FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: ADMINISTRATIVE BOUNDARIES OF NATIONAL PARK SYSTEM UNITS IN FLORIDA - 2012

Geodataset Name:       NPS_OCT12
Geodataset Type:       SDE Feature Class
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         11
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains National Park Service unit boundaries for the State of Florida. This is an update to the FGDL nps_may10 layer.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    National Park Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20121018 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 20020201 End Date: 20121018 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: NPS_OCT12.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
Shape
4 Geometry
OBJECTID
4 OID
Unit_Code
16 String
Unit_Name
254 String
STATE
2 String
REGION
2 String
Unit_Type
50 String
Date_Edit
36 Date
GIS_Notes
254 String
CREATED_BY
10 String
METADATA
100 String
PARKNAME
254 String
ACRES
8 Double
DESCRIPT
45 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
Shape Feature geometry.

OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Unit_Code Four letter code to define the National Park unit.

Unit_Name Name of the National Park unit.

STATE State where park resides

REGION Region where park resides, for example SE (SouthEast)

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.

CREATED_BY Undefined by souce.

METADATA Undefined by souce.

PARKNAME Name of park

ACRES Number of acres as calculated in GIS.

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on UNIT_NAME

FGDLAQDATE The date GeoPlan acquired the data from the source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters

Attributes are as follows: Shape, GIS_Loc_ID, Unit_Code, Group_Code, Unit_Name, Unit_Type, Meta_MIDF, Lands_Code, Date_Edit, GIS_Notes
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 is intended for use as a tool for display and general GIS analysis 
purposes only. It is in no way intended for engineering or legal purposes. 
The data accuracy is checked against best available sources which may 
be dated. NPS assumes no liability for use of this data. Boundaries from 
the Land Resources Division have separate polygons for each type of unit. 
For example Denali National Park and Denali National Preserve are 
separate individual polygons.

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http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
National Park Service Inventory and Monitoring:
http://science.nature.nps.gov/im/gis/index.cfm

Current Administrative Boundaries of National Park System Units (10/18/2012)
http://nrdata.nps.gov/programs/lands/nps_boundary.zip

