FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: MARINA

Geodataset Name:      GC_MARINA
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains 2003 Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Marina facility information for the State of Florida.  This dataset contains
fields denoting the physical address, amenities and contact information for
marina facilities located in Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S):                   The Florida Department of Environmental Protection
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     Source 2003, Automated 2003
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name:   GC_MARINA.DBF

ITEM NAME         WIDTH                TYPE               PRE>CISION

Shape               6                SHAPEPOINT               0
Status              1                CHARACTER                0
Score               4                DECIMAL                  0
Side                1                CHARACTER                0
X                  19                DECIMAL                  5
Y                  19                DECIMAL                  5
Facilityna         58                CHARACTER                0
Fedid              16                CHARACTER                0
Address            45                CHARACTER                0
City               25                CHARACTER                0
Zip                 6                CHARACTER                0
Zipbg              11                CHARACTER                0
County             14                CHARACTER                0
District            8                CHARACTER                0
Phone              24                CHARACTER                0
Fax                13                CHARACTER                0
Email              35                CHARACTER                0
Contact            49                CHARACTER                0
Granteenam         47                CHARACTER                0
Granteeadd         35                CHARACTER                0
Granteecit         23                CHARACTER                0
Granteesta         14                CHARACTER                0
Granteezip         12                CHARACTER                0
Granteepho         18                CHARACTER                0
Website            43                CHARACTER                0
Facilitylo         17                CHARACTER                0
Ftmarina            1                DECIMAL                  0
Ftboatyard          1                DECIMAL                  0
Ftyachtclu          1                DECIMAL                  0
Ftmooringf          1                DECIMAL                  0
Ftpublicdo          1                DECIMAL                  0
Ftboatramp          1                DECIMAL                  0
Stayonboat         13                CHARACTER                0
Restrooms           1                DECIMAL                  0
Showerfaci          1                DECIMAL                  0
Laundry             1                DECIMAL                  0
Docksidepo          1                DECIMAL                  0
Floatingdo          1                DECIMAL                  0
Marinestor          1                DECIMAL                  0
Docksidewa          1                DECIMAL                  0
Accomodati          1                DECIMAL                  0
Fireexting          1                DECIMAL                  0
Securitypa          1                DECIMAL                  0
Telephone           1                DECIMAL                  0
Firstaid            1                DECIMAL                  0
Handicapac          1                DECIMAL                  0
Other              81                CHARACTER                0
Coveredwet          1                DECIMAL                  0
Mooringsli          1                DECIMAL                  0
Drystacksl          1                DECIMAL                  0
Transients          1                DECIMAL                  0
Dumpstatio          1                DECIMAL                  0
Haulout             1                DECIMAL                  0
Launchramp          1                DECIMAL                  0
Fuel               12                CHARACTER                0
Boatmotorr         18                CHARACTER                0
Pumpouts            1                DECIMAL                  0
Descript           58                CHARACTER                0

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.

STATUS      ESRI item which denotes the status of the geocoded address
            (whether it was matched or not).

SCORE       ESRI item which denotes the score with which the address
            was matched to a feature in the reference data.

SIDE        ESRI item which denotes the side of the street to which
            the address was matched (for geocoding service styles that
            can match an address to a particular side of a street).

X           ESRI item which denotes the X coordinate of the geocoded
            feature.

Y           ESRI item which denotes the Y coordinate of the geocoded
            feature.

FACILITYNA  Marina Facility Name

FEDID       Federal Identification Number

ADDRESS     Marina Address

CITY        Marina City

ZIP         Marina Five Digit Zip Code

ZIPBG       Marina Full Zip Code

COUNTY      Marina County

DISTRICT    Marina District

PHONE       Marina Phone Number

FAX         Marina Fax Number

EMAIL       Marina Email Address

CONTACT     Marina Contact Information

GRANTEENAM  Marina Grantree Name

GRANTEEADD  Marina Grantee Address

GRANTEECIT  Marina Grantee City

GRANTEESTA  Marina Grantee State

GRANTEEZIP  Marina Grantee Zip

GRANTEEPHO  Marina Grantee Phone Number

WEBSITE     Marina Website

FACILITYLO  Facility Location

                  OTHER
                  PRIVATE LAND
                  STATE-OWNED LAND

FTMARINA    If marina has marina

FTBOATYARD  If marina has boatyard

FTYACHTCLU  If marina has yacht club

FTMOORINGF  If marina has morring facilities

FTPUBLICDO  If marina has public dock

FTBOATRAMP  If marina has boat ramp

DOCKSIDEDE  If marina has dockside

STAYONBOAT  If marina has stay on boat rules

RESTROOMS   If marina has restrooms

SHOWERFACI  If marina has shower facilities

LAUNDRY     If marina has laundry facilities

FLOATINGDO  If marina has a floating dock

MARINESTOR  If marina has a store

ACCOMODATI  If marina has accomodations

FIREEXTING  If marina has fire exiting

SECURITYPA  If marina has a security type

TELEPHONE   If marina has telephones

FIRSTAID    If marina has first aide

HANDICAPAC  If marina has handicap facilities

OTHER       If marina has other amenidies

COVEREDWET  If marina has covered slips

MOORINGSLI  If marina has mooring slips

DRYSTACKSL  If marina has dry stack slips

TRANSIENTS  Marina has transient slips (meaning temporary docking or
            mooring space which may be used for short periods of time,
            including overnight, days, or weeks, but less than 30 days.

