Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute 20160201 vector digital data Tallahassee, FL Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute State of Florida http://geodata.myfwc.com/ This point shapefile consists of the locations of species detected for the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Wildlife Occurrence (WildObs) database in Florida. This spatial database contains attributes of wildlife observations that are the most commonly used by biologists. WildObs maintains records of species distributions throughout the state in a database with a standardized format for recording and managing incidental, casual, or short-term systematic observations of wildlife. This database is a repository for data from planned surveys, contracted projects, and casual observations. Designed to be useful to biologists, particularly those with the Nongame Wildlife Program, WildObs maintains species lists and assists biologists in monitoring wildlife populations in protected or managed areas. In particular, the attributes associated with this spatial dataset were selected from the WildObs database as the most commonly used characteristics for biologists. This is an update to the FGDL layer WILDOBS_2014. Our goal is to provide a standardized format for recording and managing incidental, casual, or short-term systematic observations of wildlife. The system design is intended useful for biologists to maintain species lists or to track wildlife populations in protected or managed areas. Additionally this can be a repository for longer-term studies, or data from other sources, such as literature and contracted research projects. Various information on geographic location, species (number, age, sex, etc.), habitat and activities of target species (listed in WildObsManual.doc) were recorded on wildlife observation forms using Microsoft Access 2000. Suggested target species and groups vary with the seasons. The manual, available from the contact, provides details of each table and field of the database structure as well as overview of the contents. WildObs forms and the intranet site are not intended to replace study-specific data forms. The observation forms can also be used for casual observations. Location information can be recorded at several levels of accuracy on the field forms. Space is provided to record numbers of animals observed and to classify them according to age and sex. In addition, you can record 1 or 2 types of habitats occupied and activities observed. Details of the type of survey and type of count or estimation method used may also be recorded. Optionally, information on the type of managed area where the sighting was made can be noted, and provision is made to identify important wildlife use areas. Finally, space is provided for detailed notes on behavior, location, and survey type information. slopes, or edges of floodplains. A database management system (Microsoft Access 2000, dBase IV, and Arc/View compatible) is available if you wish to manage your own data. This database contains forms for searching records and exporting records into GIS systems. Copies of the database structure and programs are available from the Division’s database and downloadable from http://dm.fwc.state.fl.us/wildobs/. 19880101 20151231 publication date Complete As needed -87.557606 -79.847781 31.691599 24.466440 None GIS distribution wildlife None biota ISO 19115 Topic Categories biota FWC Place Florida statewide These data are unrestricted. Where possible, always acquire this dataset directly from FWC as other sources may have altered the original data. Users are encouraged to read and fully comprehend the metadata record prior to using these data. Please acknowledge the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) as the data source for any products developed from these data. Users should be aware that comparison with other data sets for the same area may be inaccurate due to inconsistencies resulting from changes in mapping conventions, data collection techniques, and computer processes over time. FWC shall not be liable for improper or incorrect use of these data. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute GIS Librarian GIS Data Librarian mailing

