Geodataset Name:       USDIST_2016
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         27

DATA SOURCE(S):                    FLSENATE.GOV
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  201608
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            201512
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: USDIST_2016.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
DISTRICT	U.S. Congressional District number.
NAME	Name of elected representative.
PARTY	Representative party affiliation.
STATE	State.
SESSION_	No description
STFIPS	State FIPS number.
DESCRIPT	FGDL added field based on DISTRICT field.
FGDLAQDATE	FGDL added field based on date downloaded from source.
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan
SHAPE.AREA	Area in meters
SHAPE.LEN	Perimeter in meters

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.

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical 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

None

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REFERENCES:

Find your US Congress Representative: http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ List of US Congress Representatives: http://www.house.gov/representatives/ Redistricting Info: https://www.flsenate.gov/session/redistricting Redistricting related data downloads: http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Redistricting/Plan/SC14-1905

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

In August 2016 GeoPlan downloaded the data from the Florida Senate website at: http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Redistricting/Plan/SC14-1905 The data was in the following geographical coordinate system: GCS_North_American_1983. During the QA/QC process GeoPlan performed the following tasks. -Projected the data to Albers Conical Equal Area [Florida Geographic Data Library] -Added district representatives and party affiliation for the current session of the 114 Congress. These will be updated after the upcoming election. -Removed fields with population data. -Uppercased all fields. -Added DESCRIPT field based on the concatenation of "US DISTRICT" & attribute DISTRICT. -Added FGDLAQDATE field based on the date GeoPlan received the data from the source. -Renamed the dataset from SC14-1905_SHP to usdist_2016 Process Date: 20160809

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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Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:

FLSENATE.GOV
USCB
404 S. Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL
32399
(850) 487-5855


http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Redistricting/Plan/SC14-1905
www.floridaredistricting.org

Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
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                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
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