Table 6.34 -- EDCS Attribute enumerant codes for attributes whose label begins with C

Attribute label Enumerant label Definition Related concepts Code
CABLE_TYPE   The type of a cable.    
  MOORING Used to secure a mooring buoy or other floating structure.   11
  NONE_PRESENT     12
  POWER_LINE Used for the supply of electricity.   13
  TELEGRAPH Used for the transmission of telegraph signals.   14
  TELEPHONE Used for the transmission of telephone signals.   15
  TRANSMISSION_LINE Multiple un-insulated cables usually supported by steel lattice towers. Such objects are generally more prominent than normal power lines.   16
CHANGE_POINT_TYPE   The category of an object associated with a point of change.    
  BOUNDARIES     11
  HYDROGRAPHY Hydrography or drainage.   12
  OBSTACLES     13
  RAILROAD A rail or set of parallel rails on which a train or tram runs. EC RAILROAD 14
  ROAD An open way maintained for vehicular use. EC ROAD 15
  ROAD_OR_RAILROAD Transportation road or railroad. May be further delineated specifically as EE ROAD and EE RAILROAD.   16
  ROAD_WIDTH_CHANGE     17
CHARGED_PARTICLE_SPECIES   The type of a charged particle.    
  ALPHA     11
  ELECTRON     12
  HYDROGEN_ION     13
  OXYGEN_ION     14
  PROTON     15
CHEMICAL_AGENT_TYPE   The type of a chemical substance that can kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate a person or animal through its physiological properties.    
  CA Bromobenzylcyanide, camite (bromobenzeneacetonitrile); a tear gas which is often used for riot control.   11
  CN Chloroacetophenone (2-chloro-1-phenylethanone); a tear gas which is often used for riot control.   12
  CNB Chloroacetophenane, carbon tetrachloride, benzene mix; a tear gas which is often used for riot control.   13
  CNC Chloroacetophenane chloroform mix; a tear gas which is often used for riot control.   14
  CNS Chloroacetophenane, cholororm, chloropictrin mix; a tear gas which is often used for riot control.   15
  CS Pepper gas (o-chlorobenzylidene malonitrile); a tear gas which is often used for riot control.   16
  CX Phosgene oxime (dichloroform oxime); a blistering/oxime agent which is used to cause casualties.   17
  DA Diphenylchlorarsine; an agent inducing vomiting which is often used for riot control.   18
  DC Diphenylcyanoarsine; an agent inducing vomiting which is often used for riot control.   19
  DGA A dusty version of GA, making it settle to the ground more quickly.   20
  DGB A dusty version of GB, making it settle to the ground more quickly.   21
  DGD A dusty version of GD, making it settle to the ground more quickly.   22
  DM Adamsite (diphenylaminochloroarsine or phenarsazine chloride); an agent inducing vomiting which is often used for riot control.   23
  DVX A dusty version of VX, making it settle to the ground more quickly.   24
  ED Ethyldichloroarsine; a blistering/arsenical mix agent which is used to cause casualties.   25
  GA Tabun (dimethylphosphoramidocyanidate acid, ethyl ester); an air-dispersed neuro-paralytic toxic agent which is used to cause casualties.   26
  GB Sarin (methylphosphonofluroridic acid, 1-methylethyl ester); an air-dispersed highly toxic nerve agent with a clearly defined myopic effect which is used to cause casualties.   27
  GD Soman (methylphosphonofluoridic acid, 1,2,2-trimethylpropyl ester.); an air-dispersed neuro-paralytic toxic agent which is used to cause casualties.   28
  GF A nerve agent which is used to cause casualties.   29
  HD Distilled sulfur mustard (bis (2-chloroethyl) sulfide); a blistering agent which is used to cause casualties.   30
  HL ML mix; a blistering/mustard/arsenical mix agent which is used to cause casualties.   31
  HN-1 Nitrogen Mustard One (2, 2-dichlorotriethylamine); a blistering/nitrogen mustard agent which is used to cause casualties.   32
  HN-2 Nitrogen Mustard Two (2, 2-dichloro-N-methylethylamine); a blistering/nitrogen mustard agent which is used to cause casualties.   33
  HN-3 Nitrogen Mustard Three (2, 2, 2-trichlorotriethylamine); a blistering/nitrogen mustard agent which is used to cause casualties.   34
  HT Mustard-T Mixture; a blistering/mustard agent which is used to cause casualties.   35
  L Lewisite (dichloro (2-chlorovinyl) arsine); a blistering/arsenical mix agent which is used to cause casualties.   36
  M Hydrogen cyanide (hydrocyanic acid); a cyanide agent which is used to cause casualties.   37
  MD Methyldichloroarsine; a blistering agent which is used to cause casualties.   38
  PD Phenyldichloroarsine; a blistering agent which is used to cause casualties.   39
  Q 4, bis (methylchloroethyl sulfide); a blistering/mustard agent which is used to cause casualties.   40
  TGA A thickened version of GA, making it more of an inhalation hazard.   41
  TGB A thickened version of GB, making it more of an inhalation hazard.   42
  TGD A thickened version of GD, making it more of an inhalation hazard.   43
  TVX A thickened version of VX, making it more of an inhalation hazard.   44
  VE A nerve agent which is used to cause casualties.   45
  VX An air-dispersed lethal anticholinergic agent (ethyl S-2-isopropyl aminoethyl methylphosphorothiolate); also known as VS, EA1701, and TX60.   46
CLOUD_CEILING_METHOD   The method used to determine the cloud ceiling. Ceiling is the altitude AGL of the lowest cloud or obscuring phenomena layer aloft with 5/8 or more summation total sky cover that may be predominantly opaque, or the vertical visibility into a surface-based obscuration.    
