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Railroads Wisconsin 2017
- Identification Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Data Quality Information
- Distribution Information
- Spatial Representation Information
- Metadata Reference Information
Identification Information
- Citation
- Title
- Railroads Wisconsin 2017
- Originator
- United States Census Bureau
- Publication Date
- 2017-01-01
- Edition
- 2017
- Identifier
- https://digilib.uwm.edu/ark:/77981/gmgsx34mr5n
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- mapDigital
- Abstract
- This line data layer represents railroads in the state of Wisconsin in 2017. The dataset was originally published by the United States Cenus Bureau in 2017.[The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. The Rails Shapefile includes all features within the MTDB Super Class "Rail Features" distinguished where the MAF/TIGER Feature Classification Code (MTFCC) for the feature in MTDB that begin with "R". This includes main lines such as spur lines, rail yards, mass transit rail lines such as carlines, streetcar track, monorail or other mass transit rail and special purpose rail lines such as cog rail lines, incline rail lines and trams.]
- Purpose
- This layer is intended for reference and mapping purposes and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. [In order for others to use the information in the Census MAF/TIGER database in a geographic information system (GIS) or for other geographic applications, the Census Bureau releases to the public extracts of the database in the form of TIGER/Line Shapefiles.]
- Supplemental Information
- Augmented original metadata with AGSL specific elements. For official metadata contact the resource Point of Contact.
- Temporal Extent
- Bounding Box
- West
- -92.803943
- East
- -87.573036
- North
- 46.808442
- South
- 42.492741
- ISO Topic Category
- transportation
- Place Keyword
-
Wisconsin
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- GeoNames
- Theme Keyword
-
Line
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- FGDC
- Theme Keyword
- Railroads
- Railroad yards
-
Monorail railroads
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- LCSH
- Resource Constraints
- Use Limitation
- Please see the UWM Libraries statement on Copyright and Digital Collections.[The TIGER/Line Shapefile products are not copyrighted however TIGER/Line and Census TIGER are registered trademarks of the U.S. Census Bureau. These products are free to use in a product or publication, however acknowledgement must be given to the U.S. Census Bureau as the source. The horizontal spatial accuracy information present in these files is provided for the purposes of statistical analysis and census operations only. No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of the spatial accuracy, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau, specifically as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The TIGER/Line Shapefiles may not be suitable for high-precision measurement applications such as engineering problems, property transfers, or other uses that might require highly accurate measurements of the earth's surface.Coordinates in the TIGER/Line shapefiles have six implied decimal places, but the positional accuracy of these coordinates is not as great as the six decimal places suggest.]
- Legal Constraints
- Use Limitation
- Although this data is being distributed by the American Geographical Society Library at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries, no warranty expressed or implied is made by the University as to the accuracy of the data and related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the University in the use of this data, or related materials. [No warranty, expressed or implied is made with regard to the accuracy of these data, and no liability is assumed by the U.S. Government in general or the U.S. Census Bureau in specific as to the spatial or attribute accuracy of the data. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the U.S. government in the use of these files. The boundary information in the TIGER/Line Shapefiles is for statistical data collection and tabulation purposes only; their depiction and designation for statistical purposes do not constitute a determination of jurisdictional authority or rights of ownership or entitlement and they are not legal land descriptions.]
- Other Restrictions
- None
- Status
- completed
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- unknown
- Language
- eng
- Credit
- United States Census Bureau
- Point of Contact
- Contact
- United States Census Bureau
- geo.geography@census.gov
Spatial Reference Information
- Reference System Identifier
- Code
- 4269
- Code Space
- EPSG
- Version
- 6.12(3.0.1)
Data Quality Information
- Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
- Result
- Absolute External Positional Accuracy
- Result
- Quantitative Attribute Accuracy Report
- Result
- Lineage
- Process Step
- Description
- [TIGER/Line Shapefiles are extracted from the Census MAF/TIGER database by nation, state, county, and entity. Census MAF/TIGER data for all of the aforementioned geographic entities are then distributed among the shapefiles each containing attributes for line, polygon, or landmark geographic data]
- Process Date
- 2017-01-01T00:00:00
- Process Step
- Description
- Changed name of file from Statewide_WI_Rails_2017.shp to Wisconsin_Railroads_2017.shp.
- Process Date
- 2019-09-30T00:00:00
- Source
- Title
- Census MAF/TIGER database
- Originator
- U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division
- Description
- All line segments
Distribution Information
- Format Name
- Shapefile
- Format Version
- 1.0
- Distributor
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
- Distributor
- United States Census Bureau
- Online Access
- Protocol
- Name
Spatial Representation Information
- Vector
- Topology Level
- geometryOnly
- Vector Object Type
- composite
- Vector Object Count
- 4257
Metadata Reference Information
- Hierarchy Level
- dataset
- Metadata File Identifier
- ark:/77981/gmgsx34mr5n
- Dataset URI
- https://geodata.uwm.edu/public/gmgsx34mr5n/Wisconsin_Railroads_2017.zip
- Metadata Point of Contact
- Name
- American Geographical Society Library – UWM Libraries
- Position Name
- GIS Staff
- Delivery Point
- 2311 E Hartord Ave
- City
- Milwaukee
- Administrative Area
- WI
- Postal Code
- 53211
- Country
- US
- gisdata@uwm.edu
- Phone
- (414)-229-6282
- Metadata Date Stamp
- 2019-10-07
- Metadata Standard Name
- ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
- Metadata Standard Version
- 2007
- Character Set
- utf8