The files on the DVD are organized by directory. The 'htm', 'sheet_jpgs', 'mos_jpg' and 'misc' directories contain all the necessary HTML and image files to run the web pages. The 'sheet_jpgs' directory contains individual ungeoreferenced digital photos while the 'mos_jpg' directory contains mosaics 1-36 linked to individual frames via *.htm files. The 'metadata' directory contains metadata and spreadsheets corresponding to archived and missing photographs from the 1940 USDA/SCS 1:40,000 Photography. The '300dpi_images' directory contains the jpeg images at 300 dpi for printing purposes.
Purpose:
The Florida Integrated Science Center(FISC), a center of the U.S. Geological Survey's Biological Resources Discipline (BRD), in collaboration with the Eastern Region Geography(ERG) of the Geography Discipline has created digital files of existing 1940(1:40,000-scale) Black and White aerial photography for the South Florida region. These digital files are available on a DVD and through the SOFIA web site (<http://sofia.usgs.gov>) in a manner designed to facilitate access to the product by those intending to integrate the data with other spatial data. The photos are archived in this report as 300 dpi (dots per inch) jpeg files.
This product is a precursor to a second publication containing higher-resolution, rectified versions of the photos.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19400214
Ending_Date: 19400821
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Irregular
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -81.9
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -79.98
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 26.22
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.41
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Theme_Keyword: aerial photography
Theme_Keyword: digital image
Theme_Keyword: mapping
Theme_Keyword: historical photos
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the identification of the States, the District of Columbia and the outlying areas of the United States, and associated areas (Federal Information Processing Standard 5-2): Washington, D. C., NIST
Place_Keyword: Florida
Place_Keyword: FL
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-3, Washington, D. C., National Institute of Standards and Technology
Place_Keyword: Collier County
Place_Keyword: Miami-Dade County
Place_Keyword: Monroe County
Place_Keyword: Broward County
Place_Keyword: Palm Beach County
Place_Keyword: Hendry County
Place_Keyword: Glades County
Place_Keyword: Lee County
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none
Place_Keyword: Everglades
Place_Keyword: Big Cypress National Preserve
Place_Keyword: SW Big Cypress
Place_Keyword: Southeast Coast
Place_Keyword: Florida Keys
Place_Keyword: Central Everglades
Place_Keyword: Florida Bay
Place_Keyword: mangrove
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
None. Acknowledgement of the U.S. Geological Survey will be appreciated for products derived from these data.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Thomas J. Smith III
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
Funding from the USGS Place-Based Studies program to the senior author under the project "Interrelation of Everglades hydrology and Florida Bay dynamics to ecosystem processes and restoration in south Florida" helped make the report possible. Additional funding came from the BRD Global Climate Change Program for the project "Understanding and predicting global climate change impacts on the vegetation and fauna of mangrove forested ecosystems in Florida" and is gratefully acknowledged. R. Johnson, W. Perry, D. Buker, and T. Mullins of the South Florida Natural Resources Center at Everglades National Park provided access to the Park's aerial photographic archives. L. Brandt (Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge), T. Polizos (Collier County office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service) and C. Coffin (Miami-Dade Co., NRCS) generously assisted by providing the photos of their respective geographic regions of south Florida. K. Rutchey provided access to the archives of the South Florida Water Management District.
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 4; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Fennema, R. J.
Neidrauer, C. J., Johnson, R. A., MacVicar, T. K., Perkins, W. A.
Publication_Date: 1994
Title: A computer model to simulate natural Everglades hydrology
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Delray Beach, FL
Publisher: St. Lucie Press
Other_Citation_Details:
in The Everglades: The Ecosystem and Its Restoration
S. M. Davis and J. C. Ogden, editors
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Blake, N. M.
Publication_Date: 1980
Title: Land into water - water into land
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL
Publisher: University Presses of Florida
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Davis, J. H.
Publication_Date: 1943
Title: The natural features of southern Florida
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Florida Geological Survey Bulletin
Issue_Identification: 25
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Tallahassee, FL
Publisher: Florida Geological Survey
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Davis, S. M.
Gunderson, L. H., Park, W. A., Richardson, J. R., Mattson, J. E.
