FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: FLORIDA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVES

Geodataset Name: 	FLNERR
Geodataset Type: 	SHAPE
Geodataset Feature: 	POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains the official boundaries for the three National Estuarine Research Reserves that lie within the boundaries of Florida.

DATA SOURCE(S):  			Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI) 

SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    	1:40,000 

DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:		Unknown

GEODATASET EXTENT:  			State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name:   FLNERR.DBF

ITEM NAME         WIDTH      TYPE     PRECISION  

SHAPE		     8	   SHAPEPOLY      -
AREA                19     DECIMAL        3                        
PERIMETER           19     DECIMAL        3                                           
NAME               100     CHARACTER      -                        
DESCRIPT           100     CHARACTER      -  

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item		Item description

SHAPE        	Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
             	which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.

AREA         	Area of the polygon in square meters

PERIMETER    	Perimeter of the polygons in meters

NAME		Field contains the name of the National Estuarine Research
		Reserve; each polygon contains one of three possible values:
  		1. ROOKERY BAY NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE
  		2. APALACHICOLA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE
  		3. GUANA-TOLOMATO-MATANZAS NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE
 
DESCRIPT	Based on NAME

USER NOTES:

These are the official boundaries for reference purposes only. The 
coverage is not suitable for large-scale, survey-level analysis (e.g. comparison
against property boundaries, etc.).
	Multiple polygons comprise the GUANA-TOLOMATO-MATANZAS NATIONAL 
ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE. These internal boundaries were intentionally not 
dissolved because this is how the original data were received. These boundaries
are assumed to be important.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-set tolerances to FGDL standards
-reprojected coverage to GeoPlan Albers
-added DESCRIPT item based on NAME
-Corrected spelling of APALACHICOLA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVE
-changed all records to uppercase 

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Three single-precision shapefiles in Albers, HPGN coordinates were received by FMRI from FDEP/CAMA on 10/1/99. FMRI converted these shapefiles into one double-precision, Albers NAD83 Arc/Info coverage on 10/14/99. This coverage was received by GeoPlan on 10/28/99.

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS

PROJECTION 				ALBERS
DATUM 					HPGN
UNITS 					METERS
SPHEROID 				GRS1980
PARAMETERS
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: 			Florida Marine Research Institute
			Coastal and Marine Resource Assessment
Abbr.name: 		FMRI (CAMARA)
Address: 		100 8th Ave SE.
			St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5095					
Phone: 			(727) 896-8626, SUNCOM: 523-1011
Website:		www.fmri.usf.edu
Ftp site:	        ftp://ftp.fmri.usf.edu
Contact Person: 	GIS Data Librarian
         Phone: 	(727) 896-8626	                 

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
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