Grant Project Summary:
University
of Florida
A Coastal Data Information Server System for the Gulf Intra-coastal Waterway
and Adjoining Bay Waters of Southwest Florida
September 2002 to August 2004 
Project Summary
Florida Sea Grant has gathered many data sets relating to the southwest
Florida coast. These data were archived and included historical and
modern aerial photography, scanned historic hydrographic and topographic
maps and bathymetry interpreted from them, and depths, sea grass extent,
and bottom characteristics in 16 popular recreational vessel anchorages.
These data were archived as both paper-based and digital files. This
project helped rescue, document, and make universally available the
various types of archived data created and acquired by Florida Sea Grant
in Florida coastal waters using Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
and Library of Congress standards to help coastal resource managers
find, retrieve, and use the data. The significance and uses of this
data to coastal resource management include depth and shoreline changes,
environmental changes, shore development, permitting, marine protected
area definition, and other activities.
NOAA Coastal Services Center's
Role
This was a grant project and the NOAA Coastal Services Center did not have
substantial involvement with the work.
Grantee Overview
Florida
Sea Grant is a State University System Center with a statewide mandate.
The University
of Florida in Gainesville serves as the host campus. Florida Sea
Grant’s mission is to enhance the practical use and conservation
of coastal and marine resources to create a sustainable economy and
environment. The Florida Sea Grant College Program focuses on marine
and coastal issues across research, education and extension activities.
Florida Sea Grant programs are also multi-disciplinary in nature. Research
is funded on a statewide, competitive basis. Education programs focus
on funding graduate students using public and private funds. An organized
extension outreach program, using both on-campus and off-campus faculty,
combines faculty and student research results into formats the public
can use, and it provides stakeholder needs in research to the faculty
and students.
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