FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
(VERSION 2003)
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT BOUNDARIES
Geodataset Name: FDLEBND Geodataset Type: SHAPE Geodataset Feature: POLY
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains 2003 Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Boundaries Information for the State of Florida. This dataset contains fields denoting the FDLE Regions, for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Boundaries located in Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S): GeoPlan Center SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: 1:24,000 DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE: Source 2003, Automated 2003 GEODATASET EXTENT: State of FloridaFEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: FDLEBND.DBF ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE PRECISION SHAPE 8 SHAPEPOLY 0 REGION 254 CHARACTER 0 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. REGION The region name of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement area. FT MYERS - Fort Myers Region JACKSONVILLE - Jacksonville Region MIAMI - Miami Region ORLANDO - Orlando Region PENSACOLA - Pensacola Region TALLAHASSEE - Tallahassee Region TAMPA - Tampa Region DESCRIPT Field added by FGDL based on REGION.
USER NOTES:
This dataset was created from a map found on the FDLE website displaying the FDLE region boundaries of Florida. A note concerning data scale: 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 multicounty 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:
Process Steps for FDLE Region Boundary Locations: -Searched for FDLE regions in http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/ The County Bounday Shapefile for the state of florida (found on the FGDL website) was used as a base map. -A new field was created called Region. -Counties falling within the boundaries of each region were selected and in the Region field given the name of the region in which that county fell. -The shapefile was then dissolved based on the Region. -The Shapefile was created using the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection (See "Map Projection Parameters" below).
REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Law Enforcement website: http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
FDLE Region Boundaries were obtained from the FDLE website online. GeoPlan applied these boundaries to the existing Florida county boundaries shapefile, and created the field Region, to display the name of the region the county fell in. The Shapefile was created using the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection (See "Map Projection Parameters" below).
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 Geographic Data Library Abbr. Name: FGDL Address: Florida Geographic Data Library 431 Architecture PO Box 115706 Gainesville, FL 32611-5706
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: Technical Support: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html 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