FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2004
TITLE: NATIONAL HIGHWAY PLANNING NETWORK
Geodataset Name: NHPN Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: LINE
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains a comprehensive network database of the nation's major highway system. It consists of over 400,000 miles of the nation's highways, comprised of Rural Arterials, Urban Principal Arterials and all National Highway System routes. DATA SOURCE(S): National Transportation Service SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: 1:100,000 DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 2001 GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
Datafile Name: NHPN.DBF ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION Shape 9 SHAPELINE 0 Version 2 CHARACTER 0 Revision 19 CHARACTER 0 Moddate 19 DECIMAL 11 Featurid 35 DECIMAL 11 Source 2 CHARACTER 0 Stfips 3 CHARACTER 0 Ctfips 11 CHARACTER 0 Lgurb 11 DECIMAL 0 Smurb 6 DECIMAL 0 Sign1 6 CHARACTER 0 Signt1 1 CHARACTER 0 Signn1 4 CHARACTER 0 Signq1 1 CHARACTER 0 Sign2 6 CHARACTER 0 Signt2 1 CHARACTER 0 Signn2 4 CHARACTER 0 Signq2 1 CHARACTER 0 Sign3 6 CHARACTER 0 Signt3 1 CHARACTER 0 Signn3 4 CHARACTER 0 Signq3 1 CHARACTER 0 Miles 15 DECIMAL 2 Km 15 DECIMAL 2 Factype 11 DECIMAL 0 Toll 11 DECIMAL 0 Lanes 11 DECIMAL 0 Acontrol 11 DECIMAL 0 Median 11 DECIMAL 0 Surface 11 DECIMAL 0 Fclass 11 DECIMAL 0 Aclass 1 CHARACTER 0 Rucode 11 DECIMAL 0 Status 11 DECIMAL 0 Nhs 11 DECIMAL 0 Strahnet 11 DECIMAL 0 Transam 11 DECIMAL 0 Specsyst 11 DECIMAL 0 Length 16 DECIMAL 3 DESCRIPT 6 CHARACTER 0
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
ITEM ITEM DESCRIPTION
Shape Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.
Version The VERSION is a 2-digit number that will be
incremented for all records in the database whenever a
new release is distributed. In this release the value
is 03
Revision The REVISION is a 2-digit number that will be
incremented individually for each record whenever a
change is made to one of its fields. (Revision numbers
will not be reset with each new release.) In this
release the value is 00.
Moddate The MODDATE (or modification date) indicates when each
record in the database was last changed. As changes
are made to a record, the modification date is entered
in the format 'yyyymmdd'.
Featurid Unique line identifier
Source The Source Flag is used to identify the original
source of the coordinate information.
S State Supplied Digital Data
U USGS Digital Line Graphs
Stfips Two character State FIPS Code
Ctfips Three digit County FIPS Code
Lgurb Large Urbanized Area
Smurb Adjusted Small Urban Area
Sign1 Primary Sign Route. Composite field of SIGNT1, SIGNN1,
and SIGNQ1 Note: The SIGNT1 field is followed by a left-
adjusted sign route number (SIGNN1)for the route. The
SIGNR field can contain alpha characters to allow for
actual sign route numbers such as route A1A in Florida.
Using HPMS standards, an optional directional
indicator (N, S, E, W) can also be used as part of the
SIGNN1 field. The Sign Route Number is followed by an
optional Sign Route Qualifier Record (SIGNQ1) which is
used to qualify the sign route description
Signt1 Subfield of SIGN1
I Interstat
U US Route
S State Route
C County Route
N None of the above
Signn1 Subfield of SIGN1
Signq1 No qualifier, not signed, or not applicable
A Alternate Route
B Business Route
S Spur
Sign2 Alternate Sign Route. Composite Field containing
SIGNT2, SIGNN2, and SIGNQ2
Signt2 Subfield of SIGN2
U US Route
S State Route
C County Route
Signn2 Subfield of SIGN2
Signq2 Subfield of SIGN2
A Alternate Route
Sign3 Alternate Sign Route. Composite Field containing
SIGNT3, SIGNN3, and SIGNQ3
Signt3 Subfield of SIGN3
U US Route
S State Route
C County Route
Signn3 Domain is too large to enumerate
Signq3 Subield of SIGN3
A Alternate Route
Miles An accurate measurement in miles for the link chain.
