National Structures Dataset - Data Dictionary - Struct_Point

General FCode Domains

DomainCodedValue

Education FCode

• Description: Education Feature Code
• Definition: Domain feature codes for infrastructure consisting of architectural facilities and resources used to house activities having to do with teaching and training at all levels. 
• Code: 73002
  • Description: School
  • Definition: A building or building complex used as a learning center for children grades kindergarten through high school. 
• Code: 73003
  • Description: School: Elementary
  • Definition: A school for the beginning years of a child's formal education, usually including kindergarten. 
• Code: 73004
  • Description: School: Middle School
  • Definition: A school between elementary school and high school that usually includes grades 6 through 8.  May also include 5th (but not lower) or 9th grade (but not higher). 
• Code: 73005
  • Description: School: High School
  • Definition: A secondary school attended after middle school that usually includes grades 9 or 10 through 12. 
• Code: 73006
  • Description: College / University
  • Definition: A building or building complex used as an institution of higher learning that grants a degree at the completion of a course of studies. 
• Code: 73007
  • Description: Technical / Trade School
  • Definition: A building or building complex used for vocational or technical training and often for job-specific certification. 

Emergency Response and Law Enforcement FCode

• Description: Emergency Response and Law Enforcement Feature Code
• Definition: Domain feature codes for infrastructure devoted to taking action during an emergency to protect life and property, care for the people affected, and restore essential community services, and facilities supporting law enforcement operations. 
• Code: 74001
  • Description: Ambulance Service
  • Definition: A building used to house ambulances and from which medically trained staff are dispatched to transport emergency patients and administer emergency medical treatment (en-route or at the scene).  
• Code: 74026
  • Description: Fire Station / EMS Station
  • Definition: A building that contains fire-fighting equipment and personnel or a provider of combined firefighting and rescue services. 
• Code: 74034
  • Description: Law Enforcement
  • Definition: A building that houses police stations or sheriffs’ offices. 
• Code: 74036
  • Description: Prison / Correctional Facility
  • Definition: A building or complex for the confinement of persons convicted of crimes. 

Government and Military FCode

• Description: Government and Military Feature Code
• Definition: Domain feature codes for infrastructure including buildings and facilities where executive, legislative, administrative and/or judicial activities take place, and activities of the five major branches of the United States armed forces. 
• Code: 83004
  • Description: US Capitol
  • Definition: The United States Capitol is the meeting place of the legislature of the Federal government of the United States, located in Washington D.C. 
• Code: 83006
  • Description: State Capitol
  • Definition: A building occupied by a state legislature. 
• Code: 83008
  • Description: US Supreme Court
  • Definition: A building that houses the Supreme Court, the highest judicial body in the United States and meets in Washington, D.C. in the United States Supreme Court Building. 
• Code: 83009
  • Description: Federal Courthouse
  • Definition: A building in which courts of federal law are regularly held including U.S. District Courts (trail courts) and U.S. Courts of Appeals (appellate courts). 
• Code: 83010
  • Description: State Supreme Court
  • Definition: A building that houses the highest court in the state court system. 
• Code: 83011
  • Description: Court House
  • Definition: A building in which courts of law are regularly held. 
• Code: 83023
  • Description: Headquarters
  • Definition: The primary administrative office of an organization, such as the National Park Service or U.S. Forest Service, as designated by the respective organization. This is often a center of operations from which orders are issued. 
• Code: 83033
  • Description: Ranger Station
  • Definition: A ranger station is a small building or a portion of a larger building typically where law enforcement or emergency services are available to visitors, such as where a Park Ranger or Forest Ranger is based. 
• Code: 83036
  • Description: Tribal Headquarters / Administration
  • Definition: The primary administrative office of an American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Area (AIANNH) Tribal governments. This is often a center of operations from which orders are issued. 
• Code: 83042
  • Description: White House
  • Definition: The official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States. 
• Code: 83044
  • Description: City / Town Hall
  • Definition: A building that contains the offices of the public officials of a city, town, or community. 

Mail and Shipping FCode

• Description: Mail and Shipping Feature Code
• Definition: Domain feature code for infrastructure devoted to providing air, surface, or combined mode courier and delivery services of parcels, and related services. 
• Code: 78006
  • Description: Post Office
  • Definition: An official facility of the U.S. Postal Service used for processing and distributing mail and other postal material. 

