FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2004

TITLE: FLORIDA WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS

Geodataset Name:      WLDMGT
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains federal, state, local, and privately owned 
wildlife management areas located in the State of Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S):                   FLORIDA MARINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE (FMRI)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    1:250,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     1994
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: WLDMGT.DBF

ITEM NAME       WIDTH     TYPE      PRECISION
SHAPE              8      SHAPEPOLY     0
AREA              19      DECIMAL       8
PERIMETER         19      DECIMAL       8
NAME              60      CHARACTER     0
ALTNAME           60      CHARACTER     0
TYPE               8      CHARACTER     0
OWNER              3      CHARACTER     0
STATUS             1      CHARACTER     0
SOURCE             3      CHARACTER     0
NOTES             75      CHARACTER     0
SQ_MILES          19      DECIMAL       8
ACRES             19      DECIMAL       8
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.  

AREA                     Area of polygon (in square meters)
PERIMETER                Length of polygon perimeter (in meters)

NAME                     Name of WMA
 
ALTNAME                  Alternate name of WMA (if applicable)

TYPE                     Remnants of conservational lands coverage
OWNER                    Owner of wma
                         	S	STATE OWNERSHIP
                         	WMD	WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT OWNERSHIP
                         	P	PRIVATE OWNERSHIP
STATUS                   Status at time of Digital Creation
                         	E	EXISTING
                         	P	PROPOSED
SOURCE                   Source of digital boundary
                         	1	WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
                         	5	CARL AND PUBLIC LANDS 
                         		 (FLORIDA NATURAL AREAS INVENTORY)
                         	6	DIGITIZED BY GEOPLAN

NOTES                    Any special comments about individual boundary
SQ_MILES                 Square miles calculated in ArcINFO
ACRES                    Acres of area
DESCRIPT                 FGDL added item based on NAME 

USER NOTES:

This coverage is a reselection from CONSLANDS Statewide coverage. The conservation 
lands database was initially compiled land standardized from the existing digital 
GIS databases maintained by each Water Management District. The compiled database 
was subsequently enhanced at the Geoplan Center by the addition/standardization of 
attribute data (such as name, type, status, etc.). The Geoplan Center also 
corrected all boundary and location inaccuracies identified by reviewers. In 
addition, every effort was made to incorporate boundary changes precipitated by 
acquisitions and proposals which occurred as late as November 1994. The reselect 
occurred in 1997 at FMRI.

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
-DESCRIPT item was added based on Name
-Updated Area and Perimeter 
-Dropped old internal coverage items: FLWMA_ FLWMA_ID OBEJECTID
-Dropped redundant items: SHAPE_AREA SHAPE_LEN

REFERENCES:

Florida Marine Research Institute

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

In 2002, the GeoPlan Center obtained this data in shapefile format from 
FWC FMRI Marine Resources GIS Corporate Data CD. When received, the data 
was in the following projection: Albers Equal Area Conic, Datum: NAD 1983 
Units: Meters.The Descript was added to the attribute table based on 
existing Name item, lowercase characters within the attribute table were 
upcased, and the following items were updated: Area_Meters and Perimeter_Meters. 

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: 		 Florida Marine Research Institute                  	 
Abbr.name: 	 FMRI	
Address: 	 100 8th Ave SE St. Petersburg,FL 33701                          
Phone: 	        (727) 896-8626 x3090 		
Fax: 	        (727) 893-1679                   		
Web site: 	 www.floridamarine.org	                 
Contact Person: GIS Data Librarian   	
         Phone: (727) 896-8626 x3090  	
         Email: gislibrarian@fwc.state.fl.us      

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:
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      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