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Railroads Active in Washington State, at 1:24,000


Identification_Information
Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification Information

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    Citation:
      Citation Information:
        Originator: GIS Implementation Team, Washington State Department of Transportation
        Publication Date: 19970117
        Title: Railroads Active in Washington State, at 1:24,000
        Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
        Publication Information:
          Publication Place: Olympia, Washington
          Publisher: Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT)
    Description:
      Abstract:
        Actively operated railroads of Washington State depicted as linework. Principle routes are shown with selected sidings and yards. Selected bridges and tunnels are depicted cartographically.
      Purpose: This data set shows active railroad ownership for geographic information systems at WSDOT.
    Time Period of Content:
      Time Period Information:
        Single Date/Time:
          Calendar Date: 12/31/1996
          Time of Day: Unknown
      Currentness Reference: ground condition
    Status:
      Progress: In Work
      Maintenance and Update Frequency: ongoing
    Spatial Domain:
      Bounding Coordinates:
        West Bounding Coordinate: -125
        East Bounding Coordinate: -116.875
        North Bounding Coordinate: 49
        South Bounding Coordinate: 45.5
    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
        Theme Keyword: rail
        Theme Keyword: railroad
        Theme Keyword: railway
      Place:
        Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
        Place Keyword: Washington
        Place Keyword: WA
        Place Keyword: United States
        Place Keyword: USA
        Place Keyword: Pacific Northwest
    Access Constraints: none
    Use Constraints: none
    Point of Contact:
      Contact Information:
        Contact Person Primary:
          Contact Person: Ron Cihon
          Contact Organization: Geographic Services, Washington State Department of Transportation
        Contact Position: GIS/Cartography Supervisor
        Contact Address:
          Address Type: physical address
          Address: 1655 S. 2nd Avenue
          City: Tumwater
          State or Province: WA
          Postal Code: 98512
          Country: USA
        Contact Address:
          Address Type: mailing address
          Address:
            Mail Stop: 7384
            PO Box 47384
          City: Olympia
          State or Province: WA
          Postal Code: 98504-7384
          Country: USA
        Contact Voice Telephone: 360-709-5510
        Contact Facsimile Telephone: 360-709-5599
        Contact Electronic Mail Address: cihonr@wsdot.wa.gov
    Browse Graphic:
      Browse Graphic File Name: railjpg.htm
      Browse Graphic File Description: The graphic represents the data as projected on the Washington State Plane Coordinate Sysytem, South Zone.
      Browse Graphic File Type: JPEG
    Data Set Credit: Gordon Kennedy & Dave Thompson, Washington State Department of Transportation
    Native Data Set Environment: Arc/Info coverage, version 7.1.2 for NT 4.0
    Cross Reference:
      Citation Information:
        Originator: GIS Implementation Team, Washington State Department of Transportation
        Publication Date: 19960101
        Title: Washington State County Series, Railroads
        Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
        Publication Information:
          Publication Place: Olympia, Washington
          Publisher: Washington State Department of Transportation
    Cross Reference:
      Citation Information:
        Originator: GIS Implementation Team, Washington State Department of Transportation
        Publication Date: 19960201
        Title: Railroads Active in Washington State, at 1:500,000
        Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
        Publication Information:
          Publication Place: Olympia, Washington
          Publisher: Washington State Department of Transportation

