FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2007

TITLE: EXISTING RECREATIONAL TRAILS - SEPTEMBER 2008

Geodataset Name:       EXISTING_TRAILS
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polyline
Feature Count:         7294
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This layer is a line shapefile that includes existing recreational trails located in the State of Florida. An existing recreational trail is defined as a paved or unpaved trail for hiking, biking, equestrian, multi-use (non motorized), or paddling use that is open to the public. This does not include in-road bike lanes or sidewalks. This layer is compiled from local, state, and federal data agencies and organizations, who upload trails data to the Florida Trails Network Website (http://www.FloridaTrailsNetwork.com). For more information, see the Florida Trails Network Website.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    University of Florida GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20080926
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: EXISTING_TRAILS.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
NAME
100 String ---
NAME2
100 String ---
NAME3
100 String ---
SURFACE
15 String ---
TYPE
3 String ---
SUBTYPE
5 String ---
MGMT
25 String ---
MGMT2
25 String ---
MGMT3
25 String ---
STATE_TRAI
1 String ---
FNST
1 String ---
FTACONNECT
1 String ---
LOOP
1 String ---
DESIGNATED
1 String ---
CIRCUM_TRA
1 String ---
RAIL_PROJ
1 String ---
FTA
1 String ---
ADJ_CORRID
25 String ---
ACQ_PROGRA
50 String ---
UPDATED
3 String ---
DATE_INPUT
8 Date ---
COMMENTS
80 String ---
SEG_MILES
19 Number 6
SOURCE
254 String ---
DESCRIPT
100 String ---
PK_ETRAIL_
4 Number ---
SEG_LENGTH
19 Number 3
NOTES
75 String ---
OLDAUTOID
9 Number ---
AUTOID
4 Number ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

NAME Trail Name: If a trail is part of a larger trail network, then the larger trail network name would take precedence over a regional or local trail name. For example, a trail that is part of the Florida National Scenic Trail would be designated with NAME = "Florida National Scenic Trail" and NAME2 = Local Trail Name, such as "NAVARRE BIKE PATH".

NAME2 Regional or Local Trail Name: Hiking and multi-use trails are given precedence over bicycle and other road-based trails. If a hiking trail and a bicycle trail took the same route, the hiking trail would be given the NAME and the bicycle trail would be given the NAME2.

NAME3 Additional Local Trail Name: If a trail were part of two larger trail networks, then the local trail name would be given in NAME3.

SURFACE Trail Surface Type
Paved = Paved Trail Surface

Unpaved = Unpaved Trail Surface

Water = Paddling/ Water Trail

Boardwalk = Boardwalk Trail Surface

Unknown = Unknown Trail Surface Type


TYPE Trail Use Type
B = Off-road Bicycle Trail

E = Equestrian Trail

H = Hiking Trail

M = Multi-Use Trail

P = Paddling Trail

U = Unknown Trail Use

X = Connecting/ Connector Trail


SUBTYPE Multi-Use Trail Codes
BE = Biking/ Equestrian

BH = Biking/ Hiking

BEH = Biking/ Equestrian/ Hiking

EH = Equestrian/ Hiking


MGMT Managing Entity. Primary Organization/ Agency responsible for maintaining the trail.

MGMT2 Additional Managing Entity. Another organization/ agency (in additon to the Primary Managing Entity) that is responsible for maintaining the trail.

MGMT3 Additional Managing Entity. Another organization/ agency (in additon to the Primary Managing Entity) that is responsible for maintaining the trail.

STATE_TRAI Indicates whether this trail is a State Maintained Trail.
Y = YES, this is a State Maintained Trail

N = NO, this is not a State Maintained Trail.


FNST Indicates whether this trail is part of the Florida National Scenic Trail.
Y = YES, this trail is part of the Florida National Scenic Trail

N = NO, this trail is part of the Florida National Scenic Trail


FTACONNECT Indicates whether this trail is a hiking connector route between FNST and/or FTA trails.
Y = YES, this trail is a hiking connector route between FNST and/or FTA trails.

