Inland Waterway Network - ArcInfo Coverage


The attribute information of the ArcInfo inland waterway coverage is contained in the Arc Attribute Table (AAT) and the Node Attribute Table (NAT). The following table shows the contents of the Arc Attribute Table:

Item

Width

Output

Type

Dec.

Contents

FNODE#

4

5

B

--

From-node

TNODE#

4

5

B

--

To-node

LPOLY#

4

5

B

--

--

RPOLY#

4

5

B

--

--

LENGTH

4

12

F

3

Length of link (m)

WATER#

4

5

B

--

--

WATER-ID

4

5

B

--

--

COUNTRY1

4

4

C

--

ISO Country Code (see note)

COUNTRY2

6

4

C

--

ISO Country Code (see note)
YY = Maritime shipping route

LINKTYPE

4

4

I

--

Link type (see note)
  1 = Free flowing river
  2 = Canalised river
  3 = Canal
  4 = Maritime shipping route
  5 = Port link

PLINKCAT

4

4

I

--

Present link category (see note)
  0 = Unknown link category
  1 = Port link
  2 = Waterway class VII
  3 = Waterway class VIc
  4 = Waterway class VIb
  5 = Waterway class VIa
  6 = Waterway class Vb
  7 = Waterway class Va
  8 = Waterway class IV
  9 = Waterway class III East of Elbe
  10 = Waterway class II East of Elbe
  11 = Waterway class I East of Elbe
  12 = Waterway class III West of Elbe
  13 = Waterway class II West of Elbe
  14 = Waterway class I West of Elbe
  15 = Maritime shipping route
  16 = Planned link
  17 = Not navigable waterway

FLINKCAT

2

4

I

--

Future link category (see PLINKCAT)

MARITIM_TIME

4

4

I

--

Travel time on maritime shipping route
  0 = Inland waterway
  x 0 = Maritime shipping route

NAME

30

30

C

--

Name of waterway

TENCAT

4

4

I

--

TEN/TINA category (see note)
  0 = No TEN/TINA link
  1 = Existing TEN/TINA link
  2 = Planned TEN/TINA link

TENALIGN

4

4

I

--

TEN/TINA alignment (see note)
  0 = No TEN/TINA link
  1 = TEN/TINA link with precise alignment
  2 = TEN link with unknown alignment

CATEGORY

4

4

I

--

Waterway category
  0 = No link of strategic network
  1 = TEN Waterway
  2 = TINA waterway, backbone
  3 = TINA waterway, additional
  4 = Helsinki Corridor
  5 = Additonal link of strategic network

PRIORITY

4

4

I

--

TEN Priority-Projekt-Number
  18 = Donau improvment between Vilshofen and Straubing

STRATEGIC

2

2

I

--

Strategic Network
  0 = No part of strategic network
  1 = Strategic network


Notes:

COUNTRY1 indicates the ISO code of the country in which the link is located. If a link represents a border river, COUNTRY2 is used to indicate that the link is also part of the waterway network of the neighbouring country.

LINKTYPE and NAME give general information on links. Port links are links representing docks/facilities of a port.

FLINKCAT indicates the future link category, i.e. if the waterway is under construction or improvement, while PLINKCAT indicates the current link category. If a waterway will not change its waterway class, PLINKCAT and FLINKCAT have the same value. However, information on improvements/construction are not available for all TEN links. In these cases FLINKCAT has value of zero.

TENCAT and TENALIGN give information on those links which are included in the "Trans European Transport Network Outline Plan, Section Inland Waterways" and are taken from the "Joint Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council" published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (L228, 9 September 1996). A planned TEN link in association with unknown alignment (TENCAT = 2 and TENALIGN = 2) represents a planned inland waterway link to be constructed, whereas a planned TEN link with known alignment (TENCAT = 2 and TENALIGN = 1) represents improvements of existing waterways (e.g. extension, widening).

STRATEGIC indicates whether a link is part of the strategic inland waterway network. The strategic inland waterway network is a subset of the total network used in the DGVII project STREAMS and STEMM. The strategic inland waterway network contains the trans-European Inland Waterway links specified in Decision 1692/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the east European corridors identified by the Second Pan-European Transport Conference in Crete in 1994 as well as selected additional links in eastern Europe and further links to guarantee connectivity of regions and centroids.

The following table shows the contents of the Node Attribute Table:

Item

Width

Output

Type

Dec.

Contents

ARC#

4

5

B

--

--

WATER#

4

5

B

--

--

WATER-ID

4

5

B

--

--

COUNTRY1

4

4

C

--

ISO country code (see note)

REGION1

6

6

C

--

Region code (see note)

NODEID1

10

10

N

4

Node-ID xxx.yyyy
  xxx = Region-ID (see note)
  yyyy = Node number
  0001 ... Node number in region

COUNTRY2

4

4

C

--

ISO country code

REGION2

6

6

C

--

Region code (see note)

NODEID2

10

10

N

4

Node-ID xxx.yyyy

NODETYPE

3

3

I

--

Node type (see note)
  1 = Border node
  2 = Waterway intersection
  3 = River mouth
  4 = Seaport
  5 = Lock
  6 = Double lock
  7 = Elevator
  8 = Safety gate
  9 = Changing link attributes
  10 = Lock system node
  11 = End node
  12 = Port access node
  13 = Dam without locks
  14 = Port node
  15 = Border river node

PORTNUMBER

6

6

I

--

Port number (see note)

PORTNAME

32

32

C

--

Port name (see note)

LOCKS

6

6

I

--

Number of locks in line
  0 = No lock note
  1 ... Number of locks in line

CHAMBERS

4

4

I

--

Chambers (see note)
  0 = No lock
  1 = Lock
  2 = Double lock
  3 = Lock system


Notes:

NODEID1 is a unique identifier for each node in the network. The first three digits indicate the number of the region in which the node is located. COUNTRY1 is the ISO code of the country in which the node is located. REGION1 is a four-character acronym of the name of the region. The regions are regions of the system of regions defined for the STREAMS and SASI projects. They correspond largely to NUTS-2 regions defined by Eurostat plus equivalent extensions outside the European Union. A more detailed description of the system of regions is available.

Normally only one node number, country code and region code are associated with a node. However in the case of border nodes (NODETYPE = 1) or if a node is located along a border river (NODETYPE = 15), NODEID2, COUNTRY2 and REGION2 are used to indicate that the node is also part of the waterway network of the neighbouring country. Border nodes are nodes where rivers cross a border, whereas border river nodes are nodes along a border river.

With the exception of river mouths, seaports, port nodes and end nodes all other nodes may have also entries in NODEID2, COUNTRY 2 and REGION2 if they are located along a border river.

Lock nodes represent locks with one chamber, double locks represent locks with two parallel chambers, and lock system nodes represent several locks in line with unknown location and unknown number of chambers per lock. LOCKS indicates the number of locks in line, CHAMBERS the number of parallel chambers per lock.

PORTNUMBER represents a unique number for each port of international importance included in the waterway network. PORTNAME indicates the name of the port.