FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: LASER FACILITIES 2005

Geodataset Name:       GC_LASERS_SEP05
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POINT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains 2005 Laser Facility Information for the State of Florida. This dataset contains fields denoting the physical address and the specific laser information for that site. This dataset is based on information received from the Florida Department of Health.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    University of Florida GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      Sept. 2005
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: GC_LASERS_SEP05.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
Status
1 String ---
Score
4 Number ---
Side
1 String ---
OWNER_REG
13 String ---
DATE_ADDED
8 Date ---
NAME
100 String ---
ADDRESS
65 String ---
CITY
30 String ---
ZIPCODE
9 String ---
PHONE
16 String ---
COUNTY
20 String ---
QUANTITY
11 Number ---
MEDIUM
8 String ---
CLASS
7 String ---
DURATION
11 String ---
PWR_ENERGY
15 String ---
PWR_UNITS
12 String ---
WAVELENGTH
14 String ---
MAKE
50 String ---
MOBILITY
11 String ---
LOCATION
40 String ---
DESCRIPT
100 String ---
FLAG
5 String ---
UPDATE_DAY
8 Date ---
AUTOID
6 Number ---
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date ---

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).

OWNER_REG The owner's registration number.

DATE_ADDED The data the laser was registered.

NAME Laser facility Designation.

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 facility.

COUNTY The county the facility is located in.

QUANTITY The quantity of the laser at the facility.

MEDIUM The medium of the laser at the facility.

CLASS The class of the laser at the facility.

DURATION The duration of the laser at the facility.

PWR_ENERGY The type of power the laser puts out.

PWR_UNITS The power units of the laser at the facility.

WAVELENGTH The wavelengh the laser puts out.

MAKE The make of the laser at the facility.

MOBILITY The mobility of the laser, Fixed or Mobile.

LOCATION Additional Location information for the facility.

DESCRIPT FGDL added item based on NAME.

FLAG Type of update that occurredA = Attribute edit
S = Spatial edit

B = Both attribute and spatial edit

N = New

D = Delete

NIN = Not In New


UPDATE_DAY The last day the file was updated

AUTOID Internal ID#

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL aquired the data from the source.

USER NOTES:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.
Note that if the laser is registered as 'MOBILE' in the MOBILITY field, 
it may not be always or ever at the registrant's address.

There may be additional location information in the Location field. 
This is usually a room and / or building number on a big hospital or 
university campus.

The DATE_ADDED field displays when the registration was added.  
The older they are, the less likely the laser or registrant will still be there.

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

REFERENCES:
Florida Department of Health Online:

Radiologic Technologist Certification Program 
Florida Department of Health 
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C21
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1741 
Phone: (850) 245-4540, ext. 0  FAX: (850) 921-6365 
www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/radiation
Administrator: James Futch

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
Laser oriented facility locations were obtained from the 
Florida Department of Health. GeoPlan received this data 
in Excel 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. 

-Added DESCRIPT field based on NAME
-Socio-Cultural Effect data fields and definitions were added. 
 FLAG, UPDATE_DAY, AUTOID, FGDLAQDATE.
-Total Records = 2525
Process Date: 20050901

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:
University of Florida GeoPlan Center
GeoPlan
431 Architecture, PO Box 11570
Gainesville, FL
32611-570


www.fgdl.org data@fgdl.org Kate Norris

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