SITE LOCATIONS ALONG THE GREAT FLORIDA BIRDING AND WILDLIFE TRAIL - 2015

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Office of Public Access and Wildlife Viewing Services

Publication_Date: 20150817

Title:

SITE LOCATIONS ALONG THE GREAT FLORIDA BIRDING AND WILDLIFE TRAIL - 2015

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, FL

Publisher:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida

Online_Linkage: <http://geodata.myfwc.com/>

Description:

Abstract:

These data represent the site locations of the Great Florida Birding Trail. The GFBWT is a program of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. At its core is a network of nearly 500 sites throughout Florida selected for their excellent bird watching, wildlife viewing or educational opportunities. This is an update to GFBT_2009.

Purpose:

To provide locational information and access URLs to site locations of the Great Florida Birding Trail. This 2,000-mile, self-guided highway trail is designed to conserve and enhance Florida's wildlife habitats by promoting bird watching and wildlife viewing activities, conservation education and economic opportunity.

Supplemental_Information:

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.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20150817

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Theme_Keyword: biota

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: location

Access_Constraints:

These data are unrestricted. Where possible, always acquire this dataset directly from FWC as other sources may have altered the original data.

Use_Constraints:

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.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Office of Public Access and Wildlife Viewing Services

Contact_Person: Whitney Gray

Contact_Position: Great Florida Birding and Wildlife Trail Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 620 South Meridian St., Mailstation 5B4

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32399

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (850) 488-9478

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Whitney.Gray@MyFWC.com

Data_Set_Credit:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Office of Public Access and Wildlife Viewing Services (tabular data) & Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (conversion to Geospatial data)

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC

Security_Classification: Available without restriction

Security_Handling_Description: Available without restriction

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Other_Citation_Details:

GFBT Site: <http://floridabirdingtrail.com/>
FWRI: <http://myfwc.com/research/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

Logical_Consistency_Report: These data appear to be logically consistent.

Completeness_Report:

These data represent the complete set of 522 GFBT points as presented to FWRI as of 8/17/2015, minus two points that were listed as "CLOSED" and without Lat Long Coordinates.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

These data appear to be horizontally accurate upon visual inspection.
This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

These data do not contain vertical position.
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Office of Public Access and Wildlife Viewing Services

Publication_Date: 20150817

Title: Great Florida Birding Trail Sites

Edition: 20150817

Series_Information:

Series_Name: 20150817

Issue_Identification: 1

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL

Publisher: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Source_Scale_Denominator: Unknown

Type_of_Source_Media:

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20150817

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FFWCC-FWRI

Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The data were provided to FWC:FWRI:IS&M:CSA's Chris Boland by PAWVS's Whitney Gray on 8/17/2015 as an excel sheet with 522 GFBT site locations. Boland imported these data into a personal geodatabase and formatted the imported fields appropriately. Two records did not import correctly because of <NULL> values in the Latitude and Longitude fields. Upon further inspection, these two records were deleted because they were listed as "CLOSED" in the SITENAME field. He then imported the table into a file geodatabase, resizing the fields appropriately. In ArcMap, Boland imported the XY data from the file gdb table using the Latitude and Longitude fields in the WGS84 Datum. He then exported the data out as a point feature class and finally projected it into NAD83(2011)_Florida_GDL_Albers_meter projection.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: FFWCC-FWRI

Process_Date: 201508

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1697

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The dataset was received by email in September 2016. When downloaded the data was in shapefile format and the coordinate system was NAD_1983. The data was projected to GCS_North_American_1983_HARN using the NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation.
-Added DESCRIPT field, populated it based on SITENAME -Added FGDLAQDATE and populated it based on the date GeoPlan received the data -Recalculated LATITUDE and LONGITUDE -Restructured table -Uppercased all fields -Renamed data from GreatFloridaBirdingTrail_FL_pnt to gfbt_2015.
Please Note: Previous TRGIS data layers (prior to 2014) were misidentified in the metadata as being in Albers HARN. FFWCC-FWRI said all TRGIS data is PCS Albers (Not HARN). The data now has a HARN transformation and so all of the data is shifted (<1m) from previous FGDL versions.
Fields added to latest update: ENTITY_FUL, GFBT_SITE_, and SITE_URL

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan

Process_Date: 20161103

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 518

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.000000

Standard_Parallel: 31.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000

False_Easting: 400000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: GFBT_2015

Entity_Type_Definition: GFBT_2015.DBF

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: GFBT_SITE_

Attribute_Definition: Undefined by Source

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SECTION

Attribute_Definition:

Trail Section in which location is located. Section boundaries described here: <http://floridabirdingtrail.com/index.php/about/trail_sections_and_sites/>.

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: East

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: East Section

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Panhandle

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Panhandle Section

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: South

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: South Section

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: West

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: West Section

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITENAME

Attribute_Definition: Full Site Name of GFBT Location

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COUNTY

Attribute_Definition: County(ies) in which the GFBT site is located

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ENTITY_FUL

Attribute_Definition: Undefined by Source

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITE_URL

Attribute_Definition: URL of the GFBT site webpage

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: hyperlink

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Latitude of GFBT site in decimal degrees in WGS84

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: number (double)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Longitude of GFBT site in decimal degrees in WGS84

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: number (double)

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: FGDL added field based on SITENAME

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE

Attribute_Definition: FGDL added field based on date received from source

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AUTOID

Attribute_Definition: Unique ID added by GeoPlan

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

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Distributor:

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Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)

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Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

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