FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: TERRITORIAL SEA BOUNDARY FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA - 1998

Geodataset Name:      TERSEA
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   LINE

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains the Territorial Sea Boundary for the State of 
Florida. This shapefile is a cartographic representation of the 
U.S. Territorial Sea (12 nautical mile boundary) as designated by 
Presidential Proclamation No 5928. 3 C.F.R. º 547 (1989).  
DATA SOURCE(S): NOAA Coastal Services Center, Ocean Planning and Governance 
                Geographic Information System (Ocean GIS)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     1998 
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida 
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: TERSEA.DBF

ITEM NAME          WIDTH      TYPE        PRECISION  

SHAPE                 9       SHAPELINE       0
BOUNDARU             60       CHARACTER       - 
PL_LINK              10       CHARACTER       - 
PL_CITE              80       CHARACTER       -
DESCRIPT             60       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.  

PL_LINK          CSC internal html link for mapping application 

PL_CITE          Public Law authority

DESCRIPT         FGDL added item based on Boundary 
BOUNDARY         Boundary Name 

USER NOTES:

The Ocean Planning and Governance Geographic Information System (Ocean GIS) is a 
prototype online regional marine GIS covering the vast ocean area bounded by the 
Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, the exclusive economic zone, and various maritime 
boundaries. The Ocean GIS was developed to provide coastal and ocean resource 
managers in the Southeast access to regional digital geographic mapping information 
and technologies to facilitate coordinated decision making within and across the 
multi- layered U.S. ocean management framework. Special emphasis is placed on the 
federal ocean and coastal management and governance framework, and efforts are 
ongoing to develop similar data sets for state and local level policy frameworks. 

The Southeast Ocean GIS is an ongoing project that has and continues to rely on the 
vision, dedication, helpfulness, and energy of individuals from partner agencies 
and numerous other organizations. The Ocean GIS partnership includes: North 
Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Division of Coastal 
Management, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control,
Florida Coastal Management Program, Georgia Department of Natural Resources - 
Coastal Resources Division, NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, 
U.S. Department of Interior - Minerals Management Service, Florida Marine Research 
Institute, and NOAA Coastal Services Center. 

The Ocean GIS provides marine resource managers with timely and equitable access to 
downloadable data, cutting-edge online mapping functionality, and guidance on how 
to use GIS in a meaningful way with respect to ocean management. THE DATA INCLUDED 
IN THIS APPLICATION ARE BASED ON INTERPRETATION OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND SHOULD 
NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING.
 
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

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 BOUNDARY

REFERENCES:

Presidential Proclamation No 5928. 3 C.F.R. º 547 (1989)

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

This dataset was downloaded in ArcInfo interchange file format from the 
NOAA OPIS website at: http://www.csc.noaa.gov/.  When received, the data 
was in Geographic projection, Datum: NAD83, Spheroid: GRS1980, Units: Decimal 
degrees. The dataset was imported as a coverage, converted to a shapefile, 
reprojected to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below), and 
then clipped to the State of Florida. Lowercase characters within the attribute 
table were upcased and the DESCRIPT item was added based on BOUNDARY.  

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: CSC NOAA		
Address:   2234 South Hobson Avenue Charleston, SC 29405 				
Phone:     843-740-1210 			
Fax:       (843)740-1224 			
Web site:  http://www.csc.noaa.gov/ 	 		           
Email:     clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov                 

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