OBVM Project Data Retrieval and Upload System

Little Gator Creek-Jul 2007 Data Dictionary

This report includes only those parameters collected for the communities and sampling levels to be sampled in the Little Gator Creek-Jul 2007 project.

1 - Common Data Fields & Values (include in both Centerpoint and Quadrat data submittal files)

1.01 - ColDate
1.01.1 - Name: Date Collected
1.01.2 - Description: Date of data collection
1.01.3 - Data Type: Date
1.01.4 - Requirement: Required

1.02 - Comments
1.02.1 - Name: Comments
1.02.2 - Description: General comments the data recorder wishes to make. Comments are useful for data recorders to communicate to the auditors and to place general observations into the data record. Comments should be annotated as being information relevant to: general area(GA), centerpoint(CP) or quadrat (Q0, Q120, Q240).
1.02.3 - Data Type: Text
1.02.4 - Requirement: Optional

1.03 - StationID
1.03.1 - Name: Station ID
1.03.2 - Description: Sampling Station ID as assigned by FWC
1.03.3 - Data Type: Text
1.03.4 - Requirement: Required

2 - Centerpoint Data Fields & Values

2.01 - AltPtBear
2.01.1 - Name: Alternate point bearing
2.01.2 - Description: Accepted azimuth from original point to the Alternate Point.
The first azimuth used for alternates should be 30°, then 90° if 30° was unacceptable, then 150°, then 210°, then 270°, then 330°.
2.01.3 - Data Type: Number
2.01.4 - Requirement: Optional

2.02 - AltPtDist
2.02.1 - Name: Alternate point distance
2.02.2 - Description: Distance in meters that alternate point was moved from original.
2.02.3 - Data Type: Number
2.02.4 - Requirement: Optional

2.03 - AltReason
2.03.1 - Name: Alternate point reason
2.03.2 - Description: Accepted reason for moving an original sampling point to an alternate point.
Acceptable reasons include:
1) original sampling station (or part of it) is located in firebreak, road, food plot, or other inappropriate area;
2) sampling station is located in a different community than the assigned community (e.g., plot falls in a small included depression marsh in the mesic flatwoods polygon that is being sampled).
2.03.3 - Data Type: Text
2.03.4 - Requirement: Optional

2.04 - Community
2.04.1 - Name: Community Type
2.04.2 - Description: Natural community as defined by the Florida Natural Areas Inventory's Natural Community Guide (FNAI and FDNR 1990). These designations are provided by FWC.
2.04.3 - Data Type: Text
2.04.4 - Requirement: Optional

2.05 - Datum
2.05.1 - Name: Datum
2.05.2 - Description: Datum in which coordinates are collected
2.05.3 - Data Type: Text
2.05.4 - Requirement: Optional

2.06 - GPSLat
2.06.1 - Name: GPS Latitude
2.06.2 - Description: Actual GPS Latitude in decimal degrees
2.06.3 - Data Type: Number
2.06.4 - Requirement: Optional

2.07 - GPSLong
2.07.1 - Name: GPS Longitude
2.07.2 - Description: Actual GPS Longitude in decimal degrees
2.07.3 - Data Type: Number
2.07.4 - Requirement: Optional

2.08 - GPSMethod
2.08.1 - Name: Coordinate Collection Method
2.08.2 - Description: Method by which coordinates are collected
2.08.3 - Data Type: Text
2.08.4 - Requirement: Required

2.09 - MngUnit
2.09.1 - Name: Management Unit
2.09.2 - Description: Management unit number/name in which the sample station falls, regardless of whether sample level is community or management unit level data collection.
Provided to the contractor by FWC OBVM staff.
2.09.3 - Data Type: Text
2.09.4 - Requirement: Required

2.10 - Pt_type
2.10.1 - Name: Type of point
2.10.2 - Description: Designates type of point (Original, Alternate or Abandoned)
2.10.3 - Data Type: Text
2.10.4 - Requirement: Required

2.11 - SampLevel
2.11.1 - Name: Sampling Level
2.11.2 - Description: Sampling level for each sampling station (i.e., community or management unit).
Predetermined by FWC, not defined by contractor in the field.
2.11.3 - Data Type: Text
2.11.4 - Requirement: Required

2.12 - Surveyor
2.12.1 - Name: Surveyor
2.12.2 - Description: Initials or names of the person recording the data
2.12.3 - Data Type: Text
2.12.4 - Requirement: Required

3 - Quadrat Data Fields & Values

3.01 - Quad
3.01.1 - Name: Quadrat
3.01.2 - Description: Quadrat from which data are collected in bearing degrees.
3.01.3 - Data Type: Number
3.01.4 - Requirement: Required