Data Quality Information

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    Attribute Accuracy:
      Attribute Accuracy Report: none
    Logical Consistency Report: none
    Completeness Report: none
    Positional Accuracy:
      Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
        Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: Positional accuracy has not been determined.
    Lineage:
      Source Information:
        Source Citation:
          Citation Information:
            Originator: Cartography Section, Washington State Department of Transportation
            Publication Date: Unpublished Material
            Title: railall.dgn
            Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
        Source Scale Denominator: 24000
        Type of Source Media: online
        Source Time Period of Content:
          Time Period Information:
            Single Date/Time:
              Calendar Date: 1/13/1997
              Time of Day: Unknown
          Source Currentness Reference: ground condition
        Source Citation Abbreviation: railall.dgn1
        Source Contribution: The graphics and attributes depicting Washington state's actively-operated railroads.
      Process Step:
        Process Description:
          The Microstation-format file "railall.dgn" was converted to measuring units of feet using Intergraph's "wu_setup" command, and the resulting file was converted to Arc/Info coverage format with the Arc command "IGDSARC." The resulting coverage was transformed to geographic coordinates with Arc commands "PROJECTDEFINE" and "PROJECT" and ownership attributes were assigned based on the Intergraph color code found in INFO's "ACODE" table. Uncoded lines were assigned owner values in ArcEdit.
        Source Used Citation Abbreviation: railall.dgn1
        Process Date: 19970113
        Process Contact:
          Contact Information:
            Contact Person Primary:
              Contact Person: Gordon Kennedy
              Contact Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation
            Contact Position: Coordinator, Information Resources Management
            Contact Address:
              Address Type: mailing address
              Address: PO Box 47430
              City: Olympia
              State or Province: WA
              Postal Code: 98504-7430
              Country: USA
            Contact Address:
              Address Type: physical address
              Address: 809 Legion Way SE
              City: Olympia
              State or Province: WA
              Postal Code: 98501
              Country: USA
            Contact Voice Telephone: 360-705-7641
            Contact Facsimile Telephone: 360-705-6817
            Contact Electronic Mail Address: gkennedy@wsdot.wa.gov
            Hours of Service: 0700 to 1530, Pacific Time, M-F
      Process Step:
        Process Description: Changed projection and datum to Geographic NAD83 HARN
        Process Date: 2004/06/08
        Process Contact:
          Contact Information:
            Contact Person Primary:
              Contact Person: Heather Spates
              Contact Organization: GIS/Cartography Section, Washington State Department of Transportation
            Contact Position: Cartographer
            Contact Address:
              Address Type: mailing address
              Address: PO Box 47384
              City: Olympia
              State or Province: WA
              Postal Code: 98504-7384
              Country: USA
            Contact Address:
              Address Type: physical address
              Address: 1655 South Second Avenue
              City: Tumwater
              State or Province: WA
              Postal Code: 98512
              Country: USA
            Contact Voice Telephone: 360-709-5521
            Contact Facsimile Telephone: 360-709-5599
            Contact Electronic Mail Address: Spatesh@wsdot.wa.gov
            Hours of Service: 0800 to 1530 Pacific Time, M-F
            Contact Instructions: Contact by e-mail is prefered.
    Cloud Cover: 0

Spatial Data Organization Information

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    Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector

Spatial Reference Information

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    Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
      Geographic:
        Latitude Resolution: 0
        Longitude Resolution: 0
        Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal degrees
      Geodetic Model:
        Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983 HARN
        Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
        Semi-major Axis: 6378137
        Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257

Entity and Attribute Information

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    Detailed Description:
      Entity Type:
        Entity Type Label: Railroad
        Entity Type Definition: Actively-operated railroads of Washington state.
        Entity Type Definition Source: Cartography Section, and Public Transportation and Rail Office, Washington State Department of Transportation
      Attribute:
        Attribute Label: Owner
        Attribute Definition: Reporting marks (the standard abbreviation) of the organization that owns the railroad right of way
        Attribute Definition Source: American Association of Railroads (AAR)
        Attribute Domain Values:
          Unrepresentable Domain: Initials used by the AAR to abbreviate the names of railroads--capital letters A through Z.
        Beginning Date of Attribute Values: 19961231
    Overview Description:
      Entity and Attribute Overview: Each line representing an actively-operated railroad is assigned an attribute value for its ownership.
      Entity and Attribute Detail Citation: http://wwwi.wsdot.wa.gov/gis/supportteam/data/maps/24K/DOT_Cartog/rail.ddi

