This dataset contains an inventory of outdoor advertising structures, permits and other related information maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation.
The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.
The Florida Department of Transportation (Department) is responsible for controlling ODA signs on the National and State highway systems. The Department must control the location, size, height, spacing and lighting of ODA signs but has no authority to regulate the content of advertising messages on the signs. The Outdoor Advertising regulatory program is based on federal law and regulations as well as state statute and rule. Federal law is set forth in the Highway Beautification Act while federal regulations can be found at 23 C.F.R., Section 750. State laws are found in Chapter 479, Florida Statutes. In addition to the state statutes, the Department writes administrative rules to interpret the intent of the statute for the general public. Chapter 14-10, Florida Administrative Code, is the Department's rule chapter which governs outdoor advertising. Local governments often have their own ordinances which regulate outdoor advertising in their community. The Department cannot issue a permit for an outdoor advertising sign which is not allowed by local ordinances. While there are many aspects of the outdoor advertising regulatory program, this web page deals with pertinent information to help you determine if you need to obtain a license or permit for outdoor advertising signs and the requirements for obtaining and maintaining a license or permit. Information on ODA licenses, permits and tags is available below. The ODA database, featuring a search option, can be accessed below for current permits, sign locations and other information. If you have questions or need information on this program, please contact Lynn Holschuh (lynn.holschuh@dot.state.fl.us). All renewal payments and forms relating to the Outdoor Advertising regulatory program are to be sent to: Outdoor Advertising Office Florida Department of Transportation 605 Suwannee Street, Mail Station 22 Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0450 Phone: (850) 414-4545 Fax: (850) 488-485 Please note that the conformity status of a sign may change. Although the Department endeavors to update this section of its records as often as possible, there may be reasons why a sign has become nonconforming that are unknown to the Department. Before taking any action on the assumption your sign is conforming, you should check with Department personnel.
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605 Suwannee Street, MS22
Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
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This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology
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This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan. Billboards have been broken out in to 4 main groups - A, B, C, and D. The groups are arranged as a scale in that Group-A represents the most accurate and Group-D represents the least accurate. Group-A For features falling within this category it was determined, through the spatial join function of the Billboards layer to the RCI Milepost layer that the join produced a milepost on the same RCI Roadway Section as was listed in the Billboards layer table. For this group each Billboard feature was within 906m (805m = 0.5 mile, an extra 100m added for displacement of object off roadway) of the correct mile post. There are variations of this, listed as A1, A2, and A3. (A1 represents the most accurate) A1 - Milepost connected thought spatial join matched the Milepost listed in the Billboards Layer table. A2 - Milepost connected thought spatial join was within 1-Milepost of the listed Milepost in the Billboards Layer table. A3 - Milepost connected thought spatial join was within a few Mileposts of the listed Milepost in the Billboards Layer table. Group-B For features falling within this category it was determined, through the spatial join function of the Billboards layer to the RCI Milepost layer that the initial join did not produced a milepost on the same RCI Roadway Section as was listed in the Billboards layer table. There are variations of this, listed as B1, B2, and B3. (B1 represents the most accurate) B1 - For this group each Billboard feature was within 906m of the correct milepost . B2 - For this group each Billboard feature was within 906m of a milepost that was within 1-mile of the correct milepost. B3 - For this group each Billboard feature was within 906m of a milepost that was within a few miles of the correct milepost. Group-C For features falling within this category it was determined, through the spatial join function of the Billboards layer to the RCI Milepost layer that the initial join did not produced a milepost on the same RCI Roadway Section as was listed in the Billboards layer table. There are variations of this, listed as C1, C2, and C3. (C1 represents the most accurate) C1- For this group each Billboard feature was within 1-mile of a milepost of the correct RCI roadway. C2- For this group each Billboard feature was within 5-miles of a milepost of the correct RCI roadway. C3- For this group each Billboard feature was over 5-miles from a milepost of the correct RCI roadway. Group-D For features falling within this category it was determined, through the spatial join function of the Billboards layer to the RCI Milepost layer that the initial join did not produced a milepost on the same RCI Roadway Section as was listed in the Billboards layer table. There are variations of this, listed as D1, D2, and D3. (D1 represents the most accurate) D1- For this group each Billboard feature milepost was not listed in the RCI Milepost Layer. D2- For this group each Billboard feature milepost links to features in the RCI Milepost Layer that have bad geometry. D3- For this group each Billboard feature has not been finalized and therefore has not been mapped. These features exist as points out in the Gulf of Mexico and this info is documented in the Billboard Layer's metadata.
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Spatial and Attribute Information
GeoPlan Center Downloaded the data from the following Florida Department of Transportations (FDOT) website: http://www2.dot.state.fl.us/rightofway/DownloadData.aspx The Excel spread sheet was downloaded on May 21st 2009. The original excel document file name was: floutdooradvertising.xls The floutdooradvertising.xls field names were first shortened to fit database standards. Next the floutdooradvertising.xls was converted to a database table. Next this table was mapped in ArcMap via the Add XY Data tool. The XY locations were added via the LATITUDE and LONGITUDE fields. The dataset's projection was defined as WGS84. Next the dataset was reprojected to the FGDL NAD83 HARN Albers projection. Next the DESCRIPT field was added based on L_NAME (Location Name).
