FCCTOWERS

 

LAYER: FCCTOWERS

 

DIRECTORY: /AEDATA/Facilities/FCCTowers.shp

 

DIRECTORY: Volusia.SDE/Facilities/FCCTowers_point

 

TYPE: POINT

 

Shapefile is downloadable from http://maps.vcgov.org/gis/download/shapes.htm

HIFLD REST Services (check update date):

AntennaStructureRegistrate

TV_DigitalStationTransmitters

TV_AnalogStationTransmitters

Paging_Transmission_Towers - PagingTransTowers

Microwave_Service_Towers

Land_Mobile_Private_Transmission_Towers

Land_Mobile_Commercial_Transmission_Towers - LandMobileCommerTransTowers

LandMobileBroadcastTowers

FM_Transmission_Towers - FM_TransTowers

CellularTowers

Broadband_Radio_Service_BRS_and_Educational_Broadband_Service_EBS_Transmitters - BRS_EBS_Transmitters

AM_Transmission_Towers

CellularServiceAreas

TV_BroadcastContours

 

Abstract: This file is an aggregation of all FCC Towers and Volusia County Towers such as Antenna Structure Registration (ASR), Cellular, Land Mobile Communications, Multipoint Distribution Service (MDS) Instructional Television Fixed Service (ITFS), Microwave, Radio (FM/AM), TV, etc. The feature locations have not been altered from the original FCC data.

Visit https://www.fcc.gov/data/search-gallery  for additional information and complete metadata.

http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistrationSearch.jsp  to verify by CallSign, FRN, Name, LAT/LONG, or to lookup ASR information.

For AM, FM, and TV, use their query pages to search by state, and set the output to “Text file (pipe delimited / no links). Copy the output to Notepad, and save it as a CSV. Use the FCC ftp page to download the zip files for the other layers. The .dat files containing the needed information are named LO.dat and EN.dat. Open them as pipe delimited tables, and save to a CSV or XLSX table. Use the Public Access Database Definitions page to find field names and definitons. Use the ULS Code Definitions page and the Table Abbreviations and Names page to find code definitions. For more information on the Universal Licensing System (ULS), read the introductory information page.

 

Update Frequency: Annually. Last Edited 11/18/20.

 

Spatial Domain

 

West Coordinate: -81.359054

East Coordinate: -80.928748

North Coordinate: 29.246552

South Coordinate: 28.846581

Spatial Data Information

Data Type: digital map

Data Format: SDE Feature Class

Data Projection: NAD 1983 HARN StatePlane Florida East FIPS 0901 Feet

NAME

DESCRIPTION

LICENSEE

LICENSEE

CALLSIGN

CALL SIGN

FREQUENCY

FREQUENCY

CHANNEL

CHANNEL

CLASS

CLASS

STATUS

STATUS:  A = ACTIVE; APP = APPLICATION; C = CANCELLED; CON = CONSTRUCTED; CP = CONSTRUCTION PERMIT; D = DISMISSED; E = EXPIRED; G = GRANTED; H = HISTORY ONLY; I = INACTIVE; L = PENDING LEGAL STATUS; LIC = LICENSE; U = UNKNOWN; P = PARENT STATION CANCELLED

LOCNUM

LOCATION NUMBER

LOCADD

ADDRESS LOCATION

LOCCITY

CITY LOCATION

LOCSTATE

STATE = FL

FILENUM

FILE NUMBER

ISSUEDATE

ISSUE DATE

ERP

EFFECTIVE RADIATED POWER

HAAT

HEIGHT ABOVE AVERAGE TERRAIN

FACID

FACILITY ID

NEPA

NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY ACT Compliance (Y or N)

TOWREG

TOWER REGISTRATION ID

STRUCTYPE

STRUCTURE TYPE (SEE DEFINITIONS TABLE)

SUPERSTRUC

HEIGHT OF SUPER STRUCTURE

ALLSTRUCTU

HEIGHT OF ALL STRUCTURE – (FROM PERMIT)

LOCNAME

LOCATION NAME

LIC_ID

LICENSE ID (FOR SELECT TOWERS)

LAT_DDD

LATITUDE IN DECIMAL DEGREES

LON_DDD

LONGITUDE IN DECIMAL DEGREES

THEME

TYPE OF TOWER

FAASTUDY

FAA STUDY NUMBER

FAACIRC

FAA CIRCULATION NUMBER

LICID

LICENSE ID (FOR SELECT TOWERS)

CONTNAME

CONTACT NAME

CONTADD

CONTACT ADDRESS

CONTPO

CONTACT POST OFFICE

CONTCITY

CONTACT CITY

CONTST

CONTACT STATE

CONTZIP

CONTACT ZIP CODE

TH_FT

TOTAL HEIGHT IN FEET (CALCULATED OR MEASURED)

TH_M

TOTAL HEIGHT IN METERS

ELEV_FT

BASE ELEVATION IN FEET

TOWERNUM

TOWER NUMBER

CASENUM

CASE NUMBER

CHECK_

C – CANCELED; D – DISMANTLED; X – NOT FOUND; Y – LOCATION VERIFIED

SOURCE

SOURCE OF DATA (FCC, PAO-Property Appraiser, IT-Information Technology)

 

THEME TYPES

AM

AM

ASR

ANTENNA STRUCTURE REGISTRATION

BRS_EBS

BROADBAND RADIO & EDUCATIONAL BROADBAND SERVICE

(formerly MDS_ITFS – CHANGED TO BRS_EBS by the FCC)

CELLULAR

CELLULAR SERVICE

FM

FM

LM_BCAST

LAND MOBILE BROADCAST

LM_COMM

LAND MOBILE COMMERCIAL

MICROWAVE

MICROWAVE

PAGING

PAGING AND RADIO

TV

TELEVISION

 

STRUCTURE TYPE

2TA1, 2TA2, 4TA1, 4TA2, 4TA3, 4TA4

ANTENNA TOWER ARRAY (1ST N = # OF TOWERS, 2ND N = LOCATION)

 

B

BUILDING

BANT

BUILDING WITH ANTENNA ON TOP

BPIPE

BUILDING WITH PIPE

BTWR

BUILDING WITH TOWER

 

GTOWER

GUYED STRUCTURE USED FOR COMMUNICATIONS

 

LTOWER

LATTICE TOWER

 

MAST

MAST (SELF-SUPPORT STRUCTURE USED TO MOUNT ANTENNA)

 

MTOWER

MONOPOLE

 

NNTANN

TOWER ARRAY

 

POLE

ANY TYPE OF POLE

RIG

RIG USED FOR OIL OR WATER EXTRACTION OR OTHER PURPOSE

 

TANK

ANY TYPE OF TANK

TOWER

FCC TOWER – MULITPLE UNITS CAN BE ATTACHED TO ONE TOWER

 

UPOLE

UTILITY POLE (OR TOWER) USED TO PROVIDE UTILITY SERVICE