FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
(VERSION 2003)

SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT CANALS, HYDROGRAPHY

Geodataset Name:      HYSURCRC
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   LINE

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains a line shapefile of Canals maintained by the 
South Florida Water Management District.

DATA SOURCE(S):			  South Florida Water Management District
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:	  N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:	  1997
GEODATASET EXTENT:			  South Florida Water Management District

Datafile Name: HYSURCRC

ITEM NAME	WIDTH	    TYPE	N. DECIMAL PLACES

FID	          4	    OID		    	0
SHAPE	          0	    Geometry	    	0
LENGTH	         19	    Double	      18
MEWS_CLASS	  12	    String	    	0
TYPE	         20	    String	    	0
CLASS	          6	    String	    	0
NAME	         25	    String	    	0
ALIAS	         25	    String	    	0
VERIFIED	   3	    String	    	0
NRCS	         10	    String	    	0
DATE_	         11	    String	    	0
WATER	          3	    String	    	0
SYMBOL	          2	    SmallInteger	2
DESCRIPT     	  25	    String	    	0

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

ITEM                      ITEM DESCRIPTION

FID                       Internal feature number.

SHAPE                     Feature geometry.

LENGTH                    Length of feature in internal units.

MEWS_CLASS                NRCS value of some kind.  Unknown to SFWMD

TYPE                      Designation if Canal is PRIMARY, SECONDARY or TERTIARY

CLASS                     Designation if Canal is MAJOR or MINOR

NAME                      Canal name

ALIAS                     Any other name Canal is known by

VERIFIED                  Used by NRCS to indicate which lines had received SFWMD OK.

NRCS                      Used by NRCS to keep track where left off in digitizing process.

DATE                      Used by NRCS to indicate the date the canal line was digitized.

WATER                     To indicate if line is also part of Water Body boundary.

SYMBOL                    Unknown reason for this attribute

DESCRIPT                  Canal name

USER NOTES:

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. 1:24,000 data
should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries. 

1:100,000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the multi-county or regional level. 

1:250,000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger. 

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 

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected to FGDL Albers HPGN
-Dropped old internal coverage items: fnode_, tnode_, lpoly_, roply_, cover# and cover id
-Converted length from feet to meters
-Added DESCRIPT field based on NAME to attribute table

REFERENCES:

SFWMD
For additional information users may also contact:
The referenced data steward for this spatial layer, and associated development staff.
The metadata specialist on staff at GIS Services Division, SFWMD.
The contacts and resources listed on the District's web site at www.sfwmd.gov.
The USGS compendium of information about the South Florida 
environment at www.sofia.usgs.gov/metadata/index.html
Information for each project is available at www.evergladesplan.org. 

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

In 2003, GeoPlan received this data in shapefile format via email from 
South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD). The dataset was 
projected to FGDL Albers HPGN. When received, the data was in StatePlane 
Florida East (FIPS 0901) NAD_1983 Feet

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                   -68 00  0.000
Latitude of Projection's Origin     24  0  0.000
False Easting (meters)              400000.00000
False Northing (meters)             0.00000

DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name: 	                SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Abbr.name:             SFWMD 		
Address: 	         South Florida Water Management District
                       P.O. Box 24680
                       301 Gun Club Rd
                       West Palm Beach, FL 33416-4680
						
Phone: 		         1-800-662-turn  or  (561) 686-8800	
Fax: 			
Web site: 	         http://www.sfwmd.gov
Ftp site:		                 
Email: 
Contact Person: 	
         Phone:        (561) 687- 6718
         Email:                   

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                    Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:              FGDL
Address:                 Florida Geographic Data Library
                         431 Architecture
                         PO Box 115706
                         Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:                http://www.fgdl.org
Contact FGDL:
      Technical Support:                http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html
      FGDL Frequently Asked Questions:  http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html
      FGDL Mailing Lists:               http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html
      For FGDL Software:                http://www.fgdl.org/software.html