Geodataset Name:       PANTHER_MORTALITY_DEC18
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         532

DATA SOURCE(S):                    Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

PUBLICATION DATE:                  20190206
TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT:            Begin Date: 19720213    End Date: 20181231
DOWNLOAD LINK:                     http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: PANTHER_MORTALITY_DEC18.DBF

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item	Item Description
OBJECTID	Internal feature number.
Shape	Feature geometry.
PANTHERID	Identification code of individual panther
SEX	Gender of panther killed. M = Male F = Female U = Unknown
AGE	Estimated and known ages at death
LOCATION	Narrative indicating location details
CAUSE	Determined cause of death
DATE_	No description
YEAR	Year of incident
LAST_EDITE	Undefined by Source
LAT_DD	Latitude in decimal degrees.
LONG_DD	Longitude in decimal degrees
MGRS	Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) Coordinate of the Facility. The MGRS is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on the earth. The MGRS provides a means to represent any location on the surface of the Earth using an alphanumeric string. Hierarchical references are based on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system. The MGRS is used for the entire earth.
GOOGLEMAP	Webpage hyperlink to location in Google Maps
DESCRIPT	GeoPlan added field based on LOCATION
FGDLAQDATE	The date GeoPlan acquired dataset from source
AUTOID	Unique ID added by GeoPlan

USER NOTES:

Logically consistent. All attributes fall within defined values.

These data are complete as of the data available to FWRI in December 2018.

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

This dataset includes only those mortalities with known coordinate locations.

To monitor Florida panther mortalities and document their locations and causes.

Unknown. However, locations were validated using physical descriptions of locations.

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Users should read and fully comprehend this 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. If any data are modified, please share the edited information with FWC. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area may be inaccurate. Users should acquire the best available data. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data.

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REFERENCES:

FFWCC Panther life expectancy and Mortality: http://myfwc.com/wildlifehabitats/managed/panther/biology/life-expectancy/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Received panther telemetry database from Panther Team, containing a cumulative table of spatial coordinates of mortality locations since Feb 1972, as well as associated attributes. Isolated present year data, created XY event of the data using a UTM NAD 83 Zone 17 projection. Projected to Modified Florida Albers using the NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation, appended to existing shapefile using the Data Management Merge tool and updated this metadata record. Process Date: 20151201 Features in spreadsheet with 0 latitude and longitude coordinates were removed from the spatial file. A point in Georgia which had incorrect UTM coordinates was corrected. Records with "Type" = "Injury" were removed from the dataset, and then the "Type" field was also removed. Process Date: 20170601 The GeoPlan Center took the following steps during the QA/QC process: - Downloaded the datasets from FFWCC on 6/12/2019 using this link: http://geodata.myfwc.com/datasets/florida-panther-mortality (original dataset was in shapefile format and in the WGS 1984 geographic coordinate system). - Two points were located outside of the FL boundary, these points were removed. PANTHERID - (UCFP123) AND (FP240) - The dataset was projected into the FGDL Albers HPGN projection using the WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation. - OBJECTID field was removed. - DESCRIPT field added based on the LOCATION field. - FGDLAQDATE field added based on the date the dataset was downloaded from the source. MGRS, LAT_DD, LONG_DD, and GOOGLEMAP fields added - The longest record for each field was found and field character lengths were shortened to appropriate shortest lengths possible. - Uppercased fields and appropriate records in the dataset. - Layer name changed from Florida_Panther_Mortality.shp to panther_mortality_dec18.shp Process Date: 20190618 Dataset copied. Process Date: 20190728

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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Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute
FFWCC-FWRI
620 S. Meridian St 5B6
Tallahassee, Florida
32399
850-488-0588


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