TITLE: CIVIC CENTERS
Geodataset Name: GC_CIVICCENTER Geodataset Type: SHAPEFILE Geodataset Feature: POINTGENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains 2004 Civic Center Facility Information for the State of Florida. This dataset contains fields denoting the physical address, and contact information for civic center facilities based on data taken from the Yellow Pages Online. |
DATA SOURCE(S): Yellow Pages Online SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS: N/A DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE: 2004 GEODATASET EXTENT: State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name: GC_CIVICCENTER.DBF
ITEM NAME | WIDTH | TYPE | N. DECIMAL DEGREES |
FID
|
4 | OID | --- |
Shape
|
0 | Geometry | --- |
STATUS
|
1 | String | --- |
SCORE
|
4 | Number | --- |
SIDE
|
1 | String | --- |
NAME
|
100 | String | --- |
ADDRESS
|
65 | String | --- |
CITY
|
40 | String | --- |
ZIPCODE
|
9 | Number | --- |
PHONE
|
23 | String | --- |
TYPE
|
30 | String | --- |
OPERATING
|
60 | String | --- |
OP_CLASS
|
40 | String | --- |
HOURS
|
40 | String | --- |
YR_BUILT
|
4 | Number | --- |
COMMON_USE
|
4 | String | --- |
USE
|
50 | String | --- |
DESCRIPT
|
72 | String | --- |
FLAG
|
5 | String | --- |
UPDATE_DAY
|
8 | Date | --- |
AUTOID
|
6 | Number | --- |
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:
Item | Item Description | |
FID |
Internal feature number. |
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Shape |
Feature geometry. |
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STATUS |
ESRI item which denotes the status of the geocoded address whether it was matched or not) |
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SCORE |
ESRI item which denotes the score with which the address was matched to a feature in the reference data. |
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SIDE |
ESRI item which denotes the side of the street to which the address was matched (for geocoding service styles that can match an address to a particular side of a street) |
|
NAME |
The name of the civic facility. |
|
ADDRESS |
A description of a facility's physical location providing direction for delivery and provision of emergency services |
|
CITY |
City of facility's physical location |
|
ZIPCODE |
US postal delivery designation of facility's physical location |
|
PHONE |
The phone number of the civic facility. |
|
TYPE |
The type of civic facility. |
|
OPERATING |
The responsible organization for management and operation of a facility (e.g., public, private, quasi-public) |
|
OP_CLASS |
Classification of the operating entity |
|
HOURS |
The hours in which a facility conducts business or, otherwise, is open to the public |
|
YR_BUILT |
The year a structure was built for determining possible historical significance |
|
COMMON_USE |
Location of two or more uses in one facility or on common grounds so as to share common facilities |
|
USE |
Description of co-located use, if applicable |
|
DESCRIPT |
FGDL added item based on Name |
|
FLAG |
Type of update that occurred
|
|
UPDATE_DAY |
The last day the file was updated |
|
AUTOID |
Internal ID # |
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data. |
This dataset is a combination of civic oriented addresses from
the Yellow Pages online. What is Geocoding? Geocoding is term used to describe the act of address matching. Geocoding is the process of finding a geographic location (x, y point) for an address (such as street number and name, city, state, and ZIP Code) on a map. Geocoding is based off the typical address scheme for the US, in which one side of the street contains even house numbers while the other side of the street contains odd house numbers. The geocoding process uses an algorithm to find the geographic location of addresses. First, a street segment is identified using the zip code and street name. Next, the geographic location of the address is matched using the building number to determine how far down the street and on which side of the street the building is located. Geocoding Accuracy The locational accuracy of geocoded addresses may vary from urban to rural areas due to the algorithm used to generate the geographic locations of addresses. The algorithm assumes that the size of parcels are equivalent along a road route. This assumption tends to be more consistent in urban areas, where the size of parcels vary less than in rural areas. Consequently, the results of geocoded addresses in urban areas are usually more reliable than those in rural areas. For example, the locational accuracy of rural addresses can be slightly off because some parcels along a rural route may be 15 acres while others may be 2.5 acres, but the geocoding algorithm assumes that the addresses are distributed evenly along the route. |
A note concerning data scale: Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale datasetsare not suitable for some project, analysis, or modelling purposes. Please be sure you are using the best available data. 1:24000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the county level. 1:24000 data should NOT be used for high accuracy base mapping such as property parcel boundaries. 1:100000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the multi-county or regional level. 1:250000 scale datasets are recommended for projects that are at the regional or state level or larger. Vector datasets with no defined scale or accuracy should be considered suspect. Make sure you are familiar with your data before using it for projects or analyses. Every effort has been made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional information, see the References sectionand the Data Source Contact section of this documentation. For more information regarding scale and accuracy, see our web pages at: http://www.geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html |
Yellow Pages Online: www.YellowPages.com |
Civic oriented facility locations were obtained from the online Yellow Pages in 2003 www.YellowPages.com. GeoPlan downloaded this data in textfile format and converted it to a dbf. The dbf was then geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads and converted into a shapefile with the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. Process Steps for Yellow Pages Civic Oriented Locations: Searched for civic oriented addresses in www.yellowpages.com -Selected civic oriented addresses under following categories: Sports & Recreation Indoor Sports Boxing & Wrestling Arena (1) Real Estate Nonresidential Building Operators Auditoriums & Theaters Property Operations (7) Business Services Trade Shows, Advertising & Promotion Convention & Show Services (44) Sports & Recreation Fairs, Exhibitions & Circuses Fairs (9) Sports & Recreation Miscellaneous Sports & Equipment Outdoor Field Clubs (224) -All addresses from sections above were copied and pasted into a textfile, which was then formatted so that it could be imported into Excel and converted to a database file format. Process Steps for Yellow Pages data: -The addresses were geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads Shapefile created using FGDL Albers HPGN map projection (See "Map Projection Parameters" below). -Added DESCRIPT field based on NAME Process Date: 2003 |
Projection ALBERS Datum HPGN Units METERS Spheroid GRS1980 1st Standard Parallel 24 0 0.000 2nd Standard Parallel 31 30 0.000 Central Meridian -84 00 0.000 Latitude of Projection's Origin 24 0 0.000 False Easting (meters) 400000.00000 False Northing (meters) 0.00000
DATA SOURCE CONTACT (S):
Name: Yellow Pages Online Web site: www.YellowPages.com |
Name: FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY Abbr. Name: FGDL Address: Florida Geographic Data Library 431 Architecture Building PO Box 115706 Gainesville, FL 32611-5706 Web site: http://www.fgdl.org Contact FGDL: Technical Support: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfeed.html FGDL Frequently Asked Questions: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdlfaq.html FGDL Mailing Lists: http://www.fgdl.org/fgdl-l.html For FGDL Software: http://www.fgdl.org/software.html