Florida State Waters Boundary
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- Originator: NOAA Coastal Services Center
- Publication_Date: 20060524
- Title: Florida State Waters Boundary
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Online_Linkage: <http://research.myfwc.com/>
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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This GIS data set represents the Florida approximate state waters line, based on the Submerged Lands Act. As interpreted from the U.S. code, the Submerged Lands Act gives states authority to control the use of resources from state submerged lands, which include lands under estuarine waters out to the Federal-State boundary delineated by the Minerals Management Service.
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This GIS data set represents the approximate outer extent of Florida waters for general mapping purposes and analyses. Not intended for legal use.
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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.
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- Calendar_Date: 20060524
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -87.537166
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.825575
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 30.737375
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.353586
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- Theme_Keyword: Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Theme_Keyword: Information Science and Management
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- Theme_Keyword: boundaries
- Theme_Keyword: bounds
- Theme_Keyword: mapping
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword: boundaries
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Place
- Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
- Place_Keyword: Florida
- Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: FWC Regions
- Place_Keyword: Atlantic Ocean
- Place_Keyword: Florida
- Place_Keyword: Gulf of Mexico
- Place_Keyword: North Central
- Place_Keyword: Northeast
- Place_Keyword: Northwest
- Place_Keyword: South
- Place_Keyword: Southwest
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Water Management Districts
- Place_Keyword: Northwest Florida
- Place_Keyword: South Florida
- Place_Keyword: Southwest Florida
- Place_Keyword: St. Johns River
- Place_Keyword: Suwannee River
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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.
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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. This is not a survey data set and should not be utilized as such. These data are not to be used for navigation.
It is recommended that this boundary be qualified as approximate if used in a cartographic product.
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- Contact_Person: GISLibrarian
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FWC-FWRI (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute)
- Contact_Position: GIS Data Librarian
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Address: 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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FWRI extracted the Florida portion of the submerged lands act line from data downloaded from NOAA. FWRI used NOAA's metadata as a base for this document and included FWRI standard information and information about processing done by FWRI.
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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780
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FWRI has not altered any attribute information available from the source data. FWRI deleted blank attribute fields.
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These data are complete for the state of Florida. This line represents the outer limits of state waters only; it does not extend to the shoreline.
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FWRI has not altered the positional accuracy of the source data. The source data were originally in polygon format. FWRI converted to lines and extracted the outer line.
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- Originator: NOAA Coastal Services Center
- Publication_Date: 20060524
- Title: SLA
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- Online_Linkage: <http://www.csc.noaa.gov/legislativeatlas/>
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- Type_of_Source_Media: U.S. Code, 43 U.S.C. 1301 - 1315
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As interpreted from the U.S. code, 43 U.S.C. 1301 - 1315, the Submerged Lands Act gives states authority to control the use of resources from state submerged lands, which include lands under estuarine waters out to the Federal-State boundary delineated by the Minerals Management Service. The Submerged Lands Act's geographic coverage was developed from two existing data sets: (1) ESRI's detailed states layer (1:100,000) from 2001 and (2) the Federal-State boundary for the continental U.S. distributed by the Minerals Management Service (<http://www.mms.gov/ld/Maps.htm>). The Federal-State shapefile was downloaded from MMS for each region (Atlantic, Gulf, and Pacific) and merged into one shapefile after reprojecting the Gulf Federal-State shapefile from NAD27 to NAD83. A polygon shapefile was created that extended from the Federal-State line to an arbitrary distance inland of all estuaries and other coastal features represented in the ESRI states layer. Lateral boundaries were created at the southern borders of Texas and California and the northern borders of Washington state and Maine to extend the polygon coverage from the Federal-State line to the shoreline of the ESRI state layer. These lateral boundaries were based on best available information, but should not be interpreted as official boundaries. The Erase tool in ArcGIS was used to remove the terrestrial lands represented in the ESRI states layer to derive a polygon representing the state waters of the continental U.S.
- Process_Date: 20060501
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- Contact_Person: Clearinghouse Manager
- Contact_Organization: NOAA Coastal Services Center
- Contact_Position: Clearinghouse Manager
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 2234 South Hobson Ave
- City: Charleston
- State_or_Province: SC
- Postal_Code: 29405
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: (843) 740-1200
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (843) 740-1224
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: clearinghouse@csc.noaa.gov
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FWRI staff downloaded the Submerged Lands act shapefile from NOAA's Legislative Atlas Web site. This shapefile was originally in polygon format, so it was converted to lines. All attributes from the source polygon were applied to the lines, except empty (blank) attributes were deleted. FWRI staff extracted only the linework representing the state of Florida's boundary. This information was projected to Albers and loaded to ArcSDE.
- Process_Date: 2007
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- Address: Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
- Address: 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
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- Map_Projection_Name: NAD 1983 2011 Florida GDL Albers
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- Standard_Parallel: 24.0
- Standard_Parallel: 31.5
- Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -84.0
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