Contains two (2) implied decimal places and is
calculated from the link chain
Km An accurate measurement in kilometers for the link
chain. Contains two (2) implied decimal places and is
calculated from the MILES field
Factype Describes the permissible flow of traffic over the link
1 One-way flow
2 Bi-directional flow
Toll Identifies links which have one or more toll features
associated with travel along the link
0 Not a toll road
1 Toll road
Lanes Identified number of lanes on road
Acontrol Describes the degree of access control to the link
from adjoining roads Note: Classification of Access
Control should be consistent with HPMS GGuidelines
0 Unknown
1 Full access control
2 Partial access control
3 No access control
Median Describes the type of median
0 Unknown
1 Divided highway
2 Undivided highway
Surface Identifies the predominant surface type on the link
0 Unknown
1 Paved
2 Unpaved
3 Ferry
Fclass Identifies the assigned functional class of each
link. The Functional Class represents the assigned
classification from the 1992 Functional
Reclassification by State agencies
00 Unknown
01 Rural Interstate
02 Rural Principal Aterial
06 Rural Minor Arterial
11 Urban Interstate
12 Urban Freeway or Expressway
14 Urban Principal Arterial
16 Urban Minor Arterial
Aclass Administrative class associated with the link
(Federal Aid System)
I Federal-Aid Interstate
P Federal-Aid Primary
S Federal-Aid Secondary
Rucode Rural/Urban classification
1 Rural
2 Small Urban (1990 pop 5,000-49,999)
3 Large Urban (1990 pop > 49,999)
Status Describes availability of the link to through traffic
0 Proposed/Under construction
1 Open to traffic
Nhs Special subnetwork for the proposed National Highway
System Note: The definition of the complete ISTEA High
Priority Corridor subnetwork can be made by selecting
NHPN links that have a NHS value of 2, 5, or 6
0 Not on NHS
1 Interstate
2 ISTEA High Priority Corridor
3 Non-Interstate STRAHNET
4 STRAHNET Connector
5 ISTEA High Priority Corridor/ Non-Interstate STRAHNET
6 ISTEA High Priority Corridor/ STRAHNET Connector
7 Other NHS
8 Unknown
9 Unknown
Strahnet Special subnetwork for the Strategic Highway Corridor
Network
0 Not on STRAHNET
1 Non-Interstate STRAHNET link
2 STRAHNET Priority 1 Connector
3 STRAHNET Priority 2 Connector
4 STRAHNET Priority 3 Connector
5 Temporary STRAHNET Route
Transam Special subnetwork for the TransAmerica corridor
Notes: The TRANSAM field describes a representation
of what the Trans-America corridor could look like. At
the time of documentation no Trans-America corridor
has been defined. The definition of the represented
corridor is due to Bruce Peterson, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
0 Not on the Trans-America corridor
1 Trans-America corridor link
Specsyst Flag for special projects within the FHWA used to
define networks for special analysis purposes.
Length Length of feature in meters
Descript FGDL added item based on Sign1
USER NOTES:
The NHPN Version 3.0 database, or any portion thereof, can be freely distributed as long as this metadata entry is included with each Distribution. The original metadata entry cannot be modified or Deleted from any data transfer. (http://websas.bts.gov/website/ntad/metadata/nhpn.htm) The National Highway Planning Network is a comprehensive network database of the nation's major highway system. It consists of over 400,000 miles of the nation's highways comprised of Rural Arterials, Urban Principal Arterials and all National Highway System routes. The data set covers the 48 contiguous States plus the District of Columbia, Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico. The nominal scale of the data set is 1:100,000 with a maximal positional error of ˜80 meters. The accuracy of the fields FCLASS and STRAHNET from the description section of the line shapefile is consistent with State supplied information for the years 1992 and 1993. The accuracy of the fields MILES, KM, SIGN1, and NHS from the description section of the line shapefile is consistent with State supplied information for the years 1992 through 2001. All other attributes in the description of the link table are unverified. The dataset provides location and attribute information for use in national and regional cartographic and network analysis applications. A note concerning data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modelling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best available data. 1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries. 1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the multi-county or regional level. 1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger. Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analyses. Every effort has been made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our web pages at: http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
-Projected data to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below). -Clipped to the State of Florida -DESCRIPT item added based on Sign1 -Upcased all character records.
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
This data was originally released by U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics in 2001. The GeoPlan Center Data downloaded this data in shapefile format from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics website: http://www.bts.gov/gis/ntatlas/networks.html in 2002. When received, the data was in the following projection: Geographic, Datum: NAD 83, Spheroid: GRS80, Units: Decimal Degrees. The shapefile was then clipped to the State of Florida and projected to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below). All character items within the attribute table were upcased and the DESCRIPT item was added based on Sign1.
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:
Projection ALBERS Units METERS Datum HPGN Spheroid GRS1980 1st standard parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd standard parallel 31 30 0.000 Central meridian -84 0 0.000 Latitude of projection's origin 24 0 0.000 False easting (meters) 400000.00000 False northing (meters) 0.00000
DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):
Name: Bureau of Transportation Statistics Address: 400 Seventh Street, SW Washignton DC 20590 Phone: (202) 366-3282 Fax: (202) 366-3640 Web site: http://www.bts.gov/ Email: answers@bts.gov
FGDL CONTACT:
Name: Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name: FGDL
Address: Florida Geographic Data Library
431 Architecture
PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
Web site: http://www.fgdl.org
Contact FGDL:
Technical Support: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html
FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html
FGDL Mailing Lists: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html
For FGDL Software: http://www.fgdl.org/software.html