  AIRCRAFT Determined by observation from an aircraft.   11
  BALLOON Determined by observing the assent of a balloon and the altitude at which it disappeared into the lowest cloud.   12
  ESTIMATED A rough calculation based on an estimated value, or an approximate measurement of a value.   13
  MEASURED Based on a measurement.   14
  OBSCURED No measurement was possible because the ceiling was not visible.   15
  OBSERVED Based on an observation as opposed to being estimated.   16
  RADAR Determined using radar, a device which, by measuring the time interval between transmission and reception of radio pulses and correlating the angular orientation of the radiated antenna beam or beams in azimuth and/or elevation, provides information on range, azimuth, and/or elevation of objects in the path of the transmitted pulses.   17
  STATISTICALLY_DERIVED Derived using statistical methods.   18
CLOUD_PHASE   The liquid/solid disposition of the cloud water content.    
  LIQUID Composed of liquid (non-frozen) water.   11
  MIXED Composed of both liquid and frozen water.   12
  SOLID Composed of frozen water.   13
CLOUD_TYPE   The type of clouds that comprise a sky cover.    
  ALTOCUMULUS Altocumulus.   11
  ALTOSTRATUS Altostratus.   12
  CIRROCUMULUS Cirrocumulus alone, or cirro-cumulus predominant among the high clouds.   13
  CIRROSTRATUS Cirrostratus.   14
  CIRRUS Cirrus.   15
  CLOUD_NOT_VISIBLE Cloud not visible owing to darkness, fog, dust storm, sand storm, or other analogous phenomena.   16
  CUMULONIMBUS Cumulonimbus.   17
  CUMULUS Cumulus.   18
  NIMBOSTRATUS Nimbostratus.   19
  STRATOCUMULUS Stratocumulus.   20
  STRATUS Stratus.   21
COLLECTION_TYPE   The type of collection criteria.    
  COLLECTED The described data has been collected by approved methods.   11
  DATA_NOT_REQUESTED The data not requested by user.   12
  DATA_NOT_REQUIRED The collection of the described data is not required.   13
  DERIVED The described data has been derived (from other authoritative data) by approved methods.   14
  DIFFERENT_HEIGHT_THRESHOLD A different height threshold was used within the data block.   15
  LOW_DATA_COLLECT_CRITERIA Low data collection criteria   16
  NO_AVAILABLE_IMAGERY The described data was collected using methods that did not include use of imagery as this data was not available.   17
  NO_AVAILABLE_MAP_SOURCE The described data was collected using methods that did not include use of map data.   18
  NO_SUITABLE_IMAGERY The described data was collected using methods that did not include reference to imagery.   19
  TOO_ROUGH_TO_COLLECT The region was to rough to collect.   20
COLOUR_INTENSITY   Identifies the intensity of colour.    
  DARK     11
  LIGHT     12
COMMUNICATION_TYPE   The type of a communications structure such as a radio, television, radar, or repeater station.    
