Geodataset Name: GWPTR Geodataset Type: COVERAGE Geodataset Feature: LINE
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
GWPTR is a coverage of officially designated and opportunity or 'paddleable' trails located in the State of Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S): See DATA SOURCE CONTACT(S) below SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: 1:24,000 and 1:100,000 DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 1995 - 1998 GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES
Datafile name: TRL97.AAT
COL ITEM NAME WIDTH OUTPUT TYPE N.DEC ALTERNATE NAME INDEXED? 1 FNODE# 4 5 B - - 5 TNODE# 4 5 B - - 9 LPOLY# 4 5 B - - 13 RPOLY# 4 5 B - - 17 LENGTH 8 18 F 5 - 25 GWPTR# 4 5 B - - 29 GWPTR-ID 4 5 B - - 33 ARC_KILOS 4 12 F 2 - 37 ARC_MILES 4 12 F 2 - 41 NAME 100 100 C - - 141 STATUS 2 2 C - - 143 SOURCE 2 2 I - - 145 TRL_KILOS 4 12 F 2 - 149 TRL_MILES 4 12 F 2 - 153 NAME2 100 100 C - - 253 STATUS2 2 2 C - - 255 SOURCE2 2 2 I - - 257 TRL_KILOS2 4 12 F 2 - 261 TRL_MILES2 4 12 F 2 - 265 NAME3 100 100 C - - 365 STATUS3 2 2 C - - 367 SOURCE3 2 2 I - - 369 TRL_KILOS3 4 12 F 2 - 373 TRL_MILES3 4 12 F 2 -
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES
Item Item description
ARC_KILOS The length in Kilometers of that particular arc.
ARC_MILES The length in Miles of that particular arc.
NAME Trail or river/stream name
STATUS Trail Designation Codes:
OD -Officially Designated or Maintained Paddling Trail
VO -Vision or Opportunity Paddling Trail
* While any navigable river can be a paddling trail. The
designation implies that there are or can be canoe/kayak
drop-in points, rest-stops, camping areas, etc..
SOURCE Numerical code given to indicate what source the
trail was digitized from:
1 Records from the original Flatrails1 coverage,
made up of trails digitized, prior to May 1995,
from the two sets of 1:100000 maps (original &
updated) from Kent Wimmer/1000 Friends of
Florida.
2 Trails digitized from the updated set of
1:100000 1000 Friends of Florida maps after May
1995.
3 Trails digitized from the original set of
1:100000 1000 Friends of Florida maps after May
1995.
4 Trails entered into the coverage from
information in the ANCMA and BikeCentennial
Brochures.
5 The West Side of the Central Loop of the
Florida Trail, entered into the coverage from
information found in a report drawn up by the
Florida Trails Asc, Suncoast.
6 The Dixie-Levy Greenway Rail-Trail, entered
into the coverage from information found in a
Dixie-Levy Greenway Trail Report.
7 Trails entered into the coverage from
information in the St. Johns River and South
West Florida Water Managment District booklets.
8 Trails entered into the coverage from
information in Everglades National Forest and
Big Cypress brochures.
9 Trails entered into the coverage from
information in the books: A Canoing and
Kayaking Guide to the Streams of Florida,
Volumes I (1985) & II (1987).
10 Salt Springs Run Marina & Landing brochure, no
date.
11 'Hiking Guide to the Florida Trail' by Florida
Trails Asc. 1992.
12 Trails entered from book 'A Hiking Guide to the
Trails of Florida.' by Elizabeth F. Carter.
1987.
13 Trails entered from report 'The Florida State
Park System Base Maps.' by Department of
Environmental Protection, Division of
Recreation & Parks, Office of Park Planning no
date on it, but maps have dates on them from
1990-1994.
14 Trails taken from Florida Dept. of
Environmental Protection, Division of
Recreation & Parks brochures.
15 Per Kent Wimmer, June 1996 visit.
16 Sun Coast Parkway Trail map sent by Trish
Neville 5/8/96.
17 'Mapping Florida Outdoors' by Joan Lundquist
Scalpone. (1992)
18 'Camper's Guide to Florida' by Mickey Little.
(1990)
19 Trails entered into the coverage from
information provided by the Florida Trails Assoc.
per Nancy Gildersleve in October, 1996.
20 Trails entered from Global Positioning System Data
collected by the University of Florida, GeoPlan
Center.
21 Trails entered from Global Positioning System Data
collected by the Avon Park Natural Resources
Section.
22 Trails entered from Global Positioning System Data
collected by the Big Cypress National Preserve.
23 Corrections provided by the Florida Trail
Association on the FTA Map Series 4/05/97.
24 'Suwannee River Greenway Vision - Greenways 2000'.
Nov 1996.
25 Northeast RGTF Trails Additions, 6/97.
26 South RGTF Trails Additions, 6/97.
27 Cedar Point Environmental Park and Trails Map,
Charlotte
Harbor Environmental Center, Englewood, FL, 6/16/97.
28 Goethe Wildlife Management Area Equestrian Trail
Addns,
6/18/97.
29 Florida Cracker Trail Map, obtained through South
RGTF,
6/97.
30 Trails entered from Hillsborough Greenway System
data,
provided by Mark Dickson and Charner Reese,
Hillsborough Co. Planning & Growth Mgmt. Dept.,
6/25/97.
31 Trails entered from the South Dade Greenway Network
Map
provided by Kitty Roedel of the Redlands
Conservancy, 6/97.
