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

TITLE: FLORIDA REEF LOCATIONS AND NAMES

Geodataset Name:      REEFNM
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains reef locations and names for the Florida Keys.

DATA SOURCE(S):                   Florida Marine Research Institute
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    1:40,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     1990
GEODATASET EXTENT:                Florida Keys

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: REEFNM.DBF

ITEM NAME         WIDTH     TYPE        PRECISION

SHAPE                6      SHAPEPOINT      0
OBJECTID             9      DECIMAL         0
NAME                25      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.  

OBJECTID            Internal ID used by SDE

NAME                Name of Reef

DESCRIPT            FGDL added item based on field NAME

USER NOTES:

These data represent coral reef location in the Florida Keys. These data were created in conjunction with the Atlas of Artificial Reefs in Florida 4th edition of the Florida Sea Grant Program. Point locations were generated from the atlas and digitized in ArcInfo at a 1:40,000 scale by FMRI.

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:

-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below)
-Upcased all character records
-Changed original file name from "camra_mrgis_reefnames_1990" to "reefnm"
-Removed items;  Polygonid, Scale, Area, Perimeter and Angle.
-Dropped old internal coverage items: Reefnms_, Reefnms_id

REFERENCES:

Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC),Florida Marine Research 
Institute, Coastal and Marine Resource Assesment(CAMRA)

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

In Feb 2002, the GeoPlan Center obtained this data in shapefile format from the 
FWC FMRI Marine Resources GIS Corporate Data CD.  When received, data was in the 
following projection: Albers, Datum: NAD 83 HPGN, Spheroid: GRS80, Units: Meters.
The dataset name was changed from camra_mrgis_reefnames_1990 to reefnm, and 
lowercase characters within the attribute table were upcased. The following items
were deleted from the data attributes; Polygonid, Scale, Area, Perimeter and Angle.
Old internal coverage items: Reefnms_, Reefnms_id were also dropped.

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 Marine Research Institute                  
Abbr.name:      FMRI 
Address:        100 8th Ave SE  St. Petersburg, FL 33701 
Phone:          (727)896-8626 x3090                
Fax:            (727)893-1679   
Web:		www.floridamarine.org          
Contact Person: GIS Data Librarian    
         Phone: (727)896-8626 x3090  
         Email: gislibrarian@fwc.state.fl.us  

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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