FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2005

TITLE: MOBILE HOME PARKS

Geodataset Name:       GC_MOBILEHOMES
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POINT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains approved or acknowledged mobile home parks and owners. Terminated, rejected or withdrawn projects are not included. This dataset contains fields denoting the physical address, and contact information for mobile home parks based on 2004 data taken from the MyFlorida.com.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    My Florida-Business and Professional Regulation
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     unknown
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      2004
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: GC_MOBILEHOMES.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
SHAPE
9 Number ---
FID_1
1 String ---
Status
4 Number ---
Score
1 String ---
Side
19 Number 5
X
19 Number 5
Y
18 Number ---
PRJ_CNTNUM
11 String ---
COUNTY
17 String ---
OWNER_NUMB
50 String ---
OWNER_NAME
47 String ---
ROUTING_IN
37 String ---
OWNER_STRE
24 String ---
OWNER_CITY
15 String ---
OWNER_STAT
12 Number ---
OWNER_ZIP
18 String ---
PRJ_NUMBER
51 String ---
PRJ_NAME
40 String ---
PRJ_STREET
24 String ---
PRJ_CITY
16 String ---
PRJ_STATE
9 String ---
PRJ_ZIP
8 Date ---
INIT_AP_DA
17 Number ---
NUMBER_TO_
15 String ---
1STATUS_CO
16 String ---
STATUS_CO
16 String ---
DESCRIPT
55 String ---

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
FID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

SHAPE Feature geometry.

FID_1 Internal value.

Status Data attribute inherent to the ESRI shapefile format, (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.

PRJ_CNTNUM Assigned county number as defined by MyFlorida

COUNTY Name of county.

OWNER_NUMB License number given to the owner by the State of Florida.

OWNER_NAME Name of owner.

ROUTING_IN Co-owners or other associated names.

OWNER_STRE Owners street of residence.

OWNER_CITY City where owner lives.

OWNER_STAT State of owner.

OWNER_ZIP Zip Code of owner.

PRJ_NUMBER Project number of MHP.

PRJ_NAME Name of MHP

PRJ_STREET Street of MHP.

PRJ_CITY City of MHP.

PRJ_STATE State of MHP.

PRJ_ZIP Zip Code of MHP.

INIT_AP_DA Intial appropriation date.

NUMBER_TO_ Internal feature number.

1STATUS_CO Status condition

STATUS_CO Other Status Conditions

DESCRIPT2 Calculated on PRJ_NAME

USER NOTES:
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within the original data.

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.

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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:
My Florida
http://www.state.fl.us/dbpr/sto/file_download/download_files.shtml
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Mobile home locations and information were obtained from the 
online MyFlorida site in 2004 
www.state.fl.us/dbpr/sto/file_download/download_files.shtml. 
GeoPlan downloaded 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. (See "Map Projection Parameters" below). Data 
was checked (cleaned) for accuracy against zip code boundaries in the 
State of Florida .
Process Date: 20040819

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:
MY FLORIDA-BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGUALTION
MyFlorida
1940 North Monroe Street
Tallahassee, FL
32399-1027
850.922.8981

http://www.state.fl.us/dbpr/sto/file_download/download_files.shtml DBPR Customer Contact Center
FGDL CONTACT:
Name:                   FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY
Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
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                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

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