Canadian Rail Network

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

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

Online_Linkage: <http://www.princeton.edu/~geolib/gis/canada.html>

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:

Time_Period_Information:

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.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

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_Information:

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DCW

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: RAC

Process_Step:

Process_Date: 19970215

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Source_Citation_Abbreviation:

CanRail Beginning Date of Source Currentness: 19960701

Source_Contribution:

Railroad alignments and attributes for Canadian Railroads.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Source_Citation_Abbreviation:

DCW Beginning Date of Source Currentness: 19930901

Source_Contribution:

Verification of alignments in CanRail if necessary.

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

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_Information:

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DCW

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: RAC

Process_Step:

Process_Date:

19970215

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method:

Vector

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:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: L

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VERSION

Attribute_Definition: File version number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REVISION

Attribute_Definition: Record revision number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MODDATE

Attribute_Definition: Record Modification Date

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LINKID

Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each line

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FEATURID

Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each line

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

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:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: N

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VERSION

Attribute_Definition: File version number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REVISION

Attribute_Definition: Record revision number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MODDATE

Attribute_Definition:

Record Modification Date (format: MMDDYYYY)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NODEID

Attribute_Definition:

Unique sequential identification for each node

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FEATURID

Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each node

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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:

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:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: Name or identification for the node

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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:

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:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: G

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VERSION

Attribute_Definition: File version number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REVISION

Attribute_Definition: Record revision number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MODDATE

Attribute_Definition: Record Modification Date

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LINKID

Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each line

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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:

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:

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:

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:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: T

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VERSION

Attribute_Definition: File version number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REVISION

Attribute_Definition: Record revision number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MODDATE

Attribute_Definition:

Record Modification Date (format: MMDDYYYY)

Attribute_Definition_Source: Assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FEATURID

Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each line

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LINKID

Attribute_Definition: Unique Identification for each line

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Attribute_Domain_Values:

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:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RAILWAY2

Attribute_Definition:

Second railroad owner name abbreviation

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RAILWAY3

Attribute_Definition:

Third railroad owner name abbreviation

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: RAILWAY4

Attribute_Definition:

Forth railroad owner name abbreviation

Attribute_Definition_Source:

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MILES

Attribute_Definition: Length of link, in miles

Attribute_Definition_Source: calculated

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: KM

Attribute_Definition: Length of link, in kilometers

Attribute_Definition_Source: calculated

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PROVINCE

Attribute_Definition:

Province in which the link is located

Attribute_Definition_Source: assigned

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Princeton University Library

Contact_Person: Tsering Wangyal Shawa

Contact_Position: GIS Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center, Guyot Hall

City: Princeton

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08544

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 609) 258-3247

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (609) 258-1274

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: shawatw@princeton.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:45am-5:00pm

Resource_Description:

North American Transportation Atlas Data 1998

Distribution_Liability: None

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: shapefile

Fees:

none

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20000630

Metadata_Review_Date:

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Princeton University Library

Contact_Person: Tsering Wangyal Shawa

Contact_Position: GIS Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Digital Map and Geospatial Information Center, Guyot Hall

City: Princeton

State_or_Province: NJ

Postal_Code: 08544

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (609) 258-3247

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (609) 258-1274

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: shawatw@princeton.edu

Hours_of_Service: 8:45am-5:00pm

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998