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The Infrastructures Part 1 Symbology Evaluation (takes approximately 10 minutes)

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1.) Agriculture and Food Infrastructure
(Theme)
Agriculture and Food Infrastructure

Agriculture and Food Infrastructure (Theme) - Production and retail services of foodstuffs.
2.) Agricultural Laboratories
(Agriculture and Food Feature)
Agricultural Laboratories

Agricultural Laboratories (Agriculture and Food Feature) - Facilities used for scientific research in farming.
3.) Animal Feedlots
(Agriculture and Food Feature)
Animal Feedlots

Animal Feedlots (Agriculture and Food Feature) - Area designated for feeding livestock.
4.) Commercial Food Distribution Center
(Agriculture and Food Feature)
Commercial Food Distribution Center

Commercial Food Distribution Center (Agriculture and Food Feature) - Facilities used for the disbursement of marketable foodstuffs.
5.) Farms Ranches
(Agriculture and Food Feature)
Farms Ranches

Farms Ranches (Agriculture and Food Feature) - A piece of land on which crops or animals are raised.
6.) Food Production Center
(Agriculture and Food Feature)
Food Production Center

Food Production Center (Agriculture and Food Feature) - The locus where foodstuffs are produced.
7.) Food Retail
(Agriculture and Food Feature)
Food Retail

Food Retail (Agriculture and Food Feature) - Facility where foodstuffs are sold for a profit.
8.) Grain Storage
(Agriculture and Food Feature)
Grain Storage

Grain Storage (Agriculture and Food Feature) - Facility used for the housing of cereal seeds such as corn, wheat, barley, etc.
9.) Banking Finance and Insurance Infrastructure
(Theme)
Banking Finance and Insurance Infrastructure

Banking Finance and Insurance Infrastructure (Theme) - The management of money and other assets and their protection. (Source: modified www.dictionary.com, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.)
10.) ATMs
(Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)
ATMs

ATMs (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature) - An unattended machine commonly located at a bank’s exterior which dispenses money when a personal coded card is inserted. (Source: Modified from www.hyperdictionary.com.)
11.) Banks
(Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)
Banks

Banks (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature) - A business establishment in which money is kept for saving for commercial purposes or is invested, supplied for loans, or exchanged. (Source: www.dictionary.com, The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.)
12.) Bullion Storage
(Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)
Bullion Storage

Bullion Storage (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature) - A facility used to deposit and warehouse gold or silver bars or ingots. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com, Hybrid definition of ‘bullion’ and ‘storage.’)
13.) Federal Reserve Banks
(Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)
Federal Reserve Banks

Federal Reserve Banks (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature) - One of twelve regional banks that monitor and act as depositories for banks in their region. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com.)
14.) Financial Exchanges
(Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)
Financial Exchanges

Financial Exchanges (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature) - A marketplace in which shares, options and futures on stocks, bonds, commodities, and indexes are traded. (Source: Yahoo! Finance glossary: http://biz.yahoo.com/f/g/ee.html.)
15.) Financial Services Other
(Banking Finance and Insurance Feature)
Financial Services Other

Financial Services Other (Banking Finance and Insurance Feature) - A business establishment for the provision of financial or monetary related products and services other than a bank. Locations which deal with money management business.
16.) Commercial Infrastructure
(Theme)
Commercial Infrastructure

Commercial Infrastructure (Theme) - The locus of where a business enterprise is undertaken. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com.)
17.) Chemical Plant
(Commercial Infrastructure Feature)
Chemical Plant

Chemical Plant (Commercial Infrastructure Feature) - An industrial site where chemical substances and-or compounds are produced. (Source: Modified from www.hyperdictionary.com.)
18.) Firearm Manufacturers
(Commercial Infrastructure Feature)
Firearm Manufacturers

Firearm Manufacturers (Commercial Infrastructure Feature) - The location where hand weapons of explosive force when shot are mass produced. (Source: Webster’s New World Dictionary; hybrid definition of ‘firearm’ and ‘manufacture’.)
19.) Firearm Retailers
(Commercial Infrastructure Feature)
Firearm Retailers

Firearm Retailers (Commercial Infrastructure Feature) - The location where hand weapons of explosive force when shot are sold. (Source: Webster’s New World Dictionary; hybrid definition of ‘firearm’ and ‘retail’.)
20.) Hazardous Material Production
(Commercial Infrastructure Feature)
Hazardous Material Production

Hazardous Material Production (Commercial Infrastructure Feature) - The locus of where hazardous chemicals and-or substances are produced and stored under regulated conditions.
21.) Hazardous Material Storage
(Commercial Infrastructure Feature)
Hazardous Material Storage

Hazardous Material Storage (Commercial Infrastructure Feature) - A storing location for a substance or combination of substances that because of quantity, concentration, physical, chemical, radiological, explosive, or infectious characteristics poses a potential danger to humans and/or the environment. (Source: San Diego State University Emergency Plan glossary; link at: http://bfa.sdsu.edu/emergencyplan/glossary.htm.)
22.) Industrial Site
(Commercial Infrastructure Feature)
Industrial Site

