FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2006
TITLE: FLORIDA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGES
Geodataset Name: NWRFLA Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: POLYGON
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains the spatial boundaries of National Wildlife Refuges in Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S): National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Coastal
Services Center (CSC)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 1998
GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name:NWRFLA.DBF ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION AREA 18 DECIMAL 5 PERIMETER 18 DECIMAL 5 NWRFLA_ 5 DECIMAL - NWRFLA_ID 5 DECIMAL - UNIT_NAME 75 CHARACTER - UNIT_TYPE 32 CHARACTER - PROGRAM 41 CHARACTER - STATE 7 CHARACTER - MNG_AGCY 37 CHARACTER - CONTACT 37 CHARACTER - PL_LINK 15 CHARACTER - PL_CITE 65 CHARACTER - USC_CITE 18 CHARACTER - CFR_CITE 16 CHARACTER - DESCRIPT 75 CHARACTER -
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
item item description UNIT_NAME Name of National Wildlife Refuge UNIT_TYPE Type of management area PROGRAM Designating Program STATE Unit headquarter location MNG_AGCY Managing Agency CONTACT Unit reserve phone number PL_LINK CSC internal html link for mapping application PL_CITE Public Law authority USC_CITE Codified Public Law CFR_CITE Code of Federal Regulations DESCRIPT Two values: NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AND OUTPARCEL
USER NOTES:
The original coverage contained data for the SE United States region and was clipped to those areas in and around Florida to conform to FGDL standards. Data was downloaded from the website: http://www3.csc.noaa.gov Users must assume responsibility to determine the appropriate use of these data. NOT INTENDED FOR LEGAL PURPOSES. The Ocean Planning and Governance Geographic Information System (Ocean GIS) is a prototype online regional marine GIS covering the vast ocean area bounded by the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, the exclusive economic zone, and various maritime boundaries. The Ocean GIS was developed to provide coastal and ocean resource managers in the Southeast access to regional digital geographic mapping information and technologies to facilitate coordinated decision making within and across the multi- layered U.S. ocean management framework. Special emphasis is placed on the federal ocean and coastal management and governance framework, and efforts are ongoing to develop similar data sets for state and local level policy frameworks. The Southeast Ocean GIS is an ongoing project that has and continues to rely on the vision, dedication, helpfulness, and energy of individuals from partner agencies and numerous other organizations. The Ocean GIS partnership includes: North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Division of Coastal Management, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Florida Coastal Management Program, Georgia Department of Natural Resources - Coastal Resources Division, NOAA Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, U.S. Department of Interior- Minerals Management Service, Florida Marine Research Institute, and NOAA Coastal Services Center. The Ocean GIS provides marine resource managers with timely and equitable access to downloadable data, cutting-edge online mapping functionality, and guidance on how to use GIS in a meaningful way with respect to ocean management. THE DATA INCLUDED IN THIS APPLICATION ARE BASED ON INTERPRETATION OF AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS LEGALLY BINDING.
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
-set tolerances to FGDL standards -reprojected to FGDL albers -added DESCRIPT item
REFERENCES:
http://www3.csc.noaa.gov
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Data created by the Center for Marine Conservation in 1998. NOAA-CSC clipped the original data to the southeast and simplified the attributes. GeoPlan obtained the data in January 2000 and perfromed QA/QC procedures described above, including clipping the data to Florida boundaries.
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 SOURCES CONTACT(S):
Name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Coastal Services Center
Abbr.name: NOAA-CSC
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave.
Charleston, SC 29405
Phone: 843-740-1210
Fax: 843-740-1224
Web site: http://www3.csc.noaa.gov
Contact Person: Ocean GIS Specialist
Phone: 843-740-1210
Email: csc@csc.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
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