FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: FLORIDA NATIONAL ESTUARINE RESEARCH RESERVES 

Geodataset Name:       FLNERR
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POLYGON
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: 




This dataset contains the official boundaries for the three National Estuarine Research Reserves that lie within the boundaries of Florida.






DATA SOURCE(S):                    Department of Commerce (DOC)
				   National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
				   National Ocean Service (NOS) - Special Projects (SP)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     1:24,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      January, 2005
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES: 

Datafile Name: FLNERR.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
SITE_ID
50 String ---
NAME
150 String ---
AGENCY
50 String ---
REGION
50 String ---
PERIMETER
19 Float 11
AREA
19 Float 11
DESCRIPT
150 String ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item

Item Description





FID

Internal feature number.
















Shape

Feature geometry.
















SITE_ID

Unique ID assigned to each site.
















NAME

Name of site.
















AGENCY

State Agency responsible for management of site.
















REGION

Geographic region where site is located.
















PERIMETER

Perimeter of the polygon (meters).
















AREA

Area of the polygon (meters).
















DESCRIPT

FGDL added field based on NAME.




























USER NOTES:







GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.












Executive Order 13158 mandates that the U.S. Departments of Commerce and the Interior "publish and maintain a list of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) that meet the definition of MPA for the purposes of this order." To provide this information, an inventory of existing U.S. Marine Managed Areas (MMAs) is being developed. The inventory will support the development of the "list of MPA's" called for in the Executive Order 13158. Digital boundary files for the MMAs have been compiled from various agencies and formatted for use in a Geographic Information System (GIS) to produce a thematic series of maps for the Marine Managed Areas Inventory Atlas. This atlas is designed to enhance the understanding of the spatial relationships among the sites in the MMA Inventory. The Inventory will be used to inform federal agencies and all interested parties of the location of sites. It will help scientists and managers examine the design effectiveness of the current system of managed areas and determine which habitats are in need of improved or additional protection measures.


The boundaries are created with the most recent and accurate boundary information available, but edges and/or borders of the boundaries may change due to natural land changes, site boundary modification or higher resolution maps. Therefore, the currency or accuracy of these boundaries cannot be guaranteed.













A note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale 
datasetsare 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 sectionand 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






REFERENCES: 






Marine Protected Areas:

http://www.mpa.gov







DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY: 









The National Estuarine Research Reserve System Digital 
Boundaries shapefile is a cumulation of individual shapefiles 
for each unit. In order to create this dataset, accurate boundary 
files for each unit were reprojected to be compatible with 
the MMA Inventory GIS. The files were then merged together 
and attribute tables edited, so they reflect the same information. 
The main addition to the attribute tables was the creation of 
a field titled agency and a field titled region. Agency represents 
the federal agency responsible for management of the site and 
region represents the geographic region where each site is located.
Process Date: Unknown


GeoPlan received this dataset from the NOAA MMA (Marine 
Managed Areas) inventory Atlas (http://www.mpa.gov) in April 
2005. The data was received in shapefile format and was in 
the following projection: GCS_WGS_1984. The dataset was 
projected to FGDL Albers HPGN. The shapefile contained MMA's 
country wide. The three Florida MMA's were selected and exported.

- All items in the attribute table were upcased.
- Area (meters) and Perimeter (meters) fields were added using X Tools Pro.
- The area in miles field was removed.
- A DESCRIPT field was added based on the NAME field.
Process Date: 20050413







MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS: 



Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
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 SOURCE CONTACT (S):








Name:


Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:




National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Ocean Service (NOS)
Special Projects (SP)
NOAA CSC
1305 East West Highway N/MB7
Silver Spring, MD
20910
301-713-3000


http://www.mpa.gov
mpainfo@noaa.gov








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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