FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION APPROVED COASTAL ZONES

Geodataset Name: 	CZMFRA
Geodataset Type: 	SHAPE
Geodataset Feature: 	POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration approved state coastal zones.

DATA SOURCE(S):  			National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
                                        Administration (NOAA) Coastal 
					Services Center (CSC)

SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    	N/A

DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 		09/03/98

GEODATASET EXTENT:  			State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name:   CZMFRA.PAT

ITEM NAME         WIDTH      TYPE      PRECISION  

SHAPE		     8	   SHAPEPOLY      -
AREA                19     DECIMAL        3                        
PERIMETER           19     DECIMAL        3                        
CZMFRAM_             5     DECIMAL        -                        
CZMFRAM_ID           5     DECIMAL        -                        
CZ_LINK             25     CHARACTER      -                        
NOAA                40     CHARACTER      -                        

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 the polygon in square meters

PERIMETER      Perimeter of the polygons in meters

CZ_LINK        CSC internal html link for mapping application

NOAA           Name of Coastal Zone

USER NOTES:

The original coverage contained data for the SE United States region and was clipped to those areas in and around Florida to conform 
to FGDL standards.

The dataset was retrieved from the following website: http://www3.csc.noaa.gov/gisprojects/ocean/html/datadown.htm

Users must assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use of these data. NOT INTENDED FOR LEGAL PURPOSES.
	
The Ocean Planning and Governance Geographic Information System (Ocean GIS) is a prototype 
online regional marine GIS covering the vast ocean area bounded by the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, the 
exclusive economic zone, and various maritime boundaries. The Ocean GIS was developed to provide coastal 
and ocean resource managers in the Southeast access to regional digital geographic mapping information 
and technologies to facilitate coordinated decision making within and across the multi- layered U.S. 
ocean management framework. Special emphasis is placed on the federal ocean and coastal management and 
governance framework, and efforts are ongoing to develop similar data sets for state and local level 
policy frameworks.

The Southeast Ocean GIS is an ongoing project that has and continues to rely on the vision, 
dedication, helpfulness, and energy of individuals from partner agencies and numerous other 
organizations. The Ocean GIS partnership includes: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural 
Resources - Division of Coastal Management, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental 
Control, Florida Coastal Management Program, Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Coastal Resources 
Division, NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, U.S. Department of Interior- Minerals 
Management Service, Florida Marine Research Institute, and NOAA Coastal Services Center.
	
The Ocean GIS provides marine resource managers with timely and equitable access to downloadable 
data, cutting-edge online mapping functionality, and guidance on how to use GIS in a meaningful way with 
respect to ocean management. THE DATA INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION ARE BASED ON INTERPRETATION OF 
AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING.

The purpose of these data is to provide a cartographic representation of USACE's jurisdictional 
boundaries for the Southeast U.S. for use in the Ocean GIS project.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojection into FGDL Albers
-Tolerances set to FGDL standards
-Renamed coverage from CZMFRAM to CZMFRA

REFERENCES:

http://www3.csc.noaa.gov/gisprojects/ocean/html/datadown.htm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

This data was created from multiple sources. The seaward boundary is the federal/state limit from Minerals Management Service (MMS). The landward boundary is the coastal zone created from the U.S. Census county boundary data (Wessex, Inc.). These data were joined and edited in ESRI's ARCEDIT to create the final polygon.

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS

PROJECTION 				ALBERS
DATUM 					HPGN
UNITS 					METERS
SPHEROID 				GRS1980
PARAMETERS
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 SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name: 		  National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration
                  Coastal Services Center	 
Abbr.name: 	  NOAA (CSC)	
Address: 	  2234 South Hobson Ave.
                  Charelston, SC. 29405						
Phone: 		  (800)789-2234	
Fax: 		  (843)740-1224	
Web site: 	  www3.csc.noaa.gov
Hours of Service: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time 		                 
Email:            metadata@csc.noaa.gov
Contact Person:   Clearinghouse Manager	
         Phone:   (800)789-2234	
         Email:   clearinghouse@csc.noaa.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
Contact FGDL:
      Technical Support:	        http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html
      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