FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES 2009

Geodataset Name:       GC_PARKS_MAR09
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         8562
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains 2009 Parks and Recreational Facilities Information for the State of Florida. It is a combination of parks and recreational facility addresses from 43 different sources. The data contains selected fields denoting the name, physical address, and other facility information for parks located in Florida. This data is meant to be used for planning purposes only and is not intended to represent a 100% inventory of parks in Florida. This dataset is an update to the gc_parks_sep05.shp layer.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    University of Florida GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Various
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20090326 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 19990101 End Date: 20080508 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: GC_PARKS_MAR09.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Status
1 String
Score
2 SmallInteger
Side
1 String
NAME
100 String
ADDRESS
65 String
CITY
40 String
ZIPCODE
4 Integer
COUNTY
35 String
PHONE
20 String
TYPE_DESC
40 String
REC_USE
40 String
OPERATING
60 String
OP_CLASS
12 String
MANAGEMENT
50 String
OWNER
50 String
HOURS
40 String
YEAR
2 SmallInteger
HISTORIC
7 String
COMMON_USE
4 String
USE
50 String
NOTES
50 String
ACRES
8 Double
LAT_DD
8 Double
LONG_DD
8 Double
USNG_FL_1K
10 String
SOURCE
100 String
DESCRIPT
100 String
OLD_AUTOID
2 SmallInteger
FLAG
5 String
UPDATE_DAY
36 Date
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
SHAPE
4 Geometry
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

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. Records markerd with an "0" have not been GeoCoded, these records have another type of spatial reference source, see source field for more information.

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). Records markerd with an "*" have not been GeoCoded, these records have another type of spatial reference source, see source field for more information.

NAME Park designation

ADDRESS A description of a facility's physical location providing direction for delivery and provision of emergency services

CITY City of facility's physical location

ZIPCODE US postal delivery designation of facility's physical location

COUNTY County of facility's physical location

PHONE The phone number of the park facility

TYPE_DESC Category of park

REC_USE Primary focus of recreational activity (activity-based - sports fields; resource-based - beaches.)

OPERATING The responsible organization for management and operation of a facility (e.g., public, private, quasi-public)

OP_CLASS Classification of the operating entity

MANAGEMENT Entity in charge of park management.

OWNER Entity owner of the park.

HOURS The hours in which the park is open to the public

YEAR 4-digit year when park began operations

HISTORIC Indicates if park includes a site containing artifacts from past human life and activities that may or may not be listed by the Florida Division of Historical Resources on the Florida Master Site File

COMMON_USE Location of two or more uses in one facility or on common grounds so as to share common facilities

USE Description of co-located use, if applicable

NOTES Notes about the park and/or its facilities.

ACRES Park acreage.

LAT_DD Latitude in decimal degrees

LONG_DD Longitude in decimal degrees

USNG_FL_1K Facility's 1-kilometer United States National Grid (USNG) address. The USNG is an alpha-numeric reference system based on the UTM coordinate system and is similar to the Military Grid Reference System. Use of the USNG ensures a uniform grid mapping and positional reporting system for search and rescue, emergency planning, response, and recovery. How to Read a United States National Grid (USNG) Spatial Address Website - http://www.fgdc.gov/usng/how-to-read-usng/index_html

SOURCE Source of the original data.

DESCRIPT Field added by FGDL based on NAME

OLD_AUTOID AUTOID number from perious dataset.

FLAG Type of update that occurred
A = Attribute edit

S = Spatial edit

B = Both attribute and spatial edit

N = New

D = Delete

NIN = Not In New (From gc_parks_sep05.shp)


UPDATE_DAY The date the data was last updated by the Source.

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
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.

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for
a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

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

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

None

The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data
compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from
the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is
collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources)
who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in
FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the
data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees
about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check
with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist.

Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'.
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or representations as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the data
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to any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular
purpose, or non-infringement. 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:
SEE: SOURCE DATA INFORMATION, IN THE PROCESS STEPS (43-SOURCES)

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The GeoPlan Center performed the following steps in order to create the 2009 
statewide parks data layer.

43 Different Sources Comprise the Parks Dataset.

The following Sources were either reprojected to the FGDL Albers NAD83 HPGN 
map projection or if no spatial data existed they were geocoded to a statewide 
2008 TeleAtlas Streets dataset.  For downloaded county and district wide polygon 
layers the label points were created and then used for each facility.

Once the point sources were created via geocoding or reprojected existing point 
data they were merged into one statewide layer.

