FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
TITLE: FLORIDA VEGETATION MAP - 1967
Geodataset Name: VCOM67 Geodataset Type: Shape Geodataset Feature: Polygon
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains the Florida Vegetative Communities as outlined by John H. Davis in the General Map Of Natural Vegetation Of Florida, 1967.
DATA SOURCE(S): John H. Davis Map,
automated by the
UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA
GEOPLAN CENTER
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: 1:1,250,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 1967
GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES
Datafile Name: VCOM67.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION AREA 12 Decimal 3 PERIMETER 12 Decimal 3 VCOM67_ 11 Decimal 0 VCOM67_ID 11 Decimal 0 TYPE 3 Character - DESCRIPT 100 Character -
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES
Item Item description
TYPE 1 = COASTAL STRAND
2 = PINE FLATWOODS
3 = SOUTHERN SLASH PINE FORESTS
4 = FORESTS OF MIXED HARDWOOD AND PINES
5 = SAND PINE SCRUB FORESTS
6 = FORESTS OF LONGLEAF PINE AND XEROPHYTIC OAKS
7 = CYPRESS SWAMP FOREST
8 = SWAMP FORESTS MOSTLY OF HARDWOODS
9 = MANGROVE SWAMP FORESTS AND COASTAL MARSHES
12 = HARDWOOD FORESTS
13 = GRASSLANDS OF PRAIRIE TYPE
14 = REGION OF OPEN SCRUB CYPRESS
15 = FORESTS OF ABUNDANT CABBAGE PALMS
16 = FRESH WATER MARSHES
U = URBAN
W = WATER
DESCRIPT COASTAL STRAND
CYPRESS SWAMP FOREST
EVERGLADES REGION MARSHES SLOUGHS WET PRAIRIES AND TREE ISLANDS
EVERGLADES REGION SAW GRASS MARSHES
FORESTS OF ABUNDANT CABBAGE PALMS
FORESTS OF LONGLEAF PINE AND XEROPHYTIC OAKS
FORESTS OF MIXED HARDWOOD AND PINES
FRESH WATER MARSHES
GRASSLANDS OF PRAIRIE TYPE
HARDWOOD FORESTS
MANGROVE SWAMP FORESTS AND COASTAL MARSHES
PINE FLATWOODS
REGION OF OPEN SCRUB CYPRESS
SAND PINE SCRUB FORESTS
SOUTHERN SLASH PINE FORESTS
SWAMP FORESTS MOSTLY OF HARDWOODS
URBAN
WATER
WET TO DRY PRAIRIE MARSHES ON MARL AND ROCKLAND
USER NOTES:
Coverage was digitized at the GeoPlan Center, and existing state boundaries instead of rubber sheeting the coverage once it was digitized.
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
-Set Tolerance to FGDL standards.
-DESCRIPT item added based on TYPE
REFERENCES:
Davis, John H. (1967). General Map Of Natural Vegetation Of Florida.
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS
Projection ALBERS Units METERS Datum HPGN Spheroid GRS1980 1st standard parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd standard parallel 31 30 0.000 central meridian -84 0 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: 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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