FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2003, RELEASED NOVEMBER, 2002.

TITLE: FLORIDA BOATRAMPS

Geodataset Name: 	BOATRP
Geodataset Type: 	SHAPE
Geodataset Feature: 	POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains the locations of various boat ramps in the State of Florida.

DATA SOURCE(S):  			Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI)

SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    	1:400 - 1:24000

DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:		Source 1999

GEODATASET EXTENT:  			State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name:   BOATRP.DBF

ITEM NAME         WIDTH     TYPE    	PRECISION        

SHAPE		     6	   SHAPEPOINT   -
NAME               100     CHARACTER    -                         
SOURCE              50     CHARACTER    -                        
PUBLIC               9     DECIMAL      -                        
DESCRIPT            50     CHARACTER    -                        

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item                Item description

SHAPE        	    Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
             	    which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.

NAME                NAME OF RAMP

SOURCE              SOURCES FOR COLLECTION OF NAMES

PUBLIC              BOAT RAMPS AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC USE (0 = NOT PUBLIC; 1 = PUBLIC)

DESCRIPT	    BASED ON NAME, IF UNKNOWN OR BLANK  "BOAT RAMP" IS USED.

USER NOTES:

This is a point coverage created by FMRI for boat ramp locations but does not include all known boat ramps.  
For further boat ramp locations, visit the following website: 
http://www.state.fl.us/gfc/fishing/ramps/

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers
-Set Tolerances to FGDL Standard
-Renamed coverage from FL_boatramps to Boatrp

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS

PROJECTION 				ALBERS
DATUM 					HPGN
UNITS 					METERS
SPHEROID 				GRS1980
PARAMETERS
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 SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name: 			Florida Marine Research Institute
			Coastal and Marine Resource Assessment
Abbr.name: 		FMRI (CAMARA)
Address: 		100 8th Ave SE.
			St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5095					
Phone: 			(727) 896-8626, SUNCOM: 523-1011
Website:		www.fmri.usf.edu
Ftp site:	        ftp://ftp.fmri.usf.edu
Contact Person: 	GIS Data Librarian
         Phone: 	(727) 896-8626

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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