FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2006

TITLE: ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES OF NATIONAL PARKS AND SEASHORES

Geodataset Name:       NPS_NOV06
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         22
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains National Park and Seashore Service unit boundaries in the State of Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    National Park Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     24,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20061102
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: NPS_NOV06.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
OBJECTID
4 OID ---
UNIT_CODE
10 String ---
UNIT_NAME
30 String ---
UNIT_TYPE
40 String ---
DATE_EDIT
8 Date ---
GIS_NOTES
30 String ---
ACRES
19 Number 11
DESCRIPT
30 String ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---
AUTOID
4 Number ---
SHAPE
4 Geometry ---
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double ---
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

UNIT_CODE Four letter code to define the National Park unit.

UNIT_NAME Name of the National Park unit.

UNIT_TYPE Type of unit boundary (i.e. Park, Preserve, Memorial, Monument...)

DATE_EDIT The last update or offical review of the object

GIS_NOTES Free text.

ACRES The size of the park in acres.

DESCRIPT Based on UNIT_NAME.

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.

AUTOID Unique ID Number.

SHAPE Feature geometry.

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
The data set is complete but subject to continual updates to reflect 
boundary amendments, legislation, and acquisitions, and improved 
processing techniques.  The data is being regularly updated with 
verified boundaries from NPS Land Resources Division.  
Please contact the data originator with corrections and update 
suggestions.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.

Service wide boundary set for display and general analysis purposes.

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:
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
http://science.nature.nps.gov/

NR-GIS Metadata and Data Store
NPS Natural Resource and GIS Programs
http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata

Search:
     Select Search Type:  Online Data
and NPS Unit:
     NPS-wide Data
Category:
     Boundary

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Two sets of boundaries were collected and compared. The main 
set was obtained from David Duran, who collected boundaries 
from each region in the summer of 2001.  The second set was 
obtained from Dean Tucker, who digitized boundaries for the 
Horizon Project.  The main set from David Duran was determined 
to contain the most recent boundary information. Parks missing 
from David's set were added from Deans set. 
Those parks are..........
Antietam NB Arlington House,
Benjamin Franklin NMEM, 
Big Hole NB, 
Catoctin Mountain Park, 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP, 
Chimney Rock NHS, 
Fort Point NHS, 
Fredericksburg NC, 
George Washington Memorial Parkway, 
Green Springs, 
Harpers Ferry NHP, 
International Peace Garden, 
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
Kalaupapa NHP, 
Manassas NBP, 
McLoughlin House NHS, 
Monocacy NB, 
National Capital Parks - Central and East, 
Olympic NP, 
Prince William Forest Park, 
Rock Creek Park, 
San Francisco Maritime NHP, 
Thaddeus Kosciuszko NMEM, 
and Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts. Park/Region 
staff were consulted for parks with major differences between the two sets.
Process Date: 2002

Boundary polygons for one-hundred and fourteen units ware verified data from the Lands Resources Division (LRD) according to the procedures defined in the Lands Acquisition Procedures Manual Chapter 5. Boundary data from LRD has separate polygons for individual types of units like Denali National Park and Denali National Preserve. Lands records in the dataset that can be identified by querying for [GIS_Notes] = "Lands" in the attribute table. These parks in Florida include: Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (CASA) Process Date: 20050601
Boundaries were updated with data provided by National Parks or Regional Offices. Process Date: 20061102
This data was downloaded in shapefile format (NPS_BOUNDARY.ZIP) by the GeoPlan Center in 2006 from the National Park Service NR-GIS Metadata and Data Store website: http://science.nature.nps.gov/nrdata. When received, the geographic extent of the data was the entire USA, and the data was in the following projection: Geographic, Datum: NAD83, Spheroid: GRS1980, Units: Decimal degrees. - The data was clipped to the State of Florida and projected to FGDL Albers HPGN. - Empty Fields were deleted (GIS_LOC_ID, GROUP_CODE, META_MIDF, LANDS_CODE). - Lowercase characters within the attribute table were upcased. - Added ACRES field and Calculated the field. - Added DESCRIPT field based on UNIT_NAME. - Added FGDLAQDATE based on date downloaded from source. - Added AUTOID field and Calculated the field. Process Date: 20061113
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:
National Park Service
NPS
301 S. Howes St. Suite 208
Fort Collins, CO
80522
REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual.

http://science.nature.nps.gov/ roger_m_johnson@nps.gov REQUIRED: The person responsible for the metadata information.

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