CGIA developed this set of point locations for public schools in North Carolina as part of a project for the NC Division of Emergency Management. School data serves multiple purposes, but foremost for this project, public schools are vital facilities in terms of emergency management. Many schools serve as shelters and all are critical to hazard vulnerability planning and emergency response. CGIA used two methods to generate point locations for public schools. First, CGIA used a road network from GDT, Inc. with ArcView GIS to geocode the addresses. The initial process matched 60 percent of the schools with a point on the road network. Point locations are approximate, based on an interpolation of street numbers along street segments. Second, CGIA worked with the NC Department of Public Instruction to use the Transportation Information Management System (TIMS) to determine school locations. Many of these point locations are coincident with the center of school buildings on digital imagery or along driveways and may be more accurate than points located using the first method.
This data was created to assist governmental agencies and others in making resource management decisions through use of a Geographic Information System (GIS).
system filename: schlpl file size = 0.7 mb Revisions and updates to this layer include: > >6) filename: schlpl1208 Regular update. December 29, 2008. > >6) filename: schlpl1107 Regular update. November 27, 2007. > >5) filename: schlpl1206 Regular update. December 28, 2006. > >5) filename: schlpl1104 Regular update. November 11, 2004. > >4) filename: schlpl504 The 5/17/04 update: >Points (from west to east) were verified/corrected using a backcover >of the 1998 Color Infrared Orthophotography images. (Reviewed points >will have a '1' in the reviewed item. Points that were moved will >have a 'yes' in the ptmoved item.) > >3) filename: schlpl404 The 4/20/04 update: >The following public school point locations were corrected: >NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY >PASQUOTANK CO HIGH >Correct locations were found on the greatschools.net website. > >2) filename: schlpl703 Regular update. July 3, 2003. > >1) filename: schlpl701 The 07/12/01 version was the first >released version of this data.
Data creation and revision dates
Acknowledgement of products derived from this data set should cite the following: The source of the Public School Locations data is NC OneMap. Earlier versions of this dataset may exist. The user must be sure to use the appropriate data set for the time period of interest. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, CGIA cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by any inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers.
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NC Dept. of Public Instruction; North Carolina Center for Geographic Information and Analysis
The attributes were loaded into the GIS from data supplied by the NC Dept. of Public Instruction. Minimal QC was performed during the digitization process on attributes. The values in the Dept. of Public Instruction data are reliable.
Using ESRI's ARC/INFO GIS software, the dataset was built for point topology using the "build" command. Topology has not been edited since the last build or clean.
The data represents those public schools which were either address matched using ArcView geocoding or matched manually use the best available techniques. This data does not contain all the public school locations in North Carolina.
The majority of school locations were generated using geocoding in Arcview. The point generated in the processing would be snapped to the road identified in the address field. Therefore, point locations are coincident with the GDT roads data.
Locations of Schools by address
Initial point locations were generated using geocoding in Arcview. The resulting file was checked to determine which addresses did not match. These schools were located using the NC Department of Public Instruction Transportation Information Management System data. These locations were then added to the school coverage interactively, using GDT roads, Digital Raster Graphics and Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles as backcovers. For each revision, comparison as made between the new schools listing and the previous version. New schools locations are generated using the geocoding and interactive procedures listed above.
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Metadata imported.
Metadata imported.
Internal feature number.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Unique 6-digit school identification number LEA stands for 'Local Education Agency. This is synonymous with a local school system or a local school district, indicating that a public board of education or other public authority maintains administrative control of the public schools in a city or county. (Definition from Public Schools of NC website.)
NC Department of Public Instruction
Tracking of points moved during CGIA editing process
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Point did not need to be moved (or has not been reviewed)
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Point needs to be moved, but not sure where
NCCGIA
Point was moved
NCCGIA
Comments made by CGIA during editing process
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Tracking of points reviewed during CGIA editing process
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Point was reviewed
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Ortho image not availabe at time of edits
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Point has not yet been reviewed
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School name
NC Department of Public Instruction
Name of school principal
NC Department of Public Instruction
Physical address of school (long version)
NC Department of Public Instruction
Physical address of school (with some abbreviations)
NC Department of Public Instruction
Physical city in which school is located
NC Department of Public Instruction
Physical zip code in which school is located
NC Department of Public Instruction
Phone number of school
NC Department of Public Instruction
Beginning grade of school
NC Department of Public Instruction
Ending grade of school
NC Department of Public Instruction
Mailing address of school
NC Department of Public Instruction
Mailing city of school
NC Department of Public Instruction
Mailing zip code of school
NC Department of Public Instruction
Facsimile number of school
NC Department of Public Instruction
Accreditation status
NCCGIA
Is accredited (by Southern Assoc. of College & Schools)
NC Department of Public Instruction
Is not accredited
NC Department of Public Instruction
School type
NCCGIA
Charter School
NC Department of Public Instruction
Regular Public School
NC Department of Public Instruction
School program type
NCCGIA
Alternative
NC Department of Public Instruction
Extended Day Only
NC Department of Public Instruction
Hospital
NC Department of Public Instruction
Magnet (Traditional Calendar)
NC Department of Public Instruction
Magnet (Year-Round Calendar)
NC Department of Public Instruction
Regular (Traditional Calendar)
NC Department of Public Instruction
Special Ed (Traditional Calendar)
NC Department of Public Instruction
Vocational Ed
NC Department of Public Instruction
Year-Round Only
NC Department of Public Instruction
Extended Day & Regular
NC Department of Public Instruction
School email address
NC Department of Public Instruction
School URL address
NC Department of Public Instruction
Number of teachers
NC Department of Public Instruction
A point dataset depicting school locations.
None
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NCCGIA is charged with the development and maintenance of NC OneMap and, in cooperation with other mapping organizations, is committed to offering its users accurate, useful, and current information. Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of information, errors and conditions originating from physical sources used to develop this dataset may be reflected in the data supplied. The user must be aware of possible conditions and bear responsibility for the appropriate use of the information with respect to possible errors, original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to certain data. NCCGIA does not support secondary distribution of this dataset without its current, compliant metadata record. The use of trade names or commercial products does not constitute their endorsement by NCCGIA or North Carolina State Government.
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