FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA WOOD STORK NESTING COLONIES

Geodataset Name:       WOODSTORK_NESTS
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         104
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains Florida Wood Stork nesting colony locations.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20100505 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20090813 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: WOODSTORK_NESTS.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
State
254 String
County
254 String
Name
254 String
Latitude
8 Double
Longitude
8 Double
DESCRIPT
35 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

State State

County County

Name Name of woodstork nesting colony

Latitude Latitude

Longitude Longitude

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on NAME field

FGDLAQDATE Date GeoPlan acquired data from source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan


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.

This data set was developed for use by U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service staff to 
construct a graphic representation of wood stork nesting colony locations in the 
State of Florida active from 1997 - 2006 as described by various surveys.

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

This data set was constructed for use by the U.S. Fish and  Wildlife Service.  The 
U.S. Fish and  Wildlife Service shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use 
of  the data described and/or contained herein. These data are not legal  
documents and are not intended to be used as such. The information  contained 
in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are  not better than 
the original sources from which they were derived. It is the responsibility of the 
data user to use the data  appropriately and consistently within the limitations of 
data in general  and these data in particular.

The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data
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A note about data scale: 

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.
1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.
1:125000 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 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:


DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
GeoPlan Center acquired data from Linda_White@fws.gov on 5/5/2010 via 
email. When received the data was in shapefile format and in Decimal Degrees 
projection. The data was projected to Albers HPGN. The following qaqc 
procedures were performed:

-Upcased all records
-Added DESCRIPT field based on NAME
-ADDED FGDLAQDATE based on date GeoPlan acquired data from source
Process Date: 20100430

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:
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
USFWS
7915 Baymeadows Way, Suite 200
Jacksonville, Florida
32256-7517
904.731.3182

http://www.fws.gov/northflorida/WoodStorks/wood-storks.htm Linda White

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Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
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                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
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