FGDL Documentation

FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: INTEGRATED WILDLIFE HABITAT RANKING SYSTEM (IWHRS) FOR FLORIDA - 2009

Geodataset Name:       IWHRS_2009
Geodataset Type:       RASTER
Geodataset Feature:    
Feature Count:

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is responsible for performing environmental reviews of major land developments in Florida that impact fish and wildlife resources and their habitat. In an effort to improve the efficiency and accuracy of these assessments, and to improve the coordination between agencies, the FWC developed a Geographic Information Systems (GIS)-based rapid assessment tool that incorporates a wide variety of land cover and wildlife species data. The Integrated Wildlife Habitat Ranking System (IWHRS) ranks the Florida landscape based upon the needs of wildlife as a way to identify ecologically significant lands in the state, and to assess the potential impacts of land development projects. The IWHRS was originally created in 2001 (original IWHRS) and was revised in 2007,2008, and in 2009. The updated layers in the IWHRS 2009 include Roadless Habitat Patch Size, Listed Species Locations, Species Richness, Managed Lands, Distance to Managed Lands, Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) Habitat Conservation Priorities, and Florida Forever Board of Trustees/Save Our Rivers Lands. This dataset is the result of the final calculation of the 10 data layers that comprise the IWHRS 2009. This is an update to the iwhrs_2008 dataset.

DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  2009
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            Begin Date: 2001    End Date: 2009
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: IWHRS_2009.VAT

ITEM NAME	WIDTH	TYPE
Rowid	4	OID
VALUE	4	Integer
COUNT	4	Integer
DESCRIPT	2	SmallInteger
FGDLAQDATE	8	Date

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description

Rowid Internal feature number.

VALUE The resulting value (range 1-10) assigned to a pixel. The resulting value assigned to each pixel indicates its importance to wildlife (e.g. the higher the value of a pixel the more important it is to wildlife).

COUNT Grid Cell Count.

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on field VALUE.

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the source.

USER NOTES:

This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology

This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.

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

Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information. The IWHRS was originally created in 2001 and underwent a major revision in 2007 using updated datasets. In 2008 changes were made to five of the data layers (Listed Species Locations, Species Richness, Managed Lands, Distance to Managed Lands, and Florida Forever Board of Trustees/Save Our Rivers Lands) using data not available in 2007, and the Landscape Diversity layer was replaced with a Spatial Heterogeneity layer. In 2009, the binary Strategic Habitat Conservation Areas (SHCA) layer was replaced with a prioritized SHCA layer and all other layers except Spatial Heterogeneity and Landscape Connectivity were updated with data not available in 2008. For more inforrmation on the Integrated Wildlife Habitat Ranking System see http://myfwc.com/research/gis/data-maps/terrestrial/wildlife-habitat-ranking-system/.

The IWHRS is provided as part of the FWC s continuing technical assistance to various local, regional, state, and federal agencies, and entities interested in wildlife needs and conservation in order to: (1) determine ways to avoid or minimize project impacts by evaluating alternative placements, alignments, and transportation corridors during early planning stages, (2) assess direct, secondary, and cumulative impacts to habitat and wildlife resources, and (3) identify appropriate parcels for public land acquisition for wetland and upland habitat mitigation purposes.

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

Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.

The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources) who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist. Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no warranties, guaranties or representations as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the data provided by the data sources. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no representations or warranties about the quality or suitability of the materials, either expressly or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center shall not be liable for any damages suffered as a result of using, modifying, contributing or distributing the materials. A note about data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling 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. 1:125000 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 analysis. 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 webpage at: http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:

The Integrated Wildlife Habitat Ranking System 2009 website: http://myfwc.com/research/gis/data-maps/terrestrial/wildlife-habitat-ranking-system/ The Integrated Wildlife Habitat Ranking System 2009 Final Report: http://myfwc.com/media/1205697/IWHRS_09.pdf

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

For a complete description on the process steps and methodology please see the final report availble for download at http://myfwc.com/ media/1205697/IWHRS_09.pdf Process Date:
GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from FWC's Integrated Wildlife Habitat Ranking System 2009 website at:http://myfwc.com/research/gis/data-maps/terrestrial/ wildlife-habitat-ranking-system/ on 7/19/2011.The dataset was archived with several other datasets in .ZIP format. The archive was named data.zip. The iwhrs2009 raster was extracted and the following QA/QC steps were performed by GeoPlan. - Added the FGDLAQDATE field based on the date GeoPlan acquired the data from the source. Process Date: 20110725

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):

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FWC and Wildlife Research Institute
FWC
Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
St. Petersburg, Florida
33701
727-896-8626


http://myfwc.com/research/gis/data-maps/terrestrial/wildlife-habitat-ranking-system/
GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com
GISLibrarian

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