Record (facility) duplications were removed by manually viewing and editing the 
statewide layer's attribute table for each of the 67 counties.  Where record 
duplication existed source information of previously corrected FDOT Districts and 
Regional Planning Council data took preference followed by, County data, State Data, 
Federal data, and finally geocoded data.

Below are the data Sources as described in the Source field in the attribute table.
Process Date: 20090326

SOURCE DATA INFORMATION - 43 Sources STRUCTURE: SOURCE NAME FILE NAME GEOMETRY TYPE RECORD COUNT UPDATE DAY PROJECTION SCALE WEBSITE ****************************** BAY COUNTY Park.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 95 20070612 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A http://www.co.bay.fl.us/gis.php ****************************** BROWARD COUNTY PSD_ParkCity.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 678 20070504 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet HARN N/A http://gis.broward.org/GISData.htm PSD_ParkCounty.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 56 20070504 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet HARN N/A http://gis.broward.org/GISData.htm PSD_ParkState.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 2 20070504 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet HARN N/A http://gis.broward.org/GISData.htm ****************************** CHARLOTTE COUNTY parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 168 20030313 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A http://www.ccgis.com/gis/ftp_download_page.html ****************************** CITY OF CLEARWATER city_ownedparks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 90 20070815 NAD27 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A ****************************** CITY OF NAPLES parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 76 20080326 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A ****************************** CITY OF PLANT CITY cpc_parks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 26 20080501 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A ****************************** CITY OF SAINT PETERSBURG parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 127 20080425 NAD27 State Plane Western Zone US Foot N/A ****************************** CITY OF TAMPA dedicated-parks_region.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 205 20080508 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A ****************************** CITY OF VERO BEACH Parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 47 20080422 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A Ballfields_FeatureToPolygon.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 59 20080422 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A Public_Water_Access.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 28 20080422 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A ****************************** COLLIER COUNTY parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 53 20080310 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A http://gis.colliergov.net/portal2007/ ****************************** DTS parks_d5_jan07.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 1845 20061206 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A ****************************** ESCAMBIA COUNTY points_of_interest.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 1032 20040630 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet HARN N/A http://www.co.escambia.fl.us/departments/gis/default.php ****************************** FDEP PARKS_AND_REC_AREAS.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 156 19990101 NAD83 ALBERS HARN N/A FloridaStateParkGPSEntrances.dbf (GPS Coordinates of Florida State Park Entrances) Point RECORD COUNT = 190 20080417 WGS 1984 N/A http://www.floridastateparks.org/images/default.cfm ****************************** FDOR PARCELS countyname_parcels_06.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 59 20061231 NAD83 ALBERS HARN N/A ****************************** GNIS GNIS_JUL06.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 36097 20060719 NAD83 decimal degrees N/A http://geonames.usgs.gov/domestic/download_data.htm ****************************** GULF COUNTY park.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 35 20070417 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A http://www.gulfcounty-fl.gov/ ****************************** HARDEE COUNTY parkrec.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 16 20060612 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A http://www.hardeecounty.net/ parksrecreation.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 6 20060612 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A http://www.hardeecounty.net/ ****************************** HERNANDO COUNTY park.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 40 20060612 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A ftp://www.hernandocounty.us/planning/Shape%20Library%20(ESRI%20Format)/ ****************************** HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY prc_properties.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 594 20070113 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A http://www-gis.hillsboroughcounty.org/geodata/FTP_HTMLS/geodatadir.cfm ****************************** LAKE COUNTY parks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 63 20070107 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet HARN N/A ftp://ftp.co.lake.fl.us/GIS/GisDownloads/Shapefiles/ ****************************** LEE COUNTY countyparks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 357 20061001 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A http://leegis.leegov.com/GISData.htm ****************************** LEON COUNTY common_places.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 8116 20080130 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet HARN N/A ****************************** MANATEE COUNTY parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 188 20030620 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A http://www.mymanatee.org/internet/information_services_site.nsf/ContentLookup/gis_data_downloads ****************************** MARION COUNTY sde_parks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 147 20060522 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A ftp://146.201.97.137/County_local_data/Marion/shapefiles/ ****************************** MARTIN COUNTY parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 385 20080131 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet HARN N/A http://ap3server.martin.fl.us:7778/portal/page?