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Boundary polygons for several units were 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 include: Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic 
Site (ABLI), Adams National Historical Park (ADAM), African Burial Ground 
National Monument (AFBG), Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (AGFO), 
Alagnak Wild River (ALAG), Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument (ALFL), 
Andersonville National Historic Site (ANDE), Andrew Johnson National 
Historic Site (ANJO), Aniakchak National Monument and Preserve (ANIA), 
Antietam National Battlefield (ANTI), Appomattox Court House National Historical 
Park (APCO), Arches National Park (ARCH), Arkansas Post National Memorial 
(ARPO), Arlington House - Robert E. Lee Memorial (ARHO), Aztec Ruins 
National Monument (AZRU), Badlands National Park (BADL), Bering Land 
Bridge National Preserve (BELA), Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site 
(BEOL), Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area (BICA), Biscayne National 
Park (BISC), Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park (BLCA), Booker T. 
Washington National Monument (BOWA), Boston National Historical 
Park (BOST), Boston African American (BOAF), Boston Harbor Islands 
National Recreation Area (BOHA), Bryce Canyon National Park (BRCA), 
Brices Cross Roads National Battlefield Site (BRCR), 
Brown v Board of Education National Historic Site (BRVB), Buck Island 
Reef National Monument (BUIS). Buffalo National River (BUFF), Cabrillo 
National Monument (CABR), Canaveral National Seashore (CANA), Cane River 
Creole National Historical Park (CARI), Canyonlands National Park (CANY), 
Capitol Reef national Park (CARE),Carl Sandburg Home (CARL), Cape 
Krusenstern National Monument (CAKR), Capulin Volcano National Monument 
(CAVO), Carlsbad Caverns National Park (CAVE), Carter G. Woodson 
National Historic Site (CAWO), Casa Grande Ruins National Monument 
(CAGR), Castillo de San Marcos National Monument (CASA), Castle 
Clinton Monument (CACL), Catoctin Mountain Park (CATO), Cedar Breaks 
National Monument (CEBR), Cedar Creek and Belle Grove (CEBE), Chaco 
Culture National Historical Park (CHCU), Charles Pinckney National 
Historic Site (CHPI), Chickasaw National Recreation Area (CHIC), 
Chiricahua National Monument (CHIR), Chamizal National Memorial 
(CHAM), Channel Islands National Park (CHIS), Christiansted National 
Historic Site (CHRI), City of Rocks National Reserve (CIRO), Clara 
Barton National Historic Site (CLBA), Colorado National Monument 
(COLM), Constitution Gardens (COGA), Coronado National Memorial 
(CORO), Cowpens National Battlefield (COWP), Cumberland Gap National 
Historical Park (CUGA), Cuyahoga Valley National Park (CUVA), Dayton 
Aviation Heritage National Historical Park (DAAV), Denali National 
Park (DENA), De Soto National Memorial (DESO), Devils Postpile 
National Monument (DEPO), Devils Tower National Monument (DETO), 
Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO), Edgar Allan Poe National Historic 
Site (EDAL), Edison National Historic Site (EDIS), Effigy Mounds 
National Monument (EFMO), Eisenhower National Historic Site 
(EISE), El Morro National Monument (ELMO), Eleanor Roosevelt 
National Historic Site (ELRO), Eugene O'Neill National Historic 
Site (EUON), Federal Hall National Memorial (FEHA), First Ladies 
National Historic Site (FILA), Flight 93 National Memorial (FLNI), 
Florissant Fossil Beds (FLFO), Ford's Theatre National Historic 
Site (FOTH), Fort Bowie National Historic Site (FOBO), Fort Davis 
National Historic Site (FODA), Fort Donelson National Battlefield 
(FODO), Fort Frederica National Monument (FOFR), Fort Laramie 
National Historic Site (FOLA), Fort Larned National Historic Site 
(FOLS), Fort Matanzas National Monument (FOMA), Fort Necessity 
National Battlefield (FONE), Fort Point National Historic Site 
(FOPO), Fort Pulaski National Monument (FOPU), Fort Scott National 
Historic Site (FOSC), Fort Smith National Historic Site (FOSM), 
Fort Stanwix National Monument (FOST), Fort Sumter National Monument 
(FOSU), Fort Union National Monument (FOUN), Fort Union Trading 
Post National Historic Site (FOUS), Fort Vancouver National 
Historic Site (FOVA), Fort Washington Park (FOWA), Fossil Butte 
National Monument (FOBU), Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial 
(FRDE), Frederick Douglass National Historic Site (FRDO), 
Friendship Hill National Historic Site (FRHI), Gates of the 
Arctic National Park (GAAR), General Grant National Memorial 
(GEGR), George Rogers Clark National Historical Park (GERO), 
George Washington Carver National Monument (GWCA), Gettysburg 
National Military Park (GETT), Grand Portage National Monument 
(GRPO), Greenbelt Park (GREE),George Washington Memorial 
Parkway (GWMP), Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument (GICL), 
Glacier Bay National Park (GLBA), Glen Canyon National Recreation 
Area (GLCA), Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GOGA), 
Golden Spike National Historic Site (GOSP), Governors Island 
National Monument (GOIS), Grand Teton National Park (GRTE), 
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site (GRKO), Great Basin 
National Park (GRBA), Great Sand Dunes National Park and 
Preserve (GRSA), Guadalupe Mountains National Park (GUMO), 
Gulf Islands National Seashore (GUIS), Hagerman Fossil Beds 
National Monument (HAFO), Haleakala National Park (HALE), 
Hamilton Grange National Memorial (HAGR), Hampton National 
Historic Site (HAMP), Harpers Ferry National Historical Park 
(HAFE), Harry S Truman National Historic Site (HSTR), Hawai'i 
Volcanoes National Park (HAVO), Herbert Hoover National Historic 
Site (HEHO), Hohokam Pima National Monument (PIMA), Home of 
Franklin D Roosevelt National Historic Site (HOFR), Homestead 
National Monument (HOME), Hopewell Culture National Historical 
Park (HOCU), Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site (HOFU), 
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park (HOBE), Hot Springs National 
Park (HOSP), Hovenweep National Monument (HOVE), Hubbell Trading 
Post National Historic Site (HUTR), Ice Age National Scenic 
Trail (IATR), Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore (INDU), James 
A Garfield National Historic Site (JAGA), Jean Lafitte National 
Historical Park and Preserve (JELA), Jefferson National Expansion 
Memorial (JEFF), Jewel Cave National Monument (JECA), Jimmy 
