METADATA FOR CANADIAN RAIL NETWORK VERSION 1 RELEASE 0 Identification Information Citation Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, (comp.) Publication Date: 1998 Title: Canadian Rail Network Publication Information Publication Place: Washington, DC Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Larger Work Citation Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Publication Date: 1998 Title: North American Transportation Atlas Data 1998 Publication Information Publication Place: Washington, DC Publisher: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Description Abstract: The Canadian Rail Network is a comprehensive network database of the Canadian rail system. The data set covers the ten provinces plus the Yukon and Northwest Territories. The nominal scale of the data set is 1:1,000,000 Purpose: The database provides location and attribute information for use in regional, national, or international network analysis applications. Time Period of Content Single Date/Time Calendar Date: 1995 Currentness Reference: publication date Status Progress: Complete Maintenance and Update Frequency: As needed Spatial Domain Bounding Coordinates West Bounding Coordinate: -135.123489 East Bounding Coordinate: -59.926189 North Bounding Coordinate: 60.845501 South Bounding Coordinate: 42.035137 Keywords Theme Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None Theme Keyword: network Theme Keyword: transportation Theme Keyword: railway Theme Keyword: rail Theme Keyword: Digital Chart of the World Place Place Keyword Thesaurus: None Place Keyword: Canada Access Constraints: None Use Constraints: None. Acknowledgment of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics North American Transportation Atlas Data would be appreciated in products derived from these data. Data Set Credit: Edgematching the database with the US Rail network and new features were added by members of the Geographic Information Systems Laboratory, Pellissippi Research Institute, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Data Quality Information Attribute Accuracy Attribute Accuracy Report: Thematic Quality: Thematic Accuracy Report: The accuracy of the fields MILES, KM, RAILWAY and NAME from the description section of the link table is consistent with Canadian supplied information for the year 1997. All other attributes in the description section of the link table are verified for the year 1990. Logical Consistency Report: All node and link topological relationships and unique entity identifiers are verified by computer algorithm. Completeness Report: Positional Accuracy Horizontal Positional Accuracy Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: The elements of the Canadian Rail database have been tested by visual comparison with 1:1,000,000 Digital Chart of the World. Where new railroads have been added which were not in the source database, link alignments have been digitized or converted from digital sources acquired from the Digital Chart of the World with a map scale of at least 1:1,000,000. Source Information: Source Citation: "Canadian Railway Atlas, The Canadian Railway Association of Canada (RAC), Perry Printing Ltd., Canada 1991" Source Citation Abbreviation: RAC Beginning Date of Source Currentness: 19900801 Source Contribution: Verification of alignments and attributes in CanRail. Process Step: Process Description: Integration of CanRail into a comprehensive topologically integrated network database. Provinces edgematched and attributes verified. Source Used Citation Abbreviation: CanRail Source Citation Abbreviation: DCW Source Citation Abbreviation: RAC Process Date: 19970215 Lineage Source Information: Source Citation: "Canadian Railroad Data from Canadian Authorities" Source Citation Abbreviation: CanRail Beginning Date of Source Currentness: 19960701 Source Contribution: Railroad alignments and attributes for Canadian Railroads. Source Information: Source Citation: Digital Chart of the World, ESRI Inc. Source Citation Abbreviation: DCW Beginning Date of Source Currentness: 19930901 Source Contribution: Verification of alignments in CanRail if necessary. Source Information: Source Citation: "Canadian Railway Atlas, The Canadian Railway Association of Canada (RAC), Perry Printing Ltd., Canada 1991" Source Citation Abbreviation: RAC Beginning Date of Source Currentness: 19900801 Source Contribution: Verification of alignments and attributes in CanRail. Process Step: Process Description: Integration of CanRail into a comprehensive topologically integrated network database. Provinces edgematched and attributes verified. Source Used Citation Abbreviation: CanRail Source Citation Abbreviation: DCW Source Citation Abbreviation: RAC Process Date: 19970215 Spatial Data Organization Information Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector Point and Vector Object Information SDTS Terms Description SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: Node, network Point and Vector Object Count: 691 SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: Network chain, non-planar graph Point and Vector Object Count: 856 Spatial Reference Information Horizontal Coordinate System Definition Geographic Latitude Resolution: unknown Longitude Resolution: unknown Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal degrees Geodetic Model Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1927 Ellipsoid Name: Clarke 1866 Entity and Attribute Information Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_label: CANRAIL.LNK Entity_Type_Definition: Line Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Field Field Field Field Beg End Field Number Name Type Length Pos Pos Description 1 RECTYPE C 1 1 1 Record Type: always 'L' 2 VERSION C 2 2 3 File version number 3 REVISION C 2 4 5 Record revision number 4 MODDATE C 8 6 13 Record modification date 5 LINKID I 10 14 23 Unique sequential line identification 6 FEATURID I 10 24 33 Unique line identifier 7 ANODE I 10 34 