Geodataset Name:       GFBT_2015
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         518

DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, Office of Public Access and Wildlife Viewing Services
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Unknown
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20150817
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            20150817
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: GFBT_2015.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
GFBT_SITE_	Undefined by Source
SECTION	Trail Section in which location is located. Section boundaries described here: http://floridabirdingtrail.com/index.php/about/trail_sections_and_sites/. East = East Section Panhandle = Panhandle Section South = South Section West = West Section
SITENAME	Full Site Name of GFBT Location
COUNTY	County(ies) in which the GFBT site is located
ENTITY_FUL	Undefined by Source
SITE_URL	URL of the GFBT site webpage
LATITUDE	Latitude of GFBT site in decimal degrees in WGS84
LONGITUDE	Longitude of GFBT site in decimal degrees in WGS84
DESCRIPT	FGDL added field based on SITENAME
FGDLAQDATE	FGDL added field based on date received from source
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan

USER NOTES:

These data appear to be logically consistent.

These data represent the complete set of 522 GFBT points as presented to FWRI as of 8/17/2015, minus two points that were listed as "CLOSED" and without Lat Long Coordinates.

GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

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.

To provide locational information and access URLs to site locations of the Great Florida Birding Trail. This 2,000-mile, self-guided highway trail is designed to conserve and enhance Florida's wildlife habitats by promoting bird watching and wildlife viewing activities, conservation education and economic opportunity.

These data appear to be horizontally accurate upon visual inspection. This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

These data do not contain vertical position. This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Users are encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata record prior to using these data. Please acknowledge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) as the data source for any products developed from these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection techniques, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data.

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REFERENCES:

GFBT Site: http://floridabirdingtrail.com/ FWRI: http://myfwc.com/research/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

The data were provided to FWC:FWRI:IS&M:CSA's Chris Boland by PAWVS's Whitney Gray on 8/17/2015 as an excel sheet with 522 GFBT site locations. Boland imported these data into a personal geodatabase and formatted the imported fields appropriately. Two records did not import correctly because of <NULL> values in the Latitude and Longitude fields. Upon further inspection, these two records were deleted because they were listed as "CLOSED" in the SITENAME field. He then imported the table into a file geodatabase, resizing the fields appropriately. In ArcMap, Boland imported the XY data from the file gdb table using the Latitude and Longitude fields in the WGS84 Datum. He then exported the data out as a point feature class and finally projected it into NAD83(2011)_Florida_GDL_Albers_meter projection. Process Date: 201508 The dataset was received by email in September 2016. When downloaded the data was in shapefile format and the coordinate system was NAD_1983. The data was projected to GCS_North_American_1983_HARN using the NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation. -Added DESCRIPT field, populated it based on SITENAME -Added FGDLAQDATE and populated it based on the date GeoPlan received the data -Recalculated LATITUDE and LONGITUDE -Restructured table -Uppercased all fields -Renamed data from GreatFloridaBirdingTrail_FL_pnt to gfbt_2015. Please Note: Previous TRGIS data layers (prior to 2014) were misidentified in the metadata as being in Albers HARN. FFWCC-FWRI said all TRGIS data is PCS Albers (Not HARN). The data now has a HARN transformation and so all of the data is shifted (<1m) from previous FGDL versions. Fields added to latest update: ENTITY_FUL, GFBT_SITE_, and SITE_URL Process Date: 20161103

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):

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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
FFWCC-FWRI
100 Eighth Avenue Southeast
St. Petersburg, Florida
33701
727-896-8626


http://geodata.myfwc.com/
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