Industrial Site (Commercial Infrastructure Feature) - The locus of an industrial facility or facilities used for the commercial production and selling of manufactured goods. (Source: www.dictionary.com; The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition.)
23.) Landfill
(Commercial Infrastructure Feature)
Landfill

Landfill (Commercial Infrastructure Feature) - An area of land or an excavation in which wastes are placed for permanent disposal, and which is not a land application unit, surface impoundment, injection well, or waste pile. (Source: The Federal Aviation Administration glossary. Link at: http://wildlife-
24.) Pharmaceutical Manufacturer
(Commercial Infrastructure Feature)
Pharmaceutical Manufacturer

Pharmaceutical Manufacturer (Commercial Infrastructure Feature) - The location where medicinal drugs are mass produced. (Source: Webster’s New World Dictionary; hybrid definition of ‘pharmaceutical’ and ‘manufacture’.)
25.) Superfund Sites NPL
(Commercial Infrastructure Feature)
Superfund Sites NPL

Superfund Sites NPL (Commercial Infrastructure Feature) - A location in the United States that has been contaminated by hazardous waste and identified by the Environmental Protection Agency as a candidate for clean-up because it poses a risk to human health and-or the environment. (Source: Environmental Protection Agency. Link at: http://www.epa.gov.)
26.) Toxic Release Inventory
(Commercial Infrastructure Feature)
Toxic Release Inventory

Toxic Release Inventory (Commercial Infrastructure Feature) - The location according to a publicly available database of chemical and other toxic waste releases. (Source: Environmental Protection Agency. Link at: http://www.epa.gov.)
27.) Educational Facilities Infrastructure
(Theme)
Educational Facilities Infrastructure

Educational Facilities Infrastructure (Theme) - A building or collection of buildings or places that provides knowledge. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com, Hybrid definition of ‘educational’ and ‘facility.’)
28.) College University
(Educational Facilities Feature)
College University

College University (Educational Facilities Feature) - An institution of higher learning offering a course of studies leading to a Bachelor's or Master's or Doctoral degree. (Source: Adapted from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary definitions of college and university)
29.) Schools
(Educational Facilities Feature)
Schools

Schools (Educational Facilities Feature) - A facility for the primary and secondary education of children. (Source: Adapted from Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary definition)
30.) Energy Facilities Infrastructure
(Theme)
Energy Facilities Infrastructure

Energy Facilities Infrastructure (Theme) - A building or collection of buildings and/or places that generates and provides electrical power.
31.) Generation Stations
(Energy Facilities Feature)
Generation Stations

Generation Stations (Energy Facilities Feature) - A facility equipped with special equipment used for the production of heat or electricity. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com, Hybrid definition of ‘generation’ and ‘station.’)
32.) Natural Gas Facilities
(Energy Facilities Feature)
Natural Gas Facilities

Natural Gas Facilities (Energy Facilities Feature) - A locus equipped with special equipment used to generate nuclear gas power.
33.) Nuclear Facilities
(Energy Facilities Feature)
Nuclear Facilities

Nuclear Facilities (Energy Facilities Feature) - A locus equipped with special equipment used to generate nuclear power.
34.) Petroleum Facilities
(Energy Facilities Feature)
Petroleum Facilities

Petroleum Facilities (Energy Facilities Feature) - A building or place that provides and distributes petroleum gas.
35.) Propane Facilities
(Energy Facilities Feature)
Propane Facilities

Propane Facilities (Energy Facilities Feature) - A building or place that provides and distributes propane gas.
36.) Government Site Infrastructure
(Theme)
Government Site Infrastructure

Government Site Infrastructure (Theme) - The locus of where executive, legislative and-or judicial activities take place in the service of the government.
37.) Military Infrastructure
(Theme)
Military Infrastructure

Military Infrastructure (Theme) - Refers collectively to the four major branches of the United States’ armed forces as associated with, or performed by armed services as contrasted with civilians. (Source: modified sources.)
38.) Military Armory
(Military Feature)
Military Armory

Military Armory (Military Feature) - A military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are manufactured and stored, and also where training is given in the use of arms. (Source: www.hyperdictionary.com.)
39.) Military Base
(Military Feature)
Military Base

Military Base (Military Feature) - The locus of where military personnel, weapons and supplied are located, and also where attacks and other operations are coordinated and launched. (Source: “Scholastic News” military glossary.)
40.) Postal Service Infrastructure
(Theme)
Postal Service Infrastructure

Postal Service Infrastructure (Theme) - The system whereby letters, messages and other parcels are transmitted and delivered via the post office. (Source: Modified from www.hyperdictionary.com.)
41.) Postal Distribution Center
(Postal Feature)
Postal Distribution Center

Postal Distribution Center (Postal Feature) - A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) facility where mail is sorted and routed. (Source: USPS web-page description of function)
42.) Post Office
(Postal Feature)
Post Office

Post Office (Postal Feature) - A U.S. Postal Service (USPS) facility that directly delivers postal services to the public.

 

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