FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA WOOD STORK NESTING COLONIES - 2017

Geodataset Name:       WOODSTORK_NESTS_2017
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         101
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains wood stork nesting colonies active in Florida from 2008 to 2017. This dataset includes activity and counts. This is an update to the woodstork_nests_2014 layer.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20180425 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20180425 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: WOODSTORK_NESTS_2017.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
COUNTY
15 String
FORAGBUF
10 String
ATLASNUM
8 Double
NAME
35 String
LATY
8 Double
LONGX
8 Double
LASTACTIVE
8 Double
CNT2017
10 String
CNT2016
10 String
CNT2015
10 String
CNT2014
10 String
CNT2013
10 String
CNT2012
15 String
CNT2011
10 String
CNT2010
10 String
CNT2009
10 String
CNT2008
10 String
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

COUNTY County

FORAGBUF Undefined by source

ATLASNUM Undefined by source

NAME Name of wood stork nesting colony

LATY Latitude

LONGX Longitude

LASTACTIVE Undefined by source

CNT2017 Undefined by source

CNT2016 Undefined by source

CNT2015 Undefined by source

CNT2014 Undefined by source

CNT2013 Undefined by source

CNT2012 Undefined by source

CNT2011 Undefined by source

CNT2010 Undefined by source

CNT2009 Undefined by source

CNT2008 Undefined by source

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 dataset was developed for use by US Fish and Wildlife Service staff to
construct a graphic representation of wood stork nesting colony locations in
the State of Florida active from 2008 to 2017 as recorded in 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

The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) shall not be held liable
for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.
While the Service makes every reasonable effort to ensure the accuracy and
completeness of data provided for distribution, it may not have the necessary
accuracy or completeness required for every possible intended use. The Service
gives no warranty, expressed or implied, as to the accuracy, reliability, or
completeness of the data. It is the responsibility of the data user to use the
data in a manner consistent with the limitations of geospatial data in general and
these data in particular. Although these data have been processed successfully
on a computer system at the Service, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made
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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:
The GeoPlan Center took the following steps during the QA/QC process:
- Downloaded the dataset from USFWS on 6/18/2018 using this link:
  https://www.fws.gov/northflorida/WoodStorks/wood-storks.htm
  (original dataset in shapefile format and in the GCS North American
  1983  geographic coordinate system).
- Dataset projected into the FGDL Albers HPGN projection using
  NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida.
- NOTE: when projecting, spatial changes were seen in point locations
  ranging from about 0.01 meters to 0.5 meters.
- DESCRIPT field added based on the NAME field. Any records with no
  data in the NAME field had their DESCRIPT field calculated as
  'NO DESCRIPT AVAILABLE'.
- FGDLAQDATE field added based on the date the dataset was downloaded
  from source.
- The longest record for each field was found and field character lengths
  were shortened to the appropriate shortest length possible.
- Uppercased fields and appropriate records in the dataset.
- Layer name changed from WOST_ColoniesActive_2008_2017_FL.shp
  to woodstork_nests_2017.shp.
Process Date: 20180618

Dataset copied. Process Date: 20180712
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 - North Florida Ecological Services Office
USFWS
7915 Baymeadows Way, Suite 200
Jacksonville, FL
32256-7517
904-731-3336

https://www.fws.gov/northflorida/WoodStorks/wood-storks.htm jane_cooke@fws.gov Jane Cooke

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