FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA SCENIC HIGHWAYS

Geodataset Name:       SCENIC_HWYS
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    LINE
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains existing and proposed roadways designated as scenic highways by the Florida Department of Transportation.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Transportation
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     1:24,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      2004
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: SCENIC_HWYS.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
FID
4 OID
Shape
0 Geometry
ROADWAY
8 String
LOCALNAME
20 String
USROUTE
8 String
STROUTE
8 String
CLASS
16 String
LOCRD_LAB
20 String
SCENIC_HWY
50 String
STATUS
10 String
DESCRIPT
50 String
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date
UPDATE_DAY
8 Date
AUTOID
4 Number

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

ROADWAY RCI Unique Identifier

LOCALNAME Local name of road or highway

USROUTE US Highway Number/Interstate Number

STROUTE State or County Road Number

CLASS FGDL added item based on Road Type: Interstate, US Road, State Road, County Road, Local Road, Roadway Feature

LOCRD_LAB FGDL added item based on LOCALNAME, item was added for labeling purposes

SCENIC_HWY Name of the Scenic Highway

STATUS Designates whether Highway is an "Existing" Scenic Highway or is a "Proposed" addition to the current Scenic Highways

DESCRIPT Based on SCENIC_HWY

FGDLAQDATE The Date FGDL Acquired the FDOT Scenic Highways descriptions from the Source.

UPDATE_DAY The last time the base road dataset - Major Roads was updated.

AUTOID Geoplan internal feature number

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

A note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale 
datasetsare not suitable for some project, analysis, or
modeling 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 Department of Transportation Scenic Highways:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/scenichighway/

Designated Highways:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/scenichighway/designated.htm

Candidate Highways:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/scenichighway/candidates.htm

Program Manual:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/scenichighway/manual/default.htm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The FGDL data layer MAJRDS (Major Roads - Statewide) was used as the base map 
for the scenic highways shapefile. Data was received in shapefile format by the 
GeoPlan Center from URS Corporation in 2001. 

The dataset's prior history from URS is as follows:
The FDOT RCI database is updated monthly. This version of the database was 
downloaded from the FDOT ftp site (ftp://ftp.dot.state.fl.us) in October, 2001.

- Existing scenic highways were selected out based on FDOT descriptions found at:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/scenichighway/designated.htm

- Proposed scenic highways were then selected out based on FDOT descriptions at:
http://www.dot.state.fl.us/publicinformationoffice/scenichighway/candidates.htm

- SCENIC_HWY and STATUS fields were added to the attribute tables and the existing
and proposed highways were merged using the arcmap geoprocessing wizard.

- Added DESCRIPT item based on SCENIC_HWY.
Process Date: 2004

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:
Florida Department of Transportation
FDOT
FDOT
Tallahassee, Florida
32399-0450
(866) 374-3368

http://www.dot.state.fl.us/ fdot.pio@dot.state.fl.us

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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