FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2007

TITLE: FLORIDA COUNTIES WITH SHORELINE (AREAS)

Geodataset Name:       COUNTYSHORE_AREAS
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         18038
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
Detailed shoreline with county boundaries
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Department of Environmental Protection
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      19960101
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: COUNTYSHORE_AREAS.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
NAME
20 String
DEP_COUNTY
4 Integer
WATER
4 Integer
FIPS_COUNT
4 Integer
DESCRIPT
25 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE
4 Geometry
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

NAME Textual county names in upper case

DEP_COUNTY Numberic code used in DEP's Regulatory Databases (See table in Overview Description)

WATER Enables the differentiated shading of land and water for maps
0 = Land

1 = Water


FIPS_COUNT County FIPS codes = ((County code * 2)-1). (See table in Overview Description)

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on NAME

FGDLAQDATE FGDL added field based on date downloaded from source

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE Feature geometry.

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters

Overview Description:

DEP_COUNTY   NAME         FIPS_COUNTY
----------   ----         -----------
         1   ALACHUA                1
         2   BAKER                  3
         3   BAY                    5
         4   BRADFORD               7
         5   BREVARD                9
         6   BROWARD               11
         7   CALHOUN               13
         8   CHARLOTTE             15
         9   CITRUS                17
        10   CLAY                  19
        11   COLLIER               21
        12   COLUMBIA              23
        13   DADE                  25
        14   DESOTO                27
        15   DIXIE                 29
        16   DUVAL                 31
        17   ESCAMBIA              33
        18   FLAGLER               35
        19   FRANKLIN              37
        20   GADSDEN               39
        21   GILCHRIST             41
        22   GLADES                43
        23   GULF                  45
        24   HAMILTON              47
        25   HARDEE                49
        26   HENDRY                51
        27   HERNANDO              53
        28   HIGHLANDS             55
        29   HILLSBOROUGH          57
        30   HOLMES                59
        31   INDIAN RIVER          61
        32   JACKSON               63
        33   JEFFERSON             65
        34   LAFAYETTE             67
        35   LAKE                  69
        36   LEE                   71
        37   LEON                  73
        38   LEVY                  75
        39   LIBERTY               77
        40   MADISON               79
        41   MANATEE               81
        42   MARION                83
        43   MARTIN                85
        44   MONROE                87
        45   NASSAU                89
        46   OKALOOSA              91
        47   OKEECHOBEE            93
        48   ORANGE                95
        49   OSCEOLA               97
        50   PALM BEACH            99
        51   PASCO                101
        52   PINELLAS             103
        53   POLK                 105
        54   PUTNAM               107
        55   ST. JOHNS            109
        56   ST. LUCIE            111
        57   SANTA ROSA           113
        58   SARASOTA             115
        59   SEMINOLE             117
        60   SUMTER               119
        61   SUWANNEE             121
        62   TAYLOR               123
        63   UNION                125
        64   VOLUSIA              127
        65   WAKULLA              129
        66   WALTON               131
        67   WASHINGTON           133
USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity
of the original data layer's topology
This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to our
knowledge.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS 
systems for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy
has not been verified by GeoPlan

THE DATA INCLUDED IN FGDL ARE 'AS IS' AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED
AS LEGALLY BINDING. THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA GEOPLAN CENTER SHALL
NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED AS A RESULT OF USING,
MODIFYING, CONTRIBUTING OR DISTRIBUTING THE MATERIALS.

A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling purposes.
Please be sure you are using the best available data. 

1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
county level.
1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such
as property parcel boundaries.
1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
multi-county or regional level.
1:125000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the
regional or state level or larger.

Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be
considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data
before using it for projects or analysis. Every effort has been
made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection:
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The county lines from a copy of the 1:24,000 DLG boundary layer were
extracted and inserted into the 1:40,000 shoreline sheet.  The coverage was
CLEANed to establish polygon topology and county name attribution was added.

The coverage was converted to a shapefile for insertion into SDE.  Polygons
were checked and edited for correct county and water attribution.  DEP County
Codes and FIPS Codes were obtained from the Oracle table MT$COUNTY and added
through a join of the County Name.

In December, 1999, the shapefile of this dataset was inserted into Spatial
Database Engine (SDE 3.0.2).
Process Date: 10/15/99

The DEP_COUNTY and FIPS_COUNTY missing attributes for Desoto county were added in the table via SQL Navigator. Process Date: 2/28/2006
GeoPlan downloaded this dataset from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection website (http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp) in July 2008. When downloaded the data was in the following projection: Albers NAD 83 HPGN. - Changed FIPS_COUNT field for Dade county from FIPS = 25 to FIPS = 86 - A DESCRIPT field was added based on NAME. - A FGDLAQDATE field was added based on date downloaded from source. - AUTOID field was added based on FID + 1. - AREA, PERIMTER, and OBJECTID fields were deleted. Process Date: 20080729
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20080911
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

Projection                          ALBERS
Datum                               HPGN
Units                               METERS
Spheroid                            GRS1980
1st Standard Parallel               24  0  0.000
2nd Standard Parallel               31 30  0.000
Central Meridian                   -84 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) BIS/GIS Section
FDEP
2600 Blair Stone Rd
Tallahassee, FL
32399-2400


http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp GIS.Librarian@dep.state.fl.us

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