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United States Amtrak Stations, 2008
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- United States. Federal Railroad Administration
- Publication Date
- 2008
- Title
- United States Amtrak Stations, 2008
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Online Linkage
- https://www.columbia.edu/acis/eds/gis/images/ntad_2008_us_amtrksta.zip
- Abstract
- Amtrak Stations database is a point theme representing Amtrak intercity railroad passenger terminals in the United States and Canada. Attribute data include services and passenger amenities provided at the station.
- Purpose
- The data set provides location and attribute information for use in national and regional cartographic and network analysis applications.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2008
- Bounding Box
- West
- -124.211990
- East
- -68.670621
- North
- 48.720486
- South
- 25.849848
- ISO Topic Category
- Transportation
- Theme Keyword
- Train stations
- Amtrak
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- GeoNames
- Temporal Keyword
- 2008
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- None
- Status
- Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- As needed
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Delivery Point
- 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
- Delivery Point
- MS 15
- City
- Washington
- State
- DC
- Postal Code
- 20590
- Country
- USA
- Contact Telephone
- 202.493.6415
- Data Quality Information
- Logical Consistency Report
- 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.
- Completeness Report
- The database includes all Amtrak railroad and thruway bus stations listed in the Amtrak timetables mentioned above.
- Lineage
- Source
- Originator
- Amtrak
- Publication Date
- 2000
- Title
- Amtrak Spring/Summer National and Summer/Fall Northeast Timetables
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- document
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Washington, DC
- Publisher
- Amtrak
- Type of Source Media
- paper
- Source Temporal Extent
- Time Period Information
- Single Date/Time
- Calendar Date
- 2000
- Source Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Contribution
- Passenger station addresses and characteristic attributes
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- Entity point
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 843
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- Longitude Resolution
- 0.000000
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D_WGS_1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS_1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257224
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- amtrk_sta
- Entity Type Definition
- Train Stations
- Attributes
- FID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- Definition Source
- ESRI
- STNCODE
- Unique Station Code (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- Amtrak
- STNNAME
- City and State of the station (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- ADDRESS1
- Street address of the station (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- Amtrak
- ADDRESS2
- Street address of the station, if app. (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- Amtrak
- CITY
- Name of city where station is located (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- Amtrak
- STATE
- State railroad abbreviation which follows the Postal abbreviation (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- Amtrak
- ZIP
- Postal ZIP Code for station (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- Amtrak
- STNTYPE
- Type of Station
- BUS
- Station is a Bus location
- RAIL
- Station is a rail location
- OTHER
- Station serves other modes
- Definition Source
- FRA
- 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. (-90 to 90)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- 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. (-180 to 180)
- Definition Source
- FRA
- STFIPS
- State FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS), Publication 6-4.National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST).)
- Definition Source
- BTS
- VERSION
- The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be incremented for all records in the database whenever a new release is distributed. (00 to 99)
- Definition Source
- RITA/BTS
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- GeoPackage
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20090601
- 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
- Country
- USA
- 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