FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS - MARCH 2015

Geodataset Name:       FWCMAS_MAR15
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         339
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This GIS data set represents the 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. More information on activities permitted in individual areas can be found from the links on FWC's Web site: http://www.myfwc.com/hunting/wma-brochures
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20150302 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 20090101 End Date: 20150302 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: FWCMAS_MAR15.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
NAME
50 String
UNIT
50 String
AREA_SQMI
8 Double
FWC_REGION
20 String
TYPE
20 String
YR_LAST_UP
4 Integer
MTH_LST_UP
4 Integer
DESCRIPT
50 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

NAME Formal name of managed area

UNIT Name of sub-area within managed area

AREA_SQMI Area of feature in square miles.

FWC_REGION Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) administrative region that WMA falls within.

TYPE Type of managed area
WEA = Wildlife and Environmental Area

PUA = Public Use Area

SGA = Small Game Area

STA = Stormwater Treatment Area

PWA = Public Waterfowl Area

NWR = National Wildlife Refuge

AFB = Air Force Base

AFR = Air Force Range


YR_LAST_UP Year last updated.

MTH_LST_UP Month last updated.

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on NAME

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date acquired from source

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 continuously being updated and verified for any boundary changes; 
however, all WMAs are represented within this dataset.
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.

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 county parcel data, major roads 
and Section Township Range (STR) data.

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

Users are encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata record prior to 
using these data.  Please acknowledge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 
Commission (FWC) as the data source for any products developed from these data. 
Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area may 
be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping 
conventions, data collection techniques, and computer processes over time. FWC 
shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data.

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MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

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Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
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1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.
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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

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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/hunting/wma-brochures

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Chassahowitka WMA, Andrews WMA, Bullfrog Creek Mitigation Park WEA, 
Crooked Lake WEA, Lake Wales Ridge WEA and Platt Mitigation Park WEA were 
created by using DOR parcel data, with exceptions below. Contact the individual 
county property appraisers for questions on accuracy of parcel data.
-Bullfrog Creek WMA was created using parcel data, but in the Legal Description it 
cites the STR line, but the STR line did not exactly match with parcel data, so 
parcel data was used as default.
Process Date: 20150302

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. All boundaries are based on information from PDF maps of the Wildlife Management Areas from the FWC Web site: http://myfwc.com/hunting/wma-brochures. Process Date: 2005
Updated data Fall 2005. Process Date: 2005
Updated data August 2006. Process Date: 200608
Updated data August 2007. Process Date: 2007
Updated data August 2009. WMAs were updated from FNAI and from the Public Hunting Areas Section of the Division of Hunting and Game Management from FWC. Process Date: 2009
Metadata imported Process Date: 20110713
Added Charles H. Bronson State Forest Process Date: 20111012
GeoPlan downloaded this data in shapefile format from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute FTP site on June 19, 2015. The data was received as a shapefile in projection: Albers NAD 83 (PCS_Albers). The dataset was then projected from Albers NAD 83 to FGDL Albers HPGN. - Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HARN - 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_MAR15 - Deleted fields SHAPE.LEN and SHAPE.AREA - Upcased all records in the attribute table Process Date: 20150731
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
FFWCC-FWRI
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute, 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
St. Petersburg, Florida
33701
727-896-8626

http://geodata.myfwc.com/datasets?keyword=Boundaries&page=3&sort_by=updated_at GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com GIS Librarian

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