FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVRIONMENTAL PROTECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES 2005

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Publication_Date: 20050927
Title:
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVRIONMENTAL PROTECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES 2005
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL
Publisher: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida
Online_Linkage: <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm>
Description:
Abstract:
This polygon dataset is comprised of Florida Department of Environmental Protection Regulatory district boundaries.
Purpose:
The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1990
Ending_Date: present
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: Regulatory Districts
Theme_Keyword: Administrative, Municipal & Political Boundaries
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: boundaries
Place:
Place_Keyword: Florida
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints:
This layer is meant to be used primarily as a cartographic tool, not for analytical use or for the legal determination of district boundaries.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FDEP Information and Data Disclaimer
FDEP GIS data is provided as a public service. FDEP makes every effort to provide accurate and complete data. Metadata is provided for all datasets and no data should be used without first reading and understanding the limitations of the data. The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) provides NO WARRANTY as to the accuracy of this data or any corresponding attributes or metadata. Data is provided in an "as is" condition, without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including any assurance that the data is fit for a particular purpose. FDEP shall have no liability, in any case, to the use of provided data (including redistribution and reproduction). Full liability, responsibility and consequence relating to the use of provided data rest with the user.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2600 Blair Stone Road
City: Tallahassee
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32399-2400
Country: USA
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3000
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Other_Citation_Details:
Florida Department of Environmental Protections: <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/>
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology
Completeness_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.
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_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Title:
depbnd97-24/USGS 1:24,000 DLG and cnty-2m/USGS DLG Political Boundaries
Source_Scale_Denominator: 2000000
Type_of_Source_Media: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FDEP
Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The DEP boundary line coverage was first derived from a coverage of the Water Management District Boundaries. These WMD Boundaries were digitized on 1:24,000 mylar Quad maps from meets and bounds of the WMD State Statute. DEP district boundaries deviate from these WMD boundaries only along county lines. The needed county lines were digitized using the MYLAR maps. The coverage was projected from Lambert Conformal Area to Albers Equal Area and exported using ARC/INFO in a vms environment. The export file was ftp'd to a DEC/ALPHA UNIX system, imported, and inserted into the quad library.
In Spring '97 the data was converted from NAD27 to HPGN using the projection command within ARC/INFO version 7.0.4.
In Summer of '97 the DEP District Boundaries bordering several Districts were relocated. At this time the entire coverage was reproduced by selecting corresponding county boundaries, plss section lines and roads from the 1:24,000 DLGs. In October of '97, the DEP line coverage was combined with the 1:2m USGS polygon boundary coverage. Dangles and label errors and attribution were corrected within Arc/Info 7.1.1.
In Spring, 1999, the shapefile of this dataset was inserted in Spatial Database Engine (SDE 3.0.2).
During August, 2000, the SDE layer was separated into areas and lines in order to accommodate the data's maintenance in ArcSDE 8 and use in ArcMap in ArcInfo 8.
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Contact_Person:
Contact_Voice_Telephone:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The old FDEP districts layer was dissolved on the attribute - FDEP district name to give us a 1:1 ratio between the number of polygons to the number of FDEP districts.
Process_Date: 20050927
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The updated dissolved layer was inserted in ArcSDE and the metadata was updated.
Process_Date: 20050927
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
GeoPlan Downloaded the dataset from the FDEP's GeoData Directory Website at <http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm>. When received the data was in shapefile format and was in the following projection: North American Datum of 1983 HARN. GeoPlan, during the QA/QC Process included the following aspects:

- Renamed the dataset from REGULATORY_DISTRICTS_AREAS to fdep_distbnd - Deleted objectid fields. - Added a DESCRIPT field based on NAME. - Added a FGDLAQDATE based on the date FGDL acquired the data
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan
Process_Date: 20100126
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: 6
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: FDEP_DISTBND
Entity_Type_Definition: FDEP_DISTBND.DBF
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: FDEP
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: NAME
Attribute_Definition: Name of District
Attribute_Definition_Source: FDEP
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT
Attribute_Definition: Based on NAME
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE
Attribute_Definition: The date FGDL aquired the data
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AUTOID
Attribute_Definition: Unique ID added by GeoPlan
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA
Attribute_Definition: Area in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN
Attribute_Definition: Perimeter in meters
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Overview_Description:
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706
City: Gainesville
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 32611-5706
Country: United States
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Web site: <http://www.fgdl.org>
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Technical Support: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html>
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: For FGDL Software: <http://www.fgdl.org/software.html>
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:
FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html>
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Mailing list for FGDL: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html>
Resource_Description: DOWNLOADABLE DATA
Distribution_Liability:
The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources) who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist.
Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no warranties, guaranties or representations as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the data provided by the data sources. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no representations or warranties about the quality or suitability of the materials, either expressly or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. 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>
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 1.916
Technical_Prerequisites:
This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20100301
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) BIS/GIS Section
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2600 Blair Stone Rd
Address: MS 6520
City: Tallahassee
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32399-2400
Country: USA
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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