FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2006

TITLE: SPATIAL EXTENT OF THE SUBMERGED LANDS ACT 2006

Geodataset Name:       SLA_SEP06
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         3
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. 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.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Services Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     100000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20060901
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: SLA_SEP06.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
GEOREG
30 String
LEVEL_
10 String
STATE
2 String
REG_TYPE
20 String
REG_CODE
100 String
AGENCY
20 String
GOMA_ISSUE
20 String
ISSUE
20 String
SUMMARY
100 String
DESCRIPT
30 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
SHAPE
4 Geometry
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

GEOREG Name of the legislation.

LEVEL_ Indicates either state or federal legislation.

STATE State the legislation is enacted.

REG_TYPE Type of legislation enacted.

REG_CODE Official citation of the legislation.

AGENCY State-level agency responsible for implementing the legislation.

GOMA_ISSUE Gulf of Mexico priority most closely aligned with the legislation.

ISSUE General coastal zone management issue most closely aligned with the legislation.

SUMMARY Brief description of the legislation.

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on GEOREG

FGDLAQDATE Date FGDL obtained data from source

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters.

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


USER NOTES:
This data is provided "as is". GeoPlan relied on the integrity of 
the original data layer's topology.
All attributes are fully populated
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
The NOAA Coastal Services Center's Legislative Atlas is a Web-based 
mapping and information portal that focuses on spatially referenced legal, 
political, and jurisdictional frameworks.  By displaying the legislative 
framework with spatial data, ROIS helps resource managers and policy 
makers understand environmental and jurisdictional complexities, 
coordinate planning of shared resources, and take an ecosystem approach 
to environmental issues that transcend local and state regulatory boundaries.

The Florida Submerged Lands Act represents the spatial area where the 
regulation applies in Florida.  The regulation gives Florida authority to 
provide state-level implementation of the Federal Submerged Lands Act.  
This data layer was created from the Florida state submerged lands data 
layer.  These data are regional in scale and are intended for regional 
coastal and ocean planning purposes in comparison with other federal 
and state regulations.  THE DATA INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION 
ARE BASED ON INTERPRETATION OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION 
AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING.  The 
Regional Ocean Information System (ROIS) Web site provides resource 
managers with accurate, easy-to-access data in a central geographic 
information system (GIS).

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING,
MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

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

REFERENCES:
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration:
http://www.noaa.gov/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The geographic coverage for the Florida Submerged Lands Act 
was developed from NOAA CSC's Submerged Lands Act layer 
(1:100,000) from 2006.  The Florida state waters were extracted 
from the CSC Submerged Lands Act layer.  Field attributes were 
calculated from the Geo-regulations Final Inventory & Characterization, 
January 2006.
Process Date: 20060901

Shapefile was converted from Multipart to Singlepart. GeoPlan, during the QA/QC process included the following aspects: 1.) Projected data to FGDL Albers HPGN 2.) DESCRIPT item added based on GEOREG 3.) FGDLAQDATE item added to attribute table 4.) Upcased all records in attribute table Process Date: 20070208
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:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coastal Services Center
NOAA, CSC
2234 South Hobson Avenue
Charleston, South Carolina
29405
(843)740-1200

http://www.csc.noaa.gov/legislativeatlas/data.htm csc@csc.noaa.gov Geo-regulations Project Manager

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

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