FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2003, RELEASED NOVEMBER, 2002.

BIODIVERSITY HOT SPOTS

Geodataset Name:     GFCHOT
Geodataset Type:     Grid
Geodataset Feature:  Polygon

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

This is a "hot spot" data set representing biological diversity, created by aggregation of predictive habitat maps for wading birds, important natural communities, and 44 focal species. It also includes known species and community locations.

RESOLUTION:                      100m X 100m

GRID TYPE:                       Integer

DATA SOURCE(S):                  FLORIDA FISH & WILDLIFE
                                 CONSERVATION COMMISSION

DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:    Source, see User Notes, Automated 1990

SCALE:                           NA

GEODATASET EXTENT:               State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES
Data file Name: GFCHOT.VAT

ITEM NAME    WIDTH    TYPE        PRECISION
DESCRIPT      50       CHARACTER       -        

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES

Item         Item description

DESCRIPT     Based on Value Item Description

USER NOTES:

Data derived from 1985 - 1989 LandSat Thematic Mapper Imagery.

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers
-Added DESCRIPT item based on Value Item Description

REFERENCES:

Cox, J., Kautz, R., Maclaughlin, M., and T. Gilbert. 1994. Closing the Gaps in Florida's Wildlife Habitat Conservation System. Office of Environmental Services, Florida Game and Freshwater Fish Commission.

This report contains the following sections:

American Crocodile
American Oystercatcher
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Atlantic and Gulf Salt Marsh Snakes
Audubon's Crested Caracara
Beach Mice
Black-whiskered Vireo
Bobcat
Bog Frog
Cuban Snowy Plover
Florida Black Bear
Florida Burrowing Owl
Florida Grasshopper Sparrow
Florida Panther
Florida Sandhill Crane
Florida Scrub Jay
Florida Scrub Lizard
Fox Squirrels
Gopher Tortoise
Limpkin
Mangrove Cuckoo
Mottled Duck
Pine Barrens Treefrog
Piping Plover
Red-cockaded Woodpecker
Seaside Sparrows
Short-tailed Hawk
Snail Kite
Southeastern American Kestrel
Southern Bald Eagle
White-crowned Pigeon
Wild Turkey
Wilson's Plover
Areas supporting globally rare plant species
Bat maternity and winter roosting caves
Coastal communities
Gap Analysis
Pine rocklands
Prairie birds
Sandhill communities
Scrub communities
Scrub communities
Tropical Hardwood Hammock Communities
Wetlands important to Wading Birds

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS

Projection                        ALBERS
Units                             METERS
Datum                             HPGN
Spheroid                          GRS1980
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 FISH AND WILDLIFE
                        CONSERVATION COMMISSION
Abbr. Name:             FFWCC
Address:                FFWCC
                        620 S. Meridian St.
                        1239 SW 10th St.
                        Tallahassee FL 32399-1600
                        Ocala FL 3447-2797
Phone:                  (352)732-1225  or  (850)488-4676
Website:		http://www.state.fl.us/gfc/
Contact Person:         
         Phone:         (850) 488-6661

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
                        431 Architecture Building
                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

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