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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi Kate,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If you have a need to
consolidate information on more than one resulting shapefile, a personal geo-database
could do that. You could perhaps then consider tracking the changes as process
steps in one or more metadata files. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>René<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Script MT Bold";color:blue'>René
Arbogast</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'> <br>
Data Administration Consultant - SES<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Water Information Technology Services
(WITS) <br>
Application Development</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'> Group (GIS)</span><span style='color:#1F497D'> <br>
Phone: (850) 245-8522 <br>
Room 165 BMC / MS3511<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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gis-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us
[mailto:gis-l-bounces@lists.dep.state.fl.us] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Muldoon,
Kathryn<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 05, 2009 11:45 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> gis-l@lists.dep.state.fl.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> gis-l: documenting shapefile/layer changes -provenance file?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:teal'>All,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:teal'>Do you have a form that you use to track shapefile or layer changes
as you progress through a project? I’m looking for useful examples
to document both file names and rationale for the revision or updating. I’ve
creating flow charts in the past, but am not satisfied, so am looking farther
afield. I’ve attached one that I did in the past to keep my files
straight.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:teal'>Thanks,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:teal'>Kate</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:#31849B'>"Too
many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to
impress people they don't like." <b>- Will Rogers</b></span></i><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:teal'>Kate Muldoon</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:teal'>Watershed Monitoring</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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color:teal'>Florida Dept. of Environmental Protection</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:teal'>MS 3525, 2600 Blair Stone Rd. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:teal'>Tallahassee, FL 32399-2400</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";
color:teal'>Tel: 850.245.8579 FAX: 850.245.7571</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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