FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA LANDMARKS

Geodataset Name:      LMARKS
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains the spatial extent of U.S. Census Landmarks in the State of 
Florida. 
DATA SOURCE(S):                   US Census Bureau
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     2000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name:LMARKS.DBF

ITEM NAME    WIDTH   TYPE     PRECISION

SHAPE          8     SHAPEPOLY     0
ID             8     DECIMAL       0
POLYID        10     DECIMAL       0
CENID          5     CHARACTER     0
COUNTY         5     CHARACTER     0
CFCC           3     CHARACTER     0
LANDNAME      30     CHARACTER     0
LANDPOLY      10     DECIMAL       0
DESCRIPT      63     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.

ID           Numeric ID field

POLYID       The Census polygon ID

CENID        Census ID

COUNTY       The county fipscode

CFCC         Census Feature Classification Code

LANDNAME     The landmark polygon name

LANDPOLY     The census landmark polygon

DESCRIPT     FGDL added item based on the definition of the CFCC code

USER NOTES:

To find out more about TIGER/Line files and other Census TIGER data base derived 
data sets visit http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger.
  

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
multi-county 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
These data are based on interpretation of available information and should
not be construed as legally binding.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below)
-Upcased all character records
-Changed original file name from "lmrks" to "lmarks"
-Table join in ArcView from .dbf file of CFCC codes and their definitions
-DESCRIPT item was added based on the item CFCC, defined by the US Census

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

This data was downloaded from the US Census website (http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger).
When obtained, the data was in Geographic projection, NAD83 datum, GRS1980 spheroid, 
Decimal Degrees. The dataset was then reprojected to FGDL Albers (see "Map Projection 
Parameters" below). The original file name was changed from "lmrks" to "lmarks". 
In ArcView a table join from .dbf file was completed in order define the CFCC codes 
with the DESCRIPT item. All character records were upcased. 

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                           ALBERS
Units                                METERS
Datum                                HPGN
Spheroid                             GRS1980
1st standard parallel                24   0  0.000
2nd standard parallel                31  30  0.000
central meridian                    -84   0  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:         U.S. Department of Commerce
              Bureau of the Census
              Geography Division			 
Abbr.name:    US Census 		
Address:      8903 Presidential Parkway, WP I 					
	      Upper Marlboro, Maryland  20772
Phone:        (301) 457-1128			
Fax:          (301) 457-4710 			
Web site:     http://www.census.gov/geo/www/tiger
Email:        tiger@census.gov
                

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                    Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:              FGDL
Address:                 Florida Geographic Data Library
                         431 Architecture
                         PO Box 115706
                         Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:                http://www.fgdl.org
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