FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2003, RELEASED NOVEMBER, 2002.
TITLE: PRINCIPLE FLORIDA SHIP PORTS
Geodataset Name: SHIPPT Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: POINT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset is a point coverage created by the FMRI from U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) principle port files for 1992 and 1993. The principle port files contain USACE port codes, geographic locations, names, and commodity tonnage summaries (total tons, domestic, foreign, imports, and exports) for principle USACE ports.
DATA SOURCE(S): Florida Marine Research Institute (FMRI) SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: N/A DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: 1997 GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida - FGDL Boundary extent
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: SHIPPT.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION
SHAPE 6 SHAPEPOINT -
NAME 23 CHARACTER -
TOTTON92 10 DECIMAL -
DOMTON92 10 DECIMAL -
FORTON92 10 DECIMAL -
IMPORTS92 10 DECIMAL -
EXPORTS92 10 DECIMAL -
TOTTON93 10 DECIMAL -
DOMTON93 10 DECIMAL -
FORTON93 10 DECIMAL -
IMPORTS93 10 DECIMAL -
EXPORTS93 10 DECIMAL -
DESCRIPT 23 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.
NAME Name/Location of port
TOTTON92 Total tons for port in 1992
DOMTON92 Total domestic tons for port in 1992
FORTON92 Total foreign tons for port in 1992
IMPORTS92 Total imports (tons) for 1992
EXPORTS92 Total exports (tons) for 1992
TOTTON93 Total tons for port in 1993
DOMTON93 Total domestic tons for port in 1993
FORTON93 Total foreign tons for port in 1993
IMPORTS93 Total imports (tons) for 1993
EXPORTS93 Total export (tons) for 1993
DESCRIPT Same as NAME item
FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:
-Reprojected data to FGDL Albers -Set Tolerances to FGDL Standard -Renamed coverage from us_shipports to shippt -Clipped to FGDL Boundary extent -Added DESCRIPT item
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The ARC/INFO coverage was generated by FMRI from data files (comma delineated ASCII) provided by the USACE.
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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Address: Florida Geographic Data Library
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