Major River Lines 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 Resources and Environmental Analysis Center (FREAC), University of Florida (UF) Geoplan, Department of Landscape Architecture, Florida Greenways Planning Team

Publication_Date: 1989

Title: Major River Lines Florida

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Description:

Abstract:

This GIS data set represents Florida's 50 major rivers as identified in the "Florida Rivers Assessment", completed for the Florida Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in December 1989 by Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center (FREAC) at Florida State University. Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI) staff downloaded these data from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) FTP site. These data are available in both polygon and line format.

Purpose:

These data represent major rivers for cartographic reference only. The original source scale and accuracy is not known, therefore these data are not appropriate for analysis. Use with caution.

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.
The line data set includes additional smaller streams not included in the polygon data set. Some rivers have changed course since the 1989 source date. FMRI has not made any edits to the positional accuracy of these data. Use with caution.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 1989

Time_of_Day: unknown

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.639488

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.886085

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 31.045372

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 25.764821

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRItheme

Theme_Keyword: GIS

Theme_Keyword: mapping

Theme_Keyword: hydrography

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category

Theme_Keyword: geoscientificInformation

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWRIplace

Place_Keyword: Florida

Place_Keyword: statewide

Place_Keyword: north Florida

Place_Keyword: northeast Florida

Place_Keyword: northwest Florida

Place_Keyword: south Florida

Place_Keyword: southwest Florida

Place_Keyword: southeast Florida

Place_Keyword: Florida Panhandle

Place_Keyword: Florida Peninsula

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Florida Counties

Place:

Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Florida Waterbodies

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

Access_Constraints:

Available with Caution. 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 FREAC, Geoplan, FDEP as the originators, 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

Data_Set_Credit:

Florida Department of Natural Resources. 1989. Florida River's Assessment. FREAC, Geoplan, FDEP.

Security_Information:

Security_Classification_System: FMRI-DC

Security_Classification: Available with caution.

Security_Handling_Description: Available with caution.

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800

Data_Quality_Information:

Attribute_Accuracy:

Attribute_Accuracy_Report:

All entities and attributes have been identified and documented. Attribute accuracy has not been verified by FMRI.

Logical_Consistency_Report:

FMRI has made no effort to verify the logical consistency of these data.

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

FMRI QA/QC staff have verified, using 1999 DOQQs as reference, that some of the rivers appear to have changed course. FMRI has not made any edits to the positional accuracy of these data.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Florida Department of Natural Resources (DNR)

Publication_Date: 1989

Title: Florida River's Assessment.

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: paper

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Time_of_Day: unknown

Source_Citation_Abbreviation: DNR

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

FREAC constructed these data as a coverage by selecting linear attributes from the DLG Hydrological Data layer. The "Florida Rivers Assessment" was, when possible, used as a reference for selecting the boundaries of each water body.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: DNR

Process_Date: 1989

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: FREAC (Florida Resources and Environmental Analysis Center)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address: UCC 2200 FSU

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32306-2641

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (850) 644-2007

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (850) 644-7360

Contact_Instructions: <http://www.freac.fsu.edu/>

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

FGDL performed the following quality assurance steps:
-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers -Set Precision to DOUBLE -Set Tolerances to FGDL Standards -Added DESCRIPT item based on TYPE

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: FGDL (Florida Geographic Data Library)

Contact_Person: Operator

Contact_Position: Operator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing address

Address:

Florida Geographic Data Library 431 Architecture Building PO Box 115706

City: Gainesville

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32611-5706

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 352-392-0997, Operator

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdldocs/document/techsupp.htm>

Hours_of_Service: 24 hours

Contact_Instructions:

<http://www.fgdl.org> Technical Support: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html> FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html> FGDL Mailing Lists: <http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html> For FGDL Software: <http://www.fgdl.org/software.html>

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

FDEP performed the following:
In September, 2000, the shapefile of this dataset was inserted into Spatial Database Engine (SDE 3.0.2). SDE is ESRI's client/server technology for storing and managing spatial data in a relational database management system (RDBMS) and for spatially enabling existing RDBMS tables. For this dataset, ARC/INFO specific fields, such as <cover># and <cover>-id were dropped.

Process_Date: 2000

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: FDEP (Florida Department of Environmental Protection)

Contact_Person: Brockwell, Eric

Contact_Position: Systems Project Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., Ms 240

City: Tallahassee

State_or_Province: FL

Postal_Code: 32399

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 850-488-0892

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

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

FMRI staff downloaded the shapefiles of this data set from the FDEP FTP site. FMRI reprojected these data into Albers NAD 83 and loaded the shapefile into ArcSDE 8.3

Process_Date: 2003

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

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 2011 Florida GDL Albers

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 24.0

Standard_Parallel: 31.5

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.0

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 24.0

False_Easting: 400000.0

False_Northing: 0.0

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.0001

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.0001

Planar_Distance_Units: meter

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: D NAD 1983 2011

Ellipsoid_Name: GRS 1980

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.0

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222101

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: GIS.FWC.rivers_major_arc

Entity_Type_Definition: Lines representing Florida's major rivers.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: Name of hydrologic feature.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

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: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TYPE

Attribute_Definition:

Type of hydrologic feature. Values include canal, creek, lake, and river.

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: FMRI.rivers_major_poly

Entity_Type_Definition: Polygons representing Florida's major rivers.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NAME

Attribute_Definition: Name of hydrologic feature.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: OBJECTID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.AREA

Attribute_Definition:

Area of polygon (in square meters). Automatically calculated by SDE.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE.LEN

Attribute_Definition:

Length of polygon perimeter (in meters). Automatically calculated by SDE.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TYPE

Attribute_Definition:

Type of hydrologic feature. Values include canal, creek, lake, and river.

Overview_Description:

Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:

Both the line and polygon data sets include attributes describing NAME and TYPE of hydrologic feature.

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: Downloadable Data

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 or the appropriate originator; 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:

Format_Name: SHP

Digital_Transfer_Option:

Fees:

None. However, persons or organizations requesting information must provide transfer media if FTP is not available and must pay express shipping costs if express shipping is required.

Ordering_Instructions:

Contact GIS Librarian by e-mail, telephone, or letter explaining which products are needed and providing a brief description of how the products will be used. Also, provide name and address of the person or organization requesting the products.

Turnaround:

Usually within 10 business days, although, complex requests may take longer

Custom_Order_Process:

These data have caveats. Contact GIS Librarian for details. If these data are maintained by an agency other than FWC-FWRI, then the source agency should be contacted directly for requests.

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20030709

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

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

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:

Metadata_Security_Classification_System: FMRI-MC

Metadata_Security_Classification: Available

Metadata_Security_Handling_Description: Metadata must be distributed with the data set.