FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: FLORIDA NATURAL ELEMENT OCCURRENCE BY QUAD

Geodataset Name:      EOBYQUAD
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This is a polygon data layer locating, by USGS quadrangle, the occurrences of
endangered or rare plants and animals, high quality natural communities and other
occurrences of natural resource interest in the FNAI database.
DATA SOURCE(S):                   Florida Natural Areas Inventory
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    1:24000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     July 2001
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida
 

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: EOBYQUAD.DBF

ITEM NAME     WIDTH       TYPE           PRECISION

SHAPE            8        Shapepoly         0
SNAME           37        Character         - 	                  
SCOMNAME        37        Character         -                   
GRANK            9        Character         -                     
SRANK            9        Character         -                     
FEDERAL          9        Character         -                    
SPROT            9        Character         -                    
QUADNAME        26        Character         -                  
USGS_QNUM        9        Decimal           -              
DEP_QNUM         9        Decimal           -
DESCRIPT        37        Character         -                

 

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.  

SNAME           The scientific name of an element.

SCOMNAME        The common name of an element.

GRANK           Global Rank - The rank which best characterizes the relative rarity or
                endangerment of the species or community worldwide. See the attached rank
                explanation sheet for a list and explanation of the possible ranks.

SRANK           State Rank - The rank which best characterizes the relative rarity or
                endangerment of the species or community statewide. See the attached rank
                explanation sheet for a list and explanation of the possible ranks.

FEDERAL         US Endangered Species Act Classification -  For plant and animal species;
                the appropriate standard abbreviation for the U.S. Federal Register category for the
                species, subspecies, or variety as proposed or determined by the U.S. Fish and
                Wildlife Service or the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (marine
                species). If the species has no published status under the U.S. Endangered Species
                Act, this field is left blank. See the attached rank explanation sheet for a list
                and explanation of the possible classifications.

SPROT           State Protection Status - For plant and animal species only; an abbreviation
                of the official endangerment status or level of legal protection the state assigns
                to this species. See the attached rank explanation sheet for a list and explanation
                of the possible status.

QUADNAME        Name of the USGS quadrangle in which the element is found.

USGS_QNUM       Quad ID number used by US Geological Survey.

DEP_QNUM        Quad ID number used by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.
DESCRIPT        FGDL added item based on SCOMNAME

USER NOTES:

ELEMENT OCCURRENCE BY QUAD POLYGON SHAPEFILE (shapefile name EOBYQUAD) - This is a
polygon data layer locating, by USGS quadrangle, the occurrences of endangered or
rare plants and animals, high quality natural communities and other occurrences of
natural resource interest in the FNAI database. An "Element" is any exemplary or
rare component of the natural environment, such as a species, plant community, bird
rookery, spring, sinkhole, cave or other ecological features. An "Element
Occurrence" (EO) represents the locational records of an element and is a single
extant habitat which sustains or otherwise contributes to the survival of a
population or a distinct, self-sustaining example or a particular natural
community.  FNAI maintains precise point locations for all EOs.

NOTE:  This shapefile was created by intersecting EO point locations with Quad
polygons.  Wide ranging species may be found in additional quads near the quad
containing the element occurrence.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-ADDED DESCRIPT ITEM BASED ON SCOMNAME
-Upcased all character records

REFERENCES:


DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Data was acquired by the GeoPlan Center from the Florida Natural Areas Inventory 2002 as 
a coverage.  Lowercase characters within the attribute table were upcased and DESCRIPT 
item was added based on SCOMNAME.

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

  Projection                           ALBERS
  Units                                METERS
  Datum                                HPGN
  Spheroid                             GRS1980
  1st standard parallel                24   0  0.000
  2nd standard parallel                31  30  0.000
  central meridian                    -84   0  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: 	    Florida Natural Areas Inventory		 
Abbr.name: FNAI	
Address:   Florida Natural Areas Inventory
           1018 Thomasville Road
           Tallahassee,  FL  32303
Phone:     (850) 224-8207  
Web site:  http://www.fnai.org
 

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                    Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:              FGDL
Address:                 Florida Geographic Data Library
                         431 Architecture
                         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