FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2004

TITLE: FLORIDA REGISTERED DAYCARES - 2003

Geodataset Name:      GC_DAYCARE
Geodataset Type:      SHAPE
Geodataset Feature:   POINT

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

This dataset contains 2003 Registered Daycare Facility Information
for the State of Florida.  The data contains selected fields
denoting the physical address, facility type, and capacity
information for daycares located in Florida.
DATA SOURCE(S):                   Florida Department of Children and Families (FDCF)
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:    N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OR SOURCE:     Source 2003, Automated 2003
GEODATASET EXTENT:                State of Florida
FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:
Datafile Name:   GC_DAYCARE.DBF

ITEM NAME       WIDTH          TYPE             PRECISION

SHAPE             6            SHAPEPOINT           0
STATUS            8            CHARACTER            0
SCORE             7            DECIMAL              0
SIDE              5            CHARACTER            0
X                12            DECIMAL              5
Y                12            DECIMAL              5
ZIP               6            DECIMAL              0
CAPACITY         10            DECIMAL              0
COUNTY           14            CHARACTER            0
STREET           37            CHARACTER            0
CITY             24            CHARACTER            0
PROG_TYP         36            CHARACTER            0
FACILITY         46            CHARACTER            0
DESCRIPT         50            CHARACTER            0

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

ITEM            ITEM DESCRIPTION

SHAPE           Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format,
                which defines the data as a point, polyline, or polygon.

STATUS          ESRI item which denotes the status of the geocoded address
                (whether it was matched or not).

SCORE           ESRI item which denotes the score with which the address was
                matched to a feature in the reference data.

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).

X               ESRI item which denotes the X coordinate of the geocoded feature.

Y               ESRI item which denotes the Y coordinate of the geocoded feature.

ZIP             The five digit Zip code for the golf course facility.

CAPACITY        The maximun number of children allow at the facility.

COUNTY          The county the daycare is located in.

STREET          The physical street address of the golf course facility.

CITY            The city the daycare is located in.

PROG_TYP        The type of daycare facility.

FACILITY        The name of the daycare facility.

DESCRIPT        FGDL added field based on the field FACILITY.

USER NOTES:

The following dataset was Geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT
Roads.  Address information was obtained via the FDCF website. The
data was reformatted using a text editor in order to create data that
could be imported into excel.  From this data, dbfs were created that
could then be used for Geocoding/Address Matching.

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 datasets are 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 multicounty 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 section and 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

FGDL QUALITY ASSURANCE STATUS:

-Downloaded textfile of daycare locations from FDCF website:
 http://www5.myflorida.com/cf_web/myflorida2/healthhuman/childcare/programform.html
-Converted text file format to database file format
-Geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads
-Shapefile created using FGDL Albers HPGN map projection (See "Map
 Projection Parameters" below).

REFERENCES:

Florida Department of Children and Families website:
http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web/

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

This data was originally released by the Florida Department of Children and Families (FDCF)in 2003. GeoPlan downloaded the data in text file format from the FDCF website http://www5.myflorida.com/cf_web/myflorida2/healthhuman/childcare/programform.html. The textfile was first converted to dbf format, then geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads, and finally converted into a shapefile with the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. (See "Map Projection Parameters" below).

MAP PROJECTION PARAMETERS:

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 SOURCES CONTACT(S):

Name:            Florida Department of Children and Families
Web site:        http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web/
Download site:   http://www5.myflorida.com/cf_web/myflorida2/healthhuman/childcare/programform.html
Contact Person:  Michael Boland
         Phone:  (850) 921-8228
         Email:  Mike_Boland@dcf.state.fl.us

FGDL CONTACT:

Name:                    Florida Geographic Data Library
Abbr. Name:              FGDL
Address:                 Florida Geographic Data Library
                         431 Architecture
                         PO Box 115706
                         Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:                http://www.fgdl.org
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