Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Datasets

Title

Our Florida Reefs Marine Planner

Document Type

Other

Website

Publication Date

2016

Keywords

Marine Spatial Planning, Decision support tool, GIS data, Southeast Florida Reef maps, Benthic habitats

Abstract

The Our Florida Reefs marine planner is an online mapping tool and resource that is available for all to visualize southeast Florida coastal and ocean datasets. The Our Florida Reefs marine planner provides community working group members with advanced technology to aid in the development of their recommended management actions for southeast Florida reefs.

The marine planner also serves as a resource to engage all stakeholders in the process. The datasets include information such as population density, mooring buoy locations, fish densities, coral densities, and reef habitat types. The Our Florida Reefs marine planner is updated as appropriate with datasets for the Our Florida Reefs process as they become available.

Comments

The shapefiles within the marine planner have various minimum mapping units (MMU), that is, the level of detail any given habitat is delineated to has an accuracy limit. For instance most benthic habitat maps have a MMU of 1 acre, or accuracy of 1 acre.

The shapefiles and maps referenced by your use of the marine planner are to be used at your own risk. These maps and shapefiles are not intended to be used for navigational purposes and are not intended to be relied upon in situations where precise location information is needed or where erroneous, inaccurate, or incomplete location data may lead to death, personal injury, property or environmental damage. Neither the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund of the State of Florida nor any content providers, guarantees the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of displayed data.

IN NO EVENT WILL THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INCIDENTAL, EXEMPLARY, AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, LOST PROFITS, OR DAMAGES RESULTING FROM LOST DATA OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) RESULTING FROM THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THIS INFORMATION, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, TORT, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE INTERNAL IMPROVEMENT TRUST FUND OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA ARE ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

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