RELIGIOUS CENTERS 2005

This dataset is a combination of religious oriented addresses from
the Yellow and Super 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.

This data is provided 'as is' and its horizontal positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

This data is provided 'as is' and its vertical positional accuracy has not been verified by GeoPlan

Spatial and Attribute Information

Process Steps for Yellow Pages and Super Pages Religious Oriented Locations:

-Searched for religious oriented addresses in www.yellowpages.com
-Selected religious oriented addresses under following categories:

Churches & Religious Services
Churches & Religious Groups
- Apostolic Church (344)
- Assembly Of God Church (606)
- Baptist Church (4887)
- Brethren Church (26)
- Buddhist Temple (21)
- Catholic Churches (839)
- Christian & Reformed Churches (33)
- Christian Reformed Churches (9)
- Christian Science Churches (119)
- Church Of God (1248)
- Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints (236)
- Churches Of Christ (686)
- Churches Of The Nazarene (173)
- Churches, Misc. Denominations (2670)
- Churches, Non-Denominational (1194)
- Churches, Temples & Shrines (4552)
- Churches-Full Gospel (9)
- Community Church (516)
- Convents (43)
- Covenant & Evangelical Church (83)
- Eastern Orthodox Church (45)
- Episcopal Churches (758)
- Inter-Denominational Churches (227)
- Jehovah's Witnesses (35)
- Lutheran Churches (537)
- Mennonite Churches (32)
- Methodist Churches (1460)
- Monastery (13)
- Non Church Religious Organizations (68)
- Pentecostal Church (1162)
- Presbyterian Church (621)
- Reformed Church (33)
- Religious Organizations, Misc. (2162)
- Seventh Day Adventist Church (301)
- Synagogues (301)
- Temples (31)

-Searched for religious oriented addresses in http://superpages.com
-Selected religious oriented addresses under following categories:

Community & Government

    * Religion & Spirituality
          o Churches (21303)
                + Catholic Churches (1111)
                + Church of Christ Churches (652)
                + Church of God Churches (1044)
                + Baptist Churches (5119)
                + Non-Denominational Churches (1290)
                + Methodist Churches (1305)
                + Christian Churches (763)
                + Presbyterian Churches (730)
                + Lutheran Churches (609)
                + Pentecostal Churches (1159)
                + Assembly of God Churches (862)
                + Community Churches (504)
                + Episcopal Churches (475)
                + Jehovah's Witness Churches (458)
                + Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Churches (398)
                + Interdenominational Churches (285)
                + Church of the Nazarene Churches (216)
                + Bible Churches (189)
                + Evangelical Churches (145)
                + More Churches
                      # Independent Churches (134)
                      # Mission Churches (402)
                      # African Methodist Churches (317)
                      # Ministries Churches (310)
                      # Holiness Churches (235)
                      # Charismatic Churches (189)
                      # Congregational Churches (106)
                      # Unity Churches (97)
                      # Word Churches (96)
                      # Adventist Churches (85)
                      # Orthodox Churches (83)
                      # Anglican Churches (74)
                      # Gospel Churches (60)
                      # Unitarian Universalist Churches (49)
                      # Greek Churches (47)
                      # Reformed Churches (39)
                      # Wesleyan Churches (38)
                      # Spiritual Churches (28)
                      # Eastern Orthodox Churches (27)
                      # Calvary Chapel Churches (24)
                      # Foursquare Gospel Churches (22)
                      # Friends Churches (18)
                      # Deliverance Churches (73)
                      # Disciples of Christ Churches (61)
                      # Covenant Churches (46)
                      # Metaphysical Churches (39)
                      # Religious Science Churches (39)
                      # Alliance Churches (35)
                      # Mennonite Churches (33)
                      # Brethren Churches (32)
                      # Open Bible Churches (29)
                      # Universal Churches (26)
                      # Cosmology, Ontology, & Metaphysics Churches (22)
                      # Swedenborgian Churches (20)
                      # Messianic Churches (19)
                      # New Testament Churches (19)
                      # Spanish Speaking Churches (16)
                      # Metropolitan Churches (15)
                      # Baha'i Churches (14)
                      # Hispanic Churches (14)
                      # Hindu Churches (13)
                      # Missionary Churches (12)
                      # Teen Churches (9)
                      # Church of the Living God Churches (11)
                      # Scientology Churches (9)
                      # United Methodist Churches (7)
                      # Korean Churches (9)
                      # Berean Churches (7)
                      # Protestant Churches (4)
                      # Churches for the Mentally Disabled (6)
                      # Spirit Filled Churches (5)
                      # Grace Brethren Churches (5)
                      # Russian Churches (5)
                      # Deaf Churches (5)
                      # New Thought Churches (4)
                      # Moravian Churches (5)
                      # United Brethren in Christ Churches (4)
                      # Christ Centered Churches (4)
                      # Church on the Rock Churches (4)
                      # Vineyard Christian Fellowship Churches (3)
                      # Salvation Army Churches (4)
                      # Christ's Church Churches (3)
                      # Quaker Churches (3)
                      # Advent Christian Churches (2)
                      # Church of God in Christ Churches (2)
                      # Church of the Brethren Churches (3)
                      # Self Realization Fellowship Churches (1)
                      # Crusaders Churches (2)
                      # Science of Mind Churches (2)
                      # Armenian Churches (2)
                      # International Pentecostal Holiness Churches (1)
                      # Transdenominational Churches (1)
                      # Bethel Temple Churches (1)
                      # Fellowship of Christian Assemblies Churches (1)
                      # Rescue Missions Churches (1)
                + Apostolic Churches (332)
                + Seventh Day Adventist Churches (311)
                + Full Gospel Churches (232)
                + United Church of Christ Churches (9)

