FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: PAR_CITYLM

Geodataset Name:       PAR_CITYLM
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POLYGON
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains city limits for the State of Florida. The data was delineated from tax code boundaries as defined in county parcel data collected from the State Department of Revenue (DOR) by the GeoPlan Center.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      Source-2003   Automated-2005
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: PAR_CITYLM.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
SHAPE
0 Geometry ---
TAXAUTHCD
4 String ---
NAME
50 String ---
COUNTY
50 String ---
DESCRIPT
50 String ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FID Internal feature number.

SHAPE Feature geometry.

TAXAUTHCD Value associated with the tax code # as defined by the DOR parcel data field 'TAXAUTHCD'.

NAME Name of the City, or Municipality, represented.

COUNTY County in which city is located.

DESCRIPT Based on "NAME".

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

This dataset is derived from county parcel data that was released by the State Departement of Revenue (DOR) in 2003. Within these county parcel datasets is information regarding tax codes in the field 'TAXAUTHCD'. In this field, a value, or id number, is listed that corresponds to a city. Using this field and ArcMap 8.3, the tax code boundaries were mapped and classified according to this tax code id#. These were then traced, and/or digitized, to make a city limit. After the creation of these cities all data was appropiately named and then merged to make one statewide dataset.

A note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale 
datasetsare not suitable for some project, analysis, or
modelling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best
available data.

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that 
are at the county level.

1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base 
mapping such as property parcel boundaries.

1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that 
are at the multi-county or regional level.

1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that 
are at the regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should 
be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with 
your data before using it for projects or analyses. Every 
effort has been made to supply the user with data 
documentation. For additional information, see the 
References sectionand the Data Source Contact section of 
this documentation. For more information regarding scale 
and accuracy, see our web pages at:

http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html
REFERENCES:
Florida Geographic Data Library:
http://www.fgdl.org/

For Department of Revenue info:
http://www.myflorida.com/dor/
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

GeoPlan performed the following steps during the QA/QC Process:

-Dissolved and generalized(with an offset equal to 1) tax codes 
boundaries for the State of Florida from 2003 parcel data using 
the field 'TAXAUTHCD'.

Traced, and/or digitized,  tax codes creating homogenous
polygons representative of municipality boundaries.
Process Date: 20041000

-Broward County- the additions of Weston, Deerfield Bch., Hillsboro Bch., Lighthouse Pnt., Sea Ranch Lakes, Lauderdale By The Sea, sections of Pompano and Parkland from digitizing portions of the "Broward Municipalities" dataset obtained from Broward County GIS. http://gis.broward.org/gisdata/ Duval County- Merged the Jacksonville City limits from existing 'CITYLM' shapefile to updated 'CITYLM'. Flagler County- parts of Palm Coast were amended using a .pdf file from the City of Palm Coast. http://www.ci.palm-coast.fl.us/ Lake County- Umatilla, Mount Dora, Tavares, and Eustis were derived from the Lake County Department of Planning and Development dataset "Municipal Boundaries". http://www.lakegovernment.com/departments/growth_management Martin County- northern half of Jupiter Island was obtained by tracing the "Municipal Boundaries" dataset from Martin county GIS. http://www.martin.fl.us/GOVT/depts/isd/gis/data.html Polk County- Highland Park, Hillcrest Heights, Frostproof, Mulberry, and Bartow were added, or amended to, by using GeoPlans existing the 'CITYLM' dataset, roads dataset, and a .pdf provided by Polk County GIS. http://www.polkpa.org/home.asp?mnu=Home Miami-Dade County- Doral and Palmetto limits added using Miami-Dade GIS ArcIMS data. http://www.miamidade.gov/egov/gis/home.htm Palm Beach County- Briny Breezes added from GeoPlans existing 'CITYLM'. Walton County- Freeport, Paxton, and Northern portion of Defuniak Springs added from GeoPlans existing 'CITYLM'. Collier County- Marco Islands northeast portion amended to by using "CITY" dataset which was obtained from Collier County GIS dept. http://gis.colliergov.net/website/CollierGIS/ Franklin, Washington, Suwanee, Citrus, Highlands, and Sumter were all obtained from GeoPlans existing 'CITYLM' due to the absence of parcel data. Process Date: 20050100
-All data was merged, creating a Statewide city limits dataset. Process Date: 20050300
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):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER
GeoPlan
431 Architecture PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL
32601
352-392-8686

www.geoplan.ufl.edu matt@geoplan.ufl.edu Matthew Purdy
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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