_pageid=254,832216&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL ****************************** MIAMI-DADE COUNTY lparks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 258 20060901 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A http://www.miamidade.gov/gis/data.asp lparkmun.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 370 20060901 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A http://www.miamidade.gov/gis/data.asp ****************************** NCFRPC - North Central Florida Regional Planning Council c01_parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 152 20050600 NAD_1983_StatePlane_Florida_North_FIPS_0903_Feet N/A http://ncfrpc.org c21_parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 56 20050600 NAD_1983_StatePlane_Florida_North_FIPS_0903_Feet N/A http://ncfrpc.org ****************************** NEFRPC - Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council nefrc_regional_parks_polys_final_05_30_2006.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 600 20060530 NAD83 Albers Harn N/A http://www.nefrpc.org/ ****************************** NPS nps_nov06.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 22 20061102 NAD83, Spheroid: GRS1980, Units: Decimal degrees N/A servicept.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 9426 (Florida - 307) 20030301 NAD83, Spheroid: GRS1980, Units: Decimal degrees N/A ****************************** OKALOOSA COUNTY parkpt.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 156 20080103 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A ****************************** ORANGE COUNTY Parks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 275 20070814 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A ftp://ftp.onetgov.net/divisions/Infomap/pub/GIS_Downloads/ ****************************** PALM BEACH COUNTY city_parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 281 20031223 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A ftp://ftp.co.palm-beach.fl.us/ county_parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 84 20031223 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A ftp://ftp.co.palm-beach.fl.us/ landmarks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 629 20030601 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A ftp://ftp.co.palm-beach.fl.us/ ****************************** PASCO COUNTY countyprk.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 38 20020809 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet HARN N/A http://www.pascocountyfl.net/devser/sd/survey/surveyweb/GisMaps/default.html ****************************** PINELLAS COUNTY pinellas_parcels_06.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 3594 (county land) 20061231 NAD83 ALBERS HARN N/A http://gis.pinellascounty.org/gisData/gisDataSets.aspx ****************************** POLK COUNTY city_parks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 102 20080103 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A county_parks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 86 20080103 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A ****************************** SANTA ROSA COUNTY BlackwaterHeritageStateTrail.shp Line RECORD COUNT = 1 20020201 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A http://www.santarosa.fl.gov/gis/index.html CityParks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 12 20020201 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A http://www.santarosa.fl.gov/gis/index.html DevelopedParkParcels.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 48 20020201 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A http://www.santarosa.fl.gov/gis/index.html NationalParks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 1 20020201 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A http://www.santarosa.fl.gov/gis/index.html ParkAreas.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 111 20020201 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A http://www.santarosa.fl.gov/gis/index.html Parks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 125 20020201 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A http://www.santarosa.fl.gov/gis/index.html ParksDeveloped.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 57 20020201 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A http://www.santarosa.fl.gov/gis/index.html ParksUndeveloped.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 57 20020201 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A http://www.santarosa.fl.gov/gis/index.html StateRecreationArea.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 6 20020201 NAD83 State Plane North 0903 Feet N/A http://www.santarosa.fl.gov/gis/index.html ****************************** SARASOTA COUNTY parkspoint.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 257 20080330 NAD83 State Plane West 0902 Feet N/A http://gis.scgov.net/data_download_page.asp ****************************** SEMINOLE COUNTY parks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 139 20011108 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A http://www.seminolecountyfl.gov/it/gis/disclaim.asp?referrer=/it/gis/layerbib2.asp ****************************** ST LUCIE COUNTY slc_parks.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 151 20080416 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A http://199.201.190.29/GIS/Downloads.asp slc_publicbeachaccess.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 37 20080416 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet N/A http://199.201.190.29/GIS/Downloads.asp ****************************** SUPER PAGES gc_parks_sep05.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 735 20050901 NAD83 ALBERS HARN N/A http://www.superpages.com/ ****************************** VOLUSIA COUNTY park.shp Polygon RECORD COUNT = 287 20060724 NAD83 State Plane East 0901 Feet HARN N/A http://volusia.org/gis/download/shapes.htm ****************************** WALTON COUNTY tdcparks.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 59 20070917 WGS 1984 N/A http://gisftp.co.walton.fl.us/ ****************************** YELLOW PAGES gc_parks_sep05.shp Point RECORD COUNT = 123 20050901 NAD83 ALBERS HARN N/A http://www.yellowpages.com/ ****************************** Process Date: 20090326
Next GeoPlan Center performed the following attribute table adjustments. -Upper cased all records. -Added DESCRIPT field based on NAME -Socio-Cultural Effect data fields and definitions were added. FLAG, UPDATE_DAY, NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, ZIPCODE, OPERATING, OP_CLASS, SERVICES, COMMON_USE USE, YR_BUILT, FGDLAQDATE. Process Date: 20090326
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20090417
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

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