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

TITLE: NUCLEAR SITE LOCATIONS

Geodataset Name:      NUCSIT
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains latitude and longitude location, as determined by U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) Shared Information Network (SINET), of 

selected NRC regulated facilities.
DATA SOURCE(S):                   United States Geological Survey
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    1: 2,000,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     1999
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida
 

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: NUCSIT.DBF
 

ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION SHAPEPOINT 6 SHAPEPOINT 0 NAME 254 CHARACTER 0 TYPE 254 CHARACTER 0 CITY 254 CHARACTER 0 STATE 254 CHARACTER 0 LATDMS 8 CHARACTER 0 LONDMS 8 CHARACTER 0 LATDD 19 DECIMAL 5 LONDD 19 DECIMAL 5 DESCRIPT 50 CHARACTER 0
 

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

ITEM        ITEM DESCRIPTION
SHAPE       Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
	     which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.  
		
NAME        The name of the company who owns the site


TYPE        The type of the facility on the site


CITY        The name the city were the site is located


STATE       The 2-letter abbreviation of the State in which the the site is located


LATDMS      The latitude of the site in degrees, minutes, and seconds (format: 

            dddmmss)
             

LONDMS      The longitude of the site in degrees, minutes, and seconds (format: -

            dddmmss)
             

LATDD       The latitude of the site in decimal degrees


LONDD       The longitude of the site in decimal degrees
DESCRIPT    FGDL added item based on Name
 

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.



1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the

multi-county or regional level.



1:250000 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 data to FGDL Albers HPGN (See "Map Projection Parameters" below)
-Upcased all character records
-Clipped to the State of Florida
-DESCRIPT item was added based on Name
-Fields with no values were deleted: Area & Perimeter
 

REFERENCES:

United States Geological Survey

http://nationalatlas.gov/ 

http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/REACTOR/GEOSPATIAL/lvsites.html
 

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

This data was originally released by U.S. Geological Survey in 1999. In 2001, the 
GeoPlan Center downloaded this data in shapefile format from the National Atlas 
website: http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html. When received, the data was in 
Geographic projection, Datum: NAD83, Spheroid: GRS1980,Units: Decimal degrees.
The data was reprojected to FGDL Albers HPGN and clipped to State of Florida. DESCRIPT 
item was added based on NAME, and lowercase characters within the attribute table 
were upcased. Fields with no values were deleted: Area and Perimeter.  
 

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 SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name:      United States Geological Survey			 

Abbr.name: USGS		

Address:   507 National Center, Reston, VA 20192				Phone:     1-888-275-8747			 			

Web site:  http://nationalatlas.gov/ 	

Ftp site:  http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html		 Email:     atlasmail@usgs.gov 	

                  

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:
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      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