32 Orange County Trails provided by Orange County
Department
of Parks and Recreation (needs help).
33 Trails entered from maps provided by Briggs Nature
Center/
Rookery Bay Estuary (6/97).
34 'Northwest Florida Water Management District -
Exploring
District Lands: A Recreation Guide' (1995).
35 Trails entered from Map Guide of Withlacoochee State
Forest-Croom Tract: ENDURO Mountain Bike Trail Map
(7/97).
36 Trails entered from a map of Green Swamp given to
GEOPLAN
by Leigh Brooks at SWFWMD (7/97).
37 Trails entered from map provided by Highlands County
Board
of County Commissioners Planning Supervisor, Duane
Neiderman
(7/9/97).
38 Trails entered from maps provided by Leigh Brooks of
SWFWMD
based on SW DEP Disrict's RGTF Comments (7/97).
39 City of Boca Raton Bicycle, Pedestrian, Greenway and
Trails
Master Plan (7/97).
40 Trails entered from maps of Seminole and Orange
County
Greenways, Trails & Bikeways Conceptual Master Plans
designed by Glatting, Jackson, et al. (7/97).
41 Trails entered from maps of Point Washington State
Forest
maps provided by Thomas Beitzel, Forestry
Supervisor,
Fla. Div. of Forestry (7/97).
42 Trail entered from Image Map of Eglin Air Force Base
provided by Debby Caffin, USDA (7/97).
43 Trails entered were provided by NWDEP Dist. RGTF
Comments
(7/97).
44 Trail entered from Indian River County Map provided
by Chief of Environmental Planning, Roland DeBlois
(7/97).
45 Trails entered from East Florida Kings Highway
Heritage
Corridor Volusia and Flagler County Map, provided by
Central DEP RGTF (7/97).
46 Seminole County Data Collection In-Progress Concept:
Florida
National Scenic Trail/Cross Seminole Pilot Project.
Given to
GEOPLAN by Central DEP District's RGTF (7/97).
TRL_KILOS The length of the entire trail in kilometers.
TRL_MILES The length of the entire trail in miles.
NAME2 AND NAME3 INFORMATION
Where more than one trail took the same route, the
NAME2 and NAME3 categories were used. The
information here is the same as for NAME (ie:
STATUS, SOURCE, TRL_KILOS, TRL_MILES).
When deciding between two trails of the same type,
a national trail would be given precedence over a
regional or local trail.
DESCRIPT Description Item for Florida Geographic Data Library Project
The NAME item was used for this coverage.
USER NOTES:
Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modelling 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.
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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 analyses. 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 web pages at:
http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html
Pursuant to Chapter 260.0141 Florida Statutes: The Opportunities as illustrated by this data layer are intended to establish an informational framework for voluntary participation by citizens, private property owners and all levels of government subject to the following limitations:
This data layer reflects private lands data received by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center as of December 31, 1998.
Establishment of the Greenways and Trails System is a dynamic process. The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Florida Greenways Coordinating Council (FGCC) have made every effort to work with private landowners and public land managers to assure them the Statewide Greenways and Trails Program is voluntary. As a result, DEP and the FGCC agreed to remove conservation/ecological features from this map if they occur within the ownership of those who do not wish to have their lands included. Therefore, the Conservation/Ecological Opportunities included in this data layer do not represent a complete statewide vision. This data layer represents a vision as modified by requests from landowners to remove or include their lands in the system.
Some of the Implementation Opportunities in the Southwest DEP District occur in areas being actively mined for phosphate or for which mining is planned. These mining activities are subject to numerous regulatory requirements within the overall mining/ reclamation approval process that may or may not result in lands suitable for inclusion in the greenways and trails system. Designation of phosphate lands as part of the statewide system shall occur only if agreed to by the landowner/mining company and DEP.
Additional lands, particularly in the Northeast region of the state, have been requested to be removed from future depictions of the statewide system. The Department of Environmental Protection will make every effort to obtain the data and boundary information necessary to honor these requests.
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
REFERENCES:
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Originally this coverage was created and maintained by Kent Wimmer and the 1000 Friends of Florida. Many of the Items FNAME, FTYPE and TRAILNUM (this item has been dropped) are legacy attributes and are no longer maintained.
The GeoPlan Cneter has been contracted to maintain this coverage as part of the Florida Greenways Project. Most of the trails that are maintained by the GeoPlan Center are Recreational (Hiking, Off-Road Biking, Equestrian, Canoe, Kayak). Theodore Petritsch at Florida Department of Transportation is now maintaining Bike Lane information. You can contact him at (850) 487-1200.
The automation of this data layer was performed utilizing the USGS DLG Hydro 1:24,000 or 1:100,000 as a basemap.
The Paddling Coverage was seperated from the TRLXX coverages because the attribute info for a water trail differ from that of a hiking trail. For info on the hiking, biking, and equestrian trails see TRLXX where XX is a year i.e. 97, 98.
MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS
Projection ALBERS Units METERS Datum NAD27 Spheroid CLARKE 1866 1st standard parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd standard parallel 31 30 0.000 central meridian -84 0 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: FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY*
Abbr. Name: FGDL
Address: FGDL, GeoPlan Center, University of Florida
431 Architecture
PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
Web site: http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/fgdl/fgdl.html
*Kent Wimmer created this database while working for 1000 Friends of Florida. He is now working for the Florida DEP, Office of Greenways and Trails, and can be contacted at (850) 488-3701.
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431 Architecture
PO Box 115706
Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
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