FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: OUTER CONTINENTAL SHELF LEASE BLOCK GRID

Geodataset Name: 	OCSBLK
Geodataset Type: 	SHAPE
Geodataset Feature: 	POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains the Minerals Management Service Outer Continental Shelf Lease Block Grid for the State of Florida.

DATA SOURCE(S):  			National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                                        Administration (NOAA), Coastal 
					Services Center (CSC)

SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    	N/A

DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 		09/30/98

GEODATASET EXTENT:  			State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name:   OCSBLK.DBF

ITEM NAME         WIDTH     TYPE      PRECISION  

SHAPE		     8	   SHAPEPOLY	  -
AREA                19     DECIMAL        3                        
PERIMETER           19     DECIMAL        3                       
MMS_REGION           1     CHARACTER      -                        
PROT_NUMBE           7     CHARACTER      -                        
BLOCK_NUMB           6     CHARACTER      -                        

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item            Item description

SHAPE        	Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
             	which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.

AREA         	Area of the polygon in square meters

PERIMETER    	Perimeter of the polygons in meters

MMS_REGION      MMS Planning region identification code

PROT_NUMBE      Protraction grid number

BLOCK_NUMB      OCS Block number

USER NOTES:

The original coverage contained data for the SE United States region and was clipped to those areas in and around Florida to conform to FGDL standards.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojection into FGDL format
-Tolerance set to FGDL standards
-Renamed coverage from OCSBLOCK to OCSBLK

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

The lease boundary file from Minerals Management Service was clipped to the southeast Ocean GIS area of interest by NOAA. Also, attributes were simplified by NOAA.

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 SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name: 		  National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
                  Coastal Services Center	 
Abbr.name: 	  NOAA (CSC)	
Address: 	  2234 South Hobson Ave.
                  Charelston, SC. 29405						
Phone: 		  (800)789-2234	
Fax: 		  (843)740-1224	
Web site: 	  www3.csc.noaa.gov
Hours of Service: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time 		                 
Email:            metadata@csc.noaa.gov
Contact Person:   Clearinghouse Manager	
         Phone:   (800)789-2234	
         Email:   clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov     

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:			Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:		FGDL
Address:		Florida Geographic Data Library
                        431 Architecture Building
                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:		http://www.fgdl.org
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