FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: PHYSIOGRAPHIC PROVINCES

Geodataset Name:      PHPROV
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains the physiographic provinces of Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S):                   Florida Department of Environmental Protection
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    1:2,000,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     10/23/00
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: PHPROV.DBF

ITEM NAME     WIDTH   TYPE   PRECISION

SHAPE          8    SHAPEPOLY    0
AREA          19    DECIMAL      9
PERIMETER     19    DECIMAL      9
NAME          40    CHARACTER    0
TYPE          30    CHARACTER    0
DESCRIPT      40    CHARACTER    0

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

ITEM          ITEM DESCRIPTION
SHAPE         Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
              which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.

AREA	      Area of polygon in square meters

PERIMETER     Perimeter of polygon in meters

NAME          A 40 character alphanumeric code identifying the Physiographic
              Province.

TYPE          A 30 character alphanumeric code identifying general physiographic
              types to assist in creating an ArcView legend.
DESCRIPT      FGDL added item based on NAME

USER NOTES:

This data set was orginally created from a .dxf format drawing. It was created
by digitizing illustrations in Florida Geological Bulletin No. 51 "The Survey
Special Publication 5, "Summary of the Geology of Florida" Puri and Vernon,
1964.  Attribute information was taken from these same publications.
A note concerning data scale:
Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are 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 section
and 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

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-DESCRIPT item added based on Name
-Upcased all character records
-Updated AREA and PERIMETER

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

In 2002, the GeoPlan Center downloaded this data in shapefile format
from the Florida DEP website at: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis.
When received, the data was in Albers projection (See "Map Projection
Parameters" below).

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

  Projection                           ALBERS
  Units                                METERS
  Datum                                HPGN
  Spheroid                             GRS1980
  1st standard parallel                24   0  0.000
  2nd standard parallel                31  30  0.000
  Central meridian                    -84   0  0.000
  Latitude of projection's origin      24   0  0.000
  False easting (meters)               400000.00000
  False northing (meters)              0.00000

DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name:           Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Abbr.name:      FDEP
Contact Person: GIS Section/GIS Help Desk
         Phone: 850/921-9745
      Web site: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                    Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:              FGDL
Address:                 Florida Geographic Data Library
                         431 Architecture
                         PO Box 115706
                         Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:                http://www.fgdl.org
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