STATUS OF AWIPS FILES MAINTAINED BY AGMG OST/SEC

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STATUS OF AWIPS FILES MAINTAINED BY AGMG OST/SEC

This table contains the status of and information about the shapefiles that are specifcally required by AWIPS. We have no information on data files maintained by others. Not all of the data on this page are available publicly as they are used internally by NWS. There are other data sets available on our AWIPS Map Database Catalog homepage which may be of interest. The NDM text files used by AWIPS can be found at www.nws.noaa.gov/ndm.

AWIPS D2D FILE NAME	AWIPS SUBDIRECTORY	AGMG (NOAA1) Prefix Description	Shapefile Effective Date(s)	CHANGE SUMMARY HISTORY	METADATA AVAILABLE
*Shapefiles (compressed .shp)*
basins.<dbf,shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	ba River Basins	28 March 2006	Yes	Yes
c11-zone <dbf,shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	z_ Public Forecast Zones	1 April 2008 9 September 2008	Yes	Yes
marine_zones.<dbf, shp.Z, shx> coastal_zones.<dbf, shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	mz Coastal Marine Zones	8 July 2008 3 October 2008	Yes	Yes
offshore_zones.<dbf, shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	oz Offshore Marine Zones	2 June 2008	Yes	Yes
high_seas_zones.<dbf, shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	hz High Seas Marine Zones	2 October 2001	Yes	Yes
timezones. <dbf,shp.Z, shx>	data/fxa/nationalData	tz AWIPS Time Zones	11 March 2007	Not a public data set	No
usa_cwa.<dbf,shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	w_ CWA Boundaries	18 May 2006	Yes	Yes
firewx.<dbf, shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	fz Fire Weather Zones	25 June 2008 9 September 2008 19 November 2008	Yes	Yes
usa_cwa_total.<dbf, shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	wt Backup CWA county Boundaries	1 April 2008	Not a public data set	No
marine_total.<dbf, shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	mt Backup CWA marine Boundaries	24 January 2001	Not a public data set	No
usa_lake.<dbf,shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	lk Lakes	December 17 1998	Yes	Yes
usa_rfc.<dbf,shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	rf RFC Boundaries	12 January 2005	Yes	Yes
usa_wsfo.<dbf,shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	ws Boundaries for SLS	8 January 2004	Not a public data set	No
uscounty.<dbf,shp.Z, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	c_ Counties	11 March 2007	Yes	Yes
N/A	/data/fxa/nationalData	s_ U.S. States	1 August 2007	Yes	Yes
urban_bounds.<dbf, shp,shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	ub Urban Areas	28 October 2007	Yes	Yes
*Shapefiles (uncompressed shp):*
fsl-w88d.<dbf,shp, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	w8 WSR-88D Locations	14 August 2003	Not a public data set	No
twebRoutes.<dbf,shp, shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	tw TWEB Routes (lines)	21 August 2003	Change Log	Metadata
us_inter.<dbf, shp,shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	in Interstate Highways	15 October 2003	Yes	Yes
routes.<dbf, shp,shx>	/data/fxa/nationalData	rd Interstate, US, State Highways	15 October 2003	Yes	Yes
*dBase Files Maintained:*
twebAnchors.dbf (data available to public as point shapefile)	/data/fxa/nationalData	ta TWEB route anchor points	21 August 2003	Change Log	Metadata
*Text/Shapefiles Maintained:*
CitiesInfo.txt (pre-OB6) usa_cities (starting at OB6)	data/fxa/nationalData	ci cities	26 August 2008	Yes	Yes

FIELD DEFINITIONS:

Column 1: Shows the filename of the shapefile that the AWIPS system expects.

Column 2: Shows the subdirectory where the file resides on AWIPS.

Column 3: Shows, the prefix used by the AWIPS GIS Mapping Group that determines the data set type. Using the prefix and the date portion of the filename, all changes and modifications can be traced when using the change log. Thise file name should be changed to the filename in column 1 after downloading and before localalization. See Chapter 15 of the AWIPS System Managers Manual, the section on "Modifying Shapefiles and Area Files" for full instructions.

Column 4: Shows the effective date(s) for the shapefile(s) on the NOAA1 ftp server. Use this/these date(s) and the shapefile name on the appropriate shapefile web page to determine if you have an up-to-date shapefile. Note that all shapefiles to be effective at some future date may not be on the server and listed on this page in order to help eliminate pre-mature downloading. Unless otherwise noted, NOAA1 data sets listed on this page are applicable to all builds and usable in all builds.

Column 5:Provides a link to the change history where available. Please note that the changes made to the shapefiles are cumulative. All previous changes are carried over to the latest data so (for example) a change made last April will be part of the current August data set. This has tricked a few people who, when they got their latest build got the "old data" as described above, checked our latest "change history," didn't see their expected change in it, and thought there was an error. Best bet if you think you have bad or old data is to verify the file dates between your system and the NOAA1 column and then download the latest from NOAA1 if it is available for that particular data set. Then, if you still see a problem, notify us. Most times downloading the latest from NOAA1 solves the problem.

Column 6: Links to our metadata files are provided here showing the information about the the data.


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