FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA STATE PARKS - JANUARY 2011

Geodataset Name:       STPARK_JAN11
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         169
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains Florida State Park geographic boundaries and associated information. The Florida Park Service is one of the largest in the country with 160 parks spanning 700,000 acres and 100 miles of sandy white beach. This layer is an update to the FGDL layer STPARK_JAN09.shp.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Various
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20110126 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 199609 End Date: 20110126 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: STPARK_JAN11.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
UNIT_ID
7 String
SITE_NAME
80 String
DISTRICT
4 Integer
COUNTY
24 String
PUBLIC_ACC
32 String
DIVISION_I
20 String
OWNER
25 String
FIRST_ACQ
10 String
CLASSIFY
25 String
ACREAGE
8 Double
DESCRIPT
80 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

UNIT_ID unique Park identifier

SITE_NAME Name of park.

DISTRICT DEP destrict in which park resides.

COUNTY County in which park resides.

PUBLIC_ACC Public accessibility and fee requirements.

DIVISION_I Agreement type under which park is maintained by DEP.

OWNER Owner of park land.

FIRST_ACQ Date when park was first acquired by DEP.

CLASSIFY Type of park.

ACREAGE Total acreage contained in park.

DESCRIPT Description field based on SITE_NAME.

FGDLAQDATE Date data was acquired by GeoPlan.

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
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
The most accurate source of the following was always used: BTIITF
Leases, deeds, surveys, plats and 1:24,000 quads.

The Florida State Parks dataset was produced to provide spatial
attribute data of the Florida State Park system.

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

NONE

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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.
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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:
FDEP:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/

Florida Park Service:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/parks/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
AutoCAD 2007 was used with bearing and distance calls or northing and easting 
points where available.  After a thorough research was completed to assure that 
the most accurate source was used, legal descriptions and property deeds were 
interpreted and metes and bounds entered into an AutoCAD DWG file. The 
AutoCAD cogo file was created using a projected USGS DLG quad file in Florida 
State Plane NAD83. Once the cogo file was completed, cleaned and edited, 
using ArcGIS 9.2 it was imported into the individual parks' File Geodatabase. Then 
the correct parcel attribution data is added to the File Geodatabase.  
Subsequently, a shapefile, in the Fl DEP Albers coordinate system, was created 
from the File Geodatabase.  Lastly, the new statewide shapefile called FSP.shp is 
created bi-annually using  ArcGIS 9.2 to merge together all the individual park 
boundary shapefiles.
Process Date: Unknown

GeoPlan acquired this data via email from Alan Elebash on January 27th, 2011. The data was received in shapefile format and was in the following projection: Florida DEP Albers HARN. Alan Elebash GIS Analyst Office of Park Planning Division of Recreation and Parks Alan.Elebash@dep.state.fl.us 850 245-3051 -DESCRIPT field was added based on SITE_NAME. -FGDLAQDATE field was added. -Upcased all fields. -Layer name changed from FSP.shp to STPARK_JAN11.shp Process Date: 20110127
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20110214
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 Environmental Protection, Parks Planning
FDEP
3900 Commonwealth Blvd
Tallahassee, FL
32399
(850) 245-3059

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/mainpage/programs/parks.htm Brady.Harrison@dep.state.fl.us Brady Harrison

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