Public Attractions and Landmark Structures FCode

• Description: Public Attractions and Landmark Structures Feature Code
• Definition: Domain feature codes for infrastructure related to unrestricted places and events of large gatherings of people, or buildings of historical or cultural interest. 
• Code: 82007
  • Description: Cabin
  • Definition: A cabin is a small house, cottage or hut, usually of primitive design and often situated in a wild or remote area. Cabins are typically isolated and have some functional significance as a shelter. 
• Code: 82008
  • Description: Campground
  • Definition: A developed, designated site for camping in tents and/or recreational vehicles. Campground features are accessible by vehicle (no primitive campsites) and include named sites open to the public, within state, county, local parks and recreation sites. 
• Code: 82010
  • Description: Cemetery
  • Definition: A place or area for burying the dead or storing ashes. 
• Code: 82018
  • Description: Historic Site / Point of Interest
  • Definition: Landmark of natural, cultural or historic interest. 
• Code: 82019
  • Description: National Historic Landmark
  • Definition: An official designation given to a building, site, structure, or object possessing exceptional value and illustrating the heritage of the United States, designated by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior. A National Historic Landmark is the highest level of designation a property can receive. 
• Code: 82034
  • Description: National Symbol / Monument
  • Definition: A site maintained for the public, often a statue or monument, declared to be of national significance. 
• Code: 82040
  • Description: Picnic Area
  • Definition: An established area for picnics which may include picnic tables and possibly other items related to eating outdoors, such as built-in grills, water faucets, garbage containers, and restrooms. 
• Code: 82046
  • Description: Sports Arena / Stadium
  • Definition: A large open-air or partially covered venue featuring tiered seating arranged around a central field or stage, designed primarily for viewing sporting competitions, concerts, and public events.
• Code: 82047
  • Description: Trailhead
  • Definition: The point at which a trail begins. Trailhead features are marked by a sign or information board; might be located near outhouses. Trailhead includes sites on non-federal public lands (i.e. state, county, local parks and recreation sites).
• Code: 82048
  • Description: Visitor / Information Center
  • Definition: A location that provides information to the visitors who tour the place or area. Visitor / Information Center features will not always be located within a park or recreation site. Sometimes they are in a nearby town, staffed when open to the public. They generally provide amenities such as brochures, maps, bathrooms, water fill stations, or souvenirs, and have staff or volunteers knowledgeable about the local area, sites, events, activities, and businesses. Visitor center features may be associated with cities or towns, non-federal public lands such as state, county, local parks and recreation sites. Sites must be staffed during public hours. 

Transportation Facilities FCode

• Description: Transportation Facilities Feature Code
• Definition: Domain feature codes for infrastructure devoted to the movement of passengers and goods. 
• Code: 81011
  • Description: Boat Ramp
  • Definition: A sloping structure on a shoreline used to launch and retrieve watercraft from trailers or by hand. 
• Code: 81066
  • Description: Railroad Station
  • Definition: A designated stopping place alongside a railway track used to load or unload passengers or freight. 
• Code: 81089
  • Description: Boating Site
  • Definition: A designated access point for motorized boating, paddling, sailing, and launching of water vessels. 
• Code: 81090
  • Description: Lighthouse
  • Definition: A manmade structure used to transmit a prominent light signal to guide marine navigation. 

Non-FCode Domains

DomainCodedValue

OwnerClass Domain

• Description: Owner Classification Domain
• Definition: Domain coded values representing the ownership classification for identified structures. 
• Code: 0
  • Description: Unknown
  • Definition: There is no information specified regarding the attribute value. 
• Code: 1
  • Description: Federal 
  • Definition: Federal government entity. 
• Code: 2
  • Description: Tribal
  • Definition: Tribal entity. 
• Code: 3
  • Description: State
  • Definition: State government entity. 
• Code: 4
  • Description: Regional
  • Definition: Regional government entity. 
• Code: 5
  • Description: County
  • Definition: County government entity. 
• Code: 6
  • Description: Municipal
  • Definition: Municipal government entity. 
• Code: 7
  • Description: Private
  • Definition: Individual or a business. 

PointLocationType Domain

• Description: Point Location Type Domain
• Definition: Domain coded values representing the location of the identified structures. 
• Code: 0
  • Description: Unknown
  • Definition: There is no information specified regarding the attribute value. The location of the point feature with respect to the structure it represents is not known. 
• Code: 1
  • Description: Centroid
  • Definition: The point feature is located at the center of the structure it represents. 
• Code: 2
  • Description: Egress or Entrance
  • Definition: The point feature is located at the exit or entrance of the structure it represents. 
• Code: 3
  • Description: Turn-off location
  • Definition: The point feature is located at a turn-off location to the structure it represents. 
• Code: 4
  • Description: Approximate
  • Definition: The point feature is located at the approximate location of the structure it represents. 

YesNo Domain

• Description: Yes or No Domain
• Definition: Domain coded values representing whether a condition is true, false or unknown for the identified structures. 
• Code: 0
  • Description: Unknown
  • Definition: Unknown. There is no information specified regarding the attribute value. 
• Code: 1
  • Description: Yes
  • Definition: Yes, the condition is true for this attribute. 
• Code: 2
  • Description: No
  • Definition: No, the condition is not true for this attribute. 

General non-spatial metadata tables 

Table

BPFEATURETOMETADATA

• Description: Batch process feature to metadata
• Definition: The BPFEATURETOMETADATA table links the features / objects to one or more processes and their sources. This table gives the model the capability of lineage or the capability of tracking the history of changes for a given feature.

META_DATASETDETAIL

• Description: Metadata dataset details
• Definition: The META_DATASETDETAIL table holds information specific to the source of the data, i.e.; originator name, data accuracy and currency, data source url, etc.

META_PROCESSDETAIL

• Description: Metadata process details
• Definition: The META_PROCESSDETAIL table with information specific to the processor (contact information) and the process used in loading or updating the dataset features or objects.