Carter National Historic Site (JICA), John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 
Memorial Parkway (JODR), John Fitzgerald Kennedy National 
Historic Site (JOFI), John Muir National Historic Site (JOMU), 
Johnstown Flood National Memorial (JOFL), Joshua Tree National 
Park (JOTR), Kalaupapa National Historical Park (KALA), 
Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park (KAHO), Katmai 
National Park (KATM), Kenai Fjords National Park (KEFJ), 
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (KEMO), Keweenaw 
National Historical Park (KEWE), Kings Canyon National Park 
(KICA), Kings Mountain National Military Park (KIMO), Klondike 
Gold Rush National Historical Park (KLGO), Knife River Indian 
Villages National Historic Site (KNRI), Kobuk Valley National 
Park (KOVA), Korean War Veterans Memorial (KOWA), Lake Clark 
National Park (LACL), Lake Mead National Recreation Area 
(LAKE), Lassen Volcanic National Park (LAVO), Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail (LECL), Lincoln Boyhood National 
Memorial (LIBO), Lincoln Home National Historic Site (LIHO), 
Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site (CHSC), 
Lava Bed National Monument (LABE), Lincoln Memorial (LINC), 
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument (LIBI), 
Longfellow National Historic Site (LONG), Lyndon Baines 
Johnson Memorial Grove (LYBA), Maggie L. Walker National 
Historic Site (MAWA), Mammoth Cave National Park (MACA), 
Manassas National Battlefield Park (MANA), Manzanar National 
Historic Site (MANZ), Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial (MLKM), 
Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site (MALU), Martin 
Van Buren National Historic Site (MAVA), Mesa Verde National 
Park (MEVE), Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National 
Historic Site (MABE), Minidoka National Historic Site, Minute 
Man National Historical Park (MIMA), Minuteman Missile National 
Historic Site (MIMI), Mojave National Preserve (MOJA), Monocacy 
National Battlefield (MONO), Montezuma Castle National Monument 
(MOCA), Moores Creek National Battlefield (MOCR), Morristown 
National Historical Park (MORR), Mount Rainier National Park 
(MORA), Mount Rushmore National Memorial (MORU), Natchez 
National Historical Park (NATC), National Capital Parks 
(NACA), National Mall (MALL), Natural Bridges National
 Monument (NABR), Navajo National Monument (NAVA), New 
Bedford Whaling National Historical Park (NEBE), Nicodemus 
National Historic Site (NICO), Ninety Six National Historic 
Site (NISI), Niobrara National Scenic River (NIOB), Noatak 
National Preserve (NOAT), Oregon Caves National Monument 
(ORCA), Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (ORPI), Ozark 
National Scenic Riverway (OZAR), Padre Island National 
Seashore (PAIS), Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic 
Site (PAAL), Pea Ridge National Military Park (PERI), Pecos 
National Historical Park (PECO), Pennsylvania Avenue National 
Historic Site (PAAV), Perry's Victory and International Peace 
Memorial (PEVI), Petersburg National Battlefield (PETE), 
Petrified Forest National Park (PEFO), Pictured Rocks National 
Lakeshore (PIRO), Pinnacles National Monument (PINN), Pipe 
Spring National Monument (PISP), Pipestone National Monument 
(PIPE), Piscataway Park (PISC), Point Reyes National Seashore 
(PORE), President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home 
National Historic Site (WICL), Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National 
Historical Park (PUHO), Pu'ukohola Heiau National Historic 
Site (PUHE), Rainbow Bridge National Monument (RABR), River 
Raisin National Battlefield Park (RIRA), Rocky Mountain 
National Park (ROMO), Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National 
Historic Site (RRBH), Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home 
Front National Historical Park (RORI), Russell Cave National 
Monument (RUCA), Sagamore Hill National Historic Site (SAHI), 
Saguaro National Park (SAGU), Salt River Bay National Historical 
Park (SARI), Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site (SAGA), Saint 
Paul's Church National Historic Site (SAPA), Salem Maritime 
National Historic Site (SAMA), Santa Monica Mountains National 
Recreation Area (SAMO), Sand Creek Massacre National Historic 
Site (SAND), Scotts Bluff National Monument (SCBL), Selma to 
Montgomery National Historic Trail (SEMO), Sequoia National 
Park (SEQU), Sitka National Historical Park (SITK), Springfield 
Armory National Historic Site (SPAR), Sunset Crater Volcano 
National Monument (SUCR), Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve 
(TAPR), Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial (THKO), Theodore 
Roosevelt National Park (THRO), Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace 
National Historic Site (THRB), Theodore Roosevelt Inaugural 
National Historic Site (THRI), Theodore Roosevelt Island 
National Memorial (THIS), Thomas Jefferson Memorial (JEFM), 
Thomas Stone National Historic Site (THST), Timpanogos Cave 
National Monument (TICA), Tonto National Monument (TONT), 
Tumacacori National Historical Park (TUMA), Tupelo National 
Battlefield (TUPE), Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site 
(TUAI), Tuzigoot National Monument (TUZI), Ulysses S. Grant 
National Historic Site (ULSG), Valley Forge National Historical 
Park (VAFO), Vietnam Veterans Memorial (VIVE), Virgin Islands 
Coral Reef National Monument(VICR), Voyageurs National Park 
(VOYA), Walnut Canyon National Monument (WACA). War in the 
Pacific National Historical Park (WAPA), Washington Monument 
(WAMO), Washita Battlefield National Historic Site (WABA), 
Weir Farm National Historic Site (WEFA), White House (WHHO), 
White Sands National Monument (WHSA), Whitman Mission National 
Historic Site (WHMI), Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National 
Recreation Area (WHIS), William Howard Taft National Historic 
Site (WIHO), Wilson's Creek National Battlefield (WICR), 
Wind Cave National Park (WICA), Wolf Trap Farm Park (WOTR), 
Women's Rights National Historical Park (WORI), World War 
II Memorial (WWII), World War II Valor in the Pacific National 
Monument (VALR), Wrangell-St. Elias National Park (WRST), 
Wright Brothers National Memorial (WRBR), Wupatki National 
Monument (WUPA), Yellowstone National Park (YELL), Yosemite 
National Park (YOSE), Yucca House National Monument (YUHO), 
Yukon-Charley Rivers (YUCH), Zion National Park (ZION)
Process Date: 20121018

