BLACK BEAR RANGES WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA - 2016

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Publication_Date: 20160101
Title: BLACK BEAR RANGES WITHIN THE STATE OF FLORIDA - 2016
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL
Publisher: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida
Online_Linkage: <http://geodata.myfwc.com/>
Description:
Abstract:
This shapefile contains a range map of the Florida Black Bear. Before settlement by Europeans, black bears occupied all of mainland Florida including some coastal islands and larger keys. The occupied range has been reduced to 6 core areas (Eglin, Apalachicola, Osceola, Ocala, St. Johns, and Big Cypress) and 2 remnant areas (Chassahowitzka and Glades/Highlands). While bears can be found in areas outside of these ranges, evidence suggests that these areas are important for bears. A home range is an area that is inhabited in search of food, water and adequate cover. This shapefile contains rare, occasional, common and abundant ranges of the Florida black bear throughout the state of Florida. This is an update to bear_range_2008.
Purpose:
To cartographically represent the home range of the Florida black bear.
Supplemental_Information:
This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a FWC-FWRI produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 2004
Ending_Date: 20160101
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE
Theme_Keyword: range
Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme_Keyword: habitat
Theme_Keyword: bear
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE
Theme_Keyword: biota
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: statewide
Place_Keyword: Florida
Access_Constraints:
Available without restriction. All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the datas suitability for other purposes.
Use_Constraints:
Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 620 South Meridian St
City: Tallahassee
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32399-1600
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (850) 488-0588
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (850) 410-5269
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gisrequests@myfwc.com
Data_Set_Credit:
Created by: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 620 South Meridian St. Tallahassee, FL 32344
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Other_Citation_Details:
Black Bear Distribution Map <http://myfwc.com/WILDLIFEHABITATS/Bear_distribution.htm>
FFWCC Black Bear page: <http://myfwc.com/bear/>
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values
Completeness_Report:
Visually inspected for completeness to ensure all values fell within specified ranges.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Scale_Denominator: Unknown
Type_of_Source_Media:
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20020101
Time_of_Day: 20160101
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FFWCC
Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information
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FMRI/FFWCC Data Lineage and Metadata Update Information:
Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2002.shp.xml
Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2003.shp.xml
Description: Dataset copied. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2004
Description: Dataset copied. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2004
Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2004.shp.xml
Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2005.shp.xml
Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: bear_roadkill_1976-2006.shp.xml
Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: Bear_Range2005.shp.xml
Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: Bear_Range_2007.shp.xml
Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: Bear_Range_2008.shp.xml
Description: Metadata imported. Source_Used: FMRI_black_bear_range.shp.xml
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: FFWCC/FMRI
Process_Date: 20080211
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The dataset was downloaded from the FFWCC website <http://geodata.myfwc.com/> in September 2016. When downloaded the data was in shapefile format and the coordinate system was GCS_WGS_1984. The data was projected to GCS_North_ American_1983_HARN using the WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983 _To_HARN_Florida transformation.
-Added DESCRIPT field, populated it based on LABEL -Added FGDLAQDATE and populated it based on the date GeoPlan received the data -Deleted OBJECTID -Restructured table -Uppercased all fields -Renamed data from Black_Bear_Range_Florida to bear_range_2016
Please Note: Previous TRGIS data layers (prior to 2014) were misidentified in the metadata as being in Albers HARN. FFWCC-FWRI said all TRGIS data is PCS Albers (Not HARN). The data now has a HARN transformation and so all of the data is shifted (<1m) from previous FGDL versions.
Fields changed between updates. Descript field was based on POPULATION, descript field now based on LABEL.
Fields missing from latest update: POPULATION, RANGETYPE, HECTARES
Fields added to latest update: LABEL, SOURCE, ACRES
Fields with name changes: -KILOMETERS to KM2 -MILES to MI2
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan
Process_Date: 20161102
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 24.000000
Standard_Parallel: 31.500000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000
False_Easting: 400000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method:
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: BEAR_RANGE_2016
Entity_Type_Definition: BEAR_RANGE_2016.DBF
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: FFWCC/FMRI
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ACRES
Attribute_Definition: Calculated acres of range
Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: KM2
Attribute_Definition: Calculated square kilometers of range
Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: MI2
Attribute_Definition: Calculated square miles of range
Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LABEL
Attribute_Definition: Range description
Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Number field
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SOURCE
Attribute_Definition:
The utilization distribution model. The Concave Hull model and two levels (isopleths) of the Kernel Density Estimator model were used.
Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Free text
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT
Attribute_Definition: Based on the LABEL field.
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE
Attribute_Definition: Date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AUTOID
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN
Overview_Description:
Distribution_Information:
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20161230
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 620 S. Meridian St.
City: Tallahassee
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32399-1600
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (850) 488-0588
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (850) 410-5269
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gisrequests@myfwc.com
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