FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: REGIONAL PLANNING COUNCIL BOUNDARIES 

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




This dataset contains the regional planning council boundaries for the state of Florida






DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     1:100,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      Source - 1994
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: RPCBND.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
RPC_NAME
25 String ---
ABBREV
3 String ---
AUTOID
10 Number ---
SHAPE_AREA
19 Float 11
SHAPE_LEN
19 Float 11
DESCRIPT
25 String ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





FID

Internal feature number.
















Shape

Feature geometry.
















RPC_NAME

Name of regional planning council.
















ABBREV

Abbreviation for name of regional planning council
















AUTOID

Internal ID
















SHAPE_AREA

Area of feature in internal units squared.
















SHAPE_LEN

Length of feature in meters
















DESCRIPT

Calculated on RPC_NAME
















USER NOTES:







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























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 Department of Environmental Protection:

http://www.dep.state.fl.us







DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 









A 1:100,000 county coverage derived from a USGS 
1:100,000 dlg was copied and given the attributes below. 
Each county was named according to the regional planning 
council within which it fell, then the coverage was dissolved 
on the item name.
Process Date: Unknown


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: 

-Changed projection from datum HPGN to HPGN
-Tolerances were changed to FGDL standards.
-DESCRIPT item was added based on the RPC_NAME.
Process Date: 20000000


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 Department of Environmental Protection
FDEP
3900 Commonwealth
Tallahassee, FL
32399
(850) 488-3701


http://www.dep.state.fl.us









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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