FLORIDA GEOGRAPHIC DATA LIBRARY DOCUMENTATION

TITLE: LASER FACILITIES IN FLORIDA - 2016

Geodataset Name:       GC_LASERS_MAY16
Geodataset Type:       SDE Feature Class
Geodataset Feature:    Point
Feature Count:         11138
GENERAL DESCRIPTION:
This dataset contains locations of facilities in Florida that have lasers on site for 2016. This dataset is based on information received from the Florida Department of Health's Bureau of Radiation Control, current up to May 2016. This dataset contains fields denoting the physical address and the specific laser information for that site. This data is meant to be used for planning purposes only and is not intended to represent a 100% inventory of laser facilities in Florida. Laser facility locations that have been verified are marked with the letter V in the FLAG field. This dataset is an update to the GC_LASERS_NOV10 layer.
DATA SOURCE(S):                    University of Florida GeoPlan Center
SCALE OF ORIGINAL SOURCE MAPS:     Varies
GEODATASET EXTENT:                 State of Florida
PUBLICATION DATE: 20160511 TIME PERIOD OF CONTENT: 20160511 DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.fgdl.org/metadataexplorer/explorer.jsp

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES:

Datafile Name: GC_LASERS_MAY16.DBF
ITEM NAME WIDTH TYPE
OBJECTID
4 OID
Shape
4 Geometry
STATUS
1 String
SCORE
8 Double
SIDE
1 String
MATCH_ADDR
120 String
PARCELID
40 String
NAME
100 String
ADDRESS
65 String
CITY
40 String
ZIPCODE
8 Double
COUNTY
35 String
PHONE
20 String
TYPE
55 String
OWNER
60 String
OPERATING
60 String
OP_CLASS
20 String
QUANTITY
8 Double
MEDIUM
5 String
CLASS
2 String
EMBEDDED
2 String
DURATION
2 String
COMPANY
254 String
PWR_ENERGY
5 String
PWR_UNITS
2 String
MAKE
25 String
MODEL
25 String
SERIAL
25 String
MOR_SERIAL
70 String
USAGE
2 String
REG_NUMBER
6 String
DATE_ADDED
36 Date
DATE_REMOV
10 String
MOBL_FIXED
2 String
LOCATION
40 String
FORM_RECEI
10 String
WAVELNGTHS
25 String
USER_MANFC
2 String
INACTIVE
2 String
LAST_REGI
10 String
REASON
25 String
FIRST_REGI
36 Date
MISC_THING
150 String
FSOURCE
100 String
DATASOURCE
100 String
LAT_DD
8 Double
LONG_DD
8 Double
MGRS
15 String
GCID
8 Double
ACRES
8 Double
DESCRIPT
50 String
FLAG
5 String
UPDATE_DAY
36 Date
FGDLAQDATE
36 Date
AUTOID
4 Integer

FEATURE ATTRIBUTE TABLES CODES AND VALUES:

Item
Item Description
OBJECTID 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).

MATCH_ADDR ESRI item which denotes the full street layer address to which the address was matched.

PARCELID Parcel Identification Number, derived from either the 2014 or 2015 statewide parcel layers.

NAME Facility designation, facility name.

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 No description

COUNTY County of facility's physical location.

PHONE The phone number of the facility.

TYPE The Type of facility.

OWNER Entity owner of the facility.

OPERATING The responsible organization for management and operation of a facility (e.g., FEDERAL, STATE, COUNTY, MUNICIPAL, PRIVATE, WMD, etc).

OP_CLASS Classification of the operating entity. (e.g., public, private, quasi-public).

QUANTITY The quantity of lasers at the facility. The quantity field should always have a positive integer in it, or a zero. If you see zero, it means that laser was removed from registration at some point after initially being registered.

MEDIUM The medium of the laser at the facility (See below for code descriptions)

CLASS FDA's Laser Hazard Class
1 = Considered non-hazardous. Hazard increases if viewed with optical aids, including magnifiers, binoculars, or telescopes

2A, 2 = Hazard increases when viewed directly for long periods of time. Hazard increases if viewed with optical aids.

3A = Depending on power and beam area, can be momentarily hazardous when directly viewed or when staring directly at the beam with an unaided eye. Risk of injury increases when viewed with optical aids.

3B = Immediate skin hazard from direct beam and immediate eye hazard when viewed directly

4 = Immediate skin hazard and eye hazard from exposure to either the direct or reflected beam; may also present a fire hazard.


EMBEDDED Not defined by source.

DURATION Duration describes pulse attributes of the laser.
P = Pulsed laser

C = Continuous laser

B = Both pulsed and continuous


COMPANY Entity owner of the facility.

PWR_ENERGY Used with PWR_UNITS to describe the maximum energy in joules or millijoules, or maximum power in watts or milliwats

PWR_UNITS Used with PWR_ENERGY to describe the maximum energy in joules or millijoules, or maximum power in watts or milliwats

MAKE The make of the laser at the facility.