43 Node identification for the beginning node of the line 8 BNODE I 10 44 54 Node identification for the ending node of the line 9 DESCRIPT C 35 55 88 Name or identification for the line feature 10 STFIPS1 C 2 89 90 Primary State FIPS Code (blank) 11 STFIPS2 C 2 91 92 Secondary State FIPS Code (blank) Attribute: Attribute_Label: RECTYPE Attribute_Definition: One character which defines the type of file from a data set Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: character Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: L Attribute: Attribute_Label: VERSION Attribute_Definition: File version number Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: REVISION Attribute_Definition: Record revision number Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: MODDATE Attribute_Definition: Record Modification Date Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: LINKID Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each line Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: FEATURID Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each line Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: ANODE Attribute_Definition: The node (NODEID) in the node file (.nod) that corresponds to the starting position of the link Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: BNODE Attribute_Definition: The node (NODEID) in the node file (.nod) that corresponds to the ending position of the link Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT Attribute_Definition: Name or identification for the line - full name of the first railroad servicing the link. The abbreviation is found in the RAILWAY1 field in the .tl1 file. Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: character Attribute: Attribute_Label: STFIPS1 Attribute_Definition: In the United States, the Federal Information Processing Standard Code for a state. In this dataset, the field is blank Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: blank Attribute: Attribute_Label: STFIPS2 Attribute_Definition: In the United States, the Federal Information Processing Standard Code for a state. In this dataset, the field is blank Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: blank Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_label: CANRAIL.NOD Entity_Type_Definition: Node Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Field Field Field Field Beg End Field Number Name Type Length Pos Pos Description 1 RECTYPE C 1 1 1 Record Type: always 'N' 2 VERSION C 2 2 3 File version number 3 REVISION C 2 4 5 Record revision number 4 MODDATE I 8 6 13 Record modification date 5 NODEID I 10 14 23 Unique sequential node identification 6 FEATURID C 10 24 33 Unique node identification 7 LONGITUD I 10 34 43 Longitude (6 implied decimal places) 8 LATITUDE I 10 44 53 Latitude (6 implied decimal places) 9 DESCRIPT C 35 54 88 Name or identification for the node 10 STFIPS C 2 89 90 State FIPS Code (BLANK) Attribute: Attribute_Label: RECTYPE Attribute_Definition: One character which defines the type of file from a data set Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: character Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: N Attribute: Attribute_Label: VERSION Attribute_Definition: File version number Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: REVISION Attribute_Definition: Record revision number Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: MODDATE Attribute_Definition: Record Modification Date (format: MMDDYYYY) Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: NODEID Attribute_Definition: Unique sequential identification for each node Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: FEATURID Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each node Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: character Attribute: Attribute_Label: LONGITUD Attribute_Definition: The longitude of the node expressed as a signed integer with six implied decimal places Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: LATITUDE Attribute_Definition: The latitude of the node expressed as a signed integer with six implied decimal places Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT Attribute_Definition: Name or identification for the node Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: character Attribute: Attribute_Label: STFIPS Attribute_Definition: In the United States, the Federal Information Processing Standard Code for a state. In this dataset, the field is blank Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: blank Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_label: CANRAIL.GEO Entity_Type_Definition: Line Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Field Field Field Field Beg End Field Number Name Type Length Pos Pos Description 1 RECTYPE C 1 1 1 Record Type: always 'G' 2 VERSION C 2 2 3 File version number 3 REVISION C 2 4 5 Record revision number 4 MODDATE I 8 6 13 Record modification date 5 LINKID I 10 14 23 Unique sequential line identification 6 blank 20 24 43 blank 7 NPOINT I 3 44 46 Number of coordinate pairs that make up the linear feature - the coordinate pairs follow Attribute: Attribute_Label: RECTYPE Attribute_Definition: One character which defines the type of file from a data set Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: character Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: G Attribute: Attribute_Label: VERSION Attribute_Definition: File version number Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: REVISION Attribute_Definition: Record revision number Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: MODDATE Attribute_Definition: Record Modification Date Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: LINKID Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each line Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: blank Attribute_Definition: Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: Attribute: Attribute_Label: NPOINT Attribute_Definition: The number of