N = NO, this trail is not a hiking connector route between FNST and/or FTA trails.


LOOP Indicates whether this trail is a Florida Trail Association maintained Loop Trail.
Y = YES, this trail is a Florida Trail Association maintained Loop Trail.

N = NO, this trail is not a Florida Trail Association maintained Loop Trail.


DESIGNATED Indicates whether this trail is designated by the Office of Greenways & Trails as a state designated trail.
Y = YES, this trail is designated by the Office of Greenways & Trails as a state designated trail.

N = NO, this trail is not designated by the Office of Greenways & Trails as a state designated trail.


CIRCUM_TRA Indicates that this trail is a part of the state of Florida circumnavigational trail
Y = YES, this trail is a part of the state of Florida circumnavigational trail

N = NO, this trail is a not part of the state of Florida circumnavigational trail


RAIL_PROJ Indicates whether this trail is located along a previous rail corridor. (Does not necessarily have to be a Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Trail).
Y = YES, this trail is located along a previous rail corridor.

N = NO, this trail is located along a previous rail corridor.


FTA Indicates whether this trail is part of the Florida Trail Association.
Y = YES, this trail is part of the Florida Trail Association.

N = NO, this trail is not part of the Florida Trail Association.


ADJ_CORRID Indicates whether the trail shares a corridor with an existing facilty.
Existing Railway = This trail shares a corridor with an existing railway.

Canal = This trail shares a corridor with a canal.

Powerline R.O.W = This trail shares a corridor with a Powerline Right-of-Way.

Gas Line = This trail shares a corridor with a Gas Line


ACQ_PROGRA Name of land acquisition program trail was acquired under.

UPDATED Indicates whether trail segment has been updated

DATE_INPUT Date the Trail was added to this Trails Database

COMMENTS Any additional comments or information about this trail

SEG_MILES Length of trail segment, in miles

SOURCE Source of the trail linework and attribute information.

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added attributed based on NAME field.

PK_ETRAIL_ GeoPlan Unique ID for tracking trail submissions

SEG_LENGTH Trail segment length

NOTES Notes on Trail

OLDAUTOID Old AutoID prior to update beginning in 7/08

AUTOID GeoPlan Unique ID for each finalized, approved trail


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
The University of Florida GeoPlan Center and the FDEP Office of Greenways & Trails staff 
acknowledge that this layer does not include all existing recreational trails in the state. 
We are actively seeking input and updates to this layer. If you have trails data that is more 
current or accurate than what is included in this layer, please contact the UF GeoPlan Center
at ogt@geoplan.ufl.edu, or upload the trails data to the Florida Trails Network website at:
http://www.FloridaTrailsNetwork.com.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
If you have local trails data that is more up to date than what is included in this layer, please contact the UF GeoPlan Center at ogt@geoplan.ufl.edu.

This layer is being maintained as part of the Florida Statewide Greenways Planning Project.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes.
Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
county level.
1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.
1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.
1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be
considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data
before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been
made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:


DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Originally this coverage was created and maintained by Kent Wimmer and the 1000 Friends of Florida. 
Since June of 2004, the GeoPlan Center has been contracted by FDEP's Office of Greenways and 
Trails to maintain this coverage as part of the Florida Greenways Planning Project. 
Trail information is submitted via the Florida Trails Website (www.FloridaTrailsNetwork.com) from 
federal, state and local agencies.
Process Date: 
Updated trails layer with line files from OGT, Division of Forestry, FTA, Polk County, St. Lucie County, Walton County, Sarasota County, St. John's County, and Four Freedoms Trail. Process Date: 2008-08-01
Dataset copied. Process Date:
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
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 SOURCE CONTACT (S):

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University of Florida GeoPlan Center

University of Florida GeoPlan Center
Gainesville, FL
32611-5706
352-392-8686

www.FloridaTrailsNetwork.com/download.html REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.

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