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Florida Coastal Everglades LTER - GIS Data and Maps
GIS Data and Maps


Everglades GIS Layers

While some of these layers were created by FCE (FCE LTER sites), most were created by other organizations. Click on the links below to view metadata and download information for each layer.

  • FCE LTER Sites
  • Canals
  • Roads
  • Water Conservation Areas
  • Florida Boundary and Coastline
  • Everglades National Park Boundary
  • SFWMD 1995 Landuse
  • UGA Vegetation Map
  • Landsat Imagery
  • Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQs)
  • Digital Raster Graphics (DRGs)

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    FCE Maps

    Includes maps showing the location of FCE LTER sites at various resolutions, as well as other maps. Complete accuracy of maps cannot be guaranteed. All maps are made available "as is". The Florida Coastal Everglades LTER shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of maps.

  • Maps of Height and Biomass of Mangrove Forests in Everglades National Park

  • Maps of Land Cover Change in Southern Miami-Dade County

  • Political Ecology of Land Use Change

    Maps of FCE LTER Sites:
  • Landsat
  • Black and White
  • Vegetation

  • Posters
  • DOQ Maps

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    Interactive Everglades Map

    Interactive Everglades Map
    Create your own map, search for FCE LTER project and site information, and download GIS layers. The interactive map includes all of the layers listed under 'Everglades GIS Layers' to the left.

    Interactive Map




    Political Ecology of Land Use Change


    Southern Miami-Dade County serves as a critical buffer zone located between two national parks. In this project, we examine the process of rapid suburbanization as agricultural lands transition to residential development. Strategies to slow suburbanization at local and regional scales include growth management policies and zoning regulations. In particular, zoning ordinances serve the primary method for lessening and preventing the conversion of agricultural and forested lands-though zoning has also been implicated in increased landscape fragmentation. To understand the role of zoning in shaping (or not) the conversion of agricultural lands into residential lands in southern Miami-Dade County, FCE researchers have been analyzing parcel-scale zoning data (supplied by Miami-Dade County, Dept. of Planning and Zoning) using GIS.

    • 2002 Developed Land and Requested Use Variances (with 2001 Zoning)
    • 2003 Developed Land and Requested Use Variances (with 2001 Zoning)
    • 2004 Developed Land and Requested Use Variances (with 2001 Zoning)
    • 2005 Developed Land and Requested Use Variances (with 2001 Zoning)
    • 2006 Developed Land and Requested Use Variances (with 2001 Zoning)
    • 2005 Developed Land and 2007 Requested Use Variances (with 2001 Zoning)
    • 2006 Developed Land and 2008 Requested Use Variances (with 2001 Zoning)


    Download a zip file (1.77MB) containing all of the images in the slideshow.


    Pre-existing parcel land use data, Redlands

    Please click on the image to view a     larger version of the image.



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