Gulf Sturgeon Critical Habitat (polygon)

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Publication_Date: Unpublished Material
Title: Gulf Sturgeon Critical Habitat (polygon)
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Publication_Information:
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Other_Citation_Details: Gulf of Mexico
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Other_Citation_Details: December, 2003
Description:
Abstract:
These data represent the critical habitat for Gulf Sturgeon as designated by Federal Register Vol. 68, No. 53, Wednesday, March 19, 2003, Rules and Regulations.
Purpose:
The purpose of these data is to visually represent the critical habitat areas for GIS analysis and display.
Supplemental_Information: POLYGON
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 20031224
Time_of_Day: 1000
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.429040
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.872251
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.983191
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.492815
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: NONE
Theme_Keyword: Gulf Sturgeon
Theme_Keyword: Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi
Theme_Keyword: Critical Habitat
Theme_Keyword: Endangered Species
Theme_Keyword: GIS
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: biota
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: Pensacola Bay
Place_Keyword: Santa Rosa Sound
Place_Keyword: Near shore Gulf of Mexico
Place_Keyword: Choctawhatchee Bay
Place_Keyword: Apalachicola Bay
Place_Keyword: Suwannee Sound
Access_Constraints: NONE
Use_Constraints:
THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS

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Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NCDCC
Contact_Person: Chris Henton
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst/Metadata Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706
City: Gainesville
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 32611-5706
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 228-688-2354
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 228-688-2968
Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Other_Citation_Details: 68 FR 13370
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
This data is provided "as is". GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology.
Completeness_Report: Complete Pending NMFS PRD Review
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This data is provided "as is" and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan.
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDCC)
Publication_Date: 20031224
Title: Gulf Sturgeon Habitat (polygon)
Source_Scale_Denominator: Unknown
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: NCDCC
Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The base shoreline data set used in this process was the Coastal Assessment Framework shapefile from NOAA/NOS/SPO. Additional reference data sets included Mr SID CIR Imagery of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway from www.atlas.lsu.edu, TIGER Line shapefiles of roads in Louisiana and Florida from www.geographynetwork.com and road and railroad shapefiles in Mississippi from MARIS. Maptech's Digital Chart Kit, Regions 8 and 17 featuring NOAA Digital Charts and a text description of the 72 COLREGS Demarcation lines from www.navcen.uscg.gov/mwv/regulations/33CFR080/33CFR80_GCD08.htm were also used. These additional layers were used to designate boundaries on individual units as dictated by the critical habitat designations described in the Federal Register Document. Inland units were created by digitizing a polygon slightly larger than the water body it represented. The new polygons were then "edit clipped" to the shoreline to exactly match the shoreline. In areas where the entire water body was not included, the boundaries were drawn following the feature described in Federal Register document. (Ex. The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway was digitized from the Mr SID's and used as the western boundary of the polygon. Bays with adjacent rivers or bayous that were excluded had their boundaries created by drawing a straight line across the river's mouth as dictated by the Document.) Every effort was made to exclude features at locations consistent with the descriptions in the Document. Near shore units were created by creating a 1 nautical mile buffer of the coastline (9nm in the case of the Suwannee Sound) or barrier island as indicated by the Document. The seaward side of these buffers was used as the southern boundary of the units. For the passes between islands, line segments were digitized to represent the 72 COLREGS Demarcation lines and 1 nautical mile buffers were created from those lines. Those buffers were merged with the buffers of the islands to complete the southern boundaries of the units. Every effort was made to accurately follow the descriptions of the 72 COLREGS lines. Whenever coordinates were used in the description, those coordinates were used in the creation of the buffers. When no coordinates were given, the lines/buffers were created by following the descriptions in the text. The Maptech software was used primarily as a guide to locate areas by name. The digital charts were also useful for accuracy evaluation in placement of the 72 COLREGS lines, as they were visible on the charts and could be compared to the lines digitized from text descriptions.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS), Department of the Interior and National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce - Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Designation of Critical Habitat for the Gulf Sturgeon, [Docket No.; I.D> 020522156-3051-02]
Process_Date: 20031223
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC)
Contact_Person: Chris Henton
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst/Metadata Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
City: Stennis Space Center
State_or_Province: MS
Postal_Code: 39529
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 228-688-2354
Contact_TDD/TTY_Telephone:
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 228-688-2968
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris.henton@noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Contact_Instructions:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
GeoPlan added Descript based on NAME, renamed file from gulf_sturgeon_CH_units8-14_poly to gulf_sturgeon_p.shp, and projected to FGDL Albers
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: GeoPlan
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 7
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 24.000000
Standard_Parallel: 31.500000
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000
False_Easting: 400000.000000
False_Northing: 0.000000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048
Planar_Distance_Units: meters
Geodetic_Model:
Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Altitude_System_Definition:
Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude_Encoding_Method:
Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: GULF_STURGEON_P
Entity_Type_Definition: GULF_STURGEON_P.DBF
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NCDCC
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT
Attribute_Definition: GeoPlan added field based on NAME
Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UNIT_NUM
Attribute_Definition: Undefined by source
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME
Attribute_Definition: Undefined by source
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: NAME_2
Attribute_Definition: Undefined by source
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: AUTOID
Attribute_Definition: FGDL Unique ID
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Unit_Num
Attribute_Definition: Reporting Unit Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Name
Attribute_Definition: Water Body Name
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Name_2
Attribute_Definition: Reporting Unit Number
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL)
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing address
Address: 431 Architecture PO Box 115706
City: Gainesville
State_or_Province: Florida
Postal_Code: 32611-5706
Country: United States
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Resource_Description: DOWNLOADABLE DATA
Distribution_Liability:
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Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 0.102
Technical_Prerequisites:
This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package.
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20040220
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: National Coastal Data Development Center (NCDDC)
Contact_Person: Chris Henton
Contact_Position: GIS Analyst/Metadata Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
City: Stennis Space Center
State_or_Province: MS
Postal_Code: 39529
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 228-688-2354
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 228-688-2968
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: chris.henton@noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 5:00pm
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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