  BEACON A station supporting a signalling or guiding device, such as a light or radio signal used for guidance.   11
  CABLE_STATION A station supporting an electrical conductor connecting telephones or television or power stations.   12
  MICROWAVE_STATION A station supporting a high-frequency electromagnetic wave, one millimetre to one metre in wavelength, intermediate between infrared and short-wave radio wavelengths.   13
  MONITORING_STATION A station whose purpose is to check the quality or content of an electronic audio or visual signal by means of a receiver.   14
  MULTIPLE_PRESENT There are multiple distinct communication stations with varied function, or there is a single station supporting several communications types.   15
  NAVIGATION_LIGHT A station facilitating guidance of ships or aircraft from place to place by use of a visual light or lights.   16
  RADAR_STATION A station supporting a method of detecting distant objects and determining their position, velocity, or other characteristics by analysis of very high frequency radio waves reflected from their surfaces.   17
  RADIO_STATION A station supporting communication of audible signals encoded in electromagnetic waves.   18
  RADOME A station supporting a domelike shell transparent to radio-frequency radiation, used to house a radar antenna.   19
  REPEATER A network or communications device that propagates electrical signals from one system to another, amplifying them to restore them to full strength in the process. Repeaters are used to counter the attenuation which occurs when signals travel long distances.   20
  RESEARCH_STATION Communications structure supporting scientific investigation or inquiry.   21
  SATELLITE_GROUND_STATION The ground support structure that interfaces with a celestial body (e.g. satellite, space station, orbiter, or moon base) that orbits a planet, where this ground station supports communications with the celestial body, e.g., a ground-based satellite dish.   22
  TELEVISION_STATION A station supporting the transmission of visual images of moving and stationary objects, generally with accompanying sound, as electromagnetic waves and the conversion of received waves into visual images.   23
CONSPICUOUSNESS   The type of conspicuousness of an object. A conspicuous object is easily identifiable and plainly visible under varying conditions of light from harbours, approach channels, or offshore because of its size, shape, or height.    
  FROM_AIR Conspicuous from the air.   11
  FROM_LAND Conspicuous from the land.   12
  FROM_SEA Conspicuous from the sea.   13
  GENERALLY Generally conspicuous.   14
  INCONSPICUOUS Object is difficult to identify from any viewpoint, using either vision or radar.   15
  NOT_RADAR Not radar conspicuous.   16
  NOT_VISUAL Not visually conspicuous.   17
  RADAR_FROM_SEA Radar conspicuous from the sea.   18
  VISUAL Visually conspicuous.   19
CONSTRICTION_TYPE   The type of a constriction or expansion.    
  BUILDING_PASSAGE A narrow gap between two or more buildings.   11
  GATEWAY A defined and controlled access point.   12
  NARROW_PASS A gap between adjacent physiographic objects.   13
  UNDERPASS A constriction associated with the lower level of a crossing of a highway and another way (as a road or railroad) at different levels.   14
CONTOUR_INTERVAL_RELATION   Identifies whether the predominant height or depth is greater than (or equal to), or less than the contour interval.    
  GE Greater than or equal to contour interval.   11
  LT Less than contour interval.   12
CONTOUR_TYPE   The type of a contour.    
  DEPRESSION Contour describing a relatively sunken or low-lying portion of the planetary surface, especially one having no natural outlet for surface drainage.   11
CONTRAIL_PERSISTENCE   The persistence status of contrails (a visible trail of streaks of condensed water vapour or ice crystals sometimes forming in the wake of an aircraft).    
  NONE_PRESENT No contrails are present.   11
  NOT_PERSISTENT Contrails remain visible for a short period of time, on the order of several minutes or less.   12
  PERSISTENT Contrails remain visible for a relatively long period of time, which may extend into hours.   13
CONTROL_POINT_TYPE   The type of a control point.    
  ASTRONOMIC_POSITION A coordinate established by astronomic observation yielding astronomic latitude and longitude.   11
  BENCH_MARK A relatively permanent material object natural or artificial, bearing a marked point (bench mark) whose elevation above or below an adopted datum is known; may be either permanent, temporary or supplemental.   12
  HORIZ_MAIN_STATION Horizontal, main station.   13
  HORIZ_SECONDARY_STATION Horizontal, secondary station.   14
  HORIZ_WITH_BENCH_MARK Horizontal, with bench mark.   15
  HORIZONTAL A horizontal coordinate established from survey information which provides position information used for locating subordinate surveys or mapping.   16
  VERT_MAIN_STATION Vertical, main station.   17
  VERT_SECONDARY_STATION Vertical, secondary station.   18
  VERTICAL A vertical coordinate established from survey information which provides position information used for locating subordinate surveys or mapping.   19
COVERAGE   The type of mixture of environmental objects that have been grouped.    
