FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: HIGHWAY PUBLIC REST AREAS

Geodataset Name:      RESTAR
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains the locations of Highway Public Rest Areas in the State of Florida. 
DATA SOURCE(S):                   Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    UNKNOWN
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     2000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: RESTAR.DBF

ITEM NAME	WIDTH	   TYPE         PRECISION
SHAPE           6       SHAPEPOINT       0               
INTERNO         6       CHARACTER        -                        
DESCRIPT       50       CHARACTER        -          

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

ITEM NAME     ITEM DESCRIPTION
SHAPE         Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
	      which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.
	                    
INTERNO       Interstate Number
                            
DESCRIPT      Direction and Interstate Number 

USER NOTES:

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.  

1:125000 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 analysis.  
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 webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html.  
These data are based on interpretation of available information and should 
not be construed as legally binding.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below)
-Upcased all character records
-Replaced DESCRIP item with DESCRIPT
-Dropped old internal coverage items: Restar_, Restar_id

REFERENCES:


 

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

In 2002, the GeoPlan Center obtained this data in shapefile format from the 
FDEM CDROM 2000. When received, the data was in Geographic projection, Datum: NAD27.
The data was reprojected to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below),
the DESCRIPT item was added based on the existing item DESCRIP, and lowercase 
characters within the attribute table were upcased.  The following old internal 
coverage items were dropped from the attribute table: Restar_, Restar_id. 

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 Division of Emergency Management         
Abbr.name:      FDEM    
Address:        Division of Emergency Management
                2555 Shumard Oak Boulevard
                Tallahassee, Florida 32399-2100                
Phone:          (850)413-9900                     
Web site:       http://www.dca.state.fl.us/fdem/
Contact Person: LARRY KUNG (FDEM)       
         Phone: (850)922-1812   
         Email: Larry.Kung@dca.state.fl.us         

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
Contact FGDL:
      Technical Support:                http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html
      FGDL Frequently Asked Questions:  http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html
      FGDL Mailing Lists:               http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html
      For FGDL Software:                http://www.fgdl.org/software.html