Medical Facilities including Hospitals

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Frequently-anticipated questions:

What does this data set describe?

Title: Medical Facilities including Hospitals
Abstract:
Subset of COMMON_INTEREST_POINT for Hospitals and Medical Centers class (domain). Includes hospitals, medical centers, dental centers, blood banks, etc.
Supplemental_Information: See HOSPITALS_POINT for Acute Care hospitals only.
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    County, King, 201001, Medical Facilities including Hospitals: King County, King County, WA.

    Online Links:

    • \\gisimage\images\FTPData\DataStage\medical_facilities\medical_facilities

    Other_Citation_Details: None

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.403539
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.820517
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.783328
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.203385

  3. What does it look like?

    <http://www5.kingcounty.gov/sdc/DataImages/medical_facilities.jpg> (JPG)
    JPG File of layer overlain on base of WA counties or local cities

  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

    Calendar_Date: Jan-2010
    Currentness_Reference: publication date

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • Entity point (154)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      The map projection used is Lambert Conformal Conic.

      Projection parameters:
      Standard_Parallel: 47.500000
      Standard_Parallel: 48.733333
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -120.833333
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 47.000000
      False_Easting: 1640416.666667
      False_Northing: 0.000000

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000328
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.000328
      Planar coordinates are specified in survey feet

      The horizontal datum used is D_North_American_1983_HARN.
      The ellipsoid used is Geodetic Reference System 80.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.000000.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222.

      Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Altitude_System_Definition:
      Altitude_Resolution: 1.000000
      Altitude_Encoding_Method:
      Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    maint.GISC.medical_facilities_point
    Point attribute table (Source: King County)

    OBJECTID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    FEATURE_ID
    Unique identifier (Source: King County)

    ESITE
    Unique ADDRESS_POINT identifier (Source: King County)

    CODE
    COMMON_INTEREST_POINT domain (Source: King County)

    NAME
    Unique name of feature (Source: King County)

    ABB_NAME
    Abbreviated name for feature (Source: King County)

    ADDRESS
    Full street address for feature (Source: King County)

    ZIPCODE
    5 digit zipcode for address (Source: King County)

    WEBSITE
    URL for feature website or None (Source: King County)

    PIN
    10-digit Property Identification Number (Source: King County)

    MAJOR
    6-digit Major Number portion of PIN (Source: King County)

    MINOR
    4-digit Minor Number portion of PIN (Source: King County)

    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

    Coordinates defining the features.

Who produced the data set?

  1. Who are the originators of the data set? (may include formal authors, digital compilers, and editors)

  2. Who also contributed to the data set?

  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Mike Leathers
    King County GIS Center
    GIS Data Coordinator
    201 S Jackson St, Suite 706
    Seattle, WA 98104
    USA

    206-263-4867 (voice)

Why was the data set created?

Map display for centroid of feature and general analysis. There are no specific business items attached to MEDICAL_FACILITIES_POINT.

How was the data set created?

  1. From what previous works were the data drawn?

  2. How were the data generated, processed, and modified?

    Date: Jan-2010 and ongoing (process 1 of 4)
    Derived from COMMON_INTEREST master table based on CODE = 330. There are no business items attached to this class beyond the standard items from COMMON_INTEREST.

    Date: 06-Sep-2010 (process 2 of 4)
    Metadata imported.

    Data sources used in this process:

    • C:\temp\ptempmetadata.xml

    Date: 10-Jan-2011 (process 3 of 4)
    Dataset copied.

    Data sources used in this process:

    • \\gisdw\kclib\plibrary2\pubsafe\shapes\point\medical_facilities

    Date: 10-Jan-2011 (process 4 of 4)
    Dataset copied.

    Data sources used in this process:

    • \\gisimage\images\FTPData\AllShapeFiles\pubsafe\medical_facilities

  3. What similar or related data should the user be aware of?

How reliable are the data; what problems remain in the data set?

  1. How well have the observations been checked?

  2. How accurate are the geographic locations?

  3. How accurate are the heights or depths?

  4. Where are the gaps in the data? What is missing?

    Hospitals are matched against state records. Other facilities added depending on interest and importance.

  5. How consistent are the relationships among the observations, including topology?

    Centroid point of feature structure

How can someone get a copy of the data set?

Are there legal restrictions on access or use of the data?

Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
King County data are made available with the understanding that they shall be used exclusively by the obtainer or his/her authorized agents. Digital products may not be reproduced or redistributed in any form or by any means without the express written authorization of King County.

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    Cheryl Wilder
    KCGIS Center
    Data Sales Coordinator
    201 S Jackson St, Suite 700
    Seattle, WA 98104
    USA

    206-263-5220 (voice)

  2. What's the catalog number I need to order this data set?

    /plibrary2/pubsafe/shapes/point/medical_facilities.shp

  3. What legal disclaimers am I supposed to read?

    King County disclaims any warranty of use of any digital product or data beyond that for which it was designed.

  4. How can I download or order the data?

Who wrote the metadata?

Dates:
Last modified: 02-Sep-2010
Metadata author:
King County GIS Center
c/o Mike Leathers
GIS Data Coordinator
201 S Jackson St, Suite 700
Seattle, WA 98104
USA

206-263-4867 (voice)
firstname.lastname@kingcounty.gov

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)
Metadata extensions used:

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