Geodataset Name:       EXISTING_TRAILS_DEC10
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polyline
Feature Count:         6738

DATA SOURCE(S):                    University of Florida GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20101227
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            Begin Date: 20011101    End Date: 20101227
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: EXISTING_TRAILS_DEC10.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
NAME	Trail Name: If a trail is part of a larger trail network, then the larger trail network name would take precedence over a regional or local trail name. For example, a trail that is part of the Florida National Scenic Trail would be designated with NAME = "Florida National Scenic Trail" and NAME2 = Local Trail Name, such as "NAVARRE BIKE PATH".
NAME2	Regional or Local Trail Name: Hiking and multi-use trails are given precedence over bicycle and other road-based trails. If a hiking trail and a bicycle trail took the same route, the hiking trail would be given the NAME and the bicycle trail would be given the NAME2.
NAME3	Additional Local Trail Name: If a trail were part of two larger trail networks, then the local trail name would be given in NAME3.
SURFACE	Trail Surface Type Paved = Paved Trail Surface Unpaved = Unpaved Trail Surface Water = Paddling/ Water Trail Boardwalk = Boardwalk Trail Surface Unknown = Unknown Trail Surface Type
TYPE	Trail Use Type BIKING = Bicycle Trail EQUESTRIAN = Equestrian Trail HIKING = Hiking Trail MULTI-USE = Multi-Use Trail PADDLNG = Paddling/ Water Trail UNKNOWN = Unknown Trail Use CONNECTOR = Connecting/ Connector Trail MOTORIZED = Recreation trail for motorized vehicle uses MOTORIZED: ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLE = Motorized, recreational trail designated for ATVs (All-terrain vehicles). MOTORIZED: OFF-HIGHWAY VEHICLE = Motorized, recreational trail designated for OHVs (Off-Highway Vehicles) MOTORIZED: MIXED-USE ROAD = Road designated for multiple uses, including motorized and non-motorized trail activities. These roads are often connectors between trails.
SUBTYPE	Multi-Use Trail Codes BE = Biking/ Equestrian BH = Biking/ Hiking BEH = Biking/ Equestrian/ Hiking EH = Equestrian/ Hiking
MGMT	Managing Entity. Primary Organization/ Agency responsible for maintaining the trail.
MGMT2	Additional Managing Entity. Another organization/ agency (in addition to the Primary Managing Entity) that is responsible for maintaining the trail.
MGMT3	Additional Managing Entity. Another organization/ agency (in addition to the Primary Managing Entity) that is responsible for maintaining the trail.
STATE_TRAI	Indicates whether this trail is a State Maintained Trail. Y = YES, this is a State Maintained Trail N = NO, this is not a State Maintained Trail.
FNST	Indicates whether this trail is part of the Florida National Scenic Trail. Y = YES, this trail is part of the Florida National Scenic Trail N = NO, this trail is part of the Florida National Scenic Trail
DESIGNATED	Indicates whether this trail is designated by the Office of Greenways & Trails as a state designated trail. Y = YES, this trail is designated by the Office of Greenways & Trails as a state designated trail. N = NO, this trail is not designated by the Office of Greenways & Trails as a state designated trail.
RAIL_PROJ	Indicates whether this trail is located along a previous rail corridor. (Does not necessarily have to be a Rails-To-Trails Conservancy Trail). Y = YES, this trail is located along a previous rail corridor. N = NO, this trail is located along a previous rail corridor.
FTA	Indicates whether this trail is part of the Florida Trail Association. Y = YES, this trail is part of the Florida Trail Association. N = NO, this trail is not part of the Florida Trail Association.
ACQ_PROGRA	Name of land acquisition program trail was acquired under.
DATE_INPUT	Date the trail was originally added to this Trails Database. The trail alignment and/or attributes may have been updated since this date. The LASTUPDATE field indicates the date when the trail's alignment or attributes were last updated.
LASTUPDATE	Date of last update to trail attributes or alignment
SEG_MILES	Length of trail segment, in miles
SOURCE	Source of the trail linework and attribute information.
COMMENTS	Any additional comments or information about this trail
DESCRIPT	GeoPlan added attributed based on NAME field.
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan
SHAPE.LEN	Length in meters

USER NOTES:

Typology functions were used to QAQC the linework. Features with psuedo nodes sharing identical attributes were merged into a single feature. Erroneous features smaller than the .5 meter cluster tolerance were also removed from the dataset.

