FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: TRANSPORTATION DISADVANTAGED SERVICE PROVIDER AREAS (TDSP) IN FLORIDA - 2017

Geodataset Name:       TDSP_AUG17
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         47
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains Transportation Disadvantaged Service Provider Areas (TDSP) for the State of Florida. Transportation disadvantaged are those who cannot drive and do not have access to other transportation options because of age, income, or disability. The Transportation Disadvantaged Program is a coordinated state-wide effort which groups riders together for a shared ride service. Transportation services are available in all 67 Florida counties for those who are eligible and have no access to transportation. Federal, State and Local agencies join together to provide necessary transportation to medical appointments, employment, educational and other life sustaining services. The names of the transportation coordinator and contact information are included in this dataset. Information for this layer was gathered from the State of Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged CTD website, the CTD is an independent commission housed administratively within the Florida Department of Transportation. This dataset is an update to the FGDL layer tdsp_jun13.shp.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    University of Florida GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     100000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20170829 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20170829 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: TDSP_AUG17.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
NAME
50 String
ADDRESS
40 String
CITY
20 String
ZIPCODE
8 Double
COUNTY
50 String
TYPE
5 String
CONTACT
20 String
PHONE
25 String
FAX
15 String
EMAIL
45 String
WEBSITE
35 String
TSAR
60 String
TSAR2
65 String
TSAR3
60 String
TSAR4
60 String
TSAR5
65 String
TSAR6
55 String
DESCRIPT
50 String
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer
SHAPE.AREA
0 Double
SHAPE.LEN
0 Double

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID Internal feature number.

Shape Feature geometry.

NAME The designation of the organization accountable for the plan.

ADDRESS Address of the organization accountable for the plan.

CITY City of the organization accountable for the plan.

ZIPCODE Zip Code of the organization accountable for the plan.

COUNTY County Name(s) covered by the Service Provider.

TYPE Type of Contact. Note: data for this field has not been updated with new information. Only CTC information was readily available. For further information reference the Transportation Disadvantaged Service Plan (TDSP) for each county.

CONTACT Coordinator's Name.

PHONE Coordinator's Phone Number.

FAX Coordinator's Fax Number.

EMAIL Coordinator's Email Address.

WEBSITE Website.

TSAR Phone Number To Schedule a Ride.

TSAR2 Phone Number To Schedule a Ride.

TSAR3 Phone Number To Schedule a Ride.

TSAR4 Phone Number To Schedule a Ride.

TSAR5 Phone Number To Schedule a Ride.

TSAR6 Phone Number To Schedule a Ride.

DESCRIPT GeoPlan added field based on NAME.

FGDLAQDATE Date GeoPlan acquired data from source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Perimeter in meters


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.

County boundaries are used to represent the boundaries of each
service provider area, as this is a county-wide function.
All counties in the project area are included.  Sub areas, if
they exist within or between counties, are not included.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
Learn more about your community transportation system:
http://www.fdot.gov/ctd/communitytransystem.htm

Everything you ever wanted to know about Paratransit Eligibility:
http://www.fdot.gov/ctd/docs/RiderDocs/TransportationBrochure.pdf

The data was created to serve as base information for use in GIS systems
for a variety of planning and analytical purposes.

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

NONE

The Florida Geographic Data Library is a collection of Geospatial Data
compiled by the University of Florida GeoPlan Center with support from
the Florida Department of Transportation. GIS data available in FGDL is
collected from various state, federal, and other agencies (data sources)
who are data stewards, producers, or publishers. The data available in
FGDL may not be the most current version of the data offered by the
data source. University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no guarantees
about the currentness of the data and suggests that data users check
with the data source to see if more recent versions of the data exist.

Furthermore, the GIS data available in the FGDL are provided 'as is'.
The University of Florida GeoPlan Center makes no warranties, guaranties
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A note about data scale: 

Scale is an important factor in data usage.  Certain scale datasets
are 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.
1:125000 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 analysis. Every effort has been
made to supply the user with data documentation. For additional
information, see the References section and the Data Source Contact
section of this documentation. For more information regarding
scale and accuracy, see our webpage at:
http://geoplan.ufl.edu/education.html

REFERENCES:
Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged
http://www.fdot.gov/ctd/index.htm

Community Transportation Coordinator
Contact Information by County
http://www.fdot.gov/ctd/ctcsbycounty.htm

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The GeoPlan Center took the following steps during the QA/QC process:

GeoPlan created this dataset by combining information from the
following data sources:
 - FGDL County Boundary layer (version used: cntbnd_sep15.shp) 
 - Florida Commission for the Transportation Disadvantaged
   Community Transportation Coordinator (CTC) Contact
   Information by County:
   http://www.fdot.gov/ctd/ctcsbycounty.htm

Using the most up to date County Boundary layer, referenced above,
GeoPlan added and populated the following fields with the most
current CTC information: NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, ZIPCODE,
COUNTY, TYPE, CONTACT, PHONE, FAX, EMAIL, WEBSITE,
TSAR, TSAR2, TSAR3, TSAR4, TSAR5, TSAR6, DESCRIPT,
FGDLAQDATE.

Where the Community Transportation Coordinator Service Provider Information
was the same between counties, a dissolve was performed on the County Boundaries.

Note: Previously the TYPE field was populated with information differentiating
between the types of service providers, including both CTC (Community 
Transportation Coordinator) and STP (Medicaid Non-Emergency Transportation 
Services Coordinator). With this update, only information on CTCs was available 
from the source. For more information, reference the Transportation Disadvantaged 
Service Plan (TDSP) for each county: http://www.fdot.gov/ctd/transportationprovider.htm.

Note: County boundaries are used to represent the boundaries of each
service provider area, as this is a county-wide function. All counties
in the project area are included. Sub areas, if they exist within or
between counties, are not included.
Process Date: 20171003

Dataset copied. Process Date: 20180124
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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