Aquatic Preserves Florida

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute

Publication_Date: 2008

Title: Aquatic Preserves Florida

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: St. Petersburg, Florida

Publisher: FDEP, FWC, FWRI

Online_Linkage:

Description:

Abstract:

This GIS data set represents aquatic preserves (AP) in the State of Florida. The Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) originally created Aquatic Preserves (AP) in the State of Florida from legal descriptions using 1:24000 scale shoreline. Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas (CAMA) now maintains the data set. Aquatic preserves are ecologically significant submerged lands maintained in relatively pristine condition.

Purpose:

Divisions within the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) have felt the need to develop digital coverages for the state-owned or managed properties they oversee and are in the process of reducing the legal descriptions on deeds into a digital form by interpreting and transferring the legal description to a quad sheet or using one or another of the COordinate GeOmetry (COGO) systems. These lands include the Aquatic Preserves and the State Park boundaries. Where possible, to minimize duplication of effort, the Department acquired the boundaries already created for the Aquatic Preserves.

Supplemental_Information:

Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The institute name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The institute name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information. Aquatic Preserve (AP) information is available in two different versions. This version contains AP information maintained by Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas (CAMA). AP information is also available in the Outstanding Florida Waters layer. Currently, all APs are also Outstanding Florida Waters (OFWs). This was not the case in the past and may change again in the future, but an AP was dropped. It's important to note that there are three APs whose OFW boundaries differ from the AP boundary. These are described more specifically in the OFW rule 62-302.700. The Indian River Malabar to Vero expansion does not include portions of Sebastion and Turkey Creeks. The Wekiva River does not include portions of the St.Johns River. In the Big Bend, the OFW rule specifies certain "incorporated and unincorporated areas that are excluded."
Please note that Boca Ciega Bay Aquatic Preserve is also part of the Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2008

Time_of_Day: unknown

Currentness_Reference: These data were most recently updated in 2008

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.223248

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.922243

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.690262

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.59853

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRItheme

Theme_Keyword: boundaries

Theme_Keyword: coastal

Theme_Keyword: mapping

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Theme_Keyword: managed areas

Theme_Keyword: aquatic preserve

Theme_Keyword: bounds

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: boundaries

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRIplace

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: statewide

Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Place_Keyword: Big Bend

Place_Keyword: Charlotte Harbor

Place_Keyword: Tampa Bay

Place_Keyword: Estero Bay

Place_Keyword: Rookery Bay

Place_Keyword: Biscayne Bay

Place_Keyword: Indian River Lagoon

Place_Keyword: Mosquito Lagoon

Place_Keyword: Apalachicola

Place_Keyword: Saint Andrews Bay

Place_Keyword: northeast Florida

Place_Keyword: northwest Florida

Place_Keyword: south Florida

Place_Keyword: southwest Florida

Place_Keyword: Florida Keys

Place_Keyword: southeast Florida

Place_Keyword: north Florida

Place_Keyword: east coast of Florida

Place_Keyword: west coast of Florida

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Region

Place_Keyword: FWC Region-North Central

Place_Keyword: FWC Region-Northeast

Place_Keyword: FWC Region-Northwest

Place_Keyword: FWC Region-South

Place_Keyword: FWC Region-Southwest

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Water Management Districts

Place_Keyword: Northwest Florida Water Management District

Place_Keyword: South Florida Water Management District

Place_Keyword: Southwest Florida Water Management District

Place_Keyword: St. Johns River Water Management District

Place_Keyword: Suwannee River Water Management District

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Florida Waterbodies

Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean

Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico

Place_Keyword: Florida Bay

Access_Constraints:

Available without restriction. All data must be verified by Principal Investigator or Group Database Analyst prior to release. It is strongly recommended that this data is directly acquired from FWC and not indirectly through other sources which may have changed the data in some way. FWC makes no claims as to the data's suitability for other purposes.

Use_Constraints:

Acknowledgement of the FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute) as the data source, and the originator FDEP, would be appreciated in any products developed from these data, and such acknowledgment as is standard for citation and legal practices for data source is expected by users of this data. Please cite the original metadata when using portions of the record to create a similar record of slightly altered data, such as reprojection. If any data are modified or adjusted, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area from other time periods may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of this data. These data are not legal documents and are not to be used as such. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FWRI-DC

Security_Classification: Available without restriction

Security_Handling_Description: Available without restriction

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Windows NT Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcInfo 8.1.0.415

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

All entities and attributes have been identified and documented.

Logical_Consistency_Report: Data are logically consistent.

Completeness_Report: Data are as complete as the source data provided by FDEP.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Positional accuracy has not been verified by FWRI.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) Bureau of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas (CAMA)

Publication_Date: 1996

Publication_Time: Unknown

Title: Aquatic Preserve Legal Descriptions

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: legal descriptions

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL

Publisher: FDEP

Other_Citation_Details:

Contact: Jim English (DEP) Address: 3900 Commonwealth Blvd. MS 325 Tallahassee, FL. 32399-3000 Phone Number: (904) 488-3456

Source_Scale_Denominator: 24000

Type_of_Source_Media: legal descriptions

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1996

Time_of_Day: unknown

Source_Currentness_Reference: publication date

Source_Citation_Abbreviation:

FL-Department of Environmental Protection, Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas

Source_Contribution: Provided legal descriptions for polygon generation.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Points taken from legal descriptions and polygons were generated in ArcInfo. Aquatic Preserve boundaries were originally created by then FMRI using COGO (COordinate GeOmetry) methods.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

FL-Department of Environmental Protection, Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas

Process_Date: 1996

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

In the 2003 update provided by FDEP, the western boundary of Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve was adjusted to follow the coastline of Pinellas County. Lake Weir was removed. Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve was divided into Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve and Biscayne Bay-Cape Florida to Monroe County Line Aquatic Preserve. Boundaries were broadened for Tomoka Marsh Aquatic Preserve, North Fork St. Lucie Aquatic Preserve, and Loxahatchee Key-Lake Worth Creek Aquatic Preserve. In each case, the description designated all sovereignty submerged lands within specific boundaries. The boundary was extended out to those specific boundaries rather than attempting to determine if the previous boundary actually represented the full extent of sovereign submerged lands.

Process_Date: 2003

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Librarian coverage was transformed from NAD27 to HPGN using the PROJECT command.

Process_Date: 1997

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Shapefile of this dataset was inserted into Spatial Database Engine (SDE 3.0.2).

Process_Date: 1999

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Four Lake Weir polygons were removed to reflect the delisting of Lake Weir. Additionally, 1,812 unnecessary polygons with NAME = 'NOT PRESERVE' were removed.

Process_Date: 200010

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Boundaries for BIG BEND SEAGRASSES AQUATIC PRESERVE, OKLAWAHA RIVER AQUATIC PRESERVE, and PINELLAS COUNTY AQUATIC PRESERVE were replaced by updated boundaries reworked by Earl Pearson of the Office of Coastal and Aquatic Managed Areas and approved by Kathleen Swanson of ERP

Process_Date: 200011

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

Deleted unused columns in Attribute Table. Converted features to multi-part polygons based on the Name field. Updated boundaries of Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve, Big Bend Seagrasses Aquatic Preserve, Mosquito Lagoon Aquatic Preserve and Pinellas County Aquatic Preserve

Process_Date: February 2008

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Dataset copied.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Server=Gleason; Service=5153; User=ArcIMS; Version=SDE.DEFAULT

Process_Date: 20100319

Process_Time: 15043800

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4626

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.000000

Standard_Parallel: 31.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.000000

False_Easting: 400000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate Pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002095

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002095

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: fmri.aquaticpreserves_fl_poly

Entity_Type_Definition: Polygon format aquatic preserve boundaries

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN

Attribute_Definition:

Length of polygon perimeter (in meters); SDE automatically calculates

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Polygon perimeter

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LANDTYPE

Attribute_Definition:

Aquatic preserves are water by definition; however, some "land" areas are included in this data set. This is due to either a limitation in the data model used to create the data set, or in some cases, the boundaries of aquatic preserves were drawn as indicated in legal descriptions, and the exact extent of submerged lands within the given boundaries was not verified. See also the second Process Step.

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Land

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Land

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Enumerated_Domain:

Enumerated_Domain_Value: Water

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Water

Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: Name of aquatic preserve

Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer defined

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Character string given the name of the aquatic preserve.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE

Attribute_Definition: Feature Geometry

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Feature geometry.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA

Attribute_Definition:

Area of polygon (in square meters); SDE automatically calculates

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Area of polygon

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID_1

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

Resource_Description: fmri.aquaticpreserves_fl_poly

Distribution_Liability:

This data set is in the public domain, and the recipient may not assert any proprietary rights thereto nor represent it to anyone as other than a FWC-FWRI produced data set; it is provided "as-is" without warranty of any kind, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The user assumes all responsibility for the accuracy and suitability of this data set for a specific application. In no event will the staff of the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute be liable for any damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or consequential damages arising from the use of or the inability to use this data set.

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20030623

Metadata_Review_Date: 20060503

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: GISLibrarian

Contact_Organization:

FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)

Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address:

Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast

City: St. Petersburg

State_or_Province: Florida

Postal_Code: 33701

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-893-1679

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: GISLibrarian@MyFWC.com

Hours_of_Service: 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. Eastern time

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

Metadata_Access_Constraints: No restrictions on metadata.

Metadata_Use_Constraints: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.

Metadata_Security_Information:

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Metadata_Security_Classification: Available

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