| a. USGS TIME Program
http://time.er.usgs.gov/
Tides and inflows in the mangroves of the Everglades (TIME) project
of the USGS southern Florida ecosystem is a joint research effort
to investigate the interacting effects of freshwater inflows and
tidal forces along the mangroves of southern Florida. Site contains
all research stations with data available for download. Three wetland
regions and Florida Bay map are available. Maps display all the
stations locations at which water level, rain discharge, salinity,
conductivity, temperature or wind data are available.
b. GulfBase
http://www.gulfbase.org/project/view.php?pid=fwwag
Research and information covering the Gulf of Mexico coastline.
The sites divides information into either “Bays and Estuaries”
or “Reefs, Banks and Islands”. Most of the information
is attribute data for different sites tied to a general map of the
map. For the Bays and Estuaries section the following information
is available: surface area, drainage area, average depth, salinity,
coastal wetland area, and submerged aquatic vegetation.
c. Florida’s Wetland WebGIS and Geo-database
http://giswetlands.ifas.ufl.edu/
The site objective is to facilitate universal data sharing of emerging
GIS technology enabling users to integrate geospatial data of land
and water resources. The site allos access to geospatial information
and data via the web-browser without purchasing proprietary GIS
software. The geo-database allows for guery by latitude and longitude,
albers equal are projections, vegetation type, or by soil parameters.
The following login was obtains in order to access this data. log-in:
sws
password: wetlands
d. Florida’s Department of Environmental Protection: Watershed
Management
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/water/watersheds/gis/fwric.htm
Florida Ecological Restoration Inventory (FERI) (http://feri.dep.state.fl.us/)
FERI is an on-line spatial interactive database that provides query,
mapping and analysis tools on restoration projects. Aerial photographs
of project areas are available.
e. NOAA Risk and Vulnerability Assessment Tools
http://www.csc.noaa.gov/rvat/links.html
The purpose of this site is to identify people, property and resources
that are at risk of injury, damage or loss from hazardous incidents
of natural hazards. Offers MANY links to other site that containing
GIS data. Divides the links into: Florida statewide, Florida-regional,
Florida-Local, National, Natural Hazards. Includes Florida DOT GIS
data directory, Florida Building Commission, downloadable GIS layers
from Florida Marine Research Institute.
f. Florida Department of Environmental Protection GIS Geodata Directory
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gis/datadir.asp
Links to downloadable and metadata covering a variety of topics.
Links include shorelines, aquatic preserves, counties, drainage
basins, flood zones, House/Senate districts, phosphate mines, soils
and land use maps.
g. Florida Business Data
http://www.florida-business-data.com/county-gis.htm
Offers Florida county GIS links. Broward County (Fort Lauderdale
area) has aerial photographs, pdf downloads of flood zones and wetland,
contaminated sites in the county, Natural Resource Areas (Environmentally
sensitive lands). This are the links of particular interest to me,
with much more data available.
h. Greenway and Trails
http://www.dep.state.fl.us/gwt/guide/regions/south/south.htm
Link to southern Florida’s greenways and trails. Trails offered
include everything from hiking to ATV to inline skating trains.
A general map of Florida trails is available with separate maps
of different trail systems.
i. U.S. EPA
http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/fl.htm
Map of Florida’s National Priority List Superfund sites. Lists
NPL sites by county and includes each sites background and history.
j. Florida Fish and Wildlife Marine Research Institute
http://ocean.floridamarine.org/mrgis/viewer.htm
Offers variety of layers for download or for use in their on-line
analytical system. Site includes layers for shrimp zones, Florida
Military lands, Wildlife Management areas, reefs, sea grass areas,
boating navigation aids and township grids.
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