FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2004

TITLE: SOCIAL SERVICE CENTERS

Geodataset Name:       GC_SOCIALSERVICE
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POINT
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains 2004 Social Service Center Information for the State of Florida. This dataset contains fields denoting the physical address, and contact information for social service facilities based on data taken from the Yellow Pages Online and the Super Pages Online.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Yellow Pages Online / Super Pages Online
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     N/A
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      Source 2004  Automated 2004
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: GC_SOCIALSERVICE.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE N. DECIMAL DEGREES
FID
4 OID ---
Shape
0 Geometry ---
STATUS
1 String ---
SCORE
4 Number ---
SIDE
1 String ---
ID
10 Number ---
NAME
100 String ---
ADDRESS
65 String ---
CITY
40 String ---
ZIPCODE
9 Number ---
PHONE
17 String ---
OPERATING
60 String ---
OP_CLASS
12 String ---
YR_BUILT
4 Number ---
COMMON_USE
4 String ---
USE
50 String ---
SUBTYPE
40 String ---
TYPE
40 String ---
DESCRIPT
40 String ---
FLAG
5 String ---
UPDATE_DAY
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).

ID Unique identifier number for facility

NAME 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 social service facility

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

OP_CLASS Classification of the operating entity

YR_BUILT The year a structure was built for determining possible historical significance

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

USE Description of co-located use, if applicable

SUBTYPE The type of social service facility.

TYPE The general type of social service facility.

DESCRIPT FGDL added item based on TYPE

FLAG Type of update that occurred
A = Attribute edit

S = Spatial edit

B = Both attribute and spatial edit

N = New

D = Delete


UPDATE_DAY The last day the file was updated

AUTOID Internal ID #

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

This dataset is a combination of social service oriented addresses from the Yellow 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.

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:
Yellow Pages Online:
www.yellowpages.com

Super Pages Online:
www.superpages.com
DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:

Social Service oriented facility locations were obtained from the 
online Super Pages and Yellow Pages in 2004. GeoPlan
downloaded this data in textfile 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).

Process Steps for Yellow Pages Social Service Oriented Locations:

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

Social Services
Individual & Family Social Services
- Adoption Services (74)
- Adult Day Care Centers (98)
- Aid To Families With Dependent Children (68)
- Alcoholism Counseling Nontreatment (5)
- Associations For The Handicapped (83)
- Child Abuse Information & Treatment Centers (4)
- Child Related Social Services (32)
- Children's Aid Society (1)
- Community Centers (246)
- Crisis Centers (6)
- Crisis Intervention Centers (107)
- Disaster Services (2)
- Drug Abuse Counselor Nontreatment (29)
- Emergency Shelters (1)
- Emergency Social Services (94)
- Family Counseling Services (247)
- Family Counseling Services Marriage (3)
- Family Location Service (1)
- Family Service Agency (5)
- Food Bank (4)
- General Counseling Services (1107)
- Geriatric Social Services (43)
- Helping Hand Service (Big Brother Etc) (40)
- Homemakers Service (1)
- Hotlines (156)
- Individual & Family Social Services (985)
- Meal Delivery Program (30)
- Neighborhood Center (1)
- Offender Rehabilitation Agency (6)
- Offender Self-Help Agency (3)
- Old Age Assistance Services (2)
- Outreach Program (58)
- Referral Services Personal & Social (5)
- Rehabilitation Services (686)
- Self-Help Organizations (98)
- Senior Citizens Centers & Associations (159)
- Service Leagues (4)
- Social Service Centers (228)
- Social Services For The Handicapped (33)
- Social Workers (363)
- Substance Abuse Counseling (30)
- Temporary Relief Service (2)
- Travelers Aid (4)
- Youth Centers (66)

Social Services
Child Day Care Services
- Child Day Care Services (3554)
- Group Day Care Centers (6)
- Head Start Centers Exc. School Related (7)
- Montessori Child Development Centers (185)
- Nursery Schools (3)
- Preschool Centers (796)

Social Services
Job Training & Vocational Rehabilitation
- Community Service Employment Training Program (4)
- Job Counseling Services (1)
- Job Training & Related Services (83)
- Skill Training Center (6)
- Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies (118)
- Vocational Training Agency (7)
- Work Experience Centers (4)

Social Services
Miscellaneous Social Services
- Advocacy Groups (92)
- Community Action Agencies (116)
- Community Chest (34)
- Community Development Groups (3)
- Council For Social Agency (3)
- Fund Raising Organization Non-Fee Basis (195)
- Health & Welfare Council (3)
- Health Systems Agencies (5)
- Neighborhood Development Group (78)
- Social Change Association (13)
- Social Services (200)
- United Fund Councils (1)