  AERONAUTICAL Land or water used for take-off and landing of aircraft, including associated buildings and facilities - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   11
  AIDS_TO_NAVIGATION Objects (e.g., lights, signage, or electronic beacons) designed to assist in the determination of a safe course or of a vehicle's position, or to warn of dangers and obstructions - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   12
  AIR_TRAFFIC_SERVICE_ROUTES Air routes designed to channel air traffic for the provision of air traffic services - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   13
  AIRSPACE Regions in which aircraft may or may not be controlled - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   14
  BEACH Objects relating to the delineation of the beach that can be used as a template to extract information from other sources. Does not imply where amphibious landing can be performed, only that a beach exists.   15
  BOTTOM_PHYSIOGRAPHY Those natural objects, from the coastline outwards, that comprise or lay upon the ocean bottom and its macro and micro relief - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   16
  BOUNDARIES Objects representing the demarcation between contiguous political or geographic entities - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   17
  COASTLINE Coastlines, international boundaries and major ports at a small scale.   18
  CULTURAL_LANDMARKS Objects (primarily land) of human origin that are significant to navigation.   19
  DATA_QUALITY Information about the source data, the measured accuracy of objects, and textual information found in marginal notes of hardcopy source (if any).   20
  DATABASE_REFERENCE Consists of generalized small-scale outlines of each data library in the database.   21
  DEMARCATION Lines and regions of demarcation, which have been defined for administrative, political, military, or other purposes.   22
  DEPTH_INFORMATION Underwater topographic objects related to relief or elevation of the bottom.   23
  EARTH_COVER_MARITIME Topographic and hydrographic objects including shorelines, islands and boundaries of significance to marine navigation.   24
  ELEVATION Topographic objects related to relief or elevation of terrain - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   25
  ENVIRONMENT_MARITIME Environmental characteristics relating to currents, tides and anomalies of significance to marine navigation.   26
  GEOPHYSICAL Planetary Science objects dealing with the physical processes and phenomena occurring especially in the planet and its vicinity - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   27
  GROUND_OBSTACLE Objects on or in the terrain surface, which restrict or divert the movement of ground vehicles.   28
  GROUND_TRANSPORTATION The network of objects and associated structures on or near the terrain surface over which goods and services are transported from one place to another - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   29
  HYDRO Hydrographic objects including (e.g.) depths or bottom characteristics, of significance to marine navigation - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   30
  HYDRO_AIDS_TO_NAVIGATION Objects (e.g., buoys, or beacons) designed to assist in the determination of a safe course or of a vessel's position, or to warn of dangers and obstructions.   31
  HYDRO_DANGERS Offshore objects, generally underwater, which restrict or divert the movement of vessels.   32
  HYDRO_LIMITS Hydrographic lines and regions of demarcation, which have been defined for the purpose of controlling maritime traffic.   33
  HYPSOGRAPHY Terrain objects that directly depict land elevation information, including contours and spot elevations, e.g., relief or hypsography.   34
  INDUSTRY Man-made objects, not included in other coverages, which are related to the commercial production and sale of goods and services - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   35
  INLAND_WATER All water and surface drainage objects and their associated structures, exclusive of those used in industry, ground transportation, or utilities, from the coastline inwards that are related to the water budget on the landward side of that line - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   36
  LAND_COVER Topographic objects including agricultural and extraction activities, and related surface characteristics, at a small scale, e.g., land use or cover.   37
  LAND_COVER_MARITIME Topographic objects including glaciers, trees, swamps and marshes of significance to marine navigation.   38
  LIBRARY_REFERENCE Consists of generalized objects considered most significant to the library; provides a preliminary small-scale view of the data.   39
  MARITIME Water boundaries and limits of specified regions of significance to maritime operations.   40
  MIL_TRAINING_AND_REFUEL_RTES Vertical and lateral defined airspace established for conducting military training and aerial refuelling - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   41
  MILITARY_STRUCTURES Objects originally built for defensive purposes, but not necessarily still in use for that purpose - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   42
  MISCELLANEOUS_UNDERWATER     43
  NSC     44
  OBS_AERONAUTICAL Vertical obstructions of significance to aeronautical navigation.   45
  OBS_MARITIME Wrecks, offshore installations and obstructions of significance to marine navigation.   46
  OCEAN Offshore objects, at a small scale.   47
  OCEAN_ENVIRONMENT Objects describing the physical characteristics of the ocean (and littoral) volume and bottom as portrayed on marine charts.   48
