartography
LENGTH
Length in miles
Definition Source
CommunityCartography
Distribution Information
Distributor
CommunityCartography
Name
Metadata Reference Information
Metadata Date
20070416
Metadata Contact
Contact Information
Contact Organization Primary
Contact Organization
Research Data Services (RDS), Columbia University Libraries
Contact Person
GIS/Metadata Librarian
Contact Address
Address
420 W. 118th St., 215 IAB, MC 3301
City
New York
State or Province
NY
Postal Code
10027
Contact Voice Telephone
(212)854-6012
Contact Electronic Mail Address
data@library.columbia.edu
Metadata Standard Name
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version
FGDC-STD-001-1998
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