FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA PANTHER MORTALITY LOCATIONS 1972 - 2017

Geodataset Name:       PANTHER_MORTALITY_2017
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         457
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
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 2017. This is an update to the layer panther_mortality_2015.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20170322 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 19720213 End Date: 20170322 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: PANTHER_MORTALITY_2017.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
PANTHERID
15 String
SEX
1 String
AGE
15 String
LOCATION
75 String
CAUSE
50 String
DATE_
25 String
YEAR
8 Double
LAST_EDITE
25 String
DESCRIPT
75 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

PANTHERID Identification code of individual panther

SEX Gender of panther killed. M = male, F = female, U = unknown

AGE Estimated and known ages at death

LOCATION Narrative indicating location details

CAUSE Determined cause of death

DATE_ No description

YEAR Year of incident

LAST_EDITE Undefined by Source

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on "LOCATION".

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

Attributes contain location, type, cause, and date of injury. Missing values indicate 
that the information is unknown
USER NOTES:
Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values
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.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
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.

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

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

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

Users should read and fully comprehend this metadata record prior to using these 
data. Please acknowledge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission 
(FWC) as the data source for any products developed from these data. If any data 
are modified, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware 
that comparison with other data sets for the same area may be inaccurate. Users 
should acquire the best available data. FWC shall not be liable for improper or 
incorrect use of these data.

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section of this documentation. For more information regarding
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REFERENCES:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute:
http://myfwc.com/research/

Florida Panther: Puma concolor coryi
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/profiles/mammals/land/florida-panther/

Florida Panther Net
http://www.floridapanthernet.org/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
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.
Process Date: 20140901

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). Process Date: 20140901
Data through 2014 were imported into GIS using MS Excel database. Process Date: 20140901
Received panther telemetry database from Panther Team, containing a cumulative table of spatial coordinates of mortality locations since Feb 1972, as well as associated attributes. Isolated present year data, created XY event of the data using a UTM NAD 83 Zone 17 projection. Projected to Modified Florida Albers using the NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation, appended to existing shapefile using the Data Management Merge tool and updated this metadata record. Process Date: 20170322
Features in spreadsheet 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. Process Date: 20170601
The dataset was downloaded from the FFWCC website http://geodata.myfwc.com/ As Florida_Panther_Mortality in August 2017. When downloaded the data was in shapefile format and the coordinate system was GCS_WGS_1984. The data was projected to GCS_North_American_1983_HARN using the WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_ NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation. -Added DESCRIPT field, populated it based on LOCATION -Added FGDLAQDATE and populated it based on the date GeoPlan received the data -Deleted OBJECTID field -Restructured table -Uppercased all fields Process Date: 20170803
Dataset copied. Process Date: 20180124
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

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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
FFWCC-FWRI
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Tallahassee, Florida
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850-488-0588

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