FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2004

TITLE: FLORIDA FOREVER BOARD OF TRUSTEES PROJECTS - JUNE 2004

Geodataset Name:       FL_FOREVER
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POLYGON
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
FLORIDA FOREVER BOT PROJECTS: This is a polygon data layer for Florida Forever Board of Trustees (BOT) projects (formerly known as CARL projects). This data layer is site-based and contains boundaries of all Florida Forever BOT projects approved by the State's Acquisition and Restoration Council as of 4 June 2004. These lands have been proposed for acquisition because of outstanding natural resources, opportunity for natural resource-based recreation, or historical and archaeological resources. However, these areas may not be currently managed for their resource value. Portions of these projects may have already been acquired by the State and/or its acquisition partners.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varying scales.
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      June 2004
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: FL_FOREVER.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
AREA
18 Number 5
PERIMETER
18 Number 5
SITE_ID
12 Number ---
SITECODE_B
17 String ---
SITENAME
150 String ---
PROJECT_NA
150 String ---
SHORT_NAME
60 String ---
COUNTY
75 String ---
PRISEC_ACR
18 Number 2
GIS_ACRES
18 Number 2
BOUNDJUST
254 String ---
PROTCOM
254 String ---
MACOM1
254 String ---
MACOM2
254 String ---
SITE_RELAT
254 String ---
SITEDESC1
254 String ---
SITEDESC2
254 String ---
SITECOM1
254 String ---
SITECOM2
254 String ---
FF_GROUP
12 String ---
DESCRIPT
150 String ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

AREA Area of the polygon in square meters.

PERIMETER Perimeter of the polygon in meters.

SITE_ID SITE_ID = Unique numeric identifier for each site, designed by NatureServe for use with the BIOTICS Tracker data management system.

SITECODE_B SITECODE_B = BCD site code. Unique alphanumeric identifier for each site, designed by The Nature Conservancy for use with the Biological Conservation Data system. Begins with "S.USFLHP*".

SITENAME SITENAME = Site name. The name of the Florida Forever BOT project, or portion of the project, represented by the site. For Florida Forever BOT projects that are composed of multiple sites (e.g., Dade County Archipelago Florida Forever BOT Project), the SITENAME for each site begins with the name of the project, and this is followed by the name of the particular site within the project (e.g., Dade County Archipelago Florida Forever BOT Project - Whispering Pines).

PROJECT_NA PROJECT_NA = Project name. The name of the Florida Forever BOT project that the site is contained within. Most projects contain only one site (e.g., Babcock Ranch Florida Forever BOT Project), but some projects are composed of multiple sites (e.g., Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystem Florida Forever BOT Project). Since all sites belonging to a project have the same PROJECT_NA, a query conducted on this attribute will select the entire Florida Forever BOT project.

SHORT_NAME SHORT_NAME = Abbreviated name of the Florida Forever BOT project. Since all sites belonging to a project have the same SHORT_NAME, a query conducted on this attribute will select the entire Florida Forever BOT project.

COUNTY COUNTY = County code(s). Abbreviation for the county or counties where the Florida Forever BOT project is located. The first four letters of the county name (exception: DADE = Miami-Dade County).

PRISEC_ACR PRISEC_ACR = Area of the Florida Forever BOT project site, in acres. This figure was obtained from the FL DEP Office of Environmental Services and is based on deed acres from plat maps or tax roll records, unless otherwise noted in SITECOM.

GIS_ACRES GIS_ACRES = Area of the Florida Forever BOT project site, in acres, calculated from GIS boundaries by the BIOTICS Mapper ArcView 3.2 application.

BOUNDJUST BOUNDJUST = Boundary justification. The name and date of the Florida Forever BOT project or portion of the project (i.e., site within the project) represented by the GIS boundaries.

PROTCOM PROTCOM = Protection comments. Number of acres within the Florida Forever BOT project that have been protected (i.e., purchased by the State of Florida or one of its acquisition partners), and the State's acquisition partners, if any.