The University of Florida GeoPlan Center and the FDEP Office of Greenways & Trails staff acknowledge that this layer does not include all existing recreational trails in the state. We are actively seeking input and updates to this layer. If you have trails data that is more current or accurate than what is included in this layer, please contact the UF GeoPlan Center at ogt@geoplan.ufl.edu, or upload the trails data to the Florida Trails Network website at: http://www.FloridaTrailsNetwork.com.

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

If you have local trails data that is more up to date than what is included in this layer, please contact the UF GeoPlan Center at ogt@geoplan.ufl.edu.

This layer is being maintained as part of the Florida Statewide Greenways Planning Project.

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

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

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REFERENCES:

Florida Office of Greenways & Trails (OGT): http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gwt/guide/index.htm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Originally this coverage was created and maintained by Kent Wimmer and the 1000 Friends of Florida. Since June of 2004, the GeoPlan Center has been contracted by FDEP's Office of Greenways and Trails to maintain this coverage as part of the Florida Greenways Planning Project. Trail information is submitted via the Florida Trails Website (www.FloridaTrailsNetwork.com) from federal, state and local agencies. Process Date: Updated trails layer with line files from OGT, Division of Forestry, FTA, Polk County, St. Lucie County, Walton County, Sarasota County, St. John's County, and Four Freedoms Trail. Process Date: 20080801 Updated paddle trails based on a comparison to information from online sources and a table of paddle trails that was provided by the Office of Greenways and Trails regional coordinators. Removed duplicates, corrected linework that was spatially inaccurate, and dissolved features to simplify features. Also added a blueway network inventory from Sarasota County. Process Date: 20081031 Updated trails based on a trail inventory provided by Lee County. Process Date: 20081215 -Added the Florida Circumnavigational Trail based on a shapefile provided by the Office of Greenways and Trails. This replaced portions of water trails in the Big Bend area and Citrus and Lee County -Recalculated AUTOID -Deleted 10 segments with 0 length -Deleted or merged segments with length > 6ft -Noted where FTACONNECT = Y in the COMMENTS field -Noted where LOOP = Y in the COMMENTS field -Transferred information in the NOTES field to the COMMENTS field -Deleted rarely used fields (SEG_LENGTH, ADJ_CORRIDOR, CIRCUM_TRAIL, LOOP, FTACONNECT, NOTES, UPDATED) Process Date: 20081216 Added/revised trails submitted by Pinellas County, Sarasota County, and the Egan Creek Greenway submitted by the City of Fernandina Beach. Process Date: 20090109 Added/revised Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail based on linework provided by Brian Davis at FDEP. Process Date: 20090114 Added/revised trails from SJRWMD, Christopher Oman, received on 01/13/09 Process Date: 20090121 Added paddle trails from www.flseaislandspaddlingtrails.com/maps.html in Duval and Nassau counties. Process Date: 20090130 Added St. Marks Historic Railroad State Trail provided by Robin Turner from the Office of Greenways and Trails from Tallahassee-Leon County GIS Process Date: 20090130 Added Palatka to Butler State Trail in Clay County near Keystone Heights provided by Robin Turner from the Office of Greenways and Trails Process Date: 20090206 Added trails submitted by Manatee County (2/2009) including Leffis Key Park, Duette Park, Riverview Point Park, Emerson Point Preserve, and Robinson Preserve trails. Process Date: 20090206 Added St. George Island Trail, submitted by Regional Coordinator, FDEP Office of Greenways and Trails in 2/2009. Process Date: 