FLORIDA HOUSE VOTING DISTRICTS - 2002

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Florida Legislature

Publication_Date: 20020401

Title: FLORIDA HOUSE VOTING DISTRICTS - 2002

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publisher:

Office of Economic and Demographic Research, Florida Legislature

Other_Citation_Details: STATE OF FLORIDA

Online_Linkage: <http://edr.state.fl.us/redistricting/districts.htm>

Description:

Abstract:

This dataset contains the boundaries for the State of Florida House Voting Districts, as redrawn by the Florida Legislature in 2002. This layer is an update of the HDIST layer released in FGDL Version 3 (in July, 2000).

Purpose:

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

Supplemental_Information: POLYGON

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20020401

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: ISO 19115 Topic Categories

Theme_Keyword: boundaries

Place:

Place_Keyword: FLORIDA

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: 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

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Web site: <http://www.fgdl.org>

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Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:

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Cross_Reference:

Citation_Information:

Other_Citation_Details:

Office of Economic and Demographic Research

<http://edr.state.fl.us/redistricting/districts.htm>

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

In the 2002 Legislative Session, the Florida Legislature drew new district lines for Florida House, Florida Senate and Congressional seats. In the orginal shapefiles depicting these features, a vast amount of statistical information was included. The purpose of this information was "to provide additional information about the adopted plans, the comma separated files generated by the FREDS 2000 software that detail aggregated district statistics and district by county statistics have been included with these other data sets."

GeoPlan has excluded this statistical data from the actual shapefile, but has included a supplemental table containing the data. This table, named 'hdist_table.dbf' can be utilized by relating the shapfile attribute table with the supplemental table using the common field of 'DISTRICT'.

Futhermore, the defintions for the supplemental fields can be viewed in the .pdf document 'hdist_table_definitons.pdf' that is included with the data. The definitions in the pdf were extracted from the FREDS 2000 Help document, downloaded online from: <http://edr.state.fl.us/redistricting/freds/freds.htm>

Also, please note that the attribute names in the supplemental table 'hdist_table.dbf' are prefaced with a "Z", and the attributes listed in the pdf document 'hdist_table_definitons.pdf' are not prefaced with a "Z".

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the original data layer's topology

Completeness_Report:

The data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our knowledge.

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: Office of Economic and Demographic Research

Publication_Date: 20020401

Title: FLORIDA HOUSE VOTING DISTRICTS

Source_Scale_Denominator: N/A

Type_of_Source_Media: online

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 20020401

Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: EDR

Source_Contribution: Spatial and Attribute Information

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

GeoPlan downloaded this data from the Office of Economic and Demographic Research online at: <http://edr.state.fl.us/redistricting/districts.htm>

During the QAQC process, GeoPlan: -Reprojected to the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. -Added 'DESCRIPT' field based on 'DISTRICT'. -Added field 'FGDLAQDATE'. -Excluded and exported 'FREDS 2000' statistical information into supplemental table (SEE USER NOTES).

Process_Date: 20051102

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: 120

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: D_North_American_1983_HARN

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: HDIST

Entity_Type_Definition: HDIST.DBF

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: EDR

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

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: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DISTRICT

Attribute_Definition: House voting district identification number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: EDR

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ACRES

Attribute_Definition: Size of district in acres.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SQ_MILES

Attribute_Definition: Square mileage of district.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PARTY

Attribute_Definition: Political party of representative.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REPRESENTA

Attribute_Definition: Name of representative.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DESCRIPT

Attribute_Definition: Based on 'DISTRICT'.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FGDLAQDATE

Attribute_Definition: Date FGDL aquired data from source.

Attribute_Definition_Source: GeoPlan

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

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Web site: <http://www.fgdl.org>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Technical Support: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: For FGDL Software: <http://www.fgdl.org/software.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address:

FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html>

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Mailing list for FGDL: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html>

Resource_Description: DOWNLOADABLE DATA

Distribution_Liability:

THE FGDL DATA AS PROVIDED BY CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS AND ANY PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE CREATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER (COLLECTIVELY THE 'MATERIALS') ARE COPYRIGHTED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER FOR THE FGDL CONTRIBUTING AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS (THE 'DATA PROVIDERS'). DO NOT REPRODUCE, REDISTRIBUTE OR RESELL THE MATERIALS, OR PROVIDE THE MATERIALS FOR FREE TO CUSTOMERS OR CLIENTS, OR PLACE THE MATERIALS FOR DOWNLOAD ON A WEBSITE. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN USING FGDL DATA OR SOFTWARE IN PROJECTS, MAPS, ETC.; YOU AGREE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FGDL AS A DATA SOURCE. THE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED 'AS IS'. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES ABOUT THE QUALITY OR SUITABILITY OF THE MATERIALS, EITHER EXPRESSLY OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER MAKES NO WARRANTIES, GUARANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AS TO THE TRUTH, ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE DATA PROVIDED BY THE FGDL CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS. 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.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 2.247

Technical_Prerequisites:

This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20051116

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Office of Economic and Demographic Research (Florida Legislature)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: 111 W. Madison St.

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32399-1400

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (850) 487-0400

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