FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA PANTHER MORTALITY - 1972 - 2010

Geodataset Name:       PANTHER_MORTALITY_2010
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         277
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset reflects dead and/or injured Florida panthers from 1972 through August 2010. Two historic records are included circa 1940's and 1950's.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 2010 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 1972 End Date: 2010 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: PANTHER_MORTALITY_2010.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
NAD83E
8 Double
NAD83N
8 Double
Date_
10 String
PantherID
18 String
Sex
5 String
Age
12 String
Location
69 String
Cause
47 String
Type
8 String
Year
8 Double
DESCRIPT
69 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

NAD83E X coordinate location

NAD83N Y coordinate location

Date_ Date record was collected

PantherID Unique identifier

Sex Gender of dead panther

Age Age of panther

Location Brief description of location body found

Cause Probable cause of death

Type Injury/Death
Injury/Death = Type of Observation


Year Based on date_ field

DESCRIPT Based on Location

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date acquired from source

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan


USER NOTES:
Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values
Visually inspected for completeness to ensure all values fell within specified ranges.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) 
was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The 
institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or 
references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research
 Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to 
ongoing research, new research, and contact information.

Maintain database of deaths for the Florida panther.

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

Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 
Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would 
be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such 
acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data 
source is expected by users of this data.  Please cite the original metadata 
when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered 
data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share 
the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison 
with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be 
inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping 
conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall 
not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal 
documents and are not to be used as such.  This is not a survey data set and 
should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.

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Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

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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:
FFWCC living with panthers:
http://myfwc.com/CONSERVATION/ConservationYou_Living_w_Wildlife_panthers.htm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Created point feature from dataset of Florida panther death 
tabular data using 'Create x y feature' in Arc Catalog.
Process Date: 
GeoPlan received the data in September 2010 from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission via CD-ROM. The data was in the Florida Modified Albers projected coordinate system. - Dataset's projection was re-defined from Florida Modified Albers to FGDL Albers. - Renamed the dataset from panther_mortality_0910 to panther_mortality_2010. - Removed 16 features due to erroneous spatial information. - Upcased all fields. - Shorten table field lengths. - Added a DESCRIPT field based on Location. - Added FGDLAQDATE based on date FGDL acquired the data. Process Date: 20101004
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile Process Date: 20101014
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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Contact Person:
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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
FFWCC
100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
St. Petersburg, Florida
33701
727-896-8626

http://research.myfwc.com/ GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com GISLibrarian

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