FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FFWCC BLACK BEAR NUISANCE REPORTS IN FLORIDA - 2010

Geodataset Name:       BEARNUISANCE_2010
Geodataset Type:       SDE Feature Class
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         18659
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This shapefile contains the locations of calls from the public regarding human-black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) interactions in the state of Florida. This dataset includes only those reports that are associated with concurrent bear observations in the general vicinity of the caller. The data also were limited to those records obtained from the black bear database maintained by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), and that were associated with a geographic coordinate. This is an update to the bearnuisance_2009 layer.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: Unpublished Material TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 1980 End Date: 2010 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: BEARNUISANCE_2010.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
ID
8 Double
Type
10 String
ReportType
20 String
DateNuis
36 Date
Locale
50 String
City
30 String
Region
15 String
County
15 String
Zip
8 Double
latitude
8 Double
longitude
8 Double
TRACKINGNU
35 String
AGECLASS
10 String
WEIGHTEST
10 String
BEAREUTHAN
10 String
DESCRIPT
20 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

ID Unique database identification number (key)

Type REPORT

ReportType Occurrence type.
In Area =

In Yard = 

In Feed = 

In Garbage = 

In Area = 

Killed Animal = 

In Building = 


DateNuis Date Reported.

Locale Area of Occurrence.

City City.

Region Political boundary: 1 of 5 geographic regions in FL.
FWC Region = Central, NE, NW, S, SW regions


County Political boundary: county.

Zip Zip Code.

latitude Geographic "y" location in decimal degrees.

longitude Geographic "x" location in decimal degrees.

TRACKINGNU Undefined by source.

AGECLASS Undefined by source.

WEIGHTEST Undefined by source.

BEAREUTHAN Undefined by source.

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on "ReportType".

FGDLAQDATE The date GeoPlan acquired the data from the source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan


USER NOTES:
Logically consistent. All attribute values fall within defined values
Visually inspected for completeness to ensure all values fell within specified ranges.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the 
Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in 
historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research 
Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new 
research, and contact information.

These data are available for all people interested in the locations of human-black 
bear interactions in the state of Florida.

All positions recorded from an address location and converted to 
Latitude and Longitude; errors vary depending upon precision 
and accuracy of geocoding service.

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

Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation 
Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be 
appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such 
acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source 
is expected by users of this data.  Please cite the original metadata when using 
portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as 
reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited 
information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data 
sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to 
inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, 
and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect 
use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as 
such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data 
are not to be used for navigation.

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information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
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http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
FWC homepage:
http://myfwc.com/

FWC black bear information:
http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/bear/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Dataset Preparation:  Using the Query tool, we extracted nuisance records, 
1980-2009,  from a Microsoft Access database maintained by FWC's Black 
Bear Management Program.  The dataset was visually inspected for attribute 
errors by college interns with the Program.
Process Date: 2010

We imported the completed nuisance dataset into ArcGIS (version 9.3, ESRI, Redlands, California) as a shapefile. Then, we assigned North American Datum 1983 as the datum for the latitude/longitude geographic coordinates. In part to evaluate the positional and attribute accuracy of the data, we overlaid the points onto both county and state layers. Process Date: 2009
GeoPlan received the data in August 2011 via email from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission The data was projected in the WGS 1984 coordinate system. - Reprojected to FGDL Albers HPGN Projection. - Renamed the dataset from Bear_Calls_1980-2010 to bearnuisance_2010 - Upcased all fields. - Changed all text fields that had character length of 254 to a character length that matched the longest record in the field - Added a DESCRIPT field based on Record Type. - Added FGDLAQDATE based on date FGDL acquired the data. Process Date: 20110909
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 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
FFWCC
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
St. Petersburg, Florida
33701
727-896-8626

http://research.myfwc.com/ GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com GISLibrarian

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