FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA BLACK BEAR ROAD MORTALITY LOCATIONS 1976 - 2017

Geodataset Name:       BEARRDKILL_2017
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         3879
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains the locations of Florida black bear (Ursus americanus floridanus) roadkills within the state of Florida that are contained in a database maintained by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). In this shapefile, we used only those records maintained by the FWC from which we could obtain a geographic coordinate. This is an update to the layer BEARRDKILL_2016.
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: 20171229 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 19760101 End Date: 20171229 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: BEARRDKILL_2017.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
REPORTDATE
25 String
REGION
15 String
COUNTY
10 String
LOCALE
50 String
SEX
10 String
AGECLASS
10 String
WEIGHT
8 Double
CUBS
10 String
YEARLINGS
10 String
BEARID
15 String
SUBTYPE
10 String
ROADDATE
25 String
BMU
15 String
ZIPCODE
5 String
LOCATION
254 String
LATITUDE
8 Double
LONGITUDE
8 Double
ORIGCAP
5 String
AGE
8 Double
LEARTAG1
5 String
LEARTAG2
5 String
REARTAG1
5 String
REARTAG2
5 String
TATTOO1
20 String
TATTOO2
5 String
TRACKNUM
30 String
LAST_EDITE
25 String
DESCRIPT
254 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

REPORTDATE Date of report (mm/dd/yyyy)

REGION FWC region where roadkill took place

COUNTY County where roadkill took place

LOCALE Community/Subdivision in which report was placed

SEX Sex of carcass, if determined (male/female/unknown/[NULL])

AGECLASS General age group (cub/juvenile/adult/unknown/[NULL])

WEIGHT Weight of carcass, if determined (lbs.)

CUBS Number of cubs observed

YEARLINGS Number of yearlings observed

BEARID Bear record unique identification number

SUBTYPE Type of record
Carcass = Bear deceased when personnel arrived on scene, as a direct result of vehicle strike

Capture = Bear was euthanized due to irrecoverable vehicle strike injuries


ROADDATE Date of roadkill (mm/dd/yyyy)

BMU FWC Bear Management Unit where roadkill took place

ZIPCODE Zip code in which report was placed

LOCATION Specific location of roadkill

LATITUDE Roadkill latitude in decimal degrees

LONGITUDE Roadkill longitude in decimal degrees

ORIGCAP First time capturing this bear ["yes"/blank]

AGE Estimated age by tooth cross section

LEARTAG1 Left ear tag ID number 1

LEARTAG2 Left ear tag ID number 2

REARTAG1 Right ear tag ID number 1

REARTAG2 Right ear tag ID number 2

TATTOO1 Tattoo ID number 1

TATTOO2 Tattoo ID number 2

TRACKNUM Tracking numbers which refer to non-spatial bear database

LAST_EDITE Undefined by Source

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on LOCATION

FGDLAQDATE GeoPlan added field based on the date acquired 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 2017.

Errors vary depending upon precision and accuracy of GPS unit.

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

Users should read and fully comprehend this 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. If any data are
modified, please share the edited information with FWC. Users
should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the
same area may be inaccurate. Users should acquire the best
available data. FWC shall not be liable for improper or
incorrect use of these data.

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DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Records from spreadsheet were imorted into GIS by creating an
XY event and exporting into a shapefile. Some records were hand
digitized if enough attribute information was available. The
shapefile was QA/QC'd against county boundaries, road networks,
FWC regions and other bear action data layers. Questionable records
were returned to bear program staff for verification, and were
included if verified. Records in the spreadsheet without dates or
verified geographic coordinates were not included in this dataset.
Process Date: 20170401

The GeoPlan Center took the following steps during the QA/QC process: - Downloaded the datasets from FFWCC on 7/23/2018 using this link: http://geodata.myfwc.com/pages/downloads (original dataset was in shapefile format and in the WGS 1984 geographic coordinate system). - The dataset was projected into the FGDL Albers HPGN projection using the WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation. - OBJECTID field was removed. - DESCRIPT field added based on the LOCATION field. Any records with no data in the LOCATION field had their DESCRIPT field calculated as 'NO DESCRIPT AVAILABLE'. - FGDLAQDATE field added based on the date the dataset was downloaded from the source. - The longest record for each field was found and field character lengths were shortened to appropriate shortest lengths possible. - Uppercased fields and appropriate records in the dataset. - Layer name changed from Black_Bear_Roadkill.shp to bearrdkill_2017.shp Process Date: 20180723
Dataset copied. Process Date: 20180728
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, Florida
32399
850-488-0588

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