City of Oakland data set: Harbors

Who maintains the data for this layer: Dave Adams, Port of Oakland

Data Maintainer Phone: (510) 272-1313

Who converted the data into a GIS format: Jake Schweitzer

GIS Technician Phone: unlisted

Size of GIS layer (KB): 111

Size of export file (KB): 149

Where is the layer stored (on the k-drive): k:\gisdata\trans\harbors.e00

This GIS layer was last updated on: 2/22/97

This metadata was last updated on: 3/20/97

This layer's FGDC category description is: Transportation

Data Set Description: This layer consists of Port of Oakland shipping terminals and related facilities, such as the port rail yards and military installations. A coverage called CntainRt is a separate, related coverage which contains the Permitted Container Routes for the harbors, as well as the gate entrances to the terminals.

Non-standard Attributes in table:

• U_ID--Provides users with a unique identifier number for each polygon
• Type--Describes what the facility is primarily used for, e.g., shipping terminal, or port rail facilities
• Name--Name of the facility
• Address--Address of the facility

Data Source History: Jake Schweitzer, In Situ Mapping, contacted Dave Adams, Port of Oakland, and was given paper maps and data describing the locations of harbors. Jake digitized this data in ArcEdit using the digital orthophoto as a reference (the original maps were only reference quality, and were too inaccurate to support standard scan-and-digitize routines).

Quality Check: No quality check performed to date.

Security restrictions: No security restrictions.

Update Frequency: No updates yet scheduled

Update process: Update process is not yet defined

Last update: 26 September, 2007.     Copyright © 2007 Jonathan W. Lowe.     All Rights Reserved.