FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: SPATIAL EXTENT OF THE SUBMERGED LANDS ACT

Geodataset Name:      SLA
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains the geographic extent of Submerged Lands Act 
as it applies to the coastal regions of the State of Florida. It is 
based on interpretations of references in the U.S. Code, U.S. Code 
of Federal Regulations, and various other legal documents. This dataset 
essentially represents state owned waters. 

DATA SOURCE(S):                   NOAA Coastal Services Center 
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    Variable
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     1998
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name:  SLA.DBF

ITEM NAME     WIDTH   TYPE       PRECISION

SHAPE           8     SHAPEPOLY      0
AREA           19     DECIMAL        5
PERIMETER      19     DECIMAL        5
STATE           8     CHARACTER      -
Pl_LINK        10     CHARACTER      -
Pl_CITE        25     CHARACTER      -
USC_CITE       25     CHARACTER      -
DESCRIPT       50     CHARACTER      -


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

PERIMETER       Perimeter of polygon

STATE           Headquarter location

Pl_LINKCSC      Internal HTML link for mapping application

Pl_CITE         Public Law Authority

USC_CITE        Codified Public Law

DESCRIPT        FGDL added item based on Pl_CITE

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.
1:250000 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
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
-Clipped to the State of Florida
-DESCRIPT item was added based on the item Pl_CITE
-Dropped old internal coverage items: SLA_#, SLA_ID 

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

This data was created by the NOAA Coastal Services Center and published 
in 1998. In order to represent the geographic extent of Submerged Lands Act, 
the federal/state boundary from Minerals Management Service was buffered 
(3 nautical miles in Atlantic, 9 nautical miles in the Gulf of Mexico) to 
create a landward boundary representing the shoreline. This buffered area 
was built for polygon topology and attributes were added.
In 2002, the GeoPlan Center downloaded this data in shapefile format from 
Ocean Planning and Governance Geographic Information System (Ocean GIS) website: 
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/opis/html/data.htm. When received, the data was in the 
following projection: Geographic, Datum: NAD83, Spheroid: GRS1980, Units: Decimal 
degrees. The data was clipped from the OPIS Southeastern extent to the State of 
Florida and reprojected to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below). 
The DESCRIPT item was added based on PL_CITE, lowercase characters within the 
attribute table were upcased, and the following old internal coverage items 
were dropped: SLA_#, SLA_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: 	                NOAA Coastal Services Center 		 
Abbr.name: 		NOAA
Address:                2234 South Hobson Ave 
                        Charleston, South Carolina 29405 						
Phone: 	                (843)740-1210 		
Fax: 	                (843) 740-1210
Email:                  clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov 
Contact Person:         Clearinghouse Manager 	
         Phone:         (843)740-1210	
         Email:         (843)740-1224                

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