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
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: 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