FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2007

TITLE: FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION MANAGEMENT AREAS

Geodataset Name:       FWCMAS_AUG06
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         512
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This GIS data set represents the 2006 Wildlife Management Areas administered by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and other associated public use areas. These data are intended as a general reference map only.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), Center for Spatial Analysis (CSA)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Various12000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      200608
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: FWCMAS_AUG06.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
NAME
50 String
ALTNAME
50 String
TYPE
20 String
COUNTY
50 String
SOURCE
50 String
REGION
50 String
LOCATIONID
10 String
DESCRIPT
50 String
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date
SHAPE
4 Geometry
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

NAME Formal name of managed area

ALTNAME Alternate name of managed area, or name of sub-area within managed area

TYPE Type of managed area; possible values include:
WMA = Wildlife Management Area

AFR = Air Force Range

AFB = Air Force Base

NWR = National Wildlife Refuge

PWA = Public Waterfowl Area

STA = Stormwater Treatment Area

SGA = Small Game Area

PUA = Public Use Area

WEA = Wildlife and Environmental Area


COUNTY County name or names within which managed area lies

SOURCE Producer/supplier of data

REGION Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) administrative region that area falls within

LOCATIONID Undefined by Source

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on NAME

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date downloaded from source

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


USER NOTES:
These data are logically consistent.
These data are complete for the state of Florida
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was 
known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name 
has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed 
by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed 
in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.

More information on activities permitted in individual areas can be found 
from the links on FWC's Web site: http://myfwc.com/recreation/list.html.

This GIS data set was created to represent a comprehensive statewide 
data set of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Wildlife 
Management Areas.

Positional accuracy has not been determined and varies according to linework 
source. Some data have been edited to align with major roads and other landmarks 
that were

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

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING,
MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling 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.
1:125000 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 analysis. Every effort has been
made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
Florida's Wildlife Management Area System:
http://myfwc.com/recreation/WhatAreWMAs.html

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Wildlife Management Area boundaries were produced by "heads-up" 
digitizing from 1999 USGS infrared imagery (DOQQ).  In specified cases, 
Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) boundaries were used and modified 
based on the DOQQs (see SOURCE attribute). All boundaries are based 
on information from PDF maps of the Wildlife Management Areas from the 
FWC Outdoor Recreation Web site: http://myfwc.com/recreation/list.html 
and http://www.wildflorida.org/hunting/default.asp.
Process Date: 2005

Updated data Fall 2005 Process Date: 2005
Updated data August 2006. Process Date: 200608
GeoPlan downloaded this data in shapefile format from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute FTP site (ftp://ftp.floridamarine.org/) on May 29, 2007. When received, the data was in Geographic projection Albers NAD 83, Spheroid: GRS 80. The file was projected to FGDL Albers HARN. - Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN - Added a DESCRIPT field to attribute table based on NAME - Added a FGDLAQDATE field based on date received from source - Renamed shapefile from wildlife_mgt_areas_fl_poly to FWCMAS_AUG06 - Recalculated SHAPE.LEN and SHAPE.AREA using ArcMap's calculate geometry - Upcased all records in the attribute table Process Date: 20070529
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):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
FWRI
100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
St. Petersburg, Florida
33701
727-896-8626

http://ocean.floridamarine.org/mrgis/viewer.htm GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com GISLibrarian

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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