FLORIDA PANTHER MORTALITY LOCATIONS 1972 - 2014

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:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Publication_Date: 20140901

Title: FLORIDA PANTHER MORTALITY LOCATIONS 1972 - 2014

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL

Publisher:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida

Online_Linkage:

<http://ocean.floridamarine.org/TRGIS/Description_Layers_Terrestrial.htm>

Description:

Abstract:

The Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) mortality database contains all known and documented mortalities including known or likely causes. This dataset reflects dead Florida panthers from 1972 to July 16th, 2014. This is an update to the FGDL layer PANTHER_MORTALITY_2012.

Purpose:

To monitor Florida panther mortalities and document their locations and causes.

Supplemental_Information:

Locations for some mortalities are unknown and are given spatial coordinates of 0 degrees longitude and 0 degrees latitude. These points were not included in the spatial dataset.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19720213

Ending_Date: 20140716

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: Mortality

Theme_Keyword: Panther

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Theme_Keyword: environment

Theme_Keyword: biota

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GNIS

Place_Keyword: Florida

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword: 2014

Access_Constraints:

These data are unrestricted. Users should acquire the best available data. If possible, please acquire this dataset directly from FWC as other sources may have altered the original data.

Use_Constraints:

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.
Users are encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata record prior to using these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Contact_Person: GIS Librarian

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 620 S. Meridian St 5B6

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32399

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-488-0588

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-410-5269

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISRequests@MyFWC.com

Data_Set_Credit: Data were provided by Darrel Land - FWC

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC

Security_Classification: Available without restriction

Security_Handling_Description: Available without restriction

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Other_Citation_Details:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Terrestrial Resources GIS Data <http://ocean.floridamarine.org/TRGIS/Description_Layers_Terrestrial.htm>
Florida Panther: Puma concolor coryi <http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/mammals/land/florida-panther/>
Florida Panther Net <http://www.floridapanthernet.org/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

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

Logical_Consistency_Report:

Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values

Completeness_Report:

Visually inspected for completeness to ensure all values fell within specified ranges. Locations for some mortalities are unknown and are given spatial coordinates of 0 degrees longitude and 0 degrees latitude. These points were not included in the spatial file.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Unknown. However, locations were validated using physical descriptions of locations

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_Scale_Denominator: Varies

Type_of_Source_Media:

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FFWCC - FWRI

Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Data through 2014 were imported into GIS using MS Excel database.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: FFWCC - FWRI

Process_Date: 201409

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GIS Librarian

Contact_Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Address: 620 S. Meridian St 5B6

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32399

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-488-0588

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-410-5269

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISRequests@MyFWC.com

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Features with 0 latitude and longitude coordinates were removed from the spatial file. A point in Georgia which had incorrect UTM coordinates was corrected. Records with "Type" = "Injury" were removed from the dataset, and then the "Type" field was also removed.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: FFWCC - FWRI

Process_Date: 201409

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Data dated after 2012 are converted to shapefile annually from the panther mortality database. The locations in this shapefile are then appended to the edited, comprehensive shapefile (1972 - 20xx).

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: FFWCC - FWRI

Process_Date: 201409

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

GeoPlan downloaded the data on February 23rd, 2015 from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute TRGIS website: <http://ocean.floridamarine.org/TRGIS/Description_Layers_Terrestrial.htm>
panther_mortality.zip panther_mortality.shp
The data was originally projected to: PCS_Albers GCS_North_American_1983
During the QA/QC process, GeoPlan performed the following tasks:
- Reprojected the dataset to FGDL Albers using the following transformation: NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida - Upcased all fields. - Added a DESCRIPT field based on the field [LOCATION]. - Added FGDLAQDATE based on date FGDL acquired the data. - Renamed the dataset to panther_mortality_2014.shp
Please Note: Previous TRGIS data layers were misidentified in the metadata as being in Albers HARN. FFWCC-FWRI said all TRGIS data is PCS Albers (Not HARN). The data now has a HARN transformation and so all of the data is shifted now (<1m) from the previous FGDL version.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan

Process_Date: 20150223

Cloud_Cover: .

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 365

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: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

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: PANTHER_MORTALITY_2014

Entity_Type_Definition: PANTHER_MORTALITY_2014.DBF

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: FFWCC - FWRI

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: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PANTHERID

Attribute_Definition: Identification code of individual panther

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SEX

Attribute_Definition:

Gender of panther killed. If unknown it is indicated 'missing values', '???', or 'unknown.'

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AGE

Attribute_Definition: Estimated and known ages at death

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LOCATION

Attribute_Definition: Narrative indicating location details

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: CAUSE

Attribute_Definition: Determined cause of death

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: YEAR

Attribute_Definition: Year of incident

Attribute_Definition_Source: FWC

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Date_

Attribute_Definition: Undefined by Source

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: GeoPlan added field based on "LOCATION".

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE

Attribute_Definition: The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AUTOID

Attribute_Definition: Unique ID added by GeoPlan

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Attributes contain location, type, cause, and date of injury. Missing values indicate that the information is unknown

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)

Contact_Person:

Contact_Position:

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_Voice_Telephone:

Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone:

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Technical_Prerequisites:

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20140917

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Contact_Person: GIS Librarian

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 620 S. Meridian St 5B6

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32399

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-488-0588

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-410-5269

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISRequests@MyFWC.com

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: No restrictions on metadata

Metadata_Use_Constraints: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.

Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification_System: FWRI-MC

Metadata_Security_Classification: Available

Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.

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