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                <title>National Waterway Network Nodes</title>
                <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
                <lworkcit>
                    <citeinfo>
                        <origin/>
                        <pubdate>20250930</pubdate>
                        <title>National Transportation Atlas Database</title>
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                </lworkcit>
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        <descript>
            <abstract>The National Waterway Network Nodes dataset is periodically updated by the United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). The National Waterway Network (NWN) is a geographic database of navigable waterways and channels in and around the United States, for analytical studies of navigation performance, for compiling commodity flow statistics, and for mapping purposes. The NWN is comprised of a link database and a node database. Links are line strings, which consist of beginning and end points (nodes) with intermediate vertices (shape points). Links represent either actual shipping lanes (i.e., channels, Intracoastal Waterways, sea lanes, rivers) or serve as representative paths in open water (where no defined shipping paths exist). Nodes may represent physical entities such as river confluence's, ports/facilities, and intermodal terminals, USACE nodes, or may be inserted for analytical purposes (i.e., to facilitate routing). A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529054</abstract>
            <purpose>The National Waterway Network (NWN) is a geographic database of navigable waterways and channels in and around the United States, for analytical studies of navigation performance, for compiling commodity flow statistics, and for mapping purposes.</purpose>
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                    <caldate>20250930</caldate>
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            <current>Unknown</current>
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        <status>
            <progress>In work</progress>
            <update>As needed</update>
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                <eastbc>179.135177854289</eastbc>
                <northbc>72.1997322374615</northbc>
                <southbc>-53.0000201812036</southbc>
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        <keywords>
            <theme>
                <themekt>ISO 19115 Topic Category</themekt>
                <themekey>transportation</themekey>
            </theme>
            <theme>
                <themekt>NGDA Portfolio Themes</themekt>
                <themekey>NGDA</themekey>
                <themekey>National Geospatial Data Asset</themekey>
                <themekey>Transportation Theme</themekey>
                <themekey>NGDAID154</themekey>
            </theme>
            <theme>
                <themekt>None</themekt>
                <themekey>NTAD</themekey>
                <themekey>National Transportation Atlas Database</themekey>
                <themekey>National</themekey>
                <themekey>Transportation</themekey>
                <themekey>Atlas</themekey>
                <themekey>Database</themekey>
                <themekey>vector</themekey>
                <themekey>point</themekey>
                <themekey>Marine</themekey>
                <themekey>Maritime</themekey>
                <themekey>Inland</themekey>
                <themekey>Water</themekey>
                <themekey>Waterway</themekey>
                <themekey>Navigable</themekey>
                <themekey>Nodes</themekey>
                <themekey>inland waters</themekey>
                <themekey>oceans</themekey>
                <themekey>geospatial</themekey>
            </theme>
            <place>
                <placekt>None</placekt>
                <placekey>USA</placekey>
                <placekey>National</placekey>
            </place>
        </keywords>
        <accconst>None</accconst>
        <useconst>Nodes may represent physical entities such as river confluences, ports/facilities, and intermodal terminals, US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE nodes), or may be inserted for analytical purposes.Approximately 224 USACE ports are geo-coded in the node database.</useconst>
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                <cntorgp>
                    <cntorg>United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE)</cntorg>
                    <cntper>Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center</cntper>
                </cntorgp>
                <cntpos>CEIWR-NDCWCSC WEBMASTER IWR</cntpos>
                <cntaddr>
                    <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
                    <address>7701 Telegraph Road</address>
                    <city>Alexandria</city>
                    <state>VA</state>
                    <postal>22315</postal>
                    <country>United States</country>
                </cntaddr>
                <cntemail>web.CEIWR-NDCWCSCWEBMASTER@usace.army.mil</cntemail>
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        </ptcontac>
        <datacred>The National Waterway Network was created on behalf of the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Bureau of Census, and the U.S. Coast Guard by Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Additional agencies with input into network development include Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Maritime Administration, Military Traffic Management Command, Tennessee Valley Authority, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Federal Railroad Administration.</datacred>
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    <dataqual>
        <complete>Data set is considered complete for the information presented, as described in the abstract. Users are advised to read the rest of the metadata record carefully for additional details.</complete>
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        <overview>
            <eadetcit>A data dictionary resource of attribute information is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529054</eadetcit>
        </overview>
    </eainfo>
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            <cntinfo>
                <cntorgp>
                    <cntorg>Bureau of Transportation Statistics</cntorg>
                </cntorgp>
                <cntpos>NTAD Program Manager</cntpos>
                <cntaddr>
                    <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
                    <address>1200 New Jersey Ave. SE</address>
                    <city>Washington</city>
                    <state>DC</state>
                    <postal>20590</postal>
                    <country>US</country>
                </cntaddr>
                <cntvoice>none</cntvoice>
                <cntemail>ntad@dot.gov</cntemail>
            </cntinfo>
        </distrib>
        <distliab>See access and use constraints information.</distliab>
        <stdorder>
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                    <formname>Open Data Catalog</formname>
                    <formvern>1.0</formvern>
                    <formspec>Hosted Downloads</formspec>
                    <formcont>Web page to view and download dataset. The file download formats available include: ESRI File Geodatabase, Shapefile, GeoPackage, Comma-Seperated Values (CSV), Microsoft Excel, GeoJSON, KML, Feature Collection, and SQLite Geodatabase.</formcont>
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            <fees>None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.</fees>
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    </distinfo>
    <distinfo>
        <distrib>
            <cntinfo>
                <cntorgp>
                    <cntorg>Bureau of Transportation Statistics</cntorg>
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                <cntpos>NTAD Program Manager</cntpos>
                <cntaddr>
                    <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
                    <address>1200 New Jersey Ave. SE</address>
                    <city>Washington</city>
                    <state>DC</state>
                    <postal>20590</postal>
                    <country>US</country>
                </cntaddr>
                <cntvoice>none</cntvoice>
                <cntemail>ntad@dot.gov</cntemail>
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        </distrib>
        <distliab>See access and use constraints information.</distliab>
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                    <formvern>11.5</formvern>
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                    <formcont>complies with OGC WFS Map Service for visualizing geospatial information</formcont>
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            <fees>None. No fees are applicable for obtaining the dataset.</fees>
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        <metd>20260203</metd>
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            <cntinfo>
                <cntorgp>
                    <cntorg>United States Army Corp of Engineers (USACE)</cntorg>
                    <cntper>Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center</cntper>
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                <cntpos>CEIWR-NDCWCSC WEBMASTER IWR</cntpos>
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                    <addrtype>mailing and physical</addrtype>
                    <address>7701 Telegraph Road</address>
                    <city>Alexandria</city>
                    <state>VA</state>
                    <postal>22315</postal>
                    <country>United States</country>
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                <cntemail>web.CEIWR-NDCWCSCWEBMASTER@usace.army.mil</cntemail>
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        <metstdn>FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
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