FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2007

TITLE: METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION BOUNDARIES

Geodataset Name:       MPOBND_2007
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         26
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The United States Metropolitan Planning Organization database is a geographic database of Metropolitan Planning Organization political boundaries.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     1:100,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      2007
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: MPOBND_2007.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
OBJECTID
4 OID ---
MPO_ID
5 String ---
MPO_NAME
70 String ---
MPO_ACRONY
13 String ---
STAFF_AGEN
70 String ---
STAFF_AGE1
13 String ---
CITY
16 String ---
STATE
5 String ---
WEB_SITE
115 String ---
DESIGNATIO
5 String ---
MPO_POPULA
10 Number ---
TMA
5 String ---
INCLUDED_U
55 String ---
INCLUDED_1
55 String ---
NO_OF_UAS
19 Number 11
PRIME_UA
55 String ---
UA_POP
19 Number 14
STFIPS
2 String ---
VERSION
2 String ---
LAST_UPDAT
10 String ---
DESCRIPT
70 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
AUTOID
4 Integer ---
SHAPE
4 Geometry ---
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double ---
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

MPO_ID Unique numerical identifier.

MPO_NAME Official MPO name.

MPO_ACRONY Official MPO acronym.

STAFF_AGEN Lead staffing agency for MPO.

STAFF_AGE1 Additional staffing agency for MPO.

CITY Physical address city.

STATE State Postal abbreviation

WEB_SITE URL for MPO internet site.

DESIGNATIO Year MPO was designated and created.

MPO_POPULA Population of MPO area.

TMA Indicated whether the MPO serves a transportation management areas (TMA).
Yes = MPO is part of a Transportation Management Area

<null> = MPO is not part of a Transportation Management Area


INCLUDED_U Urbanized area contained within MPO area.

INCLUDED_1 Urbanized area contained within MPO area.

NO_OF_UAS The number of urbanized areas served by the MPO.

PRIME_UA The primary urbanized area served by the MPO. The most populous UZA served was identified as the primary UZA.

UA_POP Population of the primary UA served by the MPO.

STFIPS Primary State FIPS Code

VERSION Version of the database

LAST_UPDAT MPO Specific date of last revision
text date = Most recent date of revision for staffing agency information


DESCRIPT GeoPlan added item based on MPO_NAME

FGDLAQDATE Date GeoPlan downloaded data from source

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE Feature geometry.

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


USER NOTES:
All node-link and polygon topological relationships were created and 
verified using ESRI ArcGIS 9.1
Complete.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.

The data provides users with information about the locations, names 
and sizes of Metropolitan Planning Organizations and is intended for 
use primarily with national planning applications.

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

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:


DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Data for individual MPOs were collected from the MPOs, state DOTs, and other 
government agencies.  Data were received in a variety of geospatial data formats. 
The Federal Highway Administration and BTS collected the individual MPO files, 
digitized raster images where necessary and reformatted geospatial data files to fit 
into a national database.  Data collected from the above-listed agencies was not 
edited or altered in any way.  If you have questions about the process steps for 
particular MPOs or regions, please contact BTS.
Process Date: 2007

In July 2007 Geoplan obtained the data from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics in CDROM format -GeoPlan extracted this data in shapefile format and removed facilities not located in Florida. -The shapefile was reprojected from WGS_1984 Decimal Degrees to the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. (See "Map Projection Parameters" below). - All records were upcased. - Changed original layer name from MPO to MPOBND_2007. - A DESCRIPT field was added based on MPO_NAME - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date of download. - Deleted empty fields: INCLUDED_2 - 14 - Deleted AREA field Process Date: 20070712
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20071218
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:
Research and Innovative Technology Administration's Bureau of Tranportation Statistics
RITA/BTS
400 7th Street, SW Room 4117
Washington, DC
20590
202 366 DATA

http://www.bts.gov/programs/geographic_information_services/ answers@bts.gov Geospatial Information Program

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Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
                        431 Architecture Building
                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
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