Geodataset Name:       BEARRDKILL_2013
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         2892

DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  2014
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            Begin Date: 19760101    End Date: 20131231
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: BEARRDKILL_2013.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
ID	Unique database identification number (key)
Type	Type of record. Carcass = Animal deceased from accident. Capture = Animal alive after accident and euthanized.
ReportDate	Date event was reported.
Region	FWC Region FWC Region = Central, NE, NW, S, SW regions
County	County of incident
Locale	General administrative location of incident
TrackingNu	Tracking numbers
City	Nearest city
Zip	Zip code of incident
DateInjure	Date of injury
CarcassLat	Latitude of carcass location
CarcassLon	Longitude of carcass location
SpecificLo	Specific description of location
StatusonAr	Status of bear upon arrival on scene (alive/dead/[NULL])
BearEuthan	Bear euthanized (yes/no/[NULL])
Sex	Sex of carcass, if determined (male/female/unknown/[NULL])
AgeClass	General age group (cub/juvenile/adult/unknown/[NULL]) age class = cub/juvenile/adult
Weight	Weight of carcass, if determined (lbs.)
LipTattoo	Bear ID tattooed inside lip
RightEarTa	ID tag in right ear
LeftEarTag	ID tag left ear
Cubs	Number of cubs present in vicinity
Yearlings	Number of yearlings present in vicinity
BearSectAg	Estimated age by cross section of tooth
DESCRIPT	FGDL added field based on SpecifLoc. Based on SpecifLoc. If SpecifLoc not available, Local is used.
FGDLAQDATE	The date FGDL 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.

These data display the locations and the associated attributes of black bear roadkills in the state of Florida, from 1976 to 2013.

The GIS analyst overlaid the remaining point locations onto current roads, counties, and imagery layers. Some locations were not aligned with roads; these were removed from the dataset pending closer examination. All positions recorded from a GPS unit; errors vary depending upon precision and accuracy of each unit.

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. Users are encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata record prior to using these data.

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REFERENCES:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Fish and Wildlife Research Institute Terrestrial Resources GIS Data http://ocean.floridamarine.org/TRGIS/Description_Layers_Terrestrial.htm FFWCC Florida Black Bear Management: http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/bear/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

We imported the completed nuisance dataset into ArcGIS 10.0 as a shapefile with North American Datum 1983 HARN as the datum for the geographic coordinates. Data were projected into FL Modified Albers. Process Date: 2014 Using the Query tool, we extracted roadkill records from a Microsoft Access database maintained by FWC's Black Bear Management Program. Process Date: 2014 GeoPlan downloaded the data on February 23rd, 2015 from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute TRGIS website: http://ocean.floridamarine.org/TRGIS/Description_Layers_Terrestrial.htm black_bear_roadkill.zip black_bear_roadkill.shp The data was originally projected to: PCS_Albers GCS_North_American_1983 During the QA/QC process, GeoPlan performed the following tasks: - Reprojected the dataset to FGDL Albers using the following transformation: NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida - Upcased all fields. - Added a DESCRIPT field based on the field [SpecifLoc]. If SPECIFLOC was not available,[Locale] was used. - Added FGDLAQDATE based on date FGDL acquired the data. - Renamed the dataset to bearrdkill_2013.shp Please Note: Previous TRGIS data layers 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 now (<1m) from the previous FGDL version. Process Date: 20150223

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

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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
FFWCC - FWRI
620 S. Meridian St 5B6
Tallahassee, FL
32399
850-488-0588


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