FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION COMMISSION REGIONAL BOUNDARIES 

Geodataset Name:       FWCREG
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POLYGON
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: 




This dataset contains the region boundaries for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.






DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     1:24000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      Source - 1999
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: FWCREG.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
COUNTY
32 String ---
REGION_NUM
2 Number ---
DESCRIPT
30 String ---
Perimeter
19 Float 11
Area
19 Float 11

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





FID

Internal feature number.
















Shape

Feature geometry.
















COUNTY

Based on the name item from the county boundry coverage
















REGION_NUM

Region from original coverage
















DESCRIPT

Name from original coverage
















Perimeter

Perimeter of feature in meters
















Area

Area of feature in square meters
















USER NOTES:







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












The exising Game and Fish Commission data for regions was organized by county.  Because these areas were based on County location we converted it to a more accurate depiction of actual count boundries.  Some ocean areas were left off from the original coverage but Bays and Inlets can be assumed to fall under the jurisdiction of the region for which they are located.  Used existing GFC data to select counties and define the areas with the 1:24000 County boundary coverage used by the Geoplan Center.













A note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale 
datasetsare 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 sectionand 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






REFERENCES: 






Florida Fish & Wildlife CC:

http://www.floridaconservation.org/







DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 









The process step describes, in general, the process used in 
the production of data sets. The originating agencies created 
the original spatial coverage. GeoPlan, during the QA/QC process 
included the following aspects: 

-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers. 
-Set Precision to DOUBLE. 
-Set Tolerances to FGDL Standards. 
-Added the DESCRIPT item based on 
 name from original coverage. 
-Added the following items: COUNTY, REGION_NUM, DESCRIPT
Process Date: Unknown


Corrected Sumter/Hernando border and Polk county boundary.
Process Date: 20041000









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):








Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

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




Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission
FFWCC
620 South Meridian Street
Tallahassee, FL
32399-1600
(850) 488-4676


http://www.floridaconservation.org/

Director - Office of Informational Services







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

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