WILDLIFE OCCURENCE SYSTEM DATABASE (WILDOBS) SPECIES LOCATIONS IN FLORIDA 1988 - 2015

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Publication_Date: 20160201

Title:

WILDLIFE OCCURENCE SYSTEM DATABASE (WILDOBS) SPECIES LOCATIONS IN FLORIDA 1988 - 2015

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL

Publisher:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Other_Citation_Details: State of Florida

Online_Linkage: <http://geodata.myfwc.com/>

Description:

Abstract:

This point shapefile consists of the locations of species detected for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Wildlife Occurrence (WildObs) database in Florida. This spatial database contains attributes of wildlife observations that are the most commonly used by biologists. WildObs maintains records of species distributions throughout the state in a database with a standardized format for recording and managing incidental, casual, or short-term systematic observations of wildlife. This database is a repository for data from planned surveys, contracted projects, and casual observations. Designed to be useful to biologists, particularly those with the Nongame Wildlife Program, WildObs maintains species lists and assists biologists in monitoring wildlife populations in protected or managed areas. In particular, the attributes associated with this spatial dataset were selected from the WildObs database as the most commonly used characteristics for biologists. This is an update to the FGDL layer WILDOBS_2014.

Purpose:

Our goal is to provide a standardized format for recording and managing incidental, casual, or short-term systematic observations of wildlife. The system design is intended useful for biologists to maintain species lists or to track wildlife populations in protected or managed areas. Additionally this can be a repository for longer-term studies, or data from other sources, such as literature and contracted research projects.

Supplemental_Information:

Various information on geographic location, species (number, age, sex, etc.), habitat and activities of target species (listed in WildObsManual.doc) were recorded on wildlife observation forms using Microsoft Access 2000. Suggested target species and groups vary with the seasons. The manual, available from the contact, provides details of each table and field of the database structure as well as overview of the contents. WildObs forms and the intranet site are not intended to replace study-specific data forms. The observation forms can also be used for casual observations. Location information can be recorded at several levels of accuracy on the field forms. Space is provided to record numbers of animals observed and to classify them according to age and sex. In addition, you can record 1 or 2 types of habitats occupied and activities observed. Details of the type of survey and type of count or estimation method used may also be recorded. Optionally, information on the type of managed area where the sighting was made can be noted, and provision is made to identify important wildlife use areas. Finally, space is provided for detailed notes on behavior, location, and survey type information. slopes, or edges of floodplains. A database management system (Microsoft Access 2000, dBase IV, and Arc/View compatible) is available if you wish to manage your own data. This database contains forms for searching records and exporting records into GIS systems. Copies of the database structure and programs are available from the Division’s database and downloadable from <http://dm.fwc.state.fl.us/wildobs/>.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19880101

Ending_Date: 20151231

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Theme_Keyword: biota

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Theme_Keyword: wildlife

Theme_Keyword: distribution

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Place

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: statewide

Access_Constraints:

These data are unrestricted. Where possible, always acquire this dataset directly from FWC as other sources may have altered the original data.

Use_Constraints:

Users are encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata record prior to using these data. Please acknowledge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) as the data source for any products developed from these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection techniques, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Contact_Person: GIS Librarian

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 620 S. Meridian St 5B6

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32399

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-488-0588

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-410-5269

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISRequests@MyFWC.com

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC

Security_Classification: Available without restriction

Security_Handling_Description: Available without restriction

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Other_Citation_Details:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute GIS & Mapping Data Downloads <http://geodata.myfwc.com/>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

The WildObs database includes two main related tables, joinable with the "Sitenumber" field. SITES was created to hold location and habitat information. COUNTS was created to hold wildlife observations and count data. Logically consistent. All attributes fall within defined values.

Completeness_Report: Ongoing

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

Location information can be recorded at several levels of accuracy on the field forms. Details of the type of survey and type of count or estimation method used may also be recorded. Optionally, information on the type of managed area where the sighting was made can be noted, and provision is made to identify important wildlife use areas.

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Glenn E. Reynolds

Publication_Date: 20151231

Title: wildobs.mdb

Online_Linkage: <http://myfwc.com/>

Source_Scale_Denominator: Varies

Type_of_Source_Media:

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 19880101

Ending_Date: 20151231

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: FFWCC-FWRI

Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

1) Created queries to compile requested data from the following tables in the Microsoft Access wildobs.mdb file: Counts & Sites (joined on Sitenumber), FieldwoServer (where MergedIntoWildobs = No), and WildobsLite. 2) Queried and copied data from the SQL Server (fwc-tlsq8) Wildobs tables within the HSC database. The Access database holds historical Wildobs data, while the SQL Server database contains more recent records from an internal website.

