FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2007

TITLE: FLORIDA PANTHER FOCUS AREA

Geodataset Name:       FA_PANTHER
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         4
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains the United States Fish and Wildlife Service Florida Panther Focus Area
DATA SOURCE(S):                    United States Fish and Wildlife Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     1:24000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20061215
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: Panther Focus Area
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
OBJECTID
4 OID ---
ACRES
19 Float 11
ZONE
20 String ---
DESCRIPT
30 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
SHAPE
4 Geometry ---
AUTOID
4 Integer ---
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double ---
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

ACRES Area of polygon in acres

ZONE Focus area zones

DESCRIPT Field based on ZONE

FGDLAQDATE Date GeoPlan acquired data

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters

Generated by reliable software and assumed accurate
USER NOTES:
Visual checked by SFESO GIS Specialist

GeoPlan received this dataset from the United States Fish and
Wildlife Service via download in March 2007. The data 
downloaded was in shapefile format and was in the following 
projection: Albers HPGN.
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.

If a project falls within the focus area impacts to the Florida Panther should 
be assessed and consultation with the Fish and Wildlife Service should be initiated.

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

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING,
MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

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:
The Florida Panther Consultation Area north of the Caloosahatchee River was 
redefined as the Fisheating Creek-Babcock/Webb and eastern Fisheating Creek
patches identified in Thatcher et all (2006)  In addition, the two dispersal corridors
to the next nearest patches.  Avon Park and Myakka State Forest, were include 
to provide connectivity.  Habitat value categories 1 and 2 were used to define the
dispersal corridors.  The corridors were extended north to arbitrary end points that
would insure good connectivity to adjacent patches.
Process Date: 20061211

Calculated the attribute fields "AREA" and "ACRES" with XTools Process Date: 20061211
-Changed file name from panther-focus_area.shp to fa_panther.shp -Renamed consultation area to focus area in metadata -Added Descript based on field ZONE -Recalculated Acres with XTools -Deleted Area Process Date: 20070327
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):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:

1339 20th Street
Vero Beach, Florida
32960
772.562.3909

http://www.fws.gov/verobeach/ barry_wood@fws.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

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