FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA COASTAL BARRIER RESOURCES SYSTEM BOUNDARIES 

Geodataset Name:       COBRAS_OCT08
Geodataset Type:       SDE Feature Class
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         225
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This data set contains areas in Florida designated as undeveloped coastal barriers in accordance with the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, as amended. This boundary data set was digitized between 10/1/2007 and 10/31/2008 from the official John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS) maps enacted by law. This data set complies with the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) and other standards established by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) endorses this data set as having been compiled to meet forty feet horizontal accuracy at the ninety-five percent confidence level relative to the boundaries shown on the official CBRS maps. However, these digital boundaries are only representations of the official CBRS boundaries and are not to be considered authoritative. The FWS is not responsible for any misuse or misinterpretation of this digital data set, including use of these boundaries to determine eligibility for federal financial assistance such as federal flood insurance. The official CBRS maps are enacted by Congress and maintained by the FWS. Copies of the official CBRS maps are available for viewing at the FWS national headquarters, regional and field (local) offices, and are also available for download at http://www.fws.gov/habitatconservation/coastal_barrier.htm. For an official determination of whether or not an area or specific property is located within the CBRS, or for any questions regarding the CBRS, please contact your local FWS office. Contact information for FWS field offices can be found at http://www.fws.gov. 
DATA SOURCE(S):                    U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     24000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20081030
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            Begin Date: 19901024    End Date: 20081015
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: COBRAS_OCT08.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
Shape
4 Geometry
OBJECTID
4 OID
Unit
10 String
Unit_Type
30 String
DESCRIPT
30 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





Shape

Feature geometry.
















OBJECTID

Internal feature number.
















Unit

CBRS Units -The Coastal Barrier Resources Act (CBRA) of 1982 designated undeveloped coastal barrier lands and associated aquatic habitat as part of the Coastal Barrier Resources System (CBRS). These CBRS units carry Federal funding prohibitions as specified in CBRA. The CBRS currently includes 585 System units, which add up to approximately 1.3 million acres of land and associated aquatic habitat.    Otherwise Protected Areas - The Coastal Barrier Improvement Act of 1990 expanded the CBRS and created a new category of lands known as otherwise protected areas (OPAs). OPA designations add a layer of Federal protection to coastal barriers already held for conservation or recreation, such as national wildlife refuges, national parks and seashores, state and county parks, and land owned by private groups for conservation or recreational purposes, and discourage development of privately owned inholdings. The only Federal funding prohibition within OPAs is Federal flood insurance. The CBRS currently includes 272 OPAs which add up to approximately 1.8 million acres of land and associated aquatic habitat.
















Unit_Type

Type of Unit
















DESCRIPT

GeoPlan added item based on UNIT_TYPE
















FGDLAQDATE

Date GeoPlan acquired data from source.
















AUTOID

Unique ID added by GeoPlan
















SHAPE.AREA

Area in meters
















SHAPE.LEN

Perimeter in meters




























USER NOTES:








Topological checks were conducted to ensure that no polygons overlap and that 
adjacent boundaries are coincident where appropriate.













In most cases the seaward boundary of a CBRS unit is defined by the 30 foot 
bathymetric contour rather than a hard boundary depicted on the official source 
map.  In these cases, the digital boundaries have been terminated by connecting 
the ends of the lateral boundaries on the seaward side.  Therefore, the actual 
CBRS seaward boundary may extend farther offshore.













Independent quality control checks were conducted on all attributes.

























This data set was created to provide local users with a general depiction of the 
aerial extent of the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources 
System.















This data set was compiled to meet forty feet horizontal accuracy at the ninety-five 
percent confidence level relative to the official CBRS maps. Independent quality 
control checks were conducted to validate horizontal accuracy.



























User must read and fully comprehend the metadata prior to data use. User must 
acknowledge the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the originator when using the 
data set as a source. User must share data products developed using this source 
data set with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Data should not be used beyond 
the limits of the source scale. The data set is NOT a survey document and should 
not be utilized as such. The data set is NOT to be used for definitive in/out 
determinations.






















REFERENCES: 














DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 








GeoPlan downloaded this data from 
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/digitalcoast/data/cbrs/download.html on 10/30/09. 
The data was original in Geographic lat/long projection and it was projected to 
Albers HPGN.

-renamed from florida.shp to cobras_oct08.shp
-added DESCRIPT field based on UNIT_TYPE
-added FGDLAQDATE field based on date downloaded by GeoPlan
-upcased all records in attribute table
Process Date: 20091030


Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile.
Process Date: 20091030









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:




CBRS source maps
4401 North Fairfax Drive
Arlington, VA
22203
703-358-2161


www.fws.gov
Katie_Niemi@fws.gov










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

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