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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Division of Water Resource Management is proud to announce the availability of the Florida National Hydrography Dataset (Florida NHD). The data can be found in DataMiner or ArcSDE in the below location:</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">ArcSDE Name: NHD.Hydrography </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">DataMiner Name: Florida NHD (under Base Map Data: Water and Program Area Data: WRM)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">This GIS layer represents Florida's water features such as estuaries, rivers, lakes and springs that comprise the state's surface waters. Based on the USGS NHD at 1:24,000 this data layer will provide the framework for creating maps and linking our water related data to our surface water drainage network through the ReachCodes within these features. It also provides GNIS names for features and a Geometric Network that allows upstream and downstream navigation.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">The Bureau of Watershed Management will regularly update this layer to maintain a high standard of consistency, accuracy and completeness.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">This data resides in a Feature Dataset format on our FDEP ArcSDE server to provide a richer data content for our users and improved labeling, symbology and database functionality. ArcGIS is fully compatible with this data type, however, ArcView 3.x does not support this data type and cannot consume the layer.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">If you have further questions about this data you may contact:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Mark Dietrich (245-8550)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Mark.dietrich@dep.state.fl.us or </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">Joe North (245-8537) </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">joe.north@dep.state.fl.us</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Courier New">GIS Subsection</FONT>
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