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

TITLE: OFFSHORE OIL AND GAS DRILLING PLATFORMS

Geodataset Name: 	OILPLT
Geodataset Type: 	SHAPE
Geodataset Feature: 	POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains offshore oil and gas drilling platforms locations in the northern Gulf of Mexico.

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

SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    	N/A

DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 		6/30/1997

GEODATASET EXTENT:  			Gulf of Mexico

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name:OILPLT.DBF

ITEM NAME         WIDTH     TYPE     PRECISION  

SHAPE		    6	  SHAPEPOINT	 -                 
STRUC_NUM           2     DECIMAL        -                        
COM_NUM             7     DECIMAL        -                        
NAME               15     CHARACTER      -  
DESCRIPT           15     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.

STRUC_NUM		Structure Number

COM_NUM			Complex ID Number

NAME	        	Name of Structure

DESCRIPT		Same as Name

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected to FGDL Albers
-Tolerences set to FGDL standards
-DESCRIPT item added

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: 			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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