MACOM1 MACOM1 = Managed Area comments, part 1. Relationship of Florida Forever BOT project to managed area(s), also called conservation land(s). If a portion of the project site has been purchased and is currently being managed, MACOM gives the name of the Managed Area and the name of the managing agency.

MACOM2 MACOM2 = Managed Area comments, continued from MACOM1.

SITE_RELAT SITE_RELAT = Site relations. Gives relationship of this Florida Forever BOT project site to other sites, including current Florida Forever BOT projects and former CARL projects. Indicates whether the project site represented by the GIS boundaries is greater than (>), less than (<), or equal to (=) the other site(s). For example, Whispering Pines is a site within the Dade County Archipelago Florida Forever BOT Project, and it was added to the project in 1996. This relationship is described in SITE_RELAT as "CARL Project: Dade County Archipelago [1996] - <".

SITEDESC1 SITEDESC1 = Site description. Ecological description of the site.

SITEDESC2 SITEDESC2 = Site description, continued from SITE_DESC1.

SITECOM1 SITECOM1 = Site comments. Miscellaneous information about Florida Forever BOT project, including dates of additions/deletions to project boundary, and relationship of project to its component sites or to certain rare species occurrences.

SITECOM2 SITECOM2 = Site comments, continued from SITECOM1.

FF_GROUP FF_GROUP = Florida Forever group. The Florida Forever group to which the project was assigned by the Acquisition and Restoration Council in June 2004 (see the June 2004 Florida Forever Priority List). Group A projects are those that receive the highest priority for acquisition. Group B projects are those that are important but not of the highest priority.

DESCRIPT Based on PROJECT_NA

USER NOTES:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

A note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale 
datasetsare not suitable for some project, analysis, or
modelling 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.

1:250000 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 analyses. Every 
effort has been made to supply the user with data 
documentation. For additional information, see the 
References sectionand the Data Source Contact section of 
this documentation. For more information regarding scale 
and accuracy, see our web pages at:

http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html
REFERENCES:
Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI):

http://www.fnai.org/data.cfm
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

This GIS data layer was generated by the Florida Natural Areas 
Inventory (FNAI) using ArcView 3.2 and ArcGIS-ArcInfo 8.3.  
Source polygons were developed from the BIOTICS ArcView 
application.  The polygons were imported into an ArcInfo region 
using ArcInfo 8.3.  Overlaps less than 0.01 meters were removed 
using the ArcInfo CLEAN command.  The ArcInfo region was then
 converted into a polygon shapefile using ArcMap 8.3.

Boundary information for Florida Forever BOT projects was provided 
by the Florida Forever Program, Office of Environmental Services, 
Division of State Lands, Florida Department of Environmental Protection.  
With the exception of a small number of boundaries obtained as digital 
boundary files from various sources, the majority of boundary information 
was received on paper source maps with various scales. FNAI staff 
digitized these boundaries (on screen or with digitizer) using 1:24000 7.5' 
USGS quadrangles as base maps. The following digitizers were used by 
the FNAI GIS:

CalComp DBII, accuracy of +/- .01 inch
CalComp DBIII, accuracy of +/- .005 inch
CalComp 9500 Series, accuracy of +/- .005 inch

When digital boundaries from one source overlapped with digital 
boundaries from another source, the boundaries were adjusted by 
FNAI staff to eliminate the overlapping areas.  Adjustments were 
made based on the best known information about the source of 
the boundaries.  All overlaps greater than 0.01 meters were removed 
using this process. Overlaps less than 0.01 meters were removed 
using the ArcInfo CLEAN command.
Process Date: 
GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) website (http://www.fnai.org/data.cfm) in August 2004. The data was downloaded in shapefile format in the following projection: Albers HPGN. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on PROJECT_NA. - All fields in the table were upcased. - Changed layer name from FFBOT to FL_FOREVE Process Date: 20040830
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

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Florida Natural Areas Inventory
FNAI
1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C
Tallahassee, FL
32303
(850) 224-8207, ext. 217

http://www.fnai.org/data.cfm BBodinson@fnai.org Bill Bodinson
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                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
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