FLORIDA PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SCHOOLS 2005

The following dataset was Geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT
Roads. Address information was obtained via a website or through a
spreadsheet gained from an agency. 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.

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

NCES public school data is gathered by CCD (Common Core of Data), 
Public school data is from the 2003-2004 school year.

NCES private school data is gathered by PSS (Private School Universe Survey), 
Private school data is from the 2003-2004 school year.

NCES college data is gathered by IPEDS, College data 
is from the 2004-2005 school year.

Step -1:
NCES Public and Private School Data were down loaded
from: http://nces.ed.gov/globallocator/
The database files were geocoded against ARC Logistics 
Route GDT Roads, and finally converted into a shapefile 
with the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection.

Step - 2:
Obtained public school information from Alachua County 
School Board website: http://www.sbac.edu/~ir/dists.html 

Obtained non-public school information from the Non-Public
 Schools Directory listed on the Florida Department of Education 
website: http://www.firn.edu/doe/choice/ndirect.htm

Obtained Higher Education information; Private College, 
Public College, Jr. College, and Vo-Tech School address 
information from the Department of Environmental Protection 
GIS Dept.

From these websites, GeoPlan copied school information into 
a text file format and then converted it to a database file. The 
database file was geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT 
Roads, and finally converted into a shapefile with the FGDL 
Albers HPGN map projection.

Step - 3:
A select by location function was used to remove the 
duplicated spatial information that occurred from Step - 2.  

Step - 4:
Once this duplicate information was removed the shapefile 
created in Step - 3 was then joined to the shapefile created 
in Step - 1.

(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, ID, NAME, ADDRESS, 
 CITY, STATE, ZIPCODE, OPERATING, OP_CLASS, 
 ENROLLMENT, PROGRAMS, COMMON_USE, USE,
 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 = 6751

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).

Unique identifier number of the School as recorded in the School table

School 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 school facility.

The responsible organization for management and operation of a facility (e.g., public, private, quasi-public)

Classification of the operating entity

Total number of students attending a school

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

Location of two or more uses in one facility or on common grounds so as to share common facilities

Description of co-located use, if applicable

The year a structure was built for determining possible historical significance

Educational grade ranges by category (e.g., elementary, middle, high, etc.)

The NCES school ID number

The lowest grade level at the school

The highest grade level at the school

Designation of the school as a title 1 school

Number of teachers

Number of students receiving free lunch

Number of students receiving reduced lunch

FGDL added item based on NAME

Type of update that occurred

The last day the file was updated

Internal ID #

The date FGDL aquired the data from the source.

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