FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: FLORIDA AQUATIC PRESERVE BOUNDARIES

Geodataset Name:       AQUAP
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:




This dataset contains the boundaries for outstanding Florida waters 
that are designated as aquatic preserves. This data layer is an update
of AQUAP that was released with FGDL Version 2003.

DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Marine Research Institute
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     1:24,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      Source - 1992  Automated - 2003
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: AQUAP.DBF

ITEM NAME	WIDTH	TYPE	N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID	4	OID	---
SHAPE	0	Geometry	---
LANDTYPE	5	String	---
DESCRIPT	50	String	---
NAME	50	String	---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description

FID Internal feature number.

SHAPE Feature geometry.

LANDTYPE Description of polygon in preserver boundaries

WATER = Area of polygon is water
LAND = Area of polygon is land

DESCRIPT Name of aquatic preserve

NAME Name of the Aquatic Preserve

USER NOTES:

Attribute accuracy is relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the originl data layer

This GIS data set represents aquatic preserves (AP) in the State of Florida, originally created by Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI) from legal descriptions using 1:24000 scale shoreline, now maintained by Florida Department ofEnvironmental Protection (FDEP) Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas (CAMA). Aquatic preserves are ecologically significant submerged lands maintained in relatively pristine condition. Divisions within the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) have felt the need to develop digital coverages for the state-owned or managed properties they oversee and are in the process of reducing the legal descriptions on deeds into a digital form by interpreting and transferring the legal description to a quad sheet or using one or another of the COordinate GeOmetry (COGO) systems. These lands include the Aquatic Preserves and the State Park boundaries. Where possible, to minimize duplication of effort, the Department acquired the boundaries already created for the Aquatic Preserves. Aquatic Preserve (AP) information is available in two different versions. This version contains AP information maintained by Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas (CAMA). Aquatic Preserve information is also available in the Outstanding Florida Waters layer. Currently, all aquatic preserves are also Outstanding Florida Waters (OFWs). This was not the case in the past and may change again in the future. It's important to note that there are three aquatic preserves whose OFW boundaries differ from the aquatic preserve boundary. These are described more specifically in the OFW rule 62-302.700: Indian River Malabar to Vero expansion - does not include portions of Sebastian and Turkey Creeks; Wekiva River - does not include portions of the St. Johns River; and Big Bend - the OFW rule specifies certain "incorporated and unincorporated areas that are excluded." Please note that Boca Ciega Bay Aquatic Preserve is also part of the Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve.

A note concerning data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasetsare 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 sectionand 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

REFERENCES:

FMRI For more information contact the FWC-FMRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Florida Marine Research Institute) GIS data librarian at gislibrarian@fwc.state.fl.us http://ocean.floridamarine.org/mrgis/viewer.htm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Coverage was created by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, who transferred it to the Florida Marine Research Institute. The shapefile consists of points from legal descriptions and polygons that were generated in ArcInfo by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas in 1996. Aquatic Preserve boundaries were originally created by the FMRI using COGO (COordinate GeOmetry) methodsThe original coverage was in datum NAD1927. Process Date: unkown
It was changed to HPGN using the PROJECTION command within Arc/Info version 7.0.4. Process Date: 1997
When the data was received by GeoPlan from FMRI it was in North American Datum of 1983. GeoPlan performed the following QA/QC tasks: -Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN -Renamed shapefile from fl_aquaticpres to AQUAP -Added a DESCRIPT field to attribute table based on NAME -Upcased NAME, LANDTYPE, and DESCRIPT fields Process Date: 2004

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:

Florida Marine Research Institute
FMRI
100 8th Ave SE.
St. Petersburg, FL
33701-5095
(727) 896-8626


http://www.floridamarine.org/
gislibrarian@fwc.state.fl.us
GIS Data Librarian

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
                        431 Architecture Building
                        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