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

TITLE: FLORIDA SEA GRASS BED SCAR DAMAGE

Geodataset Name: 	SGSCAR
Geodataset Type: 	SHAPE
Geodataset Feature: 	POLYGON

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains sea grass bed areas that have been scarred by boat propellers.

DATA SOURCE(S):  			Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI)

SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    	1:24000

DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:		Source 1999

GEODATASET EXTENT:  			State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name:   SGSCAR.DBF

ITEM NAME         WIDTH    TYPE      PRECISION  

SHAPE		    8	  SHAPEPOLY	 -
AREA               19     DECIMAL        3                        
PERIMETER          19     DECIMAL        3                        
DAMTEXT            10     CHARACTER      -                        
DAMCODE             2     DECIMAL        -                        
COUNTY             20     CHARACTER      -                        
TYPE                1     DECIMAL        -                        
FRQ#                5     DECIMAL        -                        
REGION              4     CHARACTER      -                        
DESCRIPT           14     CHARACTER      -                        

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.

AREA           Area of the polygon in square meters

PERIMETER      Perimeter of the polygons in meters

DAMTEXT        TEXT DESCRIPTION OF DAMCODE
               0 - Non-existent/OUTPARCEL
               1 - Light Damage
               2 - Medium Damage
               3 - Severe Damage
               
DAMCODE        CODE CORRESPONDING TO THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE A GIVEN EXTENT OF SEA GRASS HAS SUSTAINED. 
               0 - Non-existent/OUTPARCEL
               1 - Light Damage
               2 - Medium Damage
               3 - Severe Damage
                
COUNTY         FLORIDA COUNTY WITHIN WHICH THE DAMGED AREA OCCURS
	
TYPE           TYPE OF SCARS; UNIQUE VALUE FROM 0 TO 3

FRQ#           FREQUENCY COUNT BASED ON TYPE PER REGION

REGION         CODE CORRESPONDING TO THE REGION WITHIN WHICH THE DAMAGED OCCURS
                BEND = BIG BEND
                CHAR = CHARLOTTE HARBOR
                EC = EAST COAST
                PAN = PANDHANDLE
                SF = SOUTH FLORIDA
                
DESCRIPT	Based on DAMTEXT item
			OUTPARCEL (non-existent)
			LIGHT
			MODERATE
			SEVERE
			

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers
-Set Tolerances to FGDL Standards
-Renamed coverage from fl_scars to sgscar
-Added DESCRIPT item based on DAMTEXT

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

DATA SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name: 			Florida Marine Research Institute
			Coastal and Marine Resource Assessment
Abbr.name: 		FMRI (CAMARA)
Address: 		100 8th Ave SE.
			St. Petersburg, FL 33701-5095					
Phone: 			(727) 896-8626, SUNCOM: 523-1011
Website:		www.fmri.usf.edu
Ftp site:	        ftp://ftp.fmri.usf.edu
Contact Person: 	GIS Data Librarian
         Phone: 	(727) 896-8626

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