US_Roads_Med_NatAtlas

File Geodatabase Feature Class

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Tags
US, Highways, Transportation


Summary

This layer contains primary roads in the US. This line file is intended for medium scale thematic mapping and analysis.

Description

            

The spatial data were obtained from the National Atlas of the United States and are current as of 2013. This file contains major roads and fairy crossings in the US, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands. The attributes were modified to include name(s), type, road numbers, qualifier, Fcode, state FIPS and state abbreviation. The coordinate system of this data is WGS 1984.

Credits

Center for Geospatial Technology, Texas Tech University
National Atlas of the United States

Use limitations

Extent

West  -176.762966    East  -66.980006
North  71.310968    South  18.912638

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in)  1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out)  1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata 

Topics and Keywords 

*Content type  Downloadable Data


Citation 

*Title US_Roads_Med_NatAtlas


Presentation formats* digital map


Resource Details 

Dataset languages* English (UNITED STATES)


Spatial representation type* vector


*Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.2.2.3552


Credits
Center for Geospatial Technology, Texas Tech University
National Atlas of the United States

ArcGIS item properties
*Name US_Roads_Med_NatAtlas
*Location file://\\cgstdb\CGSTGeognet\Geognet\Geognet2014\USLayers2014\US_Transportation\US_Trans.gdb
*Access protocol Local Area Network

Extents 

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type  Extent used for searching
*West longitude -176.762966
*East longitude -66.980006
*North latitude 71.310968
*South latitude 18.912638
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
*West longitude -176.762966
*East longitude -66.980006
*South latitude 18.912638
*North latitude 71.310968
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Spatial Reference 

ArcGIS coordinate system
*Type Geographic
*Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984
*Coordinate reference details
Geographic coordinate system
Well-known identifier 4326
X origin -400
Y origin -400
XY scale 999999999.99999988
Z origin -100000
Z scale 10000
M origin -100000
M scale 10000
XY tolerance 8.983152841195215e-009
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Left longitude -180
Latest well-known identifier 4326
Well-known text GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433],METADATA["World",-180.0,-90.0,180.0,90.0,0.0,0.0174532925199433,0.0,1262],AUTHORITY["EPSG",4326]]

Reference system identifier
*Value 4326
*Codespace EPSG
*Version 8.2.6


Spatial Data Properties 

Vector
*Level of topology for this dataset  geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name US_Roads_Med_NatAtlas
*Object type  composite
*Object count 221279



ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name US_Roads_Med_NatAtlas
*Feature type Simple
*Geometry type Polyline
*Has topology FALSE
*Feature count 221279
*Spatial index TRUE
*Linear referencing FALSE



Distribution 

Distribution format
*Name File Geodatabase Feature Class


Fields 

Details for object US_Roads_Med_NatAtlas 
*Type Feature Class
*Row count 221279


Field OBJECTID
 
*Alias OBJECTID
*Data type OID
*Width 4
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Internal feature number.

*Description source
Esri

*Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.





Field Shape
 
*Alias Shape
*Data type Geometry
*Width 0
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Feature geometry.

*Description source
Esri

*Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.





Field PRIME_NAME
 
*Alias PRIME_NAME
*Data type String
*Width 50
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field SECONDARY
 
*Alias SECONDARY
*Data type String
*Width 30
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field PREFIX_DIR
 
*Alias PREFIX_DIR
*Data type String
*Width 10
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field PRE_TYPE
 
*Alias PRE_TYPE
*Data type String
*Width 30
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field NAME
 
*Alias NAME
*Data type String
*Width 30
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field STREET_TYP
 
*Alias STREET_TYP
*Data type String
*Width 10
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field SUFFIX_DIR
 
*Alias SUFFIX_DIR
*Data type String
*Width 10
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field INTERSTATE
 
*Alias INTERSTATE
*Data type String
*Width 20
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field US_ROUTE
 
*Alias US_ROUTE
*Data type String
*Width 20
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field ST_ROUTE
 
*Alias ST_ROUTE
*Data type String
*Width 20
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field QUALIFIER
 
*Alias QUALIFIER
*Data type String
*Width 5
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field TRANS_TYPE
 
*Alias TRANS_TYPE
*Data type String
*Width 5
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field FCODE
 
*Alias FCODE
*Data type String
*Width 2
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field STATE_FIPS
 
*Alias STATE_FIPS
*Data type String
*Width 2
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field STATE
 
*Alias STATE
*Data type String
*Width 2
*Precision 0
*Scale 0




Field Shape_Length
 
*Alias Shape_Length
*Data type Double
*Width 8
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Length of feature in internal units.

*Description source
Esri

*Description of values
Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.







Metadata Details 

*Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)


Scope of the data described by the metadata* dataset
Scope name* dataset


*Last update 2015-01-05


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Standard or profile used to edit metadata ItemDescription


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2014-07-11 15:00:16
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2015-01-05 11:02:13


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2015-01-05 11:00:36


FGDC Metadata (read-only) 

Entities and Attributes