FLORIDA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 9, Information Technology Management, Branch of Data and Systems Services

Publication_Date: 200110

Title: FLORIDA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Denver, CO

Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida

Online_Linkage: <http://www.fws.gov/data/NWRdata.htm>

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset contains the approved acquisition boundaries of the National Wildlife Refuges, National Fish Hatcheries and USFWS administrative sites in Florida.

Purpose:

The intended application of the data is to serve as a spatial reference of facility boundaries for other data layers in GIS and mapping applications. It is specifically not intended to be used as a land survey or representation of land for conveyance or tax purposes. This data set in particular has been generalized even more than the individual refuges data sets and is intended solely as an overview or locator map.

Supplemental_Information:

Refuge boundary data were compiled for resource applications. It is inappropriate to use this data in legal situations, or other applications where spatial error cannot exceed the USGS 7.5' mapping standards.

The boundaries included in this coverage will be updated as more information is received. Please check the dates on the web page for update information.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 200110

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Theme_Keyword: National Wildlife Refuge

Theme_Keyword: Boundaries

Theme_Keyword: NWR

Theme_Keyword: NWR Boundaries

Theme_Keyword: National Fish Hatcheries

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: boundaries

Place:

Place_Keyword: Florida

Access_Constraints: NONE

Use_Constraints:

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>

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706

City: Gainesville

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32611-5706

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Web site: <http://www.fgdl.org>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Technical Support: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: For FGDL Software: <http://www.fgdl.org/software.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:

FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: FGDL Mailing Lists: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html>

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Other_Citation_Details:

USFWS: <http://www.fws.gov/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology

Completeness_Report:

This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

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

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

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

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

USFWS, Region 9, Information Technology Management, Branch of Data and Systems Services

Publication_Date: 200110

Title: USFWS, Revised Refuge Boundaries (r4bnd_ims.shp)

Online_Linkage: <http://www.fws.gov/data/NWRdata.htm>

Source_Scale_Denominator: Unknown

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Source_Currentness_Reference: conditional, varies by refuge or facility

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USFWS

Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

*Downloaded the Region 4 Refuge boundaries from <http://gis.sds.fws.gov/website/fwsbndry/CustomHelp.htm>.

*The data was reprojected to the Albers Conical Equal Area Projection. *All boundaries that intersected Florida were selected and exported as a layer. *All fields were upcased. *Created a PHONE field and combined the AREACODE field and the seven digit TELEPHONE field. Deleted the AREACODE and TELEPHONE fields in favor of the combined 10 digit phone number in the PHONE field. *A DESCRIPT field was added and filled with ORGNAME. *A FGDLAQDATE was added based on date downloaded from source. *An AUTOID field was added and filled with [FID] +1.

There were 475 features in the existing nwrfla dataset on FGDL, there are 343 features in the Region_4_NWR_Approved_Aq_Boundaries that were downloaded. The difference was due to the fact that the existing layer contained property specific information, i.e. outparcels that were part of the wildlife refuges. The new layer contains only the approved boundary of the refuges.

Process_Date: 200710

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Loaded to SDE and exported to shapefile

Process_Date: 20071217

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 343

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.000000

Standard_Parallel: 31.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000

False_Easting: 400000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: NWRFLA_OCT07

Entity_Type_Definition: NWRFLA_OCT07.DBF

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: IFWSNO

Attribute_Definition: The administrative number assigned to each refuge.

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LIT

Attribute_Definition: The three letter abbreviation of the full refuge name.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS Service Lands Digital Boundary SOP 97-01

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ORGCODE

Attribute_Definition:

Five digit organization code that uniquely identifies a Service organization that is staffed and funded.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS, national data standard for organization code

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ORGNAME

Attribute_Definition: The full, official name of the refuge.

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS, national data standard for organization name

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAILADD1

Attribute_Definition: First line of the mailing address for the station

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS, national data standard for mailing address

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAILADD2

Attribute_Definition: Second line, if needed, of the mailing address for the station

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS, national data standard for mailing address

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAILCITY

Attribute_Definition: City in the mailing address for the station

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS, national data standard for mailing address

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAILSTATE

Attribute_Definition:

Two letter state abbreviation from the official postal codes for the mailing address for the station

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS, national data standard for mailing address

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAILZIP

Attribute_Definition: Five Digit postal code for the mailing address for the station

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS, national data standard for mailing address

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: MAILZIP4

Attribute_Definition:

Additional 4 digit code that can be added to the zip code of the mailing address for the station

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS, national data standard for mailing address

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PHONE

Attribute_Definition: 3 digit area code and station phone number

Attribute_Definition_Source: USFWS

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: Refuge Name

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE

Attribute_Definition: Data Acquisition Date

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AUTOID

Attribute_Definition: Internal Feature ID (FID + 1)

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA

Attribute_Definition: Area in meters

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN

Attribute_Definition: Perimeter in meters

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706

City: Gainesville

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32611-5706

Country: United States

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Web site: <http://www.fgdl.org>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Technical Support: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: For FGDL Software: <http://www.fgdl.org/software.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:

FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Mailing list for FGDL: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html>

Resource_Description: DOWNLOADABLE DATA

Distribution_Liability:

THE FGDL DATA AS PROVIDED BY CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS AND ANY PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE CREATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER (COLLECTIVELY THE 'MATERIALS') ARE COPYRIGHTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER FOR THE FGDL CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS (THE 'DATA PROVIDERS'). DO NOT REPRODUCE, REDISTRIBUTE OR RESELL THE MATERIALS, OR PROVIDE THE MATERIALS FOR FREE TO CUSTOMERS OR CLIENTS, OR PLACE THE MATERIALS FOR DOWNLOAD ON A WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN USING FGDL DATA OR SOFTWARE IN PROJECTS, MAPS, ETC.; YOU AGREE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FGDL AS A DATA SOURCE. THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED 'AS IS'. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE QUALITY OR SUITABILITY OF THE MATERIALS, EITHER EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER MAKES NO WARRANTIES, GUARANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE TRUTH, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE DATA PROVIDED BY THE FGDL CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS. 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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 0.853

Technical_Prerequisites:

This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20071226

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: USFWS, Region 9, Information Resources Management

Contact_Person: Deb Green

Contact_Position: National GIS Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Address: ITM - NCC

Address: PO Box 25207 - DFC

City: Denver

State_or_Province: Colorado

Postal_Code: 80225-0207

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 303-274-3574

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: deb_green@fws.gov

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile