FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT WATERSHED BOUNDARIES

Geodataset Name:      CWMWSH
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains watershed boundaries used in the Comprehensive Water 
Management program.  These boundaries were derived from the DBASINS coverage.
DATA SOURCE(S):                   SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    24,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     2000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                Southwest Florida Water Management District

Datafile Name: CWMSH.DBF

ITEM NAME       WIDTH     TYPE      PRECISION

SHAPE             8       SHAPEPOLY     0         
AREA              19      DECIMAL       5        
PERIMETER         19      DECIMAL       5        
CWMSHEDS_         11      DECIMAL       0         
CWMSHEDS_I        11      DECIMAL       0         
WATERSHEDS        30      CHARACTER     0                
DATESTAMP          8      DATE          0
DESCRIPT          30      CHARACTER     0  

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

ITEM		 ITEM DESCRIPTION

SHAPE          Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
               which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.
 
AREA           Area of polygon

PERIMETER      Perimeter of polygon

CWMSHEDS_      Internal feature number

CWMSHED_I      Internal feature number

WATERSHEDS     Name of the CWM watershed

DATESTAMP      The date the feature was last edited or entered into the map
               libraries by SWFWMD staff

DESCRIPT       FGDL added item based on WATERSHEDS

USER NOTES:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are 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 section
and 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

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below)-Added DESCRIPT item based on WATERSHEDS
-Upcased all character records.

REFERENCES:

Southwest Florida Water Management District
Florida Department of Environmental Protection

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Data was downloaded by GeoPlan Center 2002 from 
http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/data/gis/shape_search.htm in shapefile format and 
then reprojected to FGDL HARN. The name was changed from CWMWATERSHEDS
to CWMWSH and the DESCRIPT item was added based on WATERSHEDS.  Lowercase
character items within attribute tables were then upcased.
When received, data was in UTM projection, Datum: NAD83, Spheroid: GRS1980,
Units: Meters. 

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

  Projection                           ALBERS
  Units                                METERS
  Datum                                HPGN
  Spheroid                             GRS1980
  1st standard parallel                24   0  0.000
  2nd standard parallel                31  30  0.000
  central meridian                    -84   0  0.000
  latitude of projection's origin      24   0  0.000 
  false easting (meters)               400000.00000
  false northing (meters)              0.00000

DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name:      Southwest Florida Water Management District                        
Abbr.name: SWFWMD               
Address:   2379 Broad Street, Brooksville, Florida 34604                  
Phone:     (352) 796-7211                                      
Web site:  http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us 
Ftp site:  http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/data/gis/libraries/physical_sparse.htm

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                    Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:              FGDL
Address:                 Florida Geographic Data Library
                         431 Architecture
                         PO Box 115706
                         Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:                http://www.fgdl.org
Contact FGDL:
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      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