20090210 Added US 17 Multi-use Path submitted by Regional Coordinator, FDEP Office of Greenways and Trails 02/2009 Process Date: 20090210 Added Aaron Bessant Trail at Pier Park, DOT Trail along Highway 79, Frank Brown Park Trails based on maps provided by Mary Carmichael in January of 2009. Process Date: 20090302 Added St. Augustine to Palatka Trail Phase I based on PDF map provided by Robin Turner, Regional Trails Coordinator at the Office of Greenways and Trails. Process Date: 20090302 Added/revised trails at Brooker Creek Preserve and Weedon Island Preserve in Pinellas Co. submitted by Marcia Colby at the Pinellas County Department of Environmental Management in January of 2009. Process Date: 20090302 Added Scenic Gulf Drive/Old Hwy 98 Trail, from Walton to Okaloosa County based on PDFs submitted by Robin Turner, Regional Trails Coordinator at the Office of Greenways and Trails. Process Date: 20090302 Added off street trails and bike facilities submitted by Malisa Mccreedy at the City of Orlando Department of Families, Parks and Recreation in January of 2009. Selected only where "Type" = 'Off Street'. Process Date: 20090302 Added trails from Cedar Point Park north of Jacksonville. Trail shapefile submitted by Steven Eakins at ETM Inc. for the City of Jacksonville Rec & Parks on 1/20/2009. Process Date: 20090309 Added Trails from a Shapefile of the Hardee Lakes Trails Submitted Bryan McCall at Hardee County on 1/21/2009. Process Date: 20090309 Removed trails at SWFWMD Little Manatee River Lower Tract that did not exist according to Sherly Bowman at Hillsborough County Park, Recreation and Conservation Department. Added additional trails submitted by Sheryl Bowman in north Hillsborough County. Process Date: 20090309 Added trails from a shapefile sent from Hillsborough County Planning and Growth Management submitted by Carol Boteler on 1/22/2009. Process Date: 20090316 Added separated bikeways submitted in shapefile format by Donovan Hanna from Highlands County Planning in January 2009. Process Date: 20090316 Added paddle trails and hiking trails from a shapefile provided by Lakshmi Garram at the Charlotte County-Punta Gorda MPO on 1/26/09 Process Date: 20090319 Added shapefile of the Dutton Canoe Trail uploaded to the Florida Trails Network website by Malcolm Clemons, City of Atlantic Beach, on 1/27/09. Process Date: 20090319 Added the S-Line Greenway in the City of Jacksonville based on a shapefile submitted by Robin Turner on 1/28/2009. Process Date: 20090323 Clay County trails added based on shapefile submitted by Ann Stodola on 1/30/2009. Process Date: 20090323 Harder's Park trails added based on a shapefile submitted by Janie Lucas from Bay County on 2/17/2009. Process Date: 20090323 Added Martin County trails provided in shapefile format by Baret Barry from Martin County Engineering on 2/19/2009. Process Date: 20090323 Added Alachua Conservation Trust (ACT) trails for Lake Tuscawilla Preserve Trails and Prairie Creek Basin Trails submitted in shapefile format by Liz Binford on 2/25/2009. Process Date: 20090323 St. Lucie County trails added from shapefile provided by Nicole McPherson on 2/25/2008. Process Date: 20090327 Big Cypress ORV trails added based on shapefile sent from Stefis Demetropoulos at the Division of Forestry. Unit field used for NAME2. Process Date: 20090327 Added Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) trails from shapefile provided by Robin Turner on 3/3/2009. Some Florida Trail segments along Suwannee River were not added due to the fact that although existing linework may be more simplified, it was accurate and attributes were more complete. The original file name was land_management_trails.zip. Process Date: 20090330 Added motorized and nonmotorized trails in Apalachicola National Forest submitted by Robin Turner from OGT on 3/10/2009. Did not add Florida National Scenic Trail through Apalachicola NF since FTA GPS attributes were more complete. Process Date: 20090401 Added Ike Anderson Bike Trail, a