Distribution Information

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    Distributor:
      Contact Information:
        Contact Organization Primary:
          Contact Organization: Washington State Department of Transportation
          Contact Person: Michelle Blake
        Contact Position: GIS Data Administrator
        Contact Address:
          Address Type: mailing address
          Address: PO Box 47430
          City: Olympia
          State or Province: WA
          Postal Code: 98504-7430
          Country: USA
        Contact Address:
          Address Type: physical address
          Address: 809 Legion Way SE
          City: Olympia
          State or Province: WA
          Postal Code: 98501
          Country: USA
        Contact Voice Telephone: 360-705-7797
        Contact Facsimile Telephone: 360-705-6817
        Contact Electronic Mail Address: blakem@wsdot.wa.gov
        Contact Instructions: Call, email or write with requests for geo-spatial data sets.
    Resource Description: \gisosc\geodata\maps\24k\dot_cartog\rail\rail
    Distribution Liability:
      The Washington State Department of Transportation shall not be liable for any activity involving these data with regard to lost profits or savings or any other consequential damages; or the fitness for use of the data for a particular purpose; or the installation of the data, its use, or the results obtained.
    Standard Order Process:
      Digital Form:
        Digital Transfer Information:
          Format Specification: Various formats are used: ESRI coverages and shapefiles, and data tables for placement as ArcView "events."
          Format Information Content:
            The standard distribution compact disc contains all geospatial data sets created by the Washington State Dept. of Transportation. Refer to the included Geodata.txt text file for a brief description of the directory structure. Data formats vary--most data are stored as ESRI shape files, but some data models require coverages. There are also dbf-format tables of data located by geographic coordinates or State Route Accumulated Route Mileage.
        Digital Transfer Option:
          Offline Option:
            Offline Media: CD-ROM
      Fees: none
      Ordering Instructions: Call, email or write the Distributor with requests for geo-spatial data sets.
      Turnaround: Generally, the standard compact disc containing all distributed data can be sent within one week of receiving a data request.
    Standard Order Process:
      Digital Form:
        Digital Transfer Information:
          Format Name: self-extracting zip file
          Format Version Number: 6.3 SR-1 (926) 32-bit
          Format Specification: WinZip
          Format Information Content:
            Depends on the data set. Arc/Info coverage or shape file; metadata report in html and text files; and, in some cases, a data dictionary text file. Some data sets in the standard distribution are tabular data for placement as ArcView "events."
          File Decompression Technique: Run the "exe" file under Windows NT.
        Digital Transfer Option:
          Online Option:
            Access Instructions: Use anonymous FTP login or web browser download on the URL specified under Network Address.
            Online Computer and Operating System: Unix
      Fees: none
      Ordering Instructions: Download individual data sets from ftp://ftp.wsdot.wa.gov/gis/GeoDataDistribution
    Standard Order Process:
      Non-digital Form: The Cartography/GIS Section can plot maps of most geospatial data sets.
      Fees: depend on plotting costs.
      Ordering Instructions: Contact the Point of Contact listed under the Identification Section to determine the availability of this data set in a non-digital representation.
    Available Time Period:
      Time Period Information:
        Single Date/Time:
          Calendar Date: Unknown
          Time of Day: Unknown

Metadata Reference Information

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    Metadata Date: 6/8/2004
    Metadata Review Date:
    Metadata Future Review Date:
    Metadata Contact:
      Contact Information:
        Contact Person Primary:
          Contact Person: Heather Spates
          Contact Organization: GIS/Cartography Section, Washington State Department of Transportation
        Contact Position: Cartographer
        Contact Address:
          Address Type: mailing address
          Address: PO Box 47384
          City: Olympia
          State or Province: WA
          Postal Code: 98504-7384
          Country: USA
        Contact Address:
          Address Type: physical address
          Address: 1655 South Second Avenue
          City: Tumwater
          State or Province: WA
          Postal Code: 98512
          Country: USA
        Contact Voice Telephone: 360-709-5521
        Contact Facsimile Telephone: 360-709-5599
        Contact Electronic Mail Address: Spatesh@wsdot.wa.gov
        Hours of Service: 0800 to 1530 Pacific Time, M-F
        Contact Instructions: Contact by e-mail is prefered.
    Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
    Metadata Standard Version: June 1998
    Metadata Time Convention: local time
    Metadata Access Constraints: none
    Metadata Use Constraints: none

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