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 Florida

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
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