MUP in Monticello, FL submitted as pdf map by Emily Anderson, City Clerk of Monticello on 3/11/2009. Process Date: 20090406 Added Apalachicola NF ORV trailheads submitted as point shapefile submitted by Robin Turner at OGT on 3/10/09, contact is Lisa Morgan, GIS Coordinator for Apalachicola NF. Added small line segments to end of trails in vicinity of points. Process Date: 20090406 Added a Lake Talquin Trail submitted by Robin Turner at OGT on behalf of Shirley Deal (shirley.deal@dep.state.fl.us) on 4/02/2009. Also removed two Lake Talquin Trails that were abandoned. Process Date: 20090410 Added Silver Lake Recreation Area Interpretive Hiking Trail submitted in shapefile format by Robin Turner from OGT on 4/2/2009. Process Date: 20090410 Added trails submitted by Stefis Demetropoulos at the Division of Forestry on 2/11/09. This included the addition of Pt. Washington State Forest Bike Trail, Pine Log State Forest Trails, Lake Talquin State Forest Trails, Lake Wales Ridge State Forest Trails, Lake George State Forest Roads, Jennings State Forest Horse Trails, Jennings State Forest Evans Loop, Goethe State Forest Tidewater, Apex, and Black Prong Trails, and Cary State Forest Trails. Some of the trials were not added due to the fact that they were identical in alignment to trails already submitted by the DOF. These trails included trails in the Myakka State Forest, the Pt. Washington Cassine Trail, the Tiger Bay Buncombe Hill Trail, and the Jennings Loop Trail. Some of the trails were not added that were submitted due to the fact that there was already a trail in the inventory that was submitted based on GPS coordinates taken by FTA. These trails include the Pine Log Orange Trail (part), the Florida Trail through Etoniah State Forest and the Etoniah Trailwalker Trail. Process Date: 20090415 Added motorized trails from shapefile sent by Stefis Demetropoulos at the Division of Forestry on 2/12/2009. Process Date: 20090417 Added Putnam County trails as submitted by Kim Paxton on 4/14/2009, except where the linework would revise trails previously submitted by the Division of Forestry. Process Date: 20090417 Updated layer with data from Tom Matthews, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Areas and attributes updated include: Andrews WMA, Apalachicola River WEA, Aucilla WMA, Babcock-Webb WMA, Big Bend WMA, Branan Field MP, Chassahowitzka WMA, Chinsegut WEA, Fisheating Creek WMA, Fort White MP, Guana River WMA, Half Moon WMA, Hungryland WMA, JW Corbett WMA, Lake Wales Ridge WEA, Perry Oldenburg MP, Platt Branch MP, Split Oak Forest MP, Suwannee Ridge MP, Tenoroc FMA, Three Lakes WMA, Tosahatchee WMA, Triple N Ranch WMA. In some cases, only attribute data was updated and not linework. The Big Bend Saltwater paddling segment of the FL Circumnavigational Trail was not updated because Dean Rogers at OGT recently submitted linework for the entire statewide paddling trail. Process Date: 20090426 Modified dataset using typology functions. Features with psuedo nodes sharing identical attributes were merged into a single feature. Erroneous features smaller than the .5 meter cluster tolerance were also removed from the dataset. Process Date: 20090710 Added the Southwood Trail in Leon County submitted by Robin Turner from the Office of Greenways. Added trails provided by Stefis Demetropoulos on 6/18/2009 from the Division of Forestry. New trails not previously contained in the dataset were added. Some existing trails were updated with more accurate features provided in the uploads. Updated areas include Wakulla, Twin Rivers, Lake Talquin, Goethe, and Blackwater River State Forests. New motorized trails from Hell's Tate were also added. Process Date: 20090818 Added trails submitted by Marsha Connell and Jane Hawkins from Pasco County's Planning Department. Existing trails were extracted from the original file and incorporated into the database. Process Date: 20090909 Added trails from Leon County using shapefile provided by Jason McEachern, Tallahassee-Leon