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    • National Highway Planning Network

    Metadata Updated: October 15, 2024

    The National Highway Planning Network (NHPN) dataset was compiled on May 01, 2014 from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). This dataset is a comprehensive network database of the nation's major highway system. It consists 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.

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    License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Date September 11, 2024
    Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 15, 2024
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 1996 (creation)
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Date September 11, 2024
    Metadata Created Date August 3, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date October 15, 2024
    Reference Date(s) July 1, 1996 (creation)
    Responsible Party Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) (Point of Contact)
    Contact Email
    Guid National Highway Planning Network
    Category Tag 16E15F51 D96E 4051 9124 75665Abdc6Ff ["Energy Infrastructure","Food Resilience","Food Distribution","Transportation","Transportation Network"]
    Access Constraints Access Constraints: unrestricted
    Bbox East Long -67
    Bbox North Lat 71.5
    Bbox South Lat 18.5
    Bbox West Long -171.5
    Coupled Resource
    Frequency Of Update asNeeded
    Harvest Object Id 8cd18adc-508b-41e4-b88b-ec677b93a400
    Harvest Source Id ee45e034-47c1-4a61-a3ec-de75031e6865
    Harvest Source Title National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD) Metadata
    Licence This NTAD dataset is a work of the United States government as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 101 and as such are not protected by any U.S. copyrights. This work is available for unrestricted public use.
    Lineage
    Metadata Language eng; USA
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": [[[-171.5, 18.5], [-67.0, 18.5], [-67.0, 71.5], [-171.5, 71.5], [-171.5, 18.5]]]}
    Progress onGoing
    Spatial Data Service Type
    Spatial Reference System
    Spatial Harvester True

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