Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: Roy Sonenshein Publication_Date: Unpublished Material Title: SOFIA Environmental Database Development and Maintenance Online_Linkage: http://sofia.usgs.gov/projects/sofia/ Description: Abstract: The long-term goal of the SOFIA program is to provide a central archive of data and products for all Department of Interior products related to the south Florida Ecosystem restoration program. The primary objectives of this project were to 1) provide a central location for the archive of all products and data collected as part of the USGS PES program and related work for the restoration of the South Florida Ecosystem; and 2) provide a means for customers to obtain the archived information. The database was been developed using PostgreSQL, an open source relational database management system. PostgreSQL was selected because it is freely available, widely used, actively maintained and supported, and runs on all modern UNIX-like and Windows based computer systems. As projects were completed or data sets were made available to the public, the data was to be loaded into the database. Purpose: The South Florida restoration effort requires multidisciplinary information relating to present and historical conditions for use in responsible decision-making. The South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) database is the cornerstone of information management for the South Florida place-based science program. Responsible resource management requires a firm scientific basis for decision making. The SOFIA database will provide hydrologic, cartographic, geologic, and biologic data and metadata to aid in the decision process. Ecosystem restoration and sound resource management will benefit south Florida by allowing a balance of uses and interests. The data are available to Federal, State, and local agencies through a web interface and can be retrieved from the SOFIA database. The database has been redesigned to provide storage and access to a greater variety of data types. A new web-based interface will be developed to provide access to the database. The interaction between the database, the other SOFIA products, and other available web-based databases is being evaluated. The database will be updated to provide greater interoperability between the database, other SOFIA products and other web-based databases. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Range_of_Dates/Times: Beginning_Date: 20011001 Ending_Date: 2005 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -82.375 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -80 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 28.5 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 24.5 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Theme_Keyword: information management Theme_Keyword: database Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: environment Theme_Keyword: 007 Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions, Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4, Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: US 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, DC, 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, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology Place_Keyword: Broward County Place_Keyword: Charlotte County Place_Keyword: Collier County Place_Keyword: Hendry county Place_Keyword: Highlands County Place_Keyword: Lee County Place_Keyword: Martin County Place_Keyword: Monroe County Place_Keyword: Miami-Dade County Place_Keyword: Okeechobee County Place_Keyword: Osceola County Place_Keyword: Palm Beach County Place_Keyword: Polk County Place_Keyword: St. Lucie County Place_Keyword: Indian River County Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: none Place_Keyword: Central Everglades Place_Keyword: Kissimmee Valley Place_Keyword: Greater Lake Okeechobee Place_Keyword: Florida Keys Place_Keyword: South East Coast Place_Keyword: SW Big Cypress Access_Constraints: The database is no longer available and further development has been halted Use_Constraints: none Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Roy Sonenshein Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 3110 SW 9th Avenue City: Ft. Lauderdale State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33315 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5924 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sunshine@usgs.gov Browse_Graphic: Browse_Graphic_File_Name: http://sofia.usgs.gov/aboutsofia.html Browse_Graphic_File_Description: map showing the location of the study area Browse_Graphic_File_Type: GIF Data_Set_Credit: Project personnel included Bruce Irvin, Cortney Mills, Tarla Toomer, Tim Boozer, Joann Dixon, and Sandy Womble. Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: not applicable Completeness_Report: not available Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Design, maintenance, and population of the database 1. Update the database structure as needed to handle new types of data that currently do not fit into the database structure. 2. Load new data sets into the database as they become available. Process_Date: Not complete Process_Step: Process_Description: Collect data and prepare metadata records: 1. Obtain published data sets and other released data sets. 2. Rework data sets if necessary to prepare in the form required to enter into the database. 3. Reformat data as needed to prepare for dissemination on the Data Exchange web site. 4. Prepare metadata records for all data sets to be placed on the Data Exchange. Process_Date: Not complete Process_Step: Process_Description: Prepare atlas of USGS data collection sites 1. Prepare GIS base maps and standard template to be used for Atlas maps. 2. Design report, deciding on which data sets to include on the maps, and how to organize the maps. 3. Prepare the text to include with each map. 4. Get the report reviewed and published. Process_Date: Not complete Process_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Roy Sonenshein Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 3110 SW 9th Avenue City: Ft. Lauderdale State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33315 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 954 377-5924 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sunshine@usgs.gov Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20070309 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Heather Henkel Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 600 Fourth Street South City: St. Petersburg State_or_Province: FL Postal_Code: 33701 Country: USA Contact_Voice_Telephone: 727 803-8747 ext 3028 Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 727 803-2030 Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: sofia-metadata@usgs.gov Metadata_Standard_Name: Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998