FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2003, RELEASED NOVEMBER, 2002.
TITLE: BROWNFIELD AREA POLYGONS
Geodataset Name: BRNFPY Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: POLYGON
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains Brownfield Location Boundaries for the State of Florida. Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or underused industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. Florida's Brownfields Redevelopment Act primary goals are to reduce health and environmental hazards on existing commercial and industrial sites that are abandoned or underused due to these hazards and create financial and regulatory incentives to encourage voluntary cleanup and redevelopment of sites.
DATA SOURCE(S): Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: N/A DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 09/18/01 GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: BRNFPY.DBF ITEM NAME TYPE WIDTH PRECISION SHAPE SHAPEPOLY 8 0 AREA DECIMAL 15 3 PERIMETER DECIMAL 15 3 AREAID CHARACTER 23 - AREANAME CHARACTER 75 - CITY CHARACTER 30 - COUNTY CHARACTER 40 - ACREAGE LONG 6 - RESDATE DATE 8 - DEPDISTRICT CHARACTER 3 - WMDISTRICT CHARACTER 6 - USERNAME CHARACTER 20 - DATESTAMP DATE 8 - SOURCE CHARACTER 120 - METHOD CHARACTER 5 - PROCTIME SHORT 3 - Descript CHARACTER 75 -
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.
AREA Area of polygon in square meters
PERMIMETER Perimeter of polygon in meters
AREAID Brownfield Area ID determined as "BF" + "DEP county code (2
characters)" + "year of resolution date (two characters)" +
"sequential area number for the specified county (2 characters)" +
"000"
AREANAME Brownfield Area name
CITY City in which the Brownfield Area lies
COUNTY County in which the Brownfield Area lies
ACREAGE Brownfield Area acreage provided by the local government in which
the area was designated
RESDATE Date the Brownfield Site Rehabilitation Agreement (BSRA) resolution
was signed
DEPDISTRICT FDEP District in which the Brownfield Area lies
WMDISTRICT Water Management District in which the Brownfield Area lies
USERNAME Technician or analyst who processed the graphics for each feature
DATESTAMP Date the graphics were finished for each feature
SOURCE Source of information and/or data for each feature
METHOD Code to denote processing methodology
COGO Coordinate geometry was created from legal description
PAPER Graphic was heads up digitized from paper maps
SHP Graphic was copied and pasted from source shapefiles
PROCTIME Length of time in minutes to process each feature
Descript Calculated = to 'AREANAME'
USER NOTES:
The dataset provides location and attribute information for use in national and regional cartographic and network analysis applications. LIMITATIONS OF THE DATA / WARNINGS TO THE USER : Because a variety of sources and methods were used to derive information for this data, the quality of the linework may vary accordingly. This data is intended to be used for general locational representation and should not be considered appropriate for legal and/or cadastral purposes. A note concerning data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modelling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best available data. 1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries. 1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the multi-county or regional level. 1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger. Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analyses. Every effort has been made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our web pages at: http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
-Up Cased fields that had lower case letters. -Added Descript field based on "AREANAME"
REFERENCES:
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
This dataset was downloaded by GeoPlan from the Florida DEP website
(http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp).
The dataset's prior history (from FDEP) is listed below:
DESCRIPTION OF SOURCE MATERIAL(S) SOURCE TITLE : Source information obtained from various county
and local governments, see attributes
SCALE : Various
DATUM : Various
MAP PROJECTION : Various
MEDIA OF SOURCE : Paper maps, legal descs, and ArcView shapefiles
CONDITION OF MEDIA : Various
DATE OF SOURCE MATERIAL : 1998-Present
UPDATE SCHEDULE : As needed
LAST UPDATE : 10/31/01
CREATOR OF SOURCE OR DATA LAYER AGENCY/ORGANIZATION : Florida Department of Environmental Protection UNIT/SECTION : Bureau of Waste Cleanup
CONTACT PERSON : Roger Register
TITLE : Brownfields Liaison
PHONE NUMBER : 850/413-0062
WEB URL : http://www.dep.state.fl.us/dwm/programs/brownfields/default.htm
DERIVATION METHOD(S) FOR DATA PRE-AUTOMATION COMPILATION : Brownfields data stored in database COMPUTER HARDWARE USED : Dell Precision 410
OPERATING SYSTEM : NT 4.0 SP 6
DATABASE SOFTWARE AND VERSION USED : Access 97
GIS/MAPPING SOFTWARE AND VERSION USED : ArcView 3.2a; ArcInfo 8.0.2
METHOD OF AUTOMATION : Heads up digitized from paper maps,
COGOd from legal descriptions, and
imported from shapefiles
RESOLUTION OF AUTOMATION : 1:2,500 for heads up digitizing
TOLERANCE OF DIGITIZER, SCANNER, ETC. : N/A
INITIAL DATE OF AUTOMATION : Summer 2001
UPDATE SCHEDULE : As needed
FORMAT OF DIGITAL FILE : ArcView shapefile/SDE layer
EXPLANATION OF PROCEDURES USED TO TRANSFORM THE DATA
Information was obtained from local sources in one of the following formats:
ArcView shapefiles, paper maps, and legal descriptions.
Boundaries from paper maps were digitized over the 1994-1995 DOQQs with various
other existing layers for reference, such as TIGER Roads, USGS Railroads (24k),
and FDOT Local Roads, using ArcView 3.2a
ArcView shapefiles were reprojected and imported into the base polygon shapefile.
Where shapefiles and paper maps were not available, legal descriptions were used
to create the boundaries using COGO (Coordinate Geometry) in ArcInfo 8.0.2
Locational quality information was maintained throughout data development by
recording the USERNAME, DATESTAMP, and SOURCE for each feature. See METHOD
field to determine which process was used to develop each feature.
Graphics and attributes of the original 44 Brownfields current at the time
of data development were visually verified by Camisha Clarke and Carl
Eichenberger and independently QCd by Patrick Pence.
Finally, useful fields from the original database were joined to the polygons.
10/31/01 A seventh Ocala Brownfield area was added by screen digitizing.
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 SOURCES CONTACT(S):
Name: Florida Department of Environmental Protection
Abbr.name: FDEP
Contact Person: GIS Section/GIS Help Desk
Phone: 850/921-9745
Web site: http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/
FGDL CONTACT:
Name: Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name: FGDL
Address: Florida Geographic Data Library
431 Architecture
PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
Web site: http://www.fgdl.org
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