FLORIDA PANTHER MORTALITY LOCATIONS 1972 - 2017

Metadata:


Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Publication_Date: 20170322
Title:
FLORIDA PANTHER MORTALITY LOCATIONS 1972 - 2017
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://geodata.myfwc.com/
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 2017.  This is an update to the 
layer panther_mortality_2015.
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: 20170322
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: panther
Theme_Keyword: mortality
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: biota
Theme_Keyword: transportation
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRIplace
Place_Keyword: Statewide
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:
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.
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: Florida
Postal_Code: 32399
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: 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/
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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: online
Source_Citation_Abbreviation:
FFWCC-FWRI
Source_Contribution:
Spatial and Attribute Information
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.
Process_Date: 20140901
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).
Process_Date: 20140901
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Data through 2014 were imported into GIS using MS Excel database.
Process_Date: 20140901
Process_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
Address:
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
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:
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.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
FWC
Process_Date: 20170322
Process_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: 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 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
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
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
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
GeoPlan
Process_Date: 20170803
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Dataset copied.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Server=wopr.fla-etat.org; Service=5151; User=etat; Version=SDE.DEFAULT
Process_Date: 20180124
Process_Time: 12223100
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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: 457
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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
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Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: PANTHER_MORTALITY_2017
Entity_Type_Definition:
PANTHER_MORTALITY_2017.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_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Integer
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SEX
Attribute_Definition:
Gender of panther killed. M = male, F = female, U = unknown
Attribute_Definition_Source:
FWC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Free text
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AGE
Attribute_Definition:
Estimated and known ages at death
Attribute_Definition_Source:
FWC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Free text
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LOCATION
Attribute_Definition:
Narrative indicating location details
Attribute_Definition_Source:
FWC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Free text
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: CAUSE
Attribute_Definition:
Determined cause of death
Attribute_Definition_Source:
FWC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Free text
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DATE_
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: YEAR
Attribute_Definition:
Year of incident
Attribute_Definition_Source:
FWC
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Integer
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LAST_EDITE
Attribute_Definition:
Undefined by Source
Attribute_Definition_Source:
FWC
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
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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
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20180124
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: Florida
Postal_Code: 32399
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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