FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005
TITLE: DATA BUOYS IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA
Geodataset Name: DABUOY Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: POINT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains the locations of data collecting buoys with links to web sites that provide updating information.
DATA SOURCE(S): National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Coastal
Services Center (CSC)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 09/03/98
GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: DABUOY.DBF ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION SHAPE 6 SHAPEPOINT - BUY_LINK 88 CHARACTER - BUOY_ID 15 CHARACTER - BUOY_TYPE 25 CHARACTER - LATITUDE 19 DECIMAL 3 LONGITUDE 19 DECIMAL 3
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
Item Item description
SHAPE Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.
AREA Area of the polygon in square meters
PERIMETER Perimeter of the polygons in meters
BUY_LINK URL used in Ocean GIS on-line mapping application
BUOY_ID Data buoy identifyer (name)
BUOY_TYPE Type of data buoy
LATITUDE Latitude in dd
LONGITUDE Longitude in dd
DESCRIPT Based on website name for buoy
USER NOTES:
The original coverage contained data for the SE United States region and was clipped to those areas in and around Florida to conform to FGDL standards.
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
-Reprojection into FGDL format -Tolerance set to FGDL standards -Added DESCRIPT item equal to the buoy name given by the website -Renamed coverage from DATABUOY to DABUOY
REFERENCES:
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The tables were copied into MS Excel, geographic coordinates calculated, saved as Dbase files and used to generate an ARC/INFO coverage. Once this coverage was created, several buoys had to be added due to discrepancies in the published text table. The table on the website appears to be updated on a monthly (or more frequently) time frame, so the data present in this coverage is only current up to the publication date noted. NOTE: buoys that have been disestablished have been removed from this data layer. Buoys temporarily disabled by hurricanes remain in this coverage.
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS
PROJECTION ALBERS DATUM HPGN UNITS METERS SPHEROID GRS1980 PARAMETERS 1st standard parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd standard parallel 31 30 0.000 central meridian -84 00 0.000 latitude of projection`s origin 24 0 0.000 false easting (meters) 400000.00000 false northing (meters) 0.00000
DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):
Name: National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
Coastal Services Center
Abbr.name: NOAA (CSC)
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave.
Charelston, SC. 29405
Phone: (800)789-2234
Fax: (843)740-1224
Web site: www3.csc.noaa.gov
Hours of Service: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time
Email: metadata@csc.noaa.gov
Contact Person: Clearinghouse Manager
Phone: (800)789-2234
Email: clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov
FGDL CONTACT:
Name: Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name: FGDL
Address: Florida Geographic Data Library
431 Architecture Building
PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
Web site: http://www.fgdl.org
Contact FGDL:
Technical Support: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html
FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html
FGDL Mailing Lists: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html
For FGDL Software: http://www.fgdl.org/software.html