FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: FLORIDA REGISTERED DAYCARES - 2005

Geodataset Name:       GC_DAYCARE_NOV05
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POINT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains 2005 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
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     VARIES
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20051111
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: GC_DAYCARE_NOV05.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
FID
4 OID
Shape
0 Geometry
Status
1 String
Score
4 Number
Side
1 String
PROG_TYPE
40 String
FACILITY
75 String
STREET
50 String
CITY
20 String
ZIPCODE
9 String
COUNTY
20 String
CAPACITY
9 Number
DESCRIPT
75 String
UPDATE_DAY
8 Date
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date
AUTOID
6 Number

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

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).

PROG_TYPE The type of daycare facility.

FACILITY The name of the daycare facility.

STREET The physical street address of the daycare facility.

CITY The city the daycare is located in.

ZIPCODE The five digit Zip code for the daycare facility.

COUNTY The county the daycare is located in.

CAPACITY The maximun number of children allow at the facility.

DESCRIPT FGDL added field based on the field FACILITY.

UPDATE_DAY The last time the Source updated the data.

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.

AUTOID GeoPlan Center internal feature number.

USER NOTES:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
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 
datasetsare not suitable for some project, analysis, or
modeling 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

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 2005. GeoPlan downloaded the data in excel file format from the FDCF website
http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/childcare/programform.shtml.
The excel file was geocoded against ARC Logistics
Route GDT Roads, and finally converted into a shapefile with the FGDL Albers HPGN
map projection. 

-Downloaded excel file of daycare locations from FDCF website:
  http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/childcare/programform.shtml
-Geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads
-Shapefile created using FGDL Albers HPGN map projection
Process Date: 20051111

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 SOURCE CONTACT (S):

Name:
Abbr. Name:
Address:


Phone:

Web site:
E-mail:
Contact Person:
         Phone:
        E-mail:
Florida Department of Children and Families
FDCF
1317 Winewood Blvd.
Tallahassee, FL
32399-0700
(850) 487-1111

http://www.state.fl.us/cf_web/ Lucy D. Hadi

FGDL CONTACT:
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

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