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, 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
Boundaries were updated with data provided by National Parks or Regional Offices. Process Date:
GeoPlan downloaded the following dataset from the National Park Service's Integrated Resource Management Applications website (https://irma.nps.gov/ App/Portal/Home) on November 28, 2012. The direct download link is http://nrdata.nps.gov/programs/lands/nps_boundary.zip The original data was in shapefile format and was in the following projection: North_American_Datum_1983 Angular Unit: Degree (0.017453292519943299) Prime Meridian: Greenwich (0.000000000000000000) Datum: D_North_American_1983 Spheroid: Geodetic Reference System of 1980 Semimajor Axis: 6378137.000000000000000000 Semiminor Axis: 6356752.314140349600000000 Inverse Flattening: 298.257222100911290000 GeoPlan performed the following steps: - Reprojected the data to the FGDL Albers NAD83 HARN format. - Selected all features that intersected the Florida County Boundaries - All records were upcased. - Changed original layer name from nps_boundary.shp to nps_oct12.shp. - Added ACRES field and calculated acres using ArcMap 10.0 - A DESCRIPT field was added based on UNIT_NAME - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date of download. Process Date: 20121128
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):

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Address:


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National Park Service, Land Resources Division
NPS
301 S. Howes St. Suite 208
Fort Collins, Colorado
80522
970-484-6428

https://irma.nps.gov/App/Portal/Home roger_m_johnson@nps.gov Roger Johnson

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