public_health

Identification Information

Citation Information

Originator	TechniGraphics, Inc.
Publication Date	20100219
Title	public_health
Edition	2010 Q1
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	vector digital data
Publication Place	Augusta ME
Publisher	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Online Linkage	http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/

Abstract

Governmental public health departments are responsible for creating and maintaining conditions that keep people healthy. A local health department may be locally governed, part of a region or district, be an office or an administrative unit of the state health department, or a hybrid of these. Furthermore, each community has a unique "public health system" comprising individuals and public and private entities that are engaged in activities that affect the public's health. (Excerpted from the Operational Definition of a functional local health department, National Association of County and City Health Officials, November 2005) Please reference http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/accreditation/upload/OperationalDefinitionBrochure-2.pdf for more information.

Purpose

Homeland SecurityUse Cases: Use cases describe how the data may be used and help to define and clarify requirements.1. A resource for preparing, mitigating, responding to and recovering from an emergency.2. A resource for outside responders to locate and aid in catastrophe response or disaster.3. A resource for situational awareness planning and response for Federal Government events.

Time Period of Content

Beginning Date	20091207
Beginning Time	unknown
Ending Date	20091214
Ending Time	unknown
Currentness Reference	ground condition

Status

Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	Unknown

Bounding Coordinates

West Bounding Coordinate	-70.257249
East Bounding Coordinate	-68.800588
North Bounding Coordinate	44.807042
South Bounding Coordinate	43.659297

Keywords

Theme	Public health administration., County health services, Community health services--Administration. (LCSH - Library of Congress subject headings (Washington, DC: LC, Cataloging Distribution Service) http://authorities.loc.gov/)
Theme	structure, health (ISO 19115 Topic Category)
Place	Maine (LCSH - Library of Congress subject headings (Washington, DC: LC, Cataloging Distribution Service) http://authorities.loc.gov/)

Access Constraints

None

Use Constraints

None

Contact Person

Mike Thompson

Contact Organization

TechniGraphics, Inc.

Contact Position

Director of Geospatial Datasets

Address Type

Mailing and Physical Address

Address

2000 Noble Drive

City

Wooster

State or Province

Postal Code

44691

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

330-263-6222

Contact Facsimile Telephone

330-263-6294

Contact Electronic Mail Address

mthompson@tgstech.com

Hours of Service

8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday, Eastern Time

Security Classification System

DOD

Security Classification

Unclassified

Security Handling Description

Unclassified

Native Data Set Environment

Microsoft Windows XP Professional Version 2002 Service Pack 2TGS PinPoint? v.1.11Metadata written using TKME by Peter N. Schweitzer (U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA 22092) version 2.9.17 <http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/>Metadata tested for compliance to FGDC-STD-001-1998 and converted to HTML using MP version 2.8.25 by Peter N. Schweitzer (U.S. Geological Survey) <http://geology.usgs.gov/tools/metadata/>

Attribute Accuracy Report

For entities that were verified through alternate resources, the name, address, city, state, and five (5) digit zip codes were verified to be correct as of the date indicated by the [CONTDATE] field. The existence of the entity was also verified, as well as whether or not it met the criteria for inclusion in this dataset. Four (4) digit zip code extensions were derived from USPS (United States Postal Service) data and were not verified.

Logical Consistency Report

See "Attribute_Accuracy_Report". Many of the checks described in that section check for both attribute accuracy and logical consistency.

Completeness Report

Facilities involved in direct patient care are intended to be excluded from this dataset; however, some of the entities represented in this dataset serve as both administrative and clinical locations.This dataset only includes the headquarters of Public Health Departments, not their satellite offices.Some health departments encompass multiple counties; therefore, not every county will be represented by an individual record. Also, some areas will appear to have over representation depending on the structure of the health departments in that particular region.Visiting nurses are represented in this dataset if they are contracted through the local government to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of the local health organization.TechniGraphics was not tasked with ensuring the completeness of this layer.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report

The horizontal accuracy is indicated by the [GEOPREC] field. Values are either "APPROXIMATE" or "ONENTITY". Based on the accuracy of the ortho imagery available to TechniGraphics, points are placed "ONENTITY" at the center of the main building. If the main building is not readily identifiable, points are placed "APPROXIMATE" at the center of the core building complex within the overall facility. If no specific core building complex is readily identifiable due to the size of the facility area or there being multiple building clusters, the point is placed "APPROXIMATE" in the center of the overall facility area. If the center of the overall facility area is unable to be determined, the point is placed "APPROXIMATE" along the correct street segment (block) on the correct side of the street.Records with "-DOD" appended to the end of the [NAME] value are located on a military base, as defined by the Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure (DISDI) military installations and military range boundaries.