Publication_Date: 1994
Title:
Landscape dimension, composition, and function in a changing Everglades landscape
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Delray Beach, FL
Publisher: Saint Lucie Press
Other_Citation_Details:
in Everglades: The ecosystem and its restoration
S. M. Davis and J.C. Ogden, editors
Cross_Reference:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Steinman, A. D., Havens, K. E., Carrick, H. J., VanZee, R.
Publication_Date: 2002
Title:
The past, present, and future hydrology and ecology of Lake Okeechobee and its watersheds
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Boca Raton, FL
Publisher: CRC Press
Other_Citation_Details:
in The Everglades, Florida Bay, and Coral Reefs of the Florida Keys
J. W. Porter and K. G. Porter, editors
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: not available
Completeness_Report:
Many photographs in the north have not been located and were not scanned or included in the database. Use the html interface or view the shapefiles to determine which frames are available on the DVD.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Publication_Date: 1940
Title: Aerial Photographs
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Washington, DC
Publisher: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Source_Scale_Denominator: 40000
Type_of_Source_Media: paper
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 19400214
Beginning_Time: unknown
Ending_Date: 19400522
Ending_Time: unknown
Source_Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: USDA photos
Source_Contribution:
Photos converted to digital form and archived; provided spatial and attribute information.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Acquisition of the aerial photography.
R. Johnson, W. Perry, D. Buker, and T. Mullins of the South Florida Natural Resources Center at Everglades National Park provided access to the Park's aerial photographic archives. L. Brandt (Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge), T. Polizos (Collier County office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service) and C. Coffin (Miami-Dade Co., NRCS) generously assisted by providing the photos of their respective geographic regions of south Florida. K. Rutchey provided access to the archives of the South Florida Water Management District.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: USDA photos
Process_Date: 2002
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Thomas J. Smith III
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
Photographs were cataloged individually into Everglades Historical Aerial Photographic Database. Attribute information about each photograph was recorded, including identity, content, condition as well as general information about the flight and the photography.
Process_Date: Not complete
Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: Everglades Aerial Photographic Database - 1940 set number 1
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: USGS, Florida Integrated Science Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 412 NE 16th Avenue, Room 250
City: Gainesville
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32601
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (352)372-2571
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (352)374-8080
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Photographs were scanned using Umax Mirage II Scanner: Scan resolution of optical 800 dpi; final radiometric resolution of 8-bit per channel; tru color (RGB) compatibility; TIFF output; images may have been subsequently rotated to ensure an orientation of north at the top-most edge of the image. Images were resampled to 300 dpi.
Process_Date: 2002
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Integrated Science Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 412 NE 16th Avenue, Room 250
City: Gainesville
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32601
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (352)372-2571
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (352)374-8080
Hours_of_Service: 0900-1700 ET M-F
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Mosaic sheets were scanned, cropped and mosaicked to create one image. This larger image was georeferenced against a base map of the Florida coastline. This image was exported and developed into a .pdf image of the mosaics.
Process_Date: 2003
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey, Florida Integrated Science Center
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 412 NE 16th Avenue, Room 250
City: Gainesville
State_or_Province: FL
Postal_Code: 32601
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (352)372-2571
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (352)374-8080
Cloud_Cover: 10
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Indirect_Spatial_Reference: Greater Everglades
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Thomas J. Smith III
Contact_Organization:
U.S. Geological Survey, Center for Coastal and Watershed Studies
This report was prepared by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees make any warranty, expressed or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of the information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed in this report, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Although the data published herein has been reviewed by the USGS, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the USGS as to the accuracy of the data and related material. Publication and distribution of these data should not be construed to constitute any such warranty and no responsibility is assumed by the USGS in the use of these data or related materials. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favor by the United States Government or any agency thereof.
Standard_Order_Process:
Standard_Order_Process:
Digital_Form:
Digital_Transfer_Information:
Format_Name: JPEG
Format_Information_Content: contains the scanned aerial photos at a resolution of 300 dpi
Digital_Transfer_Option:
Offline_Option:
Offline_Media: DVD
Compatibility_Information:
This DVD can be accessed by any computer system that has the appropriate hardware and software to read DVD discs. The discs are intended for use with Windows, Macintosh and Unix systems.
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