Intermodal Freight Facilities Rail TOFC/COFC

ISO-19139 Metadata

Metadata Information

Metadata character set: utf8
Last update: 2024-03-01
Metadata contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Individual's name: Dominic Menegus
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Contact's position: Geographer
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 202-306-1587
Address:
Delivery point: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20590
Country: US
e-mail address: dominic.menegus@dot.gov
Scope of the data described by the metadata: dataset
Scope name: dataset
Name of the metadata standard used: ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
Version of the metadata standard: 2007

Data Identification Information

Resource citation:
Title: Intermodal Freight Facilities Rail TOFC/COFC
Collection title: National Transportation Atlas Database
Date:
Reference date - creation: 2003-07-01
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Themes or categories of the resource: transportation
Descriptive keywords:
Place keywords:
Keywords: USA, National
Descriptive keywords:
Theme keywords:
Keywords: transportation
Keyword thesaurus:
Title: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Date:
Descriptive keywords:
Theme keywords:
Keywords: NGDA, National Geospatial Data Asset, Transportation
Keyword thesaurus:
Title: NGDA Portfolio Themes
Date:
Descriptive keywords:
Theme keywords:
Keywords: NTAD, National Transportation Atlas Database, Transportation, Atlas, Database, Freight, Facilities, Truck, Rail, Port, COFC, TOFC, Containers, Intermodal, IFF
Abstract: The Intermodal Freight Facilities - Rail TOFC/COFC dataset was compiled on December 10, 2018 and was updated on July 22, 2022 from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). When available, the primary sources for this dataset were the websites of the railroads. Every facility is assumed to be served by both rail and truck, and those facilities which support port operations, the name of the port is also identified. The dataset also includes the services provided at each facility (TOFC only, COFC only, or both TOFC and COFC), and the Station Point Location Code (SPLC) associated with the rail facility. This dataset is one of several layers in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Intermodal Freight Facility Database.
Purpose: This dataset can be used to understand the intermodal connections for freight transfer and may be used for analysis, spatial mapping, and transportation modeling.
Dataset language:
Dataset character set: utf8
Status: completed
Resource maintenance:
Update frequency: irregular
User-defined maintenance frequency: Updates every 2-3 years
Resource constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.
Resource constraints:
General constraints:
Limitations of use: This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.
Aggregated resource information:
Aggregate dataset name:
Title: National Transportation Atlas Database
Date:
Reference date - publication: 2024-02-09
Cited responsible party:
Role: originator
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Association type: largerWorkCitation
Processing environment: Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.8.1.14362
Resource extent:
Geographic element:
Bounding rectangle:
Extent contains the resource: true
West longitude: -171.5
East longitude: -67
North latitude: 71.5
South latitude: 18.5
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
2018-12-10
Credits: Department of Transportation (DOT)
Resource point of contact:
Role: pointOfContact
Individual's name: Dominic Menegus
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
Contact's position: Geographer
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: 202-306-1587
Address:
Delivery point: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20590
Country: US
e-mail address: dominic.menegus@dot.gov

Spatial Representation

Vector Data

Geometric objects:
Object type: point
Object count: 241

Data Quality

Scope of quality information:
Level of the data:dataset
Resource lineage:
Process step:
Description: The Major TOFC/COFC Rail Intermodal Facilities dataset was created through a compilation of Class I and Class II railroads primary and secondary data. Each railroad provided detail on its intermodal facilities, often through their websites and subsequent PDFs. Placement of the points were determined through Google Street View imagery. Each intermodal facility is represented by a single point, which is located within 100-feet inside the facility’s entrance gate. If a facility has more than one entrance gate, then the location of the main gate is used to assign the location of the point in the dataset. Dataset is then posted and distributed.
Data quality report:
Completeness omission:
Measure produced by the test: Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.
Data quality result:

Distribution Information

Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Role: distributor
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Contact's position: NTAD Program Manager
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: none
Address:
Delivery point: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20590
Country: US
e-mail address: ntad@dot.gov
Distributor format:
Format name: Open Data Catalog
Format version: 1.0
Format specification: download
File decompression technique: ZIP
Distribution order process:
Terms and fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.
Distributor transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Online location: https://doi.org/10.21949/1522137
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Role: distributor
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Contact's position: NTAD Program Manager
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: none
Address:
Delivery point: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20590
Country: US
e-mail address: ntad@dot.gov
Distributor format:
Format name: AZURE Cloud ArcGIS Server (OGC WMS)
Format version: 1.3.0
Format specification: https://www.ogc.org/standards/wms
Distribution order process:
Terms and fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.
Distributor transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Online location: https://doi.org/10.21949/1522138
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Role: distributor
Organization's name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Contact's position: NTAD Program Manager
Contact information:
Phone:
Voice: none
Address:
Delivery point: 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE
City: Washington
Administrative area: DC
Postal code: 20590
Country: US
e-mail address: ntad@dot.gov
Distributor format:
Format name: AZURE Cloud ArcGIS Server (OGC WFS)
Format version: 1.0
Format specification: https://www.ogc.org/standards/wfs
Distribution order process:
Terms and fees: None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.
Distributor transfer options:
Online distribution information:
Online location: https://doi.org/10.21949/1522139