Geodataset Name:       GC_RELIGION_SEP05
Geodataset Type:       SHAPEFILE
Geodataset Feature:    POINT

DATA SOURCE(S):                    University of Florida GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
DATE OF AUTOMATION OF SOURCE:      Sept. 2005
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: GC_RELIGION_SEP05.DBF

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).
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 religious facility
DENOM	Denomination
TYPE	The type of religious facility.
SERVICE	A program that is distinguishable from the typical program offered by a data entity
REL_MODAL	Religious practice that limits transportation mode choice, usually observed on holy days (e.g., practice of not driving on Saturdays, the Jewish Sabbath)
REL_DESCPT	Description of mode-related practice, if applicable
YR_BUILT	The year a structure was built for determining possible historical significance
DESCRIPT	FGDL added field based on DENOM
FLAG	Type of update that occurred A = Attribute edit S = Spatial edit B = Both attribute and spatial edit N = New D = Delete NIN = Not in new (See data lineage for more details - A5)
UPDATE_DAY	The last day the file was updated
AUTOID	Internal ID#
FGDLAQDATE	The date FGDL aquired the data from the source.

USER NOTES:

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

This dataset is a combination of religious oriented addresses from the Yellow and Super 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:

Process Steps for Yellow Pages and Super Pages Religious Oriented Locations: -Searched for religious oriented addresses in www.yellowpages.com -Selected religious oriented addresses under following categories: Churches & Religious Services Churches & Religious Groups - Apostolic Church (344) - Assembly Of God Church (606) - Baptist Church (4887) - Brethren Church (26) - Buddhist Temple (21) - Catholic Churches (839) - Christian & Reformed Churches (33) - Christian Reformed Churches (9) - Christian Science Churches (119) - Church Of God (1248) - Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints (236) - Churches Of Christ (686) - Churches Of The Nazarene (173) - Churches, Misc. Denominations (2670) - Churches, Non-Denominational (1194) - Churches, Temples & Shrines (4552) - Churches-Full Gospel (9) - Community Church (516) - Convents (43) - Covenant & Evangelical Church (83) - Eastern Orthodox Church (45) - Episcopal Churches (758) - Inter-Denominational Churches (227) - Jehovah's Witnesses (35) - Lutheran Churches (537) - Mennonite Churches (32) - Methodist Churches (1460) - Monastery (13) - Non Church Religious Organizations (68) - Pentecostal Church (1162) - Presbyterian Church (621) - Reformed Church (33) - Religious Organizations, Misc. (2162) - Seventh Day Adventist Church (301) - Synagogues (301) - Temples (31) -Searched for religious oriented addresses in http://superpages.com -Selected religious oriented addresses under following categories: Community & Government * Religion & Spirituality o Churches (21303) + Catholic Churches (1111) + Church of Christ Churches (652) + Church of God Churches (1044) + Baptist Churches (5119) + Non-Denominational Churches (1290) + Methodist Churches (1305) + Christian Churches (763) + Presbyterian Churches (730) + Lutheran Churches (609) + Pentecostal Churches (1159) + Assembly of God Churches (862) + Community Churches (504) + Episcopal Churches (475) + Jehovah's Witness Churches (458) + Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Churches (398) + Interdenominational Churches (285) + Church of the Nazarene Churches (216) + Bible Churches (189) + Evangelical Churches (145) + More Churches # Independent Churches (134) # Mission Churches (402) # African Methodist Churches (317) # Ministries Churches (310) # Holiness Churches (235) # Charismatic Churches (189) # Congregational Churches (106) # Unity Churches (97) # Word Churches (96) # Adventist Churches (85) # Orthodox Churches (83) # Anglican Churches (74) # Gospel Churches (60) # Unitarian Universalist Churches (49) # Greek Churches (47) # Reformed Churches (39) # Wesleyan Churches (38) # Spiritual Churches (28) # Eastern Orthodox Churches (27) # Calvary Chapel Churches (24) # Foursquare Gospel Churches (22) # Friends Churches (18) # Deliverance Churches (73) # Disciples of Christ Churches (61) # Covenant Churches (46) # Metaphysical Churches (39) # Religious Science Churches (39) # Alliance Churches (35) # Mennonite Churches (33) # Brethren Churches (32) # Open Bible Churches (29) # Universal Churches (26) # Cosmology, Ontology, & Metaphysics Churches (22) # Swedenborgian Churches (20) # Messianic Churches (19) # New Testament Churches (19) # Spanish Speaking Churches (16) # Metropolitan Churches (15) # Baha'i Churches (14) # Hispanic Churches (14) # Hindu Churches (13) # Missionary Churches (12) # Teen Churches (9) # Church of the Living God Churches (11) # Scientology Churches (9) # United Methodist Churches (7) # Korean Churches (9) # Berean Churches (7) # Protestant Churches (4) # Churches for the Mentally Disabled (6) # Spirit Filled Churches (5) # Grace Brethren Churches (5) # Russian Churches (5) # Deaf Churches (5) # New Thought Churches (4) # Moravian Churches (5) # United Brethren in Christ Churches (4) # Christ Centered Churches (4) # Church on the Rock Churches (4) # Vineyard Christian Fellowship Churches (3) # Salvation Army Churches (4) # Christ's Church Churches (3) # Quaker Churches (3) # Advent Christian Churches (2) # Church of God in Christ Churches (2) # Church of the Brethren Churches (3) # Self Realization Fellowship Churches (1) # Crusaders Churches (2) # Science of Mind Churches (2) # Armenian Churches (2) # International Pentecostal Holiness Churches (1) # Transdenominational Churches (1) # Bethel Temple Churches (1) # Fellowship of Christian Assemblies Churches (1) # Rescue Missions Churches (1) + Apostolic Churches (332) + Seventh Day Adventist Churches (311) + Full Gospel Churches (232) + United Church of Christ Churches (9) -All addresses from sections above were copied and pasted into a text file, which was then formatted so that it could be imported into Excel and converted to a database file format. Process Steps for Yellow Pages data: -The addresses were geocoded against ARC Logistics Route GDT Roads Shapefile created using FGDL Albers HPGN map projection (See "Map Projection Parameters" below). -Removed Spatial Duplicates using AVE in ArcView (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, NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, ZIPCODE, TYPE, SERVICES, RELIGION_MODAL, REL_DESCPT, 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 = 20735 Process Date: 20050901

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):

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University of Florida GeoPlan Center
GeoPlan
431 Architecture, PO Box 11570
Gainesville, FL
32611-570



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Kate Norris

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Abbr. Name:             FGDL
Address:                Florida Geographic Data Library
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                        PO Box 115706
                        Gainesville, FL  32611-5706
Web site:               http://www.fgdl.org

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