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile.
Dataset copied.
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
COUNTY
FDOT
ACCOUNT NAME
FDOT
ADDRESS
FDOT
ADDRESS2
FDOT
CITY
FDOT
STATE
FDOT
ZIP CODE
FDOT
PHONE
FDOT
CONTACT NAME
FDOT
LICENSE REQUIRED
FDOT
PERMIT#
FDOT
TAG
FDOT
TAG ISSUED
FDOT
EXPIRY DATE
FDOT
AREA
FDOT
FACING BUILT
FDOT
HAGL
FDOT
LIGHTING
FDOT
SIGN READS
FDOT
PROPERTY TAX ID
FDOT
STRUCTURE#
FDOT
STRUCTURE STATUS
FDOT
STRUCTURE CONFIG
FDOT
DISTANCE INTERSECTION
FDOT
DIRECTION INTERSECTION
FDOT
DISTANCE ROW
FDOT
HEIGHT
FDOT
IN CITY
FDOT
LAND USE
FDOT
LATITUDE in Decimal Degrees.
FDOT
LONGITUDE in Decimal Degrees.
FDOT
MILEPOST
FDOT
NUMBER SUPPORTS
FDOT
RCI INTERSECTION
FDOT
RCI SECTION
FDOT
SIDE OF SECTION
FDOT
MATERIAL
FDOT
DISTANCE EOP
FDOT
STRUCTURE BUILT
FDOT
LOCAL NAME
FDOT
SR#
FDOT
US#
FDOT
CLASS
FDOT
START MILEPOST
FDOT
END MILEPOST
FDOT
LENGTH
FDOT
START DESCRIPTION
FDOT
END DESCRIPTION
FDOT
This is the derived integer billboards milepost number. This number is derived from the following function: Round(MILEPOST).
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This represents the closest RCI Milepost_apr09 feature's milepost id number.
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This represents the closest RCI Milepost_apr09 feature's roadway number.
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This represents the closest RCI Milepost_apr09 feature's milepost number.
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This represents the closest RCI Milepost_apr09 feature's roadway/milepost combination number.
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This represents the distance (in meters) to the closest RCI Milepost layer feature.
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This represents the milepost id number of the closest RCI Milepost_apr09 feature with the same RCI ROADWAY number as listed in the Billboards layer.
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This represents the roadway number of the closest RCI Milepost_apr09 feature with the same RCI ROADWAY number as listed in the Billboards layer.
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This represents the milepost number of the closest RCI Milepost_apr09 feature with the same RCI ROADWAY number as listed in the Billboards layer.
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This represents the roadway/milepost combination number of the closest RCI Milepost_apr09 feature with the same RCI ROADWAY number as listed in the Billboards layer.
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This represents the distance (in meters) from the Billboard feature to the closest RCI Milepost_apr09 feature with the same RCI ROADWAY number as listed in the Billboards layer.
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This represents ths difference between the INT_MP number from the billboards and the MP from the milepost layer.
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Billboards have been broken out in to 4 main groups - A, B, C, and D. The groups are arranged as a scale in that Group-A represents the most accurate and Group-D represents the least accurate.
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Milepost connected thought spatial join matched the Milepost listed in the Billboards Layer table.
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Milepost connected thought spatial join was within 1-Milepost of the listed Milepost in the Billboards Layer table.
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Milepost connected thought spatial join was within a few Mileposts of the listed Milepost in the Billboards Layer table.
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For this group each Billboard feature was within 906m of the correct milepost.
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For this group each Billboard feature was within 906m of a milepost that was within 1-mile of the correct milepost.
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For this group each Billboard feature was within 906m of a milepost that was within a few miles of the correct milepost.
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For this group each Billboard feature was within 1-mile of a milepost of the correct RCI roadway.
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For this group each Billboard feature was within 5-miles of a milepost of the correct RCI roadway.
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For this group each Billboard feature was over 5-miles from a milepost of the correct RCI roadway.
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For this group each Billboard feature milepost was not listed in the RCI Milepost Layer.
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For this group each Billboard feature milepost links to features in the RCI Milepost Layer that have bad geometry.
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For this group each Billboard feature has not been finalized and therefore has not been mapped. These features exist as points out in the Gulf of Mexico and this info is documented in the Billboard Layer's metadata.
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This represents the accuracy of the spatial location of the point as derived from a comparision made between the billboards layer and the RCI Milepost (apr 09) layer.
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Rank 1 (most accurate)= 19111 records, this includes groups*: A1, A2, B1, B2.
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Rank 2= 241 records, this includes groups: A3, B3, C1.
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Rank 3 (least accurate)= 273 records, this includes groups: C2, C3, D1, D2, D3.
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Based on field L_NAME.
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The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.
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Unique ID added by GeoPlan
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431 Architecture PO Box 115706
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605 Suwannee Street, MS22