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Tallahassee Florida 32399 850-488-0588 850-410-5269 GISRequests@MyFWC.com FWRI-DC Available without restriction Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1.11595 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - Fish and Wildlife Research Institute GIS & Mapping Data Downloads http://geodata.myfwc.com/ GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data. The WildObs database includes two main related tables, joinable with the "Sitenumber" field. SITES was created to hold location and habitat information. COUNTS was created to hold wildlife observations and count data. Logically consistent. All attributes fall within defined values. Ongoing Location information can be recorded at several levels of accuracy on the field forms. Details of the type of survey and type of count or estimation method used may also be recorded. Optionally, information on the type of managed area where the sighting was made can be noted, and provision is made to identify important wildlife use areas. This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan Glenn E. Reynolds 20151231 http://myfwc.com/ 0 None 19880101 20151231 ground condition FFWCC-FWRI Spatial and Attribute Information The dataset was downloaded from the FFWCC website http://geodata.myfwc.com/ in September 2016. When downloaded the data was in shapefile format and the coordinate system was GCS_WGS_1984. The data was projected to GCS_North_American_1983_HARN using the WGS_1984_(ITRF00)_To_NAD_1983 + NAD_1983_To_HARN_Florida transformation. -Added DESCRIPT field, populated it based on COMNAME -Added FGDLAQDATE and populated it based on the date GeoPlan received the data -Recalculated LAT and LON -Restructured table -Uppercased all fields -Renamed data from Wildlife_Observations to wildobs_2015 Please Note: Previous TRGIS data layers (prior to 2014) were misidentified in the metadata as being in Albers HARN. FFWCC-FWRI said all TRGIS data is PCS Albers (Not HARN). The data now has a HARN transformation and so all of the data is shifted (<1m) from previous FGDL versions. Fields changed between updates. Fields missing from latest update: COLLECTED, GFC, COUNTTYPE, OBSERVER, AFFILIATIO, KEYER GeoPlan 1) Created queries to compile requested data from the following tables in the Microsoft Access wildobs.mdb file: Counts & Sites (joined on Sitenumber), FieldwoServer (where MergedIntoWildobs = No), and WildobsLite. 2) Queried and copied data from the SQL Server (fwc-tlsq8) Wildobs tables within the HSC database. The Access database holds historical Wildobs data, while the SQL Server database contains more recent records from an internal website. 20160201 Vector Entity point 43540 NAD 1983 HARN Florida GDL Albers 24.0 31.5 -84.0 24.0 400000.0 0.0 coordinate pair 0.0001 0.0001 meter D North American 1983 HARN GRS 1980 6378137.0 298.257222101 WILDOBS_2015 WILDOBS_2015.DBF FFWCC-FWRI OBJECTID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. Esri Coordinates defining the features. SITENUMBER The field contains a unique 11-digit code consisting of the following: the first 4 letters of the county in which it is found, a 3-digit site-type code, and a 3-digit sequential number for the given sitetype within the county. FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 Free Text SITENAME Name for the site. Note that these names are not necessarily unique. FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 Free Text LAT Latitude, in decimal degrees FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 0 90 Decimal Degrees 1E-06 LON Longitude, in decimal degrees FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 -180 0 Decimal Degrees 1E-06 HABITAT_DE A brief description of the habitat type during the observation. FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 Free Text TSN Species taxonomic serial number Integrated Taxonomic Information System Free Text SCINAME Species scientific name FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 Free Text OLDCOMNAME The previously accepted common name for the species as provided in the Species Ranking database FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 Free Text COMNAME The accepted common name for the species as provided in the Species Ranking database. FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 Free Text ACTIVITY_D Brief description of activity type observed. FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 Free Text SITETYPE_D Brief description of type of site (e.g., wading bird rookery). FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 Free Text NESTS Observed number of nests. FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 Free Text TOTAL_COUN Sum of all possible discrete count fields (i.e., all possible combinations of male/female/unknown + adult, young, unknown) FL Wildlife Occurrence System User Manual, 2003 Free Text DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on COMNAME GeoPlan FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source. GeoPlan AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan GeoPlan Florida Geographic Data Library (FGDL) mailing

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Gainesville Florida 32611-5706 US Mailing list for FGDL: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html Technical Support: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html Web site: http://www.fgdl.org For FGDL Software: http://www.fgdl.org/software.html DOWNLOADABLE DATA The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources) who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist. Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no warranties, guaranties or representations as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the data provided by the data sources. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no representations or warranties about the quality or suitability of the materials, either expressly or implied, including but not limited to any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center shall not be liable for any damages suffered as a result of using, modifying, contributing or distributing the materials. A note about data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasets are not suitable for some project, analysis, or modeling 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. 1:125000 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 analysis. 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 webpage at: http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html SHP http://myfwc.com/research None. However, persons or organizations requesting information must provide transfer media if FTP is not available and must pay express shipping costs if express shipping is required. Contact GIS Librarian by e-mail, telephone, or letter explaining which products are needed and providing a brief description of how the products will be used. Also, provide name and address of the person or organization requesting the products. Usually within 10 business days, although, complex requests may take longer This data is intended for use with a Geographic Information Systems or Remote Sensing software package. 20200302 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission-Fish and Wildlife Research Institute GIS Librarian GIS Data Librarian mailing

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Tallahassee Florida 32399 850-488-0588 850-410-5269 GISRequests@MyFWC.com FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC-STD-001-1998 local time No restrictions on metadata Metadata must be distributed with the data set. FWRI-MC Metadata must be distributed with the data set.