FLORIDA'S NATIONAL FORESTS - DECEMBER 2012
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- Originator: Florida Natural Areas Inventory
- Publication_Date: 201212
- Title: FLORIDA'S NATIONAL FORESTS - DECEMBER 2012
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Tallahassee, Fl
- Publisher: Florida Natural Areas Inventory
- Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida
- Online_Linkage: <http://www.fnai.org>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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This dataset represents Florida's National Forests. This layer is based on a selection from FLMA and data from U.S. Forest service.
- Purpose:
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To prepare a comprehensive statewide dataset on managed conservation lands by
compiling data from diverse sources, and to make this data set available for public use.
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- Calendar_Date: 20121217
- Currentness_Reference: publication date
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE
- Theme_Keyword: conservation lands
- Theme_Keyword: FNAI
- Theme_Keyword: managed areas
- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword: environment
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword: Florida
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Available for free download at: <http://www.fnai.org/gis_data.cfm>
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Please see FNAI's GIS policy online at: <http://www.fnai.org/PDF/GIS_policy.pdf>
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Sally Jue
- Contact_Organization: Florida Natural Areas Inventory
- Contact_Position: Conservation Lands Biologist
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 1018 Thomasville Road, Suite 200-C
- City: Tallahassee
- State_or_Province: FL
- Postal_Code: 32303
- Country: United States
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (850) 224-8207, ext. 216
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (850) 681-9364
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sjue@fnai.org
- Data_Set_Credit: Florida Natural Areas Inventory
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
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This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
- Completeness_Report:
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This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
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This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Scale_Denominator: Varying scales
- Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information
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This GIS data layer was generated by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI)
using ArcView v 3.2 and ArcGIS v 9.3. Source polygons were developed from the
BIOTICS ArcView application. Information in the FLMA data layer was provided to
FNAI by the individual managing agencies. Boundary information on managed areas
was originally in either digital format or on paper source maps at varying scales. New
digital boundary files were integrated into FLMA by FNAI staff. In the case of paper
source maps, boundaries were either transcribed by FNAI staff onto 1:24,000 USGS
topographic quadrangles and then digitized, or boundaries from paper maps were
transcribed by FNAI staff in ArcView or ArcMap using underlying USGS 1:24,000
DRG and/or 2004 DOQQs and on-screen digitization methods. FNAI staff then
integrated these new digital boundaries into FLMA. The attribute item DIG_COM in
the FLMA layer provides details on the derivation of boundaries for individual
managed areas. The following digitizers were used by the FNAI staff:
CalComp DBII, accuracy of +/- .01 inch
CalComp DBIII, accuracy of +/- .005 inch
CalComp 9500 Series, accuracy of +/- .005 inch
When digital boundaries from one source overlapped with digital boundaries from
another source, the boundaries were adjusted by FNAI staff to eliminate the
overlapping areas. Adjustments were made based on the best known information
about the source of the boundaries. All overlaps greater than 0.002 meters were
removed using this process.
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GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the Florida Natural
Areas Inventory website (<http://www.fnai.org/gis_data.cfm>)
in January 2013. The data downloaded was in shapefile
format and was in the following projection: Albers HPGN.
The layer was originally named flma_201212. National Forests
were selected out to create this new layer. The Southern
portion of Osceola National Forest was added based on
information from Jason Drake:
USDA Forest Service
325 John Knox Rd., Suite F-100
Tallahassee, FL 32303
Tel: 850.523.8560
Email: jasondrake@fs.fed.us
Polygons for CHOCTAWHATCHEE NATIONL FOREST were removed from this
layer. These small disjunct polygons are associated with Eglin Air Force Base.
- All records were upcased.
- Changed original layer name from FLMA to flma_201212
- A DESCRIPT field was added based on MANAME
- A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date of download.
- Process_Date: 20130204
- Process_Time: 16393100
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- Planar:
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- Map_Projection:
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- Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
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- Standard_Parallel: 31.500000
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- False_Northing: 0.000000
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- Entity_Type_Label: NATIONAL_FORESTS_DEC12
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- Attribute_Label: MANAME
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Official name of the Managed Area (conservation land), as determined by the managing agency. Note that in some cases a Managed Area is contained within a larger Managed Area (see MAJORMA below). To select all of the polygons for a Managed Area that contains one or more smaller Managed Areas, query on both MANAME and MAJORMA.
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- Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT
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- Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706
- City: Gainesville
- State_or_Province: Florida
- Postal_Code: 32611-5706
- Country: United States
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