{\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fmodern Courier New;}{\f1\fmodern\fcharset0 Courier New;}{\f2\fmodern\fprq1 Courier New;}} {\colortbl ;\red0\green0\blue0;} \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 Southwest Florida Regional Planning Council\par 4980 Bayline Dr.\par North Fort Myers, Florida 33917\par (941) 656-7720\par http://www.swfrpc.org\par \par Tim Walker\par GIS \f1 Coordinator\f0\par email: twalker@swfrpc.org\par \par \f1 Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program Water Monitoring Stations\par \par 8/2/2001\f0\par \par All data is in Arcview shapefile format. All shapefiles are in \f1 Florida State Plane East, NAD 27, feet\f0 . Below is a brief description of the \f1 attribute date and fields in the shapefile swf_wm_sta_ste.shp\f0 .\f1 The data was aquired from a number of sources most of which are contained in the field agency. Data was aquired in several formats including hardcopy paperwork, database files, spreadsheets and GIS shapefiles. Where applicable, data was transformed to a shapefile and projected to the above mentioned projection. Some agencies had very little data associated with their station data while others had a large amount. \par \par The area covered is from Florida Bay north to Manatee County. I kept the data whole rather than clip it to just the CHNEP study area so others could use it in their projects. Only stations(records) with a "yes" in the CHNEP field are in the CHNEP study area.\par \par This data is accurate as of December 2000. Southwest Florida Water Management District has changed its water quality monitoring program in the harbor as of April 2001 to a random program.\f0\par \par \par Geodataset Name: \f1 swf_wm_sta_ste.shp\f0\par Geodataset Type: Shape\par Geodataset Feature: point\par \par \tab\par \cf1\b\f2 Field description:\cf0\b0\f0\par \b\par shape\b0 - A GIS generated field\par \b\f1 Site_no\b0 - The site number if given\par \b Site_owner\b0 - The site owner if given\par \b Site_name\b0 - Typically a description of the site when it didnt fit into Site_no\par \b agency\b0 - The agency responsible for taking the water samples and usually the source of the data.\f0\par \b\f1 Longitude\b0 - The longitude of the site as given, this was not GIS generated by me.\par \b Latitude\b0 - The latitude of the site as given, this was not GIS generated by me.\par \b CHNEP\b0 - if the site is in the CHNEP study area.\f0\par }