FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVRIONMENTAL PROTECTION DISTRICT BOUNDARIES - JANUARY 2013

Geodataset Name:       FDEP_DISTBND_JAN13
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         6
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This data set represents Florida Department of Environmental Protection regulatory district boundaries. These boundaries are effective as of January 1st 2013.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection OTIS/GIS Section
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 201301 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20121029 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: FDEP_DISTBND_JAN13.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
SHAPE
4 Geometry
Name
50 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 District Name

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on NAME

FGDLAQDATE Date GeoPlan acquired data from source

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


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knowledge.
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the original data.

To be used as a base layer for GIS analysis.

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has not been verified by GeoPlan

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

None.

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DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Reinitialized data with shapefile provided by source.  This release
contains less points and more polygons.
Process Date: 12/09/02

Updated boundaries as described below: Sarasota and Desoto counties added to the South District office removed from the Southwest District. Sumter County and all of Marion County added to the Central District office removed from Southwest District. Indian River County added to the Southeast District office removed from the Central District. All of Jefferson County added to the Northwest District office removed from the Northeast District. Please note that these regulatory district changes will go into effect from January 1st 2013. Process Date: 20121030
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_jan13 - Upcased all records - Deleted OBJECTID field - Added a DESCRIPT field based on NAME. - Added a FGDLAQDATE based on the date FGDL acquired the data Process Date: 20130107
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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Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) OTIS/GIS Section
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd, MS 6520
Tallahassee, FL
32399-2400


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