Citation Information

Originator	Maine Department of Health and Human Services (MEDHHS)
Publication Date	20091203
Title	Maine Public Health Data
Edition	Unspecified
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	tabular digital data
Publication Place	Augusta ME
Publisher	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)

Calendar Date

20091203

Time of Day

unknown

Source Currentness Reference

publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation

ME_Health_Dept

Source Contribution

This was used as a reference for adding records for Public Health Departments in Maine.

Citation Information

Originator	TechniGraphics, Inc.
Publication Date	2009
Title	TechniGraphics Research
Edition	Unspecified
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	tabular digital data
Publication Place	Augusta ME
Publisher	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)

Calendar Date

2009

Time of Day

Unknown

Source Currentness Reference

publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation

TGS_Research

Source Contribution

This was used as a source for Public Health Departments in the United States.

Citation Information

Originator	NAVTEQ
Publication Date	2006
Title	NAVSTREETS
Edition	2006.3
Publication Place	Augusta ME
Publisher	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)

Calendar Date

2008

Time of Day

Unknown

Source Currentness Reference

publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation

NAVTEQ_Streets_2009_Q2

Source Contribution

This version of NAVTEQ streets was used as a reference in the automatic geocoding and manual geolocating of entities during processing.

Process Description

1) TechniGraphics attempted to contact alternate resources to determine or verify the entity's name, physical address, city, state, five (5) digit zip code, ten (10) digit phone number, and geospatial location. Contacts were asked to describe the entity's location relative to landmarks in reference data (mainly streets) and features visible in ortho imagery.2) If TechniGraphics was unable to make contact with authoritative sources, verification was made through alternate references.3) All text fields were set to all upper case.4) Leading and trailing spaces were trimmed from all text fields.5) Non printable and diacritic characters were removed from all text fields.

Source Used Citation Abbreviation

ME_Health_Dept

Source Used Citation Abbreviation

TGS_Research

Source Used Citation Abbreviation

NAVTEQ_Streets_2009_Q2

Process Date

20100219

Contact Person

Nicole Hackworth

Contact Organization

TechniGraphics, Inc.

Contact Position

Project Manager

Address Type

Mailing and Physical Address

Address

2000 Noble Drive

City

Wooster

State or Province

Postal Code

44691

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

330-263-6222

Contact Electronic Mail Address

nhackworth@tgstech.com

Hours of Service

8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday, Eastern Time

Process Description

Metadata imported.

Source Used Citation Abbreviation

U:\crypt83\metadata\fgdc\public_health.xml

Process Date

20100303

Process Time

09344400

Cloud Cover

Direct Spatial Reference Method

Vector

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type

Entity point

Point and Vector Object Count

Grid Coordinate System Name

Universal Transverse Mercator

UTM Zone Number

Scale Factor at Central Meridian

0.9996

Longitude of Central Meridian

-69

Latitude of Projection Origin

False Easting

500000

False Northing

Planar Coordinate Encoding Method

Abscissa Resolution

0.000512

Ordinate Resolution

0.000512

Horizontal Datum Name

North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid Name

Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major Axis

6378137

Denominator of Flattening Ratio

298.257

Entity Type Label

State and Local Public Health Departments

Entity Type Definition

Governmental public health departments are responsible for creating and maintaining conditions that keep people healthy. A local health department may be locally governed, part of a region or district, be an office or an administrative unit of the state health department, or a hybrid of these. Furthermore, each community has a unique "public health system" comprising individuals and public and private entities that are engaged in activities that affect the public's health.Please reference http://www.naccho.org/topics/infrastructure/accreditation/upload/OperationalDefinitionBrochure-2.pdf for more information.

Entity Type Definition Source

Operational Definition of a functional local health department, National Association of County and City Health Officials, November 2005

Attribute Label

ADDRESS

Attribute Definition

Physical street address for entity. "PO Box", "General Delivery", "Rural Route", and "Highway Contract" addresses are not considered physical addresses and should not appear in this field. Some areas do not have regular city style addressing, so entities in those areas may not have a street number. In such cases, the name of the road on which they are located is listed in this field. Some rural areas may not have named roads. In these rare cases, this field will be blank.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

ADDRESS2

Attribute Definition

Location within physical address, e.g., floor, suite, building.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