Social Services
Residential Care
- Assisted Living - Retirement Homes (329)
- Boys Towns (7)
- Children's Home (91)
- Geriatric Residential Care (2)
- Homes Deaf & Blind (2)
- Homes Group Foster (126)
- Juvenile Correctional Facilities (20)
- Rehabilitation Center Residential, Health (1)
- Residential Care (329)
- Residential Care For Children (8)



Process Steps for Super Pages Social Service Oriented Locations:

-Searched for social service oriented addresses in www.superpages.com
-Selected social service oriented addresses under following categories:

Community & Government
-Social & Human Services (16013)

 -Organizations (2898)
   Associations (13)
   Individual & Family Services (95)
   Children's Services (57)
   Youth Services (9)
   Shelter Associations (1)

 -Individual & Family
  -Social Companion Services (5)
  -Social Consultants (1)
  -Child Care Services (5763)
    Child Care Centers (689)
    Babysitting (82)
    Nannies (80)
    Information & Referral Services (64)
    Home Child Care (34)
    Equipment & Supplies (20)
    Agencies (19)
    Consultants (12)
    Child Care Center Consultants (9)
  -Adoption Agencies & Services (275)
  -Foster Care (35)
    Agencies (2)
    Child (1)
  -Homeless (21)
    Domestic Violence Shelters (7)
    Housing Assistance (4)
    Shelters (1)
  -Senior Citizens
    Products & Services (555)
    Centers & Organizations (175)
    Counseling (79)
  -Adult Care (309)
    Sitting Services (12)
    Day Care Centers (277)
    Foster Care (38)
  -Abuse
   -Child
     Information & Services (9)
     Treatment Centers (35)
     Hotline (1)
   -Domestic Violence
     Information & Services (24)
   -Sexual
     Rape Treatment Centers (12)
     Counseling (6)
     Rape Prevention (6)
   -Abuse Information & Treatment (12)
  -Parenting Information & Education (24)
  -Child Support Collection & Enforcement (11)

 -Information & Referral Services (158)
 -Social Workers (128)
 -Counseling (4289)
  -Religious (57)
    Clergy & Pastoral Counselors (27)
    Christian Counselors (20)
    Biblical (11)
  -Bereavement (2)
  -Marriage & Family (2507)
    Divorce Counseling & Mediation (25)
    Information & Referral Services (23)
    Adolescents (12)
    Domestic Violence (6)
  -Stress Management (198)
  -Individual (115)
  -Sex Therapy (32)
  -Centers (9)
  -Child Therapists (8)
  -Child & Adolescent Guidance (10)
  -Eating Disorders (5)
  -Pet Loss Counseling (1)
 -Community (1311)
  -Agencies (38)
  -Information & Referral (3)
  -Buildings
    Centers (175)
    Homes (19)
  -Community Action Agencies (4)
 -Crisis Intervention (260)
   Family (240)
   Women's (3)
   Crisis Centers (2)
 -Clinical Social Workers (4)
 -Women's Information & Referral Services (2)
 -Psychiatric Social Workers (2)
 -Residential Care Facilities (575)
  -Communities & Homes (446)
  -Retirement & Life Care Centers (111)
  -Homes & Institutions (36)
   Group (28)
   Children (5)
   Maternity (3)
  -Information & Placement Services (3)
 -Health & Welfare Agencies
   Health Agencies (24)
   Health Departments (1)

 -Government Offices
  -Departments & Agencies
   -Social Security Services (165)
    Counselors & Representatives (162)
    Consultants (5)
 -Community & Civic Organizations
   Civic Clubs & Organizations (5)

-All addresses from sections above were copied and pasted into a
 textfile, which was then formatted so that it could be imported
 into Excel and converted to a database file format.
-The addresses were geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads
 Shapefile created using FGDL Albers HPGN map projection (See "Map
 Projection Parameters" below).
-Added DESCRIPT field based on TYPE
Process Date: 2004

Socio-Cultural Effect data fields and definitions were added. FLAG, UPDATE_DAY, AUTOID, ID, NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, ZIPCODE, OPERATING, OP_CLASS, YR_BUILT, COMMON_USE, USE. Process Date: 20041021
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:               Super Pages Online
Address:            651 Canyon Drive
                    Coppell, TX 75019
Phone:              1 (800) 343-7390
Web site:           www.SuperPages.com

Name:               Yellow Pages Online
Web site:           www.YellowPages.com
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

Contact FGDL: 

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