FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: TIDE STATIONS

Geodataset Name: 	TIDEST
Geodataset Type: 	SHAPE
Geodataset Feature: 	POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains the locations of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) tide stations.

DATA SOURCE(S):  			National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA)

SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    	N/A

DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 		01/26/99

GEODATASET EXTENT:  			State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name:   TIDEST.DBF

ITEM NAME         WIDTH     TYPE     PRECISION  

SHAPE		    6	  SHAPEPOINT     -
STATION             9     CHARACTER      -                        
STATION_NA         43     CHARACTER      -                        
LATITUDE           12     CHARACTER      -                        
LONGITUDE          12     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.

STATION       NOAA/NOS Station ID number

STATION_NA    NOAA/NOS Station Name

LATITUDE      Latitude

LONGITUDE     Longitude

USER NOTES:

The original coverage contained data for the SE United States region and was clipped to those areas in and around Florida to conform to FGDL standards. The dataset was retrieved from the following website: http://www3.csc.noaa.gov Users must assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use of these data. NOT INTENDED FOR LEGAL PURPOSES. 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. The purpose of these data is to provide a cartographic representation of USACE's jurisdictional boundaries for the Southeast U.S. for use in the Ocean GIS project.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected into FGDL Albers
-Tolerance set to FGDL standards
-Renmed from TIDESTA to TIDEST

REFERENCES:

http://www3.csc.noaa.gov

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 SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name: 		  National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
                  Coastal Services Center	 
Abbr.name: 	  NOAA (CSC)	
Address: 	  2234 South Hobson Ave.
                  Charelston, SC. 29405						
Phone: 		  (800)789-2234	
Fax: 		  (843)740-1224	
Web site: 	  www3.csc.noaa.gov
Hours of Service: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time 		                 
Email:            metadata@csc.noaa.gov
Contact Person:   Clearinghouse Manager	
         Phone:   (800)789-2234	
         Email:   clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov     

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:			Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:		FGDL
Address:		Florida Geographic Data Library
                        431 Architecture Building
                        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