coordinate pairs that define the linear feature. The coordinate pairs then follow - having up to four coordinate pairs per line, field length ten each per and latitude with six implied decimal places Attribute_Definition_Source: calculated Attribute_Domain_Values: positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: LONGITUD Attribute_Definition: The longitude of the node or shape point expressed as a signed integer with six implied decimal places Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: LATITUDE Attribute_Definition: The latitude of the node or shape point expressed as a signed integer with six implied decimal places Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: integer Entity_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_label: CANRAIL.TL1 CANRAIL.DBF Entity_Type_Definition: Line Attribute Table Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Field Field Field Field Beg End Field Number Name Type Width Pos Pos Description 1 RECTYPE C 1 1 1 Record Type: Always 'T' 2 VERSION C 2 2 3 File Version Number 3 REVISION C 2 4 5 Record Revision Number 4 MODDATE I 8 6 13 Record modification date 5 FEATURID I 10 14 23 Unique line identifier 6 LINKID I 10 24 33 Unique sequential line identifier 7 RAILWAY1 C 8 34 41 First Railroad 8 RAILWAY2 C 6 42 47 Second Railroad 9 RAILWAY3 C 6 48 53 Third Railroad 10 RAILWAY4 C 6 54 59 Forth Railroad 11 MILES N 6 60 65 Link length in Miles 12 KM N 6 66 71 Link length in Kilometers 13 PROVINCE C 35 72 106 Province Attribute: Attribute_Label: RECTYPE Attribute_Definition: One character which defines the type of file from a data set Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: character Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: T Attribute: Attribute_Label: VERSION Attribute_Definition: File version number Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: REVISION Attribute_Definition: Record revision number Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: MODDATE Attribute_Definition: Record Modification Date (format: MMDDYYYY) Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: FEATURID Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each line Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: LINKID Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each line Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: Positive integer Attribute: Attribute_Label: RAILWAY1 Attribute_Definition: First railroad owner name abbreviation - related to the full name in the DESCRIPT field of the .lnk file Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: character Attribute: Attribute_Label: RAILWAY2 Attribute_Definition: Second railroad owner name abbreviation Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: character Attribute: Attribute_Label: RAILWAY3 Attribute_Definition: Third railroad owner name abbreviation Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: character Attribute: Attribute_Label: RAILWAY4 Attribute_Definition: Forth railroad owner name abbreviation Attribute_Definition_Source: Attribute_Domain_Values: character Attribute: Attribute_Label: MILES Attribute_Definition: Length of link, in miles Attribute_Definition_Source: calculated Attribute_Domain_Values: numeric with two decimal places Attribute: Attribute_Label: KM Attribute_Definition: Length of link, in kilometers Attribute_Definition_Source: calculated Attribute_Domain_Values: numeric with two decimal places Attribute: Attribute_Label: PROVINCE Attribute_Definition: Province in which the link is located Attribute_Definition_Source: assigned Attribute_Domain_Values: character Distribution Information Distributor Contact Organization Primary Contact Organization: BTS Product Distribution Center Contact Address Address Type: mailing and physical address Address: 400 Seventh Street, SW City: Washington State or Province: District of Columbia Postal Code: 20590 Contact Voice Telephone: 1 202 366 DATA Contact Facsimile Telephone: 1 202 366 3640 Contact Electronic Mail Address: orders@bts.gov Resource Description: North American Transportation Atlas Data 1998 Distribution Liability: None Standard Order Process Digital Form Digital Transfer Information Format Name: BTS (Bureau of Transportation Statistics standard format for spatial data) Format Information Content: The BTS standard format for spatial data is an interim format for distributing geospatial digital data bases pending final approval for an SDTS Transportation Network Profile (TNP). The BTS standard format consists of a linked set of ASCII fixed record length files. File formats and data dictionary for the BTS standard format are described in the documents, "format.txt" and "datadict.txt". Copies of these documents are distributed on each North American Transportation Atlas Data CD-ROM in the "docs" directory. File Decompression Technique: No compression applied. However, if using digital transfer online option, note access instructions. Transfer Size: 1,2 megabytes Digital Transfer Option Online Option Computer Contact Information Network Address Network Resource Name: www.bts.gov/gis/ntatlas/can.html Access Instructions: Anyone with access to the Internet World Wide Web may connect to the BTS server. To access a specific database, go to the address listed above in the Network Resource Name. The visitor can create a "package" of the data set for download. 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Metadata Reference Option Metadata Date: 199711 Metadata Review Date: 199801 Metadata Contact: Contact Organization Primary Contact Organization: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Contact Address Address Type: mailing and physical address Address: 400 Seventh Street, SW City: Washington State or Province: DC Postal Code: 20590 Contact Voice Telephone: 1 202 366 DATA Contact Facsimile Telephone: 1 202 366 3640 Contact Electronic Mail Address: nortad@bts.gov Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata Standard Version: 19940608