FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005
TITLE: SOUTH FLORIDA FUTURE LAND USE
Geodataset Name: FTRLUS Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: POLYGON
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains the future land use as developed by the Regional Planning Councils of the State of Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S): Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: Varies, SWFRPC claims 1:126,720 (see user notes) DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: Unknown GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: FTRLUS.DBF ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION AREA 18 DECIMAL 5 PERIMETER 18 DECIMAL 5 FTRLUS_ 5 DECIMAL - FTRLUS_ID 5 DECIMAL - COUNTY 15 CHARACTER - USE 2 CHARACTER - ACRES 18 DECIMAL 3 DESCRIPT 50 CHARACTER -
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
ITEM ITEM DESCRIPTION COUNTY The county of Florida in which the polygon lies USE Two-letter codes that signify groupings created by SWFRPC to encompass all land uses described by individual local governments AG- Agriculture (<=1 unit / 5 acres) ES- Estate (1 unit / 4.9 acres to 1 unit / 0.9 acre) SF- Single Family (1 unit / acre to 5.9 units / acre) MF- Multi-Family (>=6 units / acre) CM- Commercial / Office IN- Industrial MN- Mining ML- Military PR- Preserve (existing and future) WT- Major water bodies US- United States - Federally owned land ACRES Number of acres in each land-use polygon; calculated by dividing AREA by 43560 (original dataset had units in feet) DESCRIPT Based on USE item
USER NOTES:
The Future Land Use data was created as two seperate layers by the source agency. FGDL attempted to join the two layers but this caused a technical problem called 'sliver' polygons. These slivers can create errors in certain analyses, therefore we are releasing the data as the source agency provided and recommended. This dataset is the result of a compilation of many datasets that did not use the same land use categories. The result is that many different land use types were consolidated into generic categories. Also, many landuse values are not documented in the metadata (see below), possibly remnants from the compilation of county future land use maps into RPC regional future land use coverages. Use this dataset with caution; it is not exact, but it is the best available statewide coverage that we know of. Each of Florida's 458 Local Governments adopted future land use maps of varied scale and classification. SWFRPC created a general land use classification system that could accurately reflect each local map and provide meaningful statewide information. Some draft maps provided by Local Governments were on paper, some provided AutoCAD created files, while others provided ARC/INFO or other GIS coverages. The SWFRPC used ARC/INFO running on IBM RISC 6000 Workstation to assemble the statewide map. The scale of future land use maps vary from Local Government to Local Government. Each RPC used in-house procedures to remap the maps at 1 inch = 2 miles. This scale eliminates the need for designating most "mixed use" areas, since only the dominate land use can be portrayed at the quarter section -- or even quarter/quarter section. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our web pages at: http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html When reviewing the coverages, please also use the following considerations: 1) Due to a need for infrastructure and right of ways, overall acerage for each land use type may need to be adjusted downward by a factor of about 20%, 2) Due to the overall scale of the map, small landuse sections less than 20 acres in size are not included, 3) Due to the fact that local maps were generalized, there will be a certain amount of residential units allowed within the Commercial/Office category.
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
-Dropped items DXF-TEXT, COLOR, and COLOR2 from SWFRPC coverage (items were for SWFRPC internal use) -Made the following changes to the USE item values: -Changed values 'RP' to 'PR', based on advice from data source -Changed values of 'wa' to 'WT' -Set tolerances to FGDL Standards -Added item DESCRIPT based on the Use item from original dataset -Reprojected to FGDL Albers -Added registration marks outside of dataset extent
REFERENCES:
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
In the fall of 1992, SWFRPC was contacted by the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) to investigate the potential for the creation of a statewide Future Land Use Map based on local government plans. The state's RPCs undertook the task, by compiling maps for their regions, with the SWFRPC, which provided the overall coordination and preparation of the final map. An agreement was finalized for the map production on December 17, 1992. Original data sources were the future land use maps of Florida's 458 local governments. Source data was compiled regionally by each RPC. Florida's Department of Community affairs does not require standard categories for future land use maps submitted as a part of a comprehensive plan. Because of this, the RPCs had to work each Local Govenment's land use classifications into the ten categories used for the final state-wide Future Land Use Map. Each RPC attempted to represent each Local Government's land use categories into the state-wide classification categories. Projection of data varies from Local Government to Local Government. Most of the data received by SWFRPC was in one of the three state plane projections for Florida. Most RPCs submitted their work projected in the state plane for their region while some work was submitted in digitizer units. For the final compilation, SWFRPC transformed all data into UTM zone 17 with feet as the unit of measure. GeoPlan Received the data from SWFRPC in October, 1999 and made described changes at that time.
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 SOURCES CONTACT(S):
DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S): Name: Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council Abbr.name: SWFRPC Address: 4890 Bayline Drive, 4th Floor, PO Box 3455, N. Fort Myers, FL, 33918-3455 Phone: (941) 656-7720 Fax: (941) 656-7724 Web site: http://www.swfrpc.org/
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 Fax: (352) 846-3124 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