County GIS. Replaced linework for GF & A Trail, Capital Circle SE Connector Trail, and Southwood Trail. Added new linework for Apalachee Regional Park Trails. Process Date: 20091027 Added the Lake Henrietta Trail and Lake Munson Slough Trail from Tallahassee. Trails were digitized from PDF sent by Robin Turner from the Office of Greenways and Trails via email. Added the Archer Road and Downtown Connector Trail from the City of Gainesville. Trails were digitized from PDF sent by Robin Turner from the Office of Greenways and Trails via email. Realigned and extended Depot Ave Trail west over 13th street Process Date: 20091201 Added Alachua County Forever Trails submitted by Kelly Mchperson of the Alachua County Environmental Protection Department. Extended the General James Van Fleet State Trail to the Auburndale Trail near Polk City. Request submitted by Marsha Connell of OGT Process Date: 20100122 Added the Bayway South and North Bay Trails in Pinellas County submitted by Marsha Connell from the Office of Greenways and Trails. Trails were digitized from figure 4-1 of Pinellas County's Comprehensive Plan with the aid of aerials. Updated the linework for Circle B Bar Reserve in Polk County by deleting existing linework and adding new linework submitted by Marsha Connell. Removed the Okeechobee Water Trail due to its unofficial designation as a trail. Changed the state designation status from no to yes for the Great Calusa Blueway Trail. Process Date: 20100424 Added completed segments of the Spring-to-Spring Trail in Volusia County. Shapefile provided by Susanna Wilde, Volusia County. Process Date: 20100513 Updated Seminole County Public Works linework throughout the county. The trails updated were Cross Seminole Trail, Flagler Trail, Geneva Wilderness Area, Kewanee Trail, Lake Mary Boulevard, Rinehardt Riverwalk Connector, Riverwalk, and Seminole Wekiva Trail. Trails that were labeled as existing and publicly dissiminated were included in the update. Duplicate linework in the previous Existing Recreational Trails shapefile were removed. Update request sent by Heidi Miller, Seminole County on 5/21/2010. Process Date: 2010525 Added the Moccasin Slough County Walking and Fitness trails, Camp Chowenwaw Boardwalk and Black Creek Paddling Trail in Clay County. Linework submitted in shapefile format by Ann Stodola of Clay County on 6/21/2010. Shapefile was reprojected from NAD 1983 HARN State Plane to FGDL Albers. Process Date: 20100623 Extended the Palatka to Lake Butler State Trail to CR 315 in Grandin (phase two). Extension location was submitted via pdf from Robin Turner of OGT on 10/19/2010. Line work was hand digitized using aerials. Edited attribute information regarding ownership and name information regarding the Van Fleet State Trail in Polk County. Correction requested by Marsha Connell of OGT on 10/28/2010. Process Date: 20101108 Attributes of the "SURFACE", "TYPE", and "SUBTYPE" were modified and consolidated to reflect the attribute definitions stipulated in the metadata. The Palatka to Lake Butler State Trail was extended to 57th Street in Bradford County. Extended the Capital Southeast Connector in Tallahassee to just west of the Tallahassee St. Marks State Trail. Extended the Four Freedoms Trail to NE Rocky Ford Road in Madison. All extension requests were sent on PDFs by Robin Turner of OGT on 11/18/2010. All linework was hand digitized using aerials and the PDFs as reference. Modified the Yellow River, Blacwater River, Pithlachoscottee River, Perdido River, Sweetwater-Juniper Creek, Alafia River, and Shoal River Paddling Trails to refect actual designations. Added the Shingle Creek Paddling Trail in Osceola County. All paddling trail modifications/addition requests were sent as shapefiles from Dean Rodgers of OGT on 12/03/2010. Process Date: 20101227 Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20110118

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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