DUMPSTATIO  If marina has dumping station

HAULOUT     If marina has haul-out system

LAUNCHRAMP  If marina has launch ramp

FUEL        If marina has fuel

BOATMOTORR  If marina has boat motor repair

PUMPOUTS    If marina has pumpouts

DESCRIPT    Field added by FGDL based on FACILITYNA.

USER NOTES:

This dataset is a combination of marina oriented addresses from
the Florida Department of Environmental Protection online.

Please note: The Division of Law Enforcement makes no guarantee as to
the currency or accuracy of this data. We are currently in the process
of surveying marinas to update this listing of marinas in the state.

"Dry storage" means a boat storage or parking space, whether covered or
uncovered, at a marina or other place where boats are moored for the
purpose of storing boats on land between use.

"Marina" means any installation, operating under public or private
ownership, which provides dockage or moorage for boats
(exclusive of paddle or rowboats) and provides, through sale, rental or
fee basis, any equipment, supply or service (fuel, electricity or water)
for the convenience of the public or its leasee, renters or users of its
facilities.

"Marine sanitation device" means any equipment, piping and appurtenances
such as holding tanks for installation on board a boat which is designed
to receive, retain, treat or discharge sewage and any process to treat
such sewage.

"Other places where boats are moored" means any installation operating
under public or private ownership, which provides dockage, moorage or
mooring for boats (exclusive of paddle or rowboats) either on a free,
rental or fee basis or for the convenience of the public.

"Owner" means the Commonwealth or any of its political subdivisions and
any public or private institution, corporation, association, firm or
company organized or existing under the laws of this or any other state
or county, or any person or group of persons acting individually or as a
group who owns a marina or other place where boats are moored.

"Pump-out facilities" means any device, equipment or method of removing
sewage from a marine sanitation device. Also, it shall include any holding
tanks either portable, movable or permanently installed, and any sewage
treatment method or disposable equipment used to treat, or ultimately
dispose of, sewage removed from boats.

"Sanitary facilities" means bathrooms, toilets, closets and other
enclosures where commodes, stools, water closets, lavatories, showers,
urinals, sinks or other such plumbing fixtures are installed.

"Seasonal slips" means any slip which is used, rented, leased or
otherwise made available for mooring or docking of boats during the normal
boating season, usually from April through September, or for any period
greater than 30 days.

"Sewage" means the spent water or wastewater containing human excrement
coming from toilets, bathrooms, commodes and holding tanks.

"Sewage treatment or disposal systems" means device, process or plant
designed to treat sewage and remove solids and other objectionable
constituents which will permit the discharge to another approved system,
or an approved discharge to state waters or disposal through an approved
subsurface drainfield or other acceptable method, such as incineration.

"Sewerage facilities" means entire sewage collection and disposal system
including commodes,  toilets, lavatories, showers, sinks and all other
plumbing fixtures which are connected to a collection system consisting of
sewer pipe, conduit, holding tanks, pumps and all appurtenances, including
the sewage treatment or disposal system.

"Transient slips" means temporary docking or mooring space which may be
used for short periods of time, including overnight, days, or weeks, but
less than 30 days.

What is Geocoding?
Geocoding is term used to describe the act of address matching.  Geocoding
is the process of finding a geographic location (x, y point) for an address
(such as street number and name, city, state, and ZIP Code) on a map.
Geocoding is based off the typical address scheme for the US, in which one
side of the street contains even house numbers while the other side of the
street contains odd house numbers.

The geocoding process uses an algorithm to find the geographic location
of addresses. First, a street segment is identified using the zip code and
street name. Next, the geographic location of the address is matched using
the building number to determine how far down the street and on which side
of the street the building is located.

Geocoding Accuracy
The locational accuracy of geocoded addresses may vary from urban to rural areas
due to the algorithm used to generate the geographic locations of addresses.
The algorithm assumes that the size of parcels are equivalent along a road
route. This assumption tends to be more consistent in urban areas, where the size
of parcels vary less than in rural areas. Consequently, the results of geocoded
addresses in urban areas are usually more reliable than those in rural areas.

For example, the locational accuracy of rural addresses can be slightly off
because some parcels along a rural route may be 15 acres while others may be
2.5 acres, but the geocoding algorithm assumes that the addresses are
distributed evenly along the route.

A note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets
are 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 multicounty 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 section and 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

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

Process Steps for FDEP Marina Locations:

-Searched for marina oriented addresses in the
 Florida Department of Environmental Protection
 http://www.dep.state.fl.us
-Selected marina oriented addresses under following categories:
 http://www.dep.state.fl.us/law/grants/cva/marinas.htm
-An Excelfile was downloaded and converted to a database file format.
-The addresses were geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads
 Shapefile created using FGDL Albers HPGN map projection (See "Map
 Projection Parameters" below)

REFERENCES:

Florida Department of Environmental Protectio
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/law/grants/cva/marinas.htm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Marina facility locations were obtained from an online
FDEP website in 2003. GeoPlan downloaded this data in excelfile
format and converted it to a dbf.  The dbf was then geocoded
against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads and converted into a
shapefile with the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection.
(See "Map Projection Parameters" below)

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):

Name: 			Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Web site: 		http://www.dep.state.fl.us
Contact:		Secretary David B. Struhs

Name:			Division of Law Enforcement
Contacts:		Program Administrator
			Director Thomas Tramel III
			Assistant Director
			Maury Kolchakian
Contact Telephone:	850-245-2847
Web site:		http://www.dep.state.fl.us/law/feedback.htm

FGDL CONTACT:

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                         PO Box 115706
                         Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
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