FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
TITLE: NUCLEAR SITE LOCATIONS
Geodataset Name: NUCSIT Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: POINT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains latitude and longitude location, as determined by U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Shared Information Network (SINET), of selected NRC regulated facilities.
DATA SOURCE(S): United States Geological Survey SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: 1: 2,000,000 DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 1999 GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: NUCSIT.DBF ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION SHAPEPOINT 6 SHAPEPOINT 0 NAME 254 CHARACTER 0 TYPE 254 CHARACTER 0 CITY 254 CHARACTER 0 STATE 254 CHARACTER 0 LATDMS 8 CHARACTER 0 LONDMS 8 CHARACTER 0 LATDD 19 DECIMAL 5 LONDD 19 DECIMAL 5 DESCRIPT 50 CHARACTER 0
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 The name of the company who owns the site
TYPE The type of the facility on the site
CITY The name the city were the site is located
STATE The 2-letter abbreviation of the State in which the the site is located
LATDMS The latitude of the site in degrees, minutes, and seconds (format:
dddmmss)
LONDMS The longitude of the site in degrees, minutes, and seconds (format: -
dddmmss)
LATDD The latitude of the site in decimal degrees
LONDD The longitude of the site in decimal degrees
DESCRIPT FGDL added item based on Name
USER NOTES:
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:
-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below) -Upcased all character records -Clipped to the State of Florida -DESCRIPT item was added based on Name -Fields with no values were deleted: Area & Perimeter
REFERENCES:
United States Geological Survey http://nationalatlas.gov/ http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/REACTOR/GEOSPATIAL/lvsites.html
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
This data was originally released by U.S. Geological Survey in 1999. In 2001, the GeoPlan Center downloaded this data in shapefile format from the National Atlas website: http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html. When received, the data was in Geographic projection, Datum: NAD83, Spheroid: GRS1980,Units: Decimal degrees. The data was reprojected to FGDL Albers HPGN and clipped to State of Florida. DESCRIPT item was added based on NAME, and lowercase characters within the attribute table were upcased. Fields with no values were deleted: Area and Perimeter.
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: United States Geological Survey
Abbr.name: USGS
Address: 507 National Center, Reston, VA 20192 Phone: 1-888-275-8747
Web site: http://nationalatlas.gov/
Ftp site: http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html Email: atlasmail@usgs.gov
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
Contact FGDL:
Technical Support: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html
FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html
FGDL Mailing Lists: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html
For FGDL Software: http://www.fgdl.org/software.html