Process_Date: 20160201

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The dataset was downloaded from the FFWCC website <http://geodata.myfwc.com/> in September 2016. When downloaded the data was in shapefile format and the coordinate system was GCS_WGS_1984. The data was projected to GCS_North_American_1983_HARN using the WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation.
-Added DESCRIPT field, populated it based on COMNAME -Added FGDLAQDATE and populated it based on the date GeoPlan received the data -Recalculated LAT and LON -Restructured table -Uppercased all fields -Renamed data from Wildlife_Observations to wildobs_2015
Please Note: Previous TRGIS data layers (prior to 2014) were misidentified in the metadata as being in Albers HARN. FFWCC-FWRI said all TRGIS data is PCS Albers (Not HARN). The data now has a HARN transformation and so all of the data is shifted (<1m) from previous FGDL versions.
Fields changed between updates.
Fields missing from latest update: COLLECTED, GFC, COUNTTYPE, OBSERVER, AFFILIATIO, KEYER

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan

Process_Date: 20161109

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 43540

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.000000

Standard_Parallel: 31.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000

False_Easting: 400000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D_North_American_1983_HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: WILDOBS_2015

Entity_Type_Definition: WILDOBS_2015.DBF

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: FFWCC-FWRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Esri

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITENUMBER

Attribute_Definition:

The field contains a unique 11-digit code consisting of the following: the first 4 letters of the county in which it is found, a 3-digit site-type code, and a 3-digit sequential number for the given sitetype within the county.

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Free Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITENAME

Attribute_Definition:

Name for the site. Note that these names are not necessarily unique.

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Free Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LAT

Attribute_Definition: Latitude, in decimal degrees

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: 0

Range_Domain_Maximum: 90

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1E-06

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LON

Attribute_Definition: Longitude, in decimal degrees

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Range_Domain:

Range_Domain_Minimum: -180

Range_Domain_Maximum: 0

Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Decimal Degrees

Attribute_Measurement_Resolution: 1E-06

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HABITAT_DE

Attribute_Definition: A brief description of the habitat type during the observation.

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Free Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TSN

Attribute_Definition: Species taxonomic serial number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Integrated Taxonomic Information System

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Free Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SCINAME

Attribute_Definition: Species scientific name

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Free Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OLDCOMNAME

Attribute_Definition:

The previously accepted common name for the species as provided in the Species Ranking database

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Free Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMNAME

Attribute_Definition:

The accepted common name for the species as provided in the Species Ranking database.

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Free Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACTIVITY_D

Attribute_Definition: Brief description of activity type observed.

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Free Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SITETYPE_D

Attribute_Definition: Brief description of type of site (e.g., wading bird rookery).

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Free Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NESTS

Attribute_Definition: Observed number of nests.

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Free Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TOTAL_COUN

Attribute_Definition:

Sum of all possible discrete count fields (i.e., all possible combinations of male/female/unknown + adult, young, unknown)

Attribute_Definition_Source: FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Free Text

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: FGDL added field based on COMNAME

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE

Attribute_Definition: The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: AUTOID

Attribute_Definition: Unique ID added by GeoPlan

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Overview_Description:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)

Contact_Person:

Contact_Position:

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706

City: Gainesville

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32611-5706

Country: United States

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone:

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone:

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Web site: <http://www.fgdl.org>

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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:

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Hours_of_Service:

Contact_Instructions:

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Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Format_Name: SHP

Transfer_Size: 1.163

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Online_Option:

Computer_Contact_Information:

Network_Address:

Network_Resource_Name: <http://myfwc.com/research>

Fees:

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Ordering_Instructions:

Contact GIS Librarian by e-mail, telephone, or letter explaining which products are needed and providing a brief description of how the products will be used. Also, provide name and address of the person or organization requesting the products.

Turnaround:

Usually within 10 business days, although, complex requests may take longer

Custom_Order_Process: Contact GIS Librarian

Technical_Prerequisites:

This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20161230

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Contact_Person: GIS Librarian

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 620 S. Meridian St 5B6

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 32399

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-488-0588

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 850-410-5269

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISRequests@MyFWC.com

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: No restrictions on metadata

Metadata_Use_Constraints: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.

Metadata_Security_Information:

Metadata_Security_Classification_System: FWRI-MC

Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile