WR_MMR_Manatee_Synoptic Surveys_Flightpath

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)
Publication_Date: Unpublished material
Title: WR_MMR_Manatee_Synoptic Surveys_Flightpath
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Description:
Abstract:
Database contains flight routes for the 2010 Synoptic Survey. Manatee synoptic surveys are used to obtain minimum counts of Florida manatees statewide. These surveys are conducted over 1 to 3 days in winter aerial surveys of manatees that cover all of the manatee's wintering habitats in Florida and Southeast Georgia. Surveys can be conducted up to 3 times per winter, after cold fronts pass through Florida (December - March). When it is coldest, manatees aggregate at natural warm springs and thermal discharges from power and industrial plants.
Purpose: To obtain a general (minimum) count of manatees statewide.
Supplemental_Information:
Related grant: USFWS2305 -Prior to July 1, 2004, the Fish and Wildlife Research Institute (FWRI) was known as the Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI). The Institute's name has not been changed in historical data sets or references to work completed by the Florida Marine Research Institute. The Institute's name has been changed in references to ongoing research, new research, and contact information.--
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 200401
Beginning_Time: Unknown
Ending_Date: Present
Ending_Time: Unknown
Currentness_Reference: Project dates
Status:
Progress: In work
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Annually
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -83.218014
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.883625
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.7253
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.661581
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRI Theme
Theme_Keyword: manatees
Theme_Keyword: marine mammals
Theme_Keyword: threatened and endangered (turtles, whales, manatees, sturgeon)
Theme_Keyword: research
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
Theme_Keyword: biota
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRI Place
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: Georgia
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Region
Place_Keyword: FWC Region-Southwest
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Water Management Districts
Place_Keyword: Southwest Florida Water Management District
Temporal:
Temporal_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Temporal_Keyword: winter
Access_Constraints:
All data must be verified by Principle 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 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.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Edwards, Holly
Contact_Organization:
FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person:
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701-5095
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-823-0166
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: metadata@MyFWC.com
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name:
https://mermaid.ncddc.noaa.gov/fwc/fwri/wr/mmr/db/fwc_fwri_wr_mmr00058/idinfo/browse/counties_24k_poly_withH2O.jpg
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: image of study area
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: jpeg
Data_Set_Credit:
Various organizations and researchers contributed to the surveys in various years. Contributing organizations include: FWC/FWRI, Mote Marine Laboratory, Wildlife Trust, Dynamac Corp./NASA, Dade and Broward County DERMs, Georgia DEP, Jacksonville University, USFWS, Everglades National Park. Data verified by observers and by Holly Edwards. Related grant: USFWS 2305
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
Each survey team was supplied with a theoretical flight route as a guideline. The observers were responsible for recording the aircrafts actual flight route using a GPS. The flight routes were downloaded as a digital polyline.
Logical_Consistency_Report: QAQC complete
Completeness_Report:
The flight routes for Broward, Charlotte, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach Counties and Blue Springs and Warm Mineral Springs were not recorded and are omitted from this .shp file. The included flight routes include unsurveyed segments from take-off to the beginning of the survey and from the end of the survey to landing.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Manatee location and flight routes digized off hand-written maps.
Lineage:
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Each survey team supplied a map packet of their county/region. The maps provided contain the estimated flight paths that where hand drawn while in route. An observer in the aircraft was responsible for charting the aircrafts course and recording manatee sightings. Using ArcMap, heads up digitizing was used to transfer the hand drawn flight paths to a digital polyline. For QAQC, printed versions of the digitized flight paths where distributed back to the individuals responsible for drawing the original path. Corrections where made on these maps and then returned for digital updating/editing. A second edited edition of the maps was redistributed for final approval. Some additional edits where made at this time and then given the final approval by each surveying team.
Process_Date: continuous
Cloud_Cover: Unknown
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 61
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Map_Projection:
Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area
Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:
Standard_Parallel: 24
Standard_Parallel: 31.5
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24
False_Easting: 400000
False_Northing: 0
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: Coordinate Pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 0.001024
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.001024
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
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: ETS_manatee_synoptic_flightpath
Entity_Type_Definition:
This database contains the digitized flight path for the 2010 synoptic survey. For point ID, date, species, zone, number of adults, number of calves, total number, behavior, notes, and X- and Y-coordinates see ETS_manatee_ synoptic_survey database.
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: MMR data sheet or GPS
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: COMMENTS
Attribute_Definition:
Suppplemental information about the flight path. Most power plants where circled numerous times
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer-defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FID
Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain:
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FLIGHT_ID
Attribute_Definition: Fields with "4" are 2004 updates
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer-defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FLIGHT_NUM
Attribute_Definition:
Unique value identifying each flight path. Date and county flown are included in name.
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer-defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: LABEL
Attribute_Definition: Provided to label the start of each route
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer-defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Length
Attribute_Definition: RI tags
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer-defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
Attribute_Definition: RI tags
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer-defined
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape_Leng
Attribute_Definition_Source: Producer-defined
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
This database contains the digitized flight path for the 2004 synoptic survey. For point ID, date, species, zone, number of adults, number of calves, total number, behavior, notes, and X- and Y-coordinates see ETS_manatee_ synoptic_survey database.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation:
Attributes above are listed on a cover sheet for a each aerial survey.
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person:
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701-5095
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-823-0166
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: metadata@MyFWC.com
Resource_Description:
This metadata documents the digitizing of the flight paths. The metadata for the ArcGIS database of all manatees sighted during synoptic surveys from 1991 to 2010 is covered in the ETS_manatee_synoptic surveys metadata.
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-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 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.
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Transfer_Size: 0.811
Fees: none
Ordering_Instructions: Contact Group Metadata Technician
Turnaround:
Approximately ten working days, depending on amount of information requested.
Standard_Order_Process:
Non-digital_Form: paper
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20080116
Metadata_Review_Date: 20080117
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Contact_Person:
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
Address: 100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
City: St. Petersburg
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 33701-5095
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727-896-8626
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727-823-0166
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: metadata@MyFWC.com
Metadata_Standard_Name:
FGDC Biological Data Profile of the Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Use_Constraints:
All data must be credited to FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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