-All addresses from sections above were copied and pasted into a
 text file, 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).
-Removed Spatial Duplicates using AVE in ArcView

(A5) Some Information from the 2004 geocoded data set was 
retained; this data was retained for three reasons: 

 1. The Yellow Pages and Super Pages Online are paid 
advertising sites, some facilities may wish to discontinue 
their advertising with those companies but they may still 
exist at that address/location (i.e. Churches etc). 
 2. The address might have changed slightly (i.e. suite 
number, building number, or zip code) which may have 
affected the addresses ability to be geocoded with the 
2005 GDT roads dataset. 
 3. The facility no longer exists. 

Because facilities in reasons one and two may still exist 
in the real world all the 2004 geocoded features that were 
not reproduced in the 2005 geocode update were re-geocoded 
against the 2005 GDT roads dataset.  These facilities were 
then added to the 2005 geocoded dataset. Facilities that 
are part of this scenario are represented with a value of 'NIN' 
(Not In New) in the field called FLAG.

-Added DESCRIPT field based on NAME
-Socio-Cultural Effect data fields and definitions were added. 
 FLAG, UPDATE_DAY, AUTOID, NAME, ADDRESS, CITY,
 ZIPCODE, TYPE, SERVICES, RELIGION_MODAL, 
 REL_DESCPT, YR_BUILT, FGDLAQDATE.
-For facilities that previously existed the permanent auto 
 identification number [auto id] was carried over from the
 2004 SCE base data to the 2005 SCE updates. For new 
 facilities autoids were created.
-Total records = 20735

Internal feature number.

ESRI

Feature geometry.

ESRI

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

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

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).

Facility designation

A description of a facility's physical location providing direction for delivery and provision of emergency services

City of facility's physical location

US postal delivery designation of facility's physical location

The phone number of the religious facility

Denomination

The type of religious facility.

GeoPlan

A program that is distinguishable from the typical program offered by a data entity

Religious practice that limits transportation mode choice, usually observed on holy days (e.g., practice of not driving on Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath)

Description of mode-related practice, if applicable

The year a structure was built for determining possible historical significance

FGDL added field based on DENOM

Type of update that occurred

The last day the file was updated

Internal ID#

The date FGDL aquired the data from the source.

GeoPlan