FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: ZIP CODE AREAS (FIVE-DIGIT) IN FLORIDA - 2009

Geodataset Name:       ZIPBND_2009
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    Polygon
Feature Count:         946
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset represents Florida ZIP Code Areas (Five-Digit) used by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail more effectively.This layer represents an update to the FGDL layer ZIPBND_2007.shp.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    Tele Atlas, Inc.
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     100000
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20081001 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: Begin Date: 20060413 End Date: 20080701 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: ZIPBND_2009.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
PO_NAME
40 String
ZIP
5 String
SMBLKPOP05
8 Double
POP2005
8 Double
POP05_SQMI
8 Double
SMBLKPOP08
4 Integer
POP2008
4 Integer
POP08_SQMI
8 Double
SQMI
8 Double
DESCRIPT
40 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.

PO_NAME The post office name.

ZIP The five-digit number used by the postal service to identify an area where mail is delivered.

SMBLKPOP05 The sum of the 2000 population for the Census Bureau Block polygon centroids which fall within the zip code area for the 2005 data.-99 = Data not available.

POP2005 The 2005 estimated population of the ZIP Code area.-99 = Data not available.

POP05_SQMI The 2005 estimated population of the ZIP Code area per square mile.-99 = Data not available.

SMBLKPOP08 The sum of the 2000 population for the Census Bureau Block polygon centroids which fall within the zip code area for the 2008 data.-99 = Data not available.

POP2008 The 2008 estimated population of the ZIP Code area.-99 = Data not available.

POP08_SQMI The 2008 estimated population of the ZIP Code area per square mile.-99 = Data not available.

SQMI The area of the ZIP Code polygon in square miles using Albers Equal Area Projection.

DESCRIPT Based on PO_NAME.

FGDLAQDATE The date FGDL acquired the data from the Source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

SHAPE.AREA Area in meters

SHAPE.LEN Length 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.
GeoPlan relied on the integrity of the attribute information within
the original data.
Largest scale when displaying the data: 1:250,000.  

U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Five-Digit) represents five-digit ZIP Code areas 
used by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver mail more effectively. 
The first digit of a five-digit ZIP Code divides the United States into 10 
large groups of states numbered from 0 in the Northeast to 9 in the far 
West. Within these areas, each state is divided into an average of 10 
smaller geographical areas, identified by the second and third digits. 
These digits, in conjunction with the first digit, represent a sectional 
center facility or a mail processing facility area. The fourth and fifth digits 
identify a post office, station, branch or local delivery area.

The polygons identify areas where mail is delivered 
(from a city block or two to a whole rural town) within United States.

U.S. ZIP Code Areas (Five-Digit) provides area, post office name, and 
population for each ZIP Code area in the United States.  The polygons 
identify areas where mail is delivered (from a city block or two to a whole 
rural town) within United States.

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

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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:
ESRI Data and Maps:
http://www.esri.com/data/data-maps/index.html

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
The following steps were performed by ESRI: 
-Extracted data set from Tele Atlas Dynamap/Census Boundaries v. 7.0.  
-Created region features from the polygon features.  
-Added the SQMI attribute and calculated its values.  
-Added POP2005 attribute from ESRI Community Data.  
-Added attribute POP05_SQMI and calculated its values.  
-Added and calculated SUMBLKPOP attribute by overlaying 
 2006 U.S. Census Block Centroid Populations then summing the 
 Census Block centroids that fall within each ZIP Code area.  
-Converted the data set to SDC.  
-Created ArcGIS layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices.
Process Date: 20060413

The following steps were performed by ESRI: -Extracted data set from Dynamap/ZIP Code Boundary & Inventory Files v. 16.0. -Added the SQMI attribute and calculated its values. -Added POP2008 attribute from ESRI Community Data. -Added attribute POP08_SQMI and calculated its values. -Added SUMBLKPOP attribute from ArcGIS 9.3 Business Analyst - U.S. ZIP Code Areas. -Converted the data set to SDC. -Created ArcGIS layer file (.lyr), projection file (.prj), and spatial indices. Process Date: 20080701
The GeoPlan Center downloaded the zip code boundary data (zip_poly.shp) from the ESRI 9.3.1 Data and Maps DVD. Reprojected the data from GCS_WGS_1984 to FGDL NAD83 Albers (HPGN). See below for full original metadata. GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984", DATUM["D_WGS_1984", SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137,298.257223563]], PRIMEM["Greenwich",0], UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]] GeoPlan added the following five zip code boundaries to the dataset. GOODLAND (34140) EVERGLADES CITY (34139) CHOKOLOSKEE (34138) WELAKA (32193) TALLAHASSEE (32399) After adding the five extra zip code boundaries the attribute table was then updated for these records. Next the 2005 census data from the ZIPBND_2007.shp was appened to the table. GeoPlan then added the following fields to the dataset. DESCRIPT - Based on PO_NAME FGDLAQDATE - Based on data the data was downloaded from the Source. Process Date: 20090910
Data imported to ArcSDE and exported as a shapefile. Process Date: 20091016
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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