CDFW Facilities [ds3076]

This is a point layer representing California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW - formerly California Department of Fish and Game - DFG) facilities. In 1995, under the request of John Ellison, the original coverage was created by Teale Data Center using address matching of the DFG phonebook dataset. In March of 1996, Isaac Oshima and Paul Veisze used a SPOT Imagery confirmation process applied to those facilities for which Teale could not find an address match. The update occurred using SPOT View imagery sent to the various DFG facilities. The key personnel were requested to 'ink-in' the actual physical location(s) considered to be the HQ for that particular facility. The maps were then sent back and the correct point was represented in the GIS by a point. In 1999, under Paul Veisze, GIS staff were allocated the task of calling each facility within a region and checking whether the information on file was correct. The dataset was subsequently updated. The data was updated through receiving a database from FASB/Tami Garfio ("telephone and facility List"). Point locations are verified by contacting appropriate CDFW staff or cross referencing with google and yahoo maps, gis roads layer, and imagery.

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Disclaimer : The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.

This dataset is not a surveyed product and is not a legal record of original survey measurements. They are representations or reproductions of information using various sources and scales. As such, the data does not carry legal authority to determine a boundary, the location of fixed works or is suitable for navigational purposes. The California Department of Fish and Wildlife shall not be held liable for any use or misuse of the data. This dataset is to be used primarily for publication and contact informational maps. It is strongly recommended that this data set is acquired directly from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and not indirectly through some other sources which may have outdated or misinterpreted information. Please contact Biogeographic Data Branch (BDB@wildlife.ca.gov) at California Department of Fish and Wildlife before re-distributing, altering, or re-publishing the data.