The Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) is a mechanism for distributing spatial (GIS) data throughout the state of Florida. The FGDL is warehoused and maintained at the University of Florida's GeoPlan Center, a GIS Research & Teaching Facility.
Currently, there are over 350 current and historic GIS layers in the FGDL, from over 35 local, state, federal, and private agencies. FGDL includes data on Land Use/ Land Cover, Hydrography, Soils, Transportation, Boundaries, Environmental Quality, Conservation, Census, and more. FGDL contains primarily vector GIS data layers.
Data is available for download free of charge from the FGDL METADATA EXPLORER or our FTP site. New data layers are continuously added to the FGDL Metadata Explorer as they become available. Data is also available for purchase on CD-ROM/DVD. FGDL data included on CDROMs/DVDs are released as Versions. The current release is FGDL Version 2006. Annual versions of FGDL data are released each spring, with versions dated as the year prior. For example, in March 2008, FGDL Version 2007 will be released - a culmination of all data gathered in 2007.
For imagery and raster data, such as DOQQs and DRGs, please see LABINS.
The FGDL supports the National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) through the following activities:
- Maintenance of Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) compliant metadata for all data layers distributed.
- Maintenance of the FGDL Metadata Explorer, a GIS Catalog Portal, from which data can be shared, accessed, and searched by other portals and individuals free of charge.
- Participation in the Geospatial One Stop (GOS)/ geodata.dov, with FGDL metadata records regularly harvested by GOS.
- Participation as a Clearinghouse Node in the FGDC's Clearinghouse Registry.
