FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVRIONMENTAL PROTECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES

Geodataset Name:       FDEP_DISTBND
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         6
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This polygon dataset is comprised of Florida Department of Environmental Protection Regulatory district boundaries.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     2000000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20050927 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 1990 End Date: present DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: FDEP_DISTBND.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
NAME
254 String
DESCRIPT
20 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

NAME Name of District

DESCRIPT Based on NAME

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL aquired the data

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
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.

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems 
for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

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

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.

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

REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Environmental Protections:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
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 Date: 
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
The updated dissolved layer was inserted in ArcSDE and the metadata was updated. Process Date: 20050927
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 Process Date: 20100126
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20100225
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:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) BIS/GIS Section
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd
Tallahassee, FL
32399-2400


http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.htm GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us

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