  PHYSIOGRAPHY Those natural objects, exclusive of inland water objects, that comprise or lay upon the terrain and its macro and micro relief - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   49
  PLACE_NAME_REF Consists of significant named locations.   50
  POLITICAL_ENTITIES_REF Consists of generalized small-scale outlines of political entities.   51
  POPULATION Man-made objects used to house, employ, administrate, provide medical care, and entertain the populace of a region - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   52
  PORT_FACILITIES Hydrographic objects including breakwaters, piers and seawalls of significance to marine navigation.   53
  PORTS_AND_HARBORS Natural or artificial improved bodies of water providing protection for vessels, and their associated anchorage, docking and related cultural facilities - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   54
  RAILROADS Terrain surface objects comprising rail lines on which trains or trams run, and their associated structures.   55
  ROADS Open ways on the terrain surface maintained for vehicular use, and their associated structures.   56
  SUR     57
  SURFACE_CONFIGURATION The maximum percent of incline from the horizontal at any point on the terrain surface, expressed as a positive number (lowest point to the highest point), e.g., slope or surface configuration - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   58
  SURFACE_MATERIALS The composition of the surface material (including soils) at any point on the planetary surface, as determined by the extended Unified Soils Classification System - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   59
  TERMINAL_PROCEDURES A series of predetermined maneuvers in the vicinity of an airport to orderly transition aircraft from take-off to the enroute phase of flight or from the enroute to terminal phase of flight - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   60
  TILE_REFERENCE Consists of a set of rectangular regions used to subdivide the region of interest.   61
  UTILITIES The infrastructure of a region used to deliver (e.g.) electric power, natural gas, oil, water, sewerage, telephone, or telecommunications into the homes and businesses of the populace - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   62
  VEGETATION The natural and man-induced plant cover over the planetary surface - used by NIMA as a standard coverage.   63
CRANE_MOBILITY_TYPE   The type of mobility of a crane.    
  FIXED A permanently mounted crane; a crane with a non-mobile base.   11
  FLOATING A crane having a barge or scow for an undercarriage, used for waterworks and waterfront work.   12
  TRAVELING A hoisting mechanism equipped with legs that run along rails at ground level and a bridge-like structure that spans the site over which it operates.   13
CRANE_TYPE   The type of a crane.    
  BRIDGE A hoisting mechanism equipped with legs extending to ground level and a bridge-like structure that spans the site over which it operates, e.g., a bridge or gantry.   11
  CONTAINER A crane designed to move containers, large portable compartments of standardized dimensions, used in cargo transportation.   12
  FIXED A non-mobile, power-operated hoisting machine with lifting tackle and a pivoted boom that allows movement of loads horizontally as well as vertically.   13
  FLOATING A crane having a barge or scow for an undercarriage, used for waterworks and waterfront work.   14
  ROTATING A machine having a boom mounted on a fixed or movable structure that moves in a complete circle to handle heavy material.   15
  TRAVELING A hoisting mechanism equipped with legs that run along rails at ground level and a bridge-like structure that spans the site over which it operates.   16
CROSSING_CONTROL   The method of traffic control at a road crossing.    
  NO_CONTROL Unguarded or unsignaled intersection.   11
  SIGNAL_DEVICES Electronic or mechanical signs or lights are used to control intersection access.   12
  STOP_SIGNS Signs are used to control intersection access.   13
CROSSING_TYPE   The type of shape attributed to the crossing of two or more lines of communication.    
  INTERSECTION Four-way intersection.   11
  JUNCTION Three-way (T-shaped) junction.   12
  STAR_SHAPED_BRANCHING Star shaped branching (more than 4 roads).   13
CULVERT_TYPE   The type of a culvert, of which the two main ones are regular culverts and box culverts, either of which can be back-filled.    
  BOX_LOAD_BEARING Square or rectangular cross-section with sides and roof designed to prevent collapse based on roadway characteristics.   11
  BOX_SOIL_BACK_FILLED Square or rectangular cross-section surrounded with soil fill.   12
  REG_SOIL_BACK_FILLED Regular soil back-filled.   13
CURRENT_APPEARANCE_MONTH   The month of appearance of a current (horizontal movement of a body of water).    
  JAN January.   11
  FEB February.   12
  MAR March.   13
  APR April.   14
  MAY May.   15
  JUN June.   16
  JUL July.   17
  AUG August.   18
  SEP September.   19
  OCT October.   20
  NOV November.   21
  DEC December.   22
CURRENT_DISAPPEARANCE_MONTH   The month of disappearance of a current (horizontal movement of a body of water), if different from the month of appearance of the current.    
  JAN January.   11
  FEB February.   12
  MAR March.   13
  APR April.   14
  MAY May.   15
  JUN June.   16
  JUL July.   17
  AUG August.   18
  SEP September.   19
  OCT October.   20
  NOV November.   21
  DEC December.   22

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