FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: FLORIDA TRAIL ASSOCIATION - PRIORITIZED 2008 HIKING TRAIL OPPORTUNITIES

Geodataset Name:       FNST_HKPRIO_2008
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         244
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This data contains information on the pathway and essential associated lands required for proper functioning of the Florida National Scenic Trails network. Low, medium and high priorities are based on the need for trail acquisition.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Trail Association, Inc.
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20090318 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: unknown DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: FNST_HKPRIO_2008.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
FNST_STAT
50 String
OGT_PRIO
22 String
DESCRIPT
22 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
SHAPE
4 Geometry
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

FNST_STAT Florida National Scenic Trail Status
Preferred = Planned trail

To Be Certified = Built, but not yet certified

To Be Built = Pre-approved for building

To Be Built and Certified = Pre-approved for building and certification with a partnering land manager/agency

Existing = Existing (built) trail that is part of FNST


OGT_PRIO Office of Greenways and Trails Priority Level
Priority 1 (HIGH) = Highest priority for acquisition/building

Priority 2 (MEDIUM) = Medium priority for acquisition/building

Priority 3 (LOW) = Lowest priority for acquisition/building


DESCRIPT Field added by GeoPlan based on OGT_PRIO

FGDLAQDATE Date GeoPlan acquired data from source.

SHAPE Feature geometry.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


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.

This data layer was created as part of the Office of Greenways and Trails 
Opportunity Maps 2008 Update Process.

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

None

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DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
A line shapefile of hiking trail priorities was sent by FTA. GeoPlan the dissolved 
lines with the same attribute values, then buffered the lines by 2KM.
Process Date: 20090303

Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20090318
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

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http://www.floridatrailsnetwork.com/download.html

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