MODEL The model of the laser at the facility.

SERIAL The serial number of the laser at the facility

MOR_SERIAL Additional serial information.

USAGE The designated kind of use for which the laser is intended.
M = Medicine

E = Entertainment

C = Construction

I = Industry

R = Research

O = Other


REG_NUMBER Registration number of the laser.

DATE_ADDED Not defined by source.

DATE_REMOV Not defined by source.

MOBL_FIXED The mobility of the laser.
M = Mobile

F = Fixed


LOCATION Additional Location information for the facility.

FORM_RECEI Not defined by source.

WAVELNGTHS Wavelength of the laser in nanometers.

USER_MANFC Not defined by source.

INACTIVE Not defined by source.

LAST_REGI Not defined by source.

REASON Not defined by source.

FIRST_REGI The date the laser was first registered.

MISC_THING Miscellaneous comments regarding the laser.

FSOURCE Feature Spatial Source.

DATASOURCE Feature Data/Tabular Source.

LAT_DD Latitude in Decimal Degrees.

LONG_DD Longitude in Decimal Degrees.

MGRS Military Grid Reference System (MGRS) Coordinate of the Facility. The MGRS is the geocoordinate standard used by NATO militaries for locating points on the Earth. The MGRS provides a means to represent any location on the surface of the Earth using an alphanumeric string. Hierarchical references are based on the Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) coordinate system. The MGRS is used for the entire earth. http://mgrs-data.org/

GCID The GeoPlan Center identification number that links this point feature layer with its corresponding polygon feature layer.

ACRES Facility acreage.

DESCRIPT Field added by FGDL based on name.

FLAG Type of update that occured. Please Note: The following point data represents only Geocoded features, these points HAVE NOT been validated via QAQC methods such as aerials or Google Street View. Records that have been marked with a FLAG = V are locations that have a geocoded match result of 100%.
NV = Not verified

V = Verified


UPDATE_DAY The date the data was last updated by the Source.

FGDLAQDATE The date GeoPlan acquired the data from the Source.

AUTOID Unique ID added by GeoPlan

Medium code definitions: 

Medium Code	Medium Description
A		Argon
AB		Argon/Beryllium Oxide
AD		Argon Dye
AF		Argon Fluoride
AH		Argon Helium Neon
AK		Argon Krypton
AKD		Argon Krypton Dye
AL		Alexandrite
ALY		Alexandrite Neodymium YAG
AN		Argon Nitrogen
AY		Argon Neodynium YAG
B		Beryllium Oxide
C		Carbon Dioxide
CH		Carbon Dioxide/Helium Neon
CNH		Carbon Dioxide/Nitrogen/Helium Neon
D		Dye
E		Erbium YAG
EC		Erbium Carbon Dioxide
EG		Erbium: Glass
ET		Erbium KTP
F		Hydrogen Fluoride
G		Gallium Aluminum Arsenide
H		Helium Neon
I		Diode
IPL		Intense Pulsed Light Source
J		Helium Cadmium
K		Krypton
KF		Krypton Hydrogen Flouride
L		Neodymium Glass
M		Indium Gallium Arsenide
N		Nitrogen
NQ		Nitrogen/Neon
O		Other
P		Copper
Q		Neon
R		Ruby
RY		Ruby YAG
S		Gallium Arsenide
T		KTP
U		Erbium Chromium: Yttrium Scandium Gallium Garnet
V		Ti:Sapphire
W		Holmium YAG
WT		Holmium YAG KTP
X		Excimer
XZ		Excimer Xenon Chloride
Y		Neodymium YAG
YH		Neodymium YAG/Helium Neon
Z		Xenon Chloride
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.
Florida Department of Health's Bureau of Radiation Control works to reduce radiation 
exposure to the public.

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Please Note: The following point data represents only Geocoded features, 
these points HAVE NOT been validated via QAQC methods such as aerials or 
Google Street View. Records that have been marked with a FLAG = V 
are locations that have a geocoded match result of 100%. 
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Please Note: Duplicate address points may exist where more than one laser occurs. 
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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.

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
or representations as to the truth, accuracy or completeness of the data
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purpose, or non-infringement. The University of Florida GeoPlan Center
shall not be liable for any damages suffered as a result of using,
modifying, contributing or distributing the materials.

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 Department of Health's Bureau of Radiation Control:
http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/radiation-control/nonion/index.html

DATA LINEAGE SUMMARY:
GeoPlan 2011 Process Steps:
Laser locations and information were obtained from the 
Department of Health's Bureau of Radiation Control via 
email in Microsoft Access format from James Futch.
James_Futch@doh.state.fl.us

James Futch
Administrator
Radiologic Technologist Certification Program Florida Department of Health
4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C21
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1741
Phone: (850) 245-4540, ext. 0  FAX: (850) 921-6365
Internet: www.doh.state.fl.us/environment/radiation

There were two separate tables; one detailing the laser attributes 
and the second detailing the facility's name and location. 

