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United States Amtrak Stations, 2013
- Identification Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- United States. Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Publication Date
- 2013
- Title
- United States Amtrak Stations, 2013
- 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_2013_amtrk_sta.zip
- Abstract
- United States Amtrak Stations, 2013 is a point theme representing Amtrack stations. Updated database of the Federal Railroad Administration's (FRA) Amtrak Station database. This database is a geographic data set containing 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 an updated version of the location and attribute information for all Amtrak stations in the United States and Canada. This data is used for national and network analysis applications.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- publication date
- Time Instant
- 2013
- Bounding Box
- West
- -124.211990
- East
- -68.670621
- North
- 50.331532
- South
- 25.849848
- ISO Topic Category
- Transportation
- Place Keyword
- United States
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- GeoNames
- Temporal Keyword
- 2013
- Temporal Keyword Thesaurus
- None
- Access Restrictions
- None
- Use Restrictions
- None
- Status
- In work
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Annually
- 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
- 879
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Geographic
- Latitude Resolution
- 8.983152841195215e-009
- Longitude Resolution
- 8.983152841195215e-009
- Geographic Coordinate Units
- Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- D WGS 1984
- Ellipsoid Name
- WGS 1984
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.0
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257223563
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- Amtrak Stations
- Entity Type Definition
- Stations
- Entity Type Definition Source
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- 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
- Antrak
- 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 applicable (Character Value) (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- Amtrak
- CITY
- Name of the city the station is located in (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- Amtrak
- STATE
- State abbreviation which follows the postal abbreviation (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- Amtrak
- ZIP
- Postal ZIP code for location of station (Character Value)
- Definition Source
- Amtrak
- STNTYPE
- Type of station
- BUS
- Station is a thruway bus stop
- RAIL
- Station is a rail station
- OTHER
- Station serves other modes
- Definition Source
- Amtrak
- STFIPS
- Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State Code (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) State CodeNational Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST))
- Definition Source
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- Distribution Information
- Format Name
- GeoPackage
- Distributor
- United States. Department of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology Administration
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20140925
- 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 Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998