The damage polygons may not coincide with seagrass data, which were mapped in different years and seasons. Thus, a seagrass bed that was present in one year may not have existed when the scars were mapped.
A note about data scale:
Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are 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. 1:125000 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>
Classification is based on percent cover of scars within a seagrass bed.
The data in the Mosquito Lagoon and Sarasota Bay areas appear partially pixellated. This is because, while scarred area delineations were derived from aerial photos, the seagrass data in those areas was derived from LandSat imagery. For the final report and acreage estimates, the scar delineations were CLIPped to the boundaries of the existing seagrass coverage. The resulting data appear partially pixellated, i.e. a polygon may have a stairstep boundary on one edge, while the opposite edge appears smooth. For more information on the procedures used to create these data, refer to TR-1.
No data were altered during this internal review of data consistency. This information is added to the metadata solely for clarification purposes.
(1) Coverage was reprojected to FGDL albers (2) Set tolerances to FGDL standards (3) Renamed coverage from fl_scars to sgscar (4) Added DESCRIPT item based on DAMTEXT