This GIS layer contains Alachua County Parks and was produced by the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council (NCFRPC) under contract with FDOT District 2 in early 2005. This is one of many layers that fall into the general category of "sociocultural" GIS data.
The North Central Florida Regional Planning Council (NCFRPC) is working with the Florida Department of Transportation, District 2 to create better regional maps of "sociocultural" features, including parks, cemeteries, schools, historical structures, and a number of others. The maps will provide the FDOT with the most up-to-date information for roadway projects, and also enhance emergency response capabilities in the event of both man-made and natural disasters.
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Specifications and oversight were provided by FDOT and by the Geoplan Center at the University of Florida. Parks are defined in the SCE Specs Doc as "Grounds used for recreation". The areas may be based on activities (ie. Sports fields) or natural resources (ie. Beaches). Both public, private and quasi-public facilities are included in the layer. The areas may be affiliated with local neighborhoods or regional jurisdictions. Types of features that are included are: -Portions of local/county/state/federal parks used for public recreation. Portions used primarily for other purposes, such as silviculture, bombing ranges, etc. are not included. Private access areas, such as hunting clubs are also not included. -Recreational springs -Campgrounds, including those for RVs. -Hiking trails and other linear recreational facilities -Golf courses -Boat ramps, marinas and other aquatic based recreational facilities -Sports and athletic fields, not including stadiums, arenas, theme parks, or other public venues intended for special events or entertainment. -Playgrounds -Open areas used for non-specific recreation, and public access areas (eg. picnic area) associated with open areas. This layer does not include the following: -Areas not open to general public access. -Features included under Religious Facilities, such as religious retreats, camps, sanctuaries, daycare facilities. -Features included under the Schools layer, including school athletic fields -Features included under Civic Centers/Multi-use Facilities/Theme Parks/Major Attractors, such as stadiums and arenas. Exceptions and changes: Under this contract privately owned facilities are not included.
The methods used for creating this layer were consistent througout. Areas used for wildlife preservation were not included unless it is a publicly know area for recreation. Areas for watershed protection were not included unless they were known areas of public recreation as well. The same sources were used throughout the process of determining recreational areas.
This file contains all known public recreational areas as contained within the sources cited.
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 horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Spatial and Attribute Information
Spatial and Attribute Information
Spatial and Attribute Information
Alachua parks were obtained by using an existing shapefile acquired from the public works department. The shapefile with existing polygons was used since parks were to be represented with poly. In addition to those files, a shapefile of parks and golf courses were obtained from Gainesville Regional Utilities. Boat ramps were found by using a combination of the parks from public works and the Florida Atlas. An historic layer was also utilized showing historic features in or near parks. This consisted of information from the Florida Master Sites File and the cemetery layer created by the NCFRPC.
GeoPlan received this data, via CDROM, and performed the following: -Reprojected to the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. -Restructured the attribute table to fit the SCE Data Specification Document Standards. -Added FGDLAQDATE field based on the date FGDL acquired the data from the source. -Added DESCRIPT field based on 'REC_USE'
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Park Designation
NCFRPC
A description of a facility's physical location providing direction for delivery and provision of emergency services
NCFRPC
City of facility's physical location
NCFRPC
US postal delivery designation of factility's physical location.
NCFRPC
Phone number of entity
NCFRPC
Physical site description
NCFRPC
Primary focus of recreational activity (activity-based--sports fields; resource-based--beaches)
NCFRPC
The responsible organization for management and operation of a facility (e.g., public, private, quasi-public
NCFRPC
Classification of the operating entity
NCFRPC
The hours in which the park is open to the public
NCFRPC
4-digit year when park began operations
NCFRPC
Indicates if park includes a site containing artifacts from past human life and activities that may or may not be listed by the Florida Division of Historical Resources on the Florida Master Site File
NCFRPC
Location of two or more uses in one facility or on common grounds so as to share common facilities
NCFRPC
Description of co-located use, if applicable
NCFRPC
Based on 'REC_USE'
GEOPLAN
The source from which FGDL acquired the data.
GEOPLAN
Type of update that occurred
GEOPLAN
Attribute edit
Spatial edit.
Both spatial and attribute edit.
New
Delete
Not in the new
The last day the file was updated by the source
GEOPLAN
The date FGDL aquired the data from the source.
GEOPLAN
GeoPlan Center internal feature number.
GEOPLAN
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