UM Geospatial Digital Special Collections

Miami-Dade Bodies of Water

Collections: Miami-Dade Climate Resilience
Citation: Miami-Dade County (2020). Miami-Dade Bodies of Water [gis dataset]. Miami-Dade County. https://gis-mdc.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/MDC::water-p/about. last updated: 2024-10-28 (update frequency: As Needed). Abstract: This feature class has been created to illustrate the water bodies within the Urban Development Boundary (UDB) and outside the UDB, approximately 938 square miles. A collection of vector polygon features for water bodies within the Urban Development Boundary (UDB) and outside the UDB, approximately 938 square miles. The planimetric layer for Miami-Dade County was previously digitized in 2001 by Woolpert, in 2012 by GPI Geospatial (GPI), and in 2020 by GPI. GPIs 2022 update utilized a Geodatabase provided by ITD for Miami-Dade County containing two layers to be updated: Water and Edge of Pavement. GPI used the recent set of county orthoimages, produced by Woolpert in 2022, to perform the update of the various feature classes. The feature classes were clipped into smaller blocks. Compilers made adjustments or recollected any missing features. The corresponding attributes were assigned to each separate shapefile as adjustments and new collection occurred. The shapefiles were then merged back together into a full file. Topological checks were performed to make sure the linework did not cross unexpectedly, ends dangled, or strange gaps exist in the collected features. Depending on the layer, different checks were done using the existing data layer to evaluate the completeness of the overall collection. The final layers were quality checked for formatting and file corruption before being sent to the client for review. Personnel that collected this data are either photogrammetrists trained in stereo collection or editors trained in ortho-photography based collection. Items included in the feature class WATER BODIES (Polygons) are: Water bodies and water-under-the-bridge features Definition of particular fields in the Water feature class: Water = {0,1} where 0 = Feature does not represent water; 1 = Water feature. Type = {'', 'B'} where B = Water under the bridge. Where '' marks water locations without bridges. Possible combinations of these fields are: 0,''; 1,'';1, 'B'. Key words: Florida, Miami-Dade County, MDC, Environment
Name Description Type Units
objectid Internal feature number oid
water Water = 0 for no water and 1 for water present small integer
type Type ="" for open water and 'B' for locations that water flows under structure and is blocked from the orthos view string
last_updated Year date that feature was last revised small integer
shape_area area of feature double
shape_length length of feature double
Open Geospatial Consortium Standards: dynamic vector tiles | | WMS (coming soon) | WFS (coming soon) Analytical Functions: gdsc_nearest_neighbor(table=mdc_water_polygons,lat=25.718,lng=-80.279,id=objectid)
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