CITY

Attribute Definition

The name of the city associated with the entity's physical address. For physical addresses that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) delivers to, this should be a "city" acceptable to the USPS as defined in their Address Information System (AIS). Sometimes the USPS does not deliver mail to a physical address but recognizes the location (i.e., they list the location as "undeliverable"). The cities associated with these locations are acceptable. In some cases, the USPS does not recognize individual physical addresses in a city; rather, they list the city as having "General Delivery". In these cases, the city and associated zip code are acceptable (the entity's [ADDRESS] field will contain a street address, not "general delivery"). The entity may not actually be located within the city limits of the "city" specified in its [CITY] field. Instead, it may actually be located within the city limits of another city. In some cases, the "city" that appears in this field may not even be a city in an administrative sense, but it is still an acceptable "city" to the USPS. An example of this is "Notre Dame, IN". There is no city in Indiana called "Notre Dame", but this is considered an acceptable city by the USPS for any delivery going to the University of Notre Dame which is actually located in the city of South Bend. "Notre Dame", like most USPS cities, is an easily recognized place, and it gives the user of the data a good general idea of where the entity is located (if the entity is located in a small municipality, the USPS "city" may be more recognizable than the name of the municipality), and it would be part of the address one would use to send a shipment to the entity's location. Using the USPS acceptable "city" also allows someone to do a logical consistency check between the zip code and the city by using the USPS AIS.Sometimes an entity may report a city that is not accepted by the USPS, and although TechniGraphics has tried to replace those cities with an acceptable

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

CONTDATE

Attribute Definition

Date entity was contacted by TechniGraphics.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Date

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

CONTHOW

Attribute Definition

Method by which entity was contacted.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Enumerated Domain Value

ALT REF

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

Geospatial reference information obtained from local authorities, e.g., downloadable parcel maps, 911 streets, and shape files.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

COUNTY

Attribute Definition

County name where entity is located.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Codeset Source

US Department of the Interior - US Geologic Survey

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

DIRECTIONS

Attribute Definition

A description of the entity's location or status.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

EMERGEXT

Attribute Definition

Telephone extension for emergency point of contact.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

EMERGTEL

Attribute Definition

Ten (10) digit telephone number of emergency point of contact formatted as nnn-nnn-nnnn. All alphabetic characters have been translated to the corresponding numeric digit.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Phone numbers, including area code, formatted as nnn-nnn-nnnn. A list of valid area code and exchange combinations can be found at http://www.nanpa.com

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

EMERGTITLE

Attribute Definition

Title of person or name of office for emergency point of contact.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

FID

Attribute Definition

Internal feature number.

Attribute Definition Source

ESRI

Unrepresentable Domain

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

FIPS

Attribute Definition

Five (5) digit FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) Code for the County where entity is located. The first two (2) digits represent the state and the last three (3) digits identify the county within the state.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

Federal Information Processing Standards Publications - Counties and Equivalent Entities of the U.S., Its Possessions,and Associated Areas.

Codeset Source

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) <http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/co-codes/states.txt>

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

GEODATE

Attribute Definition

Date entity was geocoded by TechniGraphics.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Date

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

GEOHOW

Attribute Definition

Method by which entity was geocoded.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Enumerated Domain Value

AUTO

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

Entity was automatically geocoded.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

Attribute Definition

Unique identifier for feature assigned by TechniGraphics. These identifiers are intended to be unique across all layers on which TechniGraphics has worked.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

NAICSCODE

Attribute Definition

NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) Code for entity. NAICS Codes (and NAICS Descriptions) have been assigned based upon the entity's primary function, regardless of if that is the function that qualified it to be included in this dataset.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2007)

Codeset Source

US Census Bureau - <http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html>

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

NAICSDESCR

Attribute Definition

NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) Description for entity. The "Index Entries" that appear on the NAICS webpage (http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html) are being used to populate this attribute as opposed to the "NAICS Title". While there is a one to one correspondence between NAICS Codes and "NAICS Titles", there is a one to many relationship between NAICS Codes and the "Index Entries". By using the "Index Entries", we have placed the entities that make up this layer into more specific categories; however, the user of this data should be aware that this was not the intended purpose of these "Index Entries". The "Index Entries" were intended as a way to search the NAICS database and as a way of enumerating ways in which establishments falling under the given NAICS Code may be named. Thus, there are often two or more "Index Entries" that are synonyms, for example: "Prisons" and "Penitentiaries". In cases like this, we have standardized on one "Index Entry". NAICS Descriptions (and NAICS Codes) have been assigned based upon the entity's primary function, regardless of the function that qualified it to be included in this dataset.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Enumerated Domain Value

COMMUNITY HEALTH PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

[NAICS Code: 923120]: This industry comprises government establishments primarily engaged in the planning, administration, and coordination of public health programs and services, including environmental health activities, mental health, categorical health programs, health statistics, and immunization services. Government establishments primarily engaged in conducting public health-related inspections are included in this industry.Entities that operate at the local or tribal level of government are classified under this description.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source

U.S. Census Bureau

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

NAME

Attribute Definition

Name of entity.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

SECCLASS

Attribute Definition

Security classification of feature.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Enumerated Domain Value

UNCLASSIFIED

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

Entity is unclassified.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

SHAPE

Attribute Definition

Feature geometry.

Attribute Definition Source

ESRI

Unrepresentable Domain

Coordinates defining the features.

