The Ocean Planning Information System (OPIS) 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. OPIS 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
Description:
Abstract:
These data represent a subset of the benthic habitat data set created for the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The National Ocean Service and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection's Florida Marine Research Institute collaborated to create polygon geography that visually represents the benthic habitats geospatial data of South Florida. The NOAA Coastal Services Center extracted from these data all references to sediment texture for display in conjunction with other sand resource data sets.
Purpose:
These data are intended to provide information about sediment texture in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1991
Ending_Date: 1998
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.9399
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80.0911
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.9684
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.4424
Keywords:
Place:
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: benthic habitat
Theme_Keyword: sand resource
Theme_Keyword: sediment
Theme_Keyword: sediment texture
Theme_Keyword: sand
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Florida Keys
Place_Keyword: National Marine Sanctuary
Place_Keyword: coast
Place_Keyword: Southeast U.S.
Place_Keyword: Florida
Access_Constraints: none
Use_Constraints: NOT LEGALLY BINDING.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: NOAA Coastal Services Center
Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
ArcView version 3.2 shapefile format n:\\nep1\\kcohen\\florida\\fknmshab.shp
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Shoreline and reef habitats have an accuracy of
five meters.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
These data are believed to be logically consistent, although not tested. Geometry appears topologically clean.
Completeness_Report:
This dataset covers the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Spatial and attribute properties are believed to be complete, although attribute information has been simplified. Geometric thresholds from original data are preserved. No test have been completed for exhaustiveness.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
The accuracy of this dataset is based on source data that is assumed to
meet National Map Accuracy Standards.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: National Ocean Service
Originator: Florida Marine Research Institute
Publication_Date: 19980521
Title: Florida Keys and Biscayne Bay Benthics
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Silver Spring, MD
Publisher: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
polygon data layers to represent the benthic habitats of the Florida
Keys
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The coverage was reprojected and the alpha codes for benthic habitats
(A_CODE) that refer to sediment composition were extracted using the
ARC/INFO put command. The polygons in the new coverage were then
rebuilt.
Process_Date: 20000808
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: OPIS Specialist
Contact_Organization: NOAA Coastal Services Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave.
City: Charleston
State_or_Province: South Carolina
Postal_Code: 29405
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (843) 740- 1200
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (843) 740 - 1224
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: csc@csc.noaa.gov
Hours_of_Service: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm, Eastern Standard Time