FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2006

TITLE: FLORIDA MARINE FACILITIES

Geodataset Name:       MARFAC
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         2540
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains point locations of marine facilities within the state of Florida
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI), Center for Spatial Analysis
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      Undefined by Source
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: MARFAC.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
OBJECTID
4 OID ---
FACILITY
37 String ---
ADDRESS
50 String ---
CITY
20 String ---
COUNTY
14 String ---
ZIP
9 String ---
PHONE
14 String ---
DEC_LAT
19 Number 8
DEC_LON
19 Number 8
SITETYPE
9 String ---
SITE_DESCR
50 String ---
BANKBRIDGE
5 String ---
BOATRAMP
5 String ---
FISHCAMP
5 String ---
JETTY
5 String ---
MARINA
5 String ---
OTHER
5 String ---
PARK
5 String ---
PIER
5 String ---
DESCRIPT
37 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
SHAPE
4 Geometry ---
AUTOID
4 Integer ---
AXL
2 SmallInteger ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

FACILITY Building location

ADDRESS Street address of marina, if available

CITY City where marina is located

COUNTY County where marina is located

ZIP Zip code for marina

PHONE Phone number for marina. For facilities in Canaveral National Seashore, the contact P.O. Box is given instead of a phone number.

DEC_LAT Latitude of facility in decimal degrees.

DEC_LON Longitude of facility in decimal degrees.

SITETYPE Type of site. Combinations of types are possible.
M = Marina

A = Boat ramp

O = Other (hotel, resort)

P = Park

B = Bank or bridge

J = Jetty

S = Pier

F = Fishcamp


SITE_DESCR Full description of SITETYPE code

BANKBRIDGE Indicates if the SITE_DESCRIPTION includes "bank or bridge"
Y = Yes

N = No


BOATRAMP Indicateds if the SITE_DESCRIPTION includes "boat ramp"
Y = Yes

N = No


FISHCAMP Indicates if the SITE_DESCRIPTION includes "fishcamp"
Y = Yes

N = No


JETTY Indicates if the SITE_DESCRIPTION includes "jetty"
Y = Yes

N = No


MARINA Indicates if the SITE_DESCRIPTION includes "marina"
Y = Yes

N = No


OTHER Indicates if the SITE_DESCRIPTION includes "other (hotel, resort, etc.)"
Y = Yes

N = No


PARK Indicates if the SITE_DESCRIPTION includes "park"
Y = Yes

N = No


PIER Indicates if the SITE_DESCRIPTION includes "pier"
Y = Yes

N = No


DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on FACILITY

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date received from source

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID FGDL Unique ID

AXL AXL Display Value


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.
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.

All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database 
Analyst priorto release. It is strongly recommended that this data is 
directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources 
which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no 
claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes.

Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 
Commission Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would 
be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such 
acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data 
source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata 
when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered 
data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share 
the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with 
other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due 
to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, 
and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect 
use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as 
such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These 
data are not to be used for navigation.

To represent the marine facilities in the state of Florida.

Positional accuracy has not been verified by FWRI.

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

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
AS LEGALLY BINDING. 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:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute: 
http://ocean.floridamarine.org

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
FWRI staff compiled and located facilities based on facility address.
Process Date: Unknown

GeoPlan received this data in shapefile format on CD-ROM from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute on June 6, 2006. When received, the data was in Geographic projection Albers NAD 83, Spheroid: GRS 80. The file was projected to FGDL Albers HARN. - Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN - Added a DESCRIPT field to attribute table based on FACILITY - Added a FGDLAQDATE field based on date received from source - Renamed shapefile from marine_facilities_fl_point to MARFAC Process Date: 20060606
Dataset copied. Process Date:
Metadata imported. Process Date:
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
FWRI
100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
St. Petersburg, Florida
33701
727-896-8626

http://ocean.floridamarine.org/mrgis/viewer.htm GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com GISLibrarian

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Abbr. Name:             FGDL
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                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

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