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

STATE

Attribute Definition

Two (2) character abbreviation for state associated with the entity's physical address. In almost all cases, this is the same as the state where the entity has been depicted geospatially. However, there are cases, particularly where an entity is part of a larger facility that cuts across state lines, where the entity's location may be depicted in a state other than the one indicated in this field. Also, the state in which an entity appears to be located may change depending on the scale of the state boundary theme being used.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

Official USPS Abbreviations - State Abbreviations

Codeset Source

United States Postal Service http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

TELEPHONE

Attribute Definition

Ten (10) digit telephone number for entity formatted as nnn-nnn-nnnn.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Phone numbers formatted as nnn-nnn-nnnn. Only numeric digits are used. The area code and exchange must form a valid combination. A list of valid area code and exchange combinations can be obtained from <http://www.nanpa.com>.

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

ZIP

Attribute Definition

Five (5) digit USPS zip code for entity's physical location.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

USPS Address Information System - Domain is further restricted by only allowing physical (non PO Box) zip codes.

Codeset Source

United States Postal Service

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

ZIPP4

Attribute Definition

Four (4) digit USPS zip code extension. These values are automatically assigned using the entity's physical address and USPS address information system (AIS) data.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

USPS Address Information System (AIS) - ZIP9

Codeset Source

United States Postal Service

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Entity and Attribute Overview

Entity and Attribute Detail Citation

This dataset only includes the headquarters of Public Health Departments, not their satellite offices. Some health departments encompass multiple counties; therefore, not every county will be represented by an individual record. Also, some areas will appear to have over representation depending on the structure of the health departments in that particular region. Visiting nurses are represented in this dataset if they are contracted through the local government to fulfill the duties and responsibilities of the local health organization. Effort was made by TechniGraphics to verify whether or not each health department tracks statistics on communicable diseases. Records with "-DOD" appended to the end of the [NAME] value are located on a military base, as defined by the Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure (DISDI) military installations and military range boundaries. "#" and "*" characters were automatically removed from standard fields populated by TechniGraphics. Double spaces were replaced by single spaces in these same fields. Text fields in this dataset have been set to all upper case to facilitate consistent database engine search results. All diacritics (e.g., the German umlaut or the Spanish tilde) have been replaced with their closest equivalent English character to facilitate use with database systems that may not support diacritics.

Entity and Attribute Overview

Entity and Attribute Detail Citation

Contact Organization

Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems

Contact Position

GIS Coordinator

Address Type

mailing address

Address

State House Station 174

City

Augusta

State or Province

Postal Code

04333-0174

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

(207) 624-7700

Contact Facsimile Telephone

(207) 287-3842

Hours of Service

Monday through Friday 0800 - 1700 EST

Distribution Liability

Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data for their purposes.

Format Name

ARCSDE

Format Version Number

ArcSDE 9.x

Format Information Content

Oracle 9i

[accinstr]

Please contact the Maine Office of GIS (MEGIS) for access instructions.

Fees

Access is available through Maine's wide area network; WAN users may contact the Maine Office of Information Technology, Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS) for a login.

Format Name

ESRI Shapefile

Format Version Number

ARC Version 9.X

Format Specification

ArcView Shapefile Format

Format Information Content

MEGIS has made all vector layers, in the Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog, available in ESRI's ArcView shapefile format. A shapefile is a simple non-topological format that stores the geometry and attribute information for a set of geographic features as a set of vector (point, line, polygon) coordinates. Shapefiles draw quickly and directly in ArcView, ArcGIS, ArcExplorer. Shapefiles are a compatible data type for many other types of GIS software. Three files are fundamental to each shapefile: .shp stores the feature geometry (shape and location information); .shx stores the index of the feature geometry; .dbf a dBASE (TM) file stores the attribute information for the features. Other index files may be created to help speed analysis and query: these file formats are .sbn .sbx .ain .aix .fbn and .fbx. In addition you may find projection .prj, and metadata .xml, files associated with shapefiles.

File Decompression Technique

Data available from this website is in .zip compressed format

Network Resource Name

http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/

[accinstr]

Please contact the Maine Office of GIS (MEGIS) for access instructions.

Fees

None

Ordering Instructions

Download from Internet Data Catalog

Turnaround

Immediate

Metadata Reference Information

Metadata Date

20100223

Metadata Contact

Contact Person	Mike Thompson
Contact Organization	Techni Graphic Systems, Inc.
Contact Position	Director of Geospatial Datasets
Address Type	Mailing and Physical Address
Address	2000 Noble Drive
City	Wooster
State or Province	OH
Postal Code	44691
Country	USA
Contact Voice Telephone	330-263-6222
Contact Facsimile Telephone	330-263-6294
Contact Electronic Mail Address	mthompson@tgstech.com
Hours of Service	8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday, Eastern Time

Metadata Access Constraints

none

Metadata Use Constraints

none