FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION
VERSION 2006

TITLE: FDOT DISTRICT 2 - SCHOOL ZONES

Geodataset Name:       SCHOOLZNS_D2_JUN06
Geodataset Type:       Shapefile
Geodataset Feature:    POLYGON
Feature Count:         280
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains School Zones polygons, which represent the populated area assigned to each school or set of schools. These maps are maintained by county school boards. In some areas the boundaries change frequently. This GIS layer was produced by the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council (NCFRPC) under contract with FDOT District 2 in early 2005, and by the Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council (NEFRPC) under contract with FDOT District 2 in early 2006. This is one of many layers that fall into the general category of "sociocultural" GIS data.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    NCFRPC, NEFRPC, GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     VARIES
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      20060614
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 FDOT District 2

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: SCHOOLZNS_D2_JUN06.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
AUTOID
6 Number
Shape
0 Geometry
NAME
100 String
ZONE
75 String
ADDRESS
65 String
CITY
30 String
ZIPCODE
9 Number
FUNCTION
40 String
DESCRIPT
100 String
SOURCE
20 String
FLAG
5 String
UPDATE_DAY
8 Date
OBJECTID
4 OID
SHAPE
4 Geometry
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
FGDLAQDATE
8 Date
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
AUTOID GeoPlan Center internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

NAME School designation

ZONE Zone designation

ADDRESS Location of school zone.

CITY City of association.

ZIPCODE School zip code.

FUNCTION Type of school.

DESCRIPT Based on 'NAME'

SOURCE The source from which FGDL acquired the data.

FLAG Type of update that occurred
A = Attribute edit.

S = Spatial edit

B = Both spatial and attribute edit.

N = New

D = Delete

NIN = Not in the new


UPDATE_DAY The last day the file was updated by the source

OBJECTID Internal feature number.

SHAPE Feature geometry.

SHAPE.AREA No description

FGDLAQDATE Date FGDL obtained data from source.

SHAPE.LEN No description


USER NOTES:
This data is provided 'as is'. GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the 
original data layer's topology

This data is provided 'as is' by GeoPlan and is complete to 
our knowledge.

Layer is complete for the 2004-2005 school year. Public school zones 
are subject to change on a yearly basis.

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



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



A note concerning data scale:

Scale is an important factor in data usage. Certain scale 
datasetsare not suitable for some project, analysis, or
modeling 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:
North Central Florida Regional Planning Council
NCFRPC
2009 N.W. 67th Place, Suite A
Gainesville, FL
32653
407-314-8683
http://www.ncfrpc.org/
Carol Laine
laine@ncfrpc.org

Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council
NEFRPC
6850 Belfort Oaks Place
Jacksonville, FL 
32216
(904) 279-0880
Fax (904) 279-0881
http://www.nefrpc.org/
info@nefrc.org
Keith Joiner
KJoiner@nefrc.org

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
North Central Florida Regional Planning Council - Process Steps:

ALACHUA:
Merged school_zone_elementary.shp, school_zones_middle.shp, and 
school_zones_high.shp into one shapefile named AC_schoolzones.shp.

GILCHRIST:
Called Gilchrist County Schools and talked to the bus zone department, 
and recieved verbal definition of the school zones.
Process Date: 20050601

Data set development. Process Date: February, 2005 to June, 2005
Northeast Florida Regional Planning Council - Process Steps: 1. Obtained all existing GIS data from county and school board GIS departments. 2. Obtained hard copy and digital image maps of service zones from School Board Transportation Departments. 3. Digitized hard copy and image sources to GIS shapefile format using street centerlines, section polygons, and hydrology. 4. Clipped the layer representing each county to the cntbnd.shp layer obtained from GeoPlan. 5. Appended all final county layers together using the append tool in Arc Toolbox. 6. Checked the final layers for quality control and made any necessary adjustments. Process Date: 20060601
GeoPlan received this data, via CDROM, and performed the following: -Reprojected to the FGDL Albers HPGN map projection. -Restructured the attribute table to fit the SCE Data Specification Document Standards. -Merged datasets together to create one FDOT District-wide shapefile. -Added FGDLAQDATE field based on the date FGDL acquired the data from the source. -Added DESCRIPT field based on 'NAME' Process Date: 20060614
Metadata imported. Process Date:
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

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GeoPlan Center - University of Florida
GeoPlan Center
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Gainesville, FL
32611


image@fgdl.org Kate Norris

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