These tables were joined based on the common laser 
registration number attribute.  

There were 7,924 records in the original table. 

The facility to laser relationship is one to many therefore duplicate 
locations do exist. 

The joined table was converted to a general database file (.dbf). 

Once converted, 146 records were removed due to their location 
outside the state of Florida. Another 813 records were 
removed that had a 0 in the QUANTITY field. 

Zeros show that the laser was removed from registration at some point 
after initially being registered. 

The dbf was then geocoded against a statewide 2009 NAVTEQ street 
dataset and converted into a shapefile with the FGDL Albers HPGN map 
projection. (See "Map Projection Parameters" below). 

After geocoding the following tasks were undertaken.

- Unmatched locations or locations receiving a score 
  below 80 (aprox 1420) were reevaluated using Google Maps.
  Locations' addresses that were successfully located were 
  modified to reflect the correct address using  the geocode 
  rematch tool in ArcGIS. 

- 83 records were unable to be matched and removed
  from the database.

- Added and calculated the USNG_FL_1K, LAT_DD,
  and, LONG_DD fields.

- Changed the field name "COMPANY" to "NAME"

- Changed the field name "STREET" to "ADDRESS"

- Changed the field name "ZIP" to "ZIPCODE"

- Added FLAG and UPDATE_DAY fields.

- Added FGDLAQDATE based on the date GeoPlan 
  acquired the  data from the Source.

- Added the DESCRIPT field based on COMPANY.
Process Date: 20110114

GeoPlan 2016 Process Steps: Laser locations and information were obtained from the Department of Health's Bureau of Radiation Control via email from James Futch on 20160511. James_Futch@doh.state.fl.us James Futch Administrator Radiologic Technologist Certification Program Florida Department of Health 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C21 Tallahassee, FL 32399-1741 Phone: (850) 245-4540, ext. 0 FAX: (850) 921-6365 Internet: http://www.floridahealth.gov/environmental-health/radiation-control/index.html -Two tables; one detailing laser attribute information and the second detailing facility owner and location were obtained from the Department of Health -The owner table was geocoded against the GeoPlan locator and converted into a shapefile with the FGDL Albers projection -After geocoding, the following tasks were undertaken: 1. unmatched locations or locations receiving a score below 100 were reevaluated using Google Maps 2. Added a FLAG field. All records that were unable to be matched or matched at below 100 were marked as not verified (NV). All other records were marked as verified (V). 3. Added and calculated the LONG_DD and LAT_DD fields -The geocoded lasers shapefile was then joined with the laser attribute table using the REG_NUM field. When joining the geocoded shapefile with the laser attribute table, the record count went up from 3,580 to 11,400. This occurred because multiple locations contained more than one laser, resulting in a one-to-many relationship. -The newly joined table was converted into a shapefile using the LONG_DD and LAT_DD fields and projected into FGDL Albers -152 records were deleted for not being within Florida. Another 78 lasers from 19 locations were deleted from the shapefile for being closed. The records deleted include: 1. Clearwater Community Hospital REG_NUM: 890020 2. General Electric Company Robotics Plant REG_NUM: 890092 3. General Electric Neutron Devices Dept. REG_NUM: 890153 4. Lykes Pasco, Inc. REG_NUM: 890247 5. Mediq PRN (Surgical Laser Technologies) REG_NUM: 890753 6. Electrolysis Center of Sebastian REG_NUM: 891106 7. Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center REG_NUM: 892164 8. Triana Institute REG_NUM: 891945 9. Spa on the Boulevard REG_NUM: 892004 10. Roozies Night Club REG_NUM: 890263 11. Pasco Surgery Center REG_NUM: 890787 12. Body Indulgence REG_NUM: 891125 13. Aesthetic Laser Hair Solutions REG_NUM: 891270 14. Nova Medical SPA REG_NUM: 891392 15. Strax Rejuvenating Aesthetics REG_NUM: 891551 16. Visage Medical SkinCare REG_NUM: 891763 17. Eva Taub European Skin Care Clinic REG_NUM: 891207 18. National Podiatric Network REG_NUM: 893179 19. St. Luke's Cataract and Laser Institute REG_NUM: 891131 -Ran a spatial join between parcels_2015 and lasers. The laser points that didn't join were individually verified and moved to ensure proper placement and parcel compatibility. Re-ran the spatial join between parcels_2015 and lasers. All lasers joined to a parcel. -Used parcels_2015 to fill in PARCELID, ACRES, and OWNER -Populated the NAME, ADDRESS, CITY, ZIPCODE, and COUNTY fields using the facility owner table provided by DOH -Added TYPE field based on a combination of the MAKE and MODEL fields -Added OPERATING, OP_CLASS, FSOURCE, DATASOURCE, MGRS, DESCRIPT, UPDATE_DAY, and FGDLAQDATE fields -Calculated MGRS and rearranged the attribute table to follow current GC_layer syntax -Uppercased all records Process Date: 20160711
Dataset copied. Process Date: 20170922
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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