FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2003, RELEASED NOVEMBER, 2002.
TITLE: FLORIDA PUBLIC LAND SURVEY SYSTEM
Geodataset Name: FPLSS Geodataset Type: Shape Geodataset Feature: Polygon
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
The Public Land Survey System is a legal land reference system created to
facilitate the inventory and transfer of property. This system is divided
into township, range, and sections. This shapefile contains PLSS boundaries
to the section level, while FPLSS_TR contains PLSS boundaries to the township
and range level.
DATA SOURCE(S): FLORIDA RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL
ANALYSIS CENTER
FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: 1:24,000
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: Source 1840, Automated 1998, Enhanced 2003
GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES
Data file Name: PLSS.DBF
ITEM NAME TYPE PRECISION WIDTH SHAPE FIELD_SHAPEPOLY 0 8 TRS_WATSON CHARACTER 0 9 COUNT DECIMAL 0 11 TRS_LIBRAR CHARACTER 0 16 SECTION CHARACTER 0 3 TOWNSHIP CHARACTER 0 2 RANGE CHARACTER 0 2 TD CHARACTER 0 1 RD CHARACTER 0 1 COUNTY CHARACTER 0 12 DESCRIPT CHARACTER 0 16 AREA DECIMAL 3 16 PERIMETER DECIMAL 3 16
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES
ITEM NAME ITEM DESCRIPTION
SHAPE INTERNAL SHAPEFILE FIELD
TRS_WATSON Township, Range, Section numbers (3 digit section numbers) Identification for
PLSS mapping in proximity of Watson's Line in Northern Florida
COUNT Number of TRS areas consolidated to form current TRS area
TRS_LIBRAR Township, Range, Section number (2 digit section numbers)
SECTION Section number based on 'TRS_WATSON'
TOWNSHIP Township based on 'TRS_WATSON'
RANGE Range based on 'TRS_WATSON'
TD Township directional unit (N = North S = South)
RD Range directional unit (E = East W = West)
COUNTY County that the section is located within (some section go over county lines)
AREA Area of section in meters
PERIMETER Perimeter of section in meters
DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on 'TRS_LIBRAR'
USER NOTES:
This data set was modified by GeoPlan center in 2002 using GIS techniques to summarize sections. This eliminated many slivers and drastically reduced the size of the dataset. This causes the county boundry field in the shapefile to be slightly inaccurate. Sections that cross over county boundary lines will only get one county name. This data set documents how the original PLSS looked when it was created in the early 1800's. This, along with the original field notes, serve as the documentation for many legal boundaries in Florida. These boundaries are set and the data layer will not change.
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
-Set Precision to DOUBLE
-Set Tolerances to FGDL Standards
-Added DESCRIPT item based on 'TRS_LIBRAR'
REFERENCES:
http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The orginal data was in both DLG and Coverage format depending on the source. Source data was converted to coverage. The data then existed in previous versions of FGDL (i.e. FGDL V3 or less) as county data sets. The coverages were merged together. Next the eliminate command was run in Arcinfo Workstation. Then the Coverage was converted to a shapefile and a dissolve was excuted. The dissolve was used in order to change all sections with multiple polygons into one section.
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 RESOURCES & ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS
CENTER
Abbr. Name: FREAC
Address: Florida Resources & Environmental Analysis Center
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Phone: (850) 644-5447
Fax: (850) 644-7360
Web site: http://www.labins.org
Contact Person:
Phone: (850) 644-5447
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
Web site: http://www.sfwmd.gov
Contact Person: GIS Data Administrator
Phone: (561) 687- 6718
Name: SOUTH WEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Abbr. Name: SWFWMD
Address: South West Florida Water Management District
2379 Broad St.
Brooksville, FL 34609-6899
Phone: (352) 796-7211
Web site: http://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us
Contact Person: GIS Data Administrator
Phone: (352) 796-7211
Name: SUWANNEE RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Abbr. Name: SRWMD
Address: Suwannee River Water Management District
Route 3
Box 64
Live Oak Fl 32060
Phone: 1-800-226-1066 or (904)362-1001
Web site: http://www.srwmd.state.fl.us
Contact Person: GIS Data Administrator
Phone: (904) 362-1001
Name: ST. JOHN'S RIVER WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
Abbr. Name: SJRWMD
Address: St. John's River Water Management District
P.O. Box 1429
Palatka FL 32178-1429
Phone: (904) 329-4500
Fax: 1-800-451-7106
Web site: http://sjr.state.fl.us
Contact Person: GIS Data Administrator
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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