Description: The purpose of this project was to update and make additions to the current educational facility listings within the Geographic Names Information System [GNIS] for the state of West Virginia. To accomplish this goal, the West Virginia GIS Technical Center at West Virginia University [WVGISTC] worked in coordination with partners at the federal, state, and local levels. The project compiled the most current feature information from the WVDE, as well as utilized validation tools, interviews and local knowledge to ensure the accuracy of the submitted GNIS information. This project tasked the WVGISTC with updates and validation of geographic names for cultural features with prior or current use as an educational facility. Both private and public schools that were not a part of the current database or whose status has changed since last update were included in this new dataset. This project supports an ongoing activity for the state of West Virginia by updating the GNIS with certain cultural features complementary to the existing Homeland Security Infrastructure Program [HSIP] and USGS Structures and Transportation update process.
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Copyright Text: WV Army National Guard
WV Department of Education
WVGISTC
Description: WV public and private colleges. Twenty-five schools listed in the WV Bluebook Vol. 80, 1998. Geographic locations collected from the 1:24,000-scale USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and the 1:100,000-scale ESRI StreetMaps software.
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Copyright Text: U.S. Geological Survey
WVTech
USGS Geographic Names Information System
ESRI StreetMaps software
Description: Federal and County Courthouses in West Virginia. Street addresses were obtained from federal (US District Courts - 4th Circuit)and countycourthouse listings on the Internet and then geocoded using Tele Atlas(formerly Etak) EZ-Locate software, Version 1.5. andnbsp, Published March 2002.
Description: This dataset was developed by a contractor to the federal government as part of the HSIP Freedom project. The published metadata describes the dataset as such:Law Enforcement LocationsAny location where sworn officers of a law enforcement agency are regularly based or stationed. Law Enforcement agencies "are publicly funded and employ at least one full-time or part-time sworn officer with general arrest powers". This is the definition used by the US Department of Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics (DOJ-BJS) for their Law Enforcement Management and Administrative Statistics (LEMAS) survey. Although LEMAS only includes non Federal Agencies, this dataset includes locations for federal, state, local, and special jurisdiction law enforcement agencies. Law enforcement agencies include, but are not limited to, municipal police, county sheriffs, state police, school police, park police, railroad police, federal law enforcement agencies, departments within non law enforcement federal agencies charged with law enforcement (e.g., US Postal Inspectors), and cross jurisdictional authorities (e.g., Port Authority Police).Supplemental InformationPlease see the full metadata for complete information. This dataset was derived using several previously published datasets. Those datasets were created by several agencies including the West Virginia GIS Technical Center and the West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety. More information about HSIP Freedom is available in this white paper and by visiting the DHS National Infrastructure Protection Plan webpage.
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Copyright Text: Mike Thompson
Contact_Organization: TechniGraphics, Inc.
Contact_Position: Director of Research and Development
3351 Eastbrook Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 970-224-4996
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mike.thompson@tgstech.com
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Nicole Hackworth
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Contact_Position: Production Manager
2000 Noble Drive, Wooster, OH 44691
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 330-263-6222
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 330-263-1034
nicole.hackworth@tgstech.com
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Description: U.S. and Canada Recreation Areas represents point locations within the United States and Canada of common recreation landmarks including golf courses, zoos, resorts, and other recreational facilities.
Description: Locations for all populated places in West Virginia.Places were downloaded from the U.S. Census Bureau's TIGER/Line Shapefiles. The WV GIS Technical Center converted the places from polygon to point data and added population and demographic attributes from the U.S. Census Bureau.Total population is stored in the Population field. Earlier versions stored it in a field named for the Census vintage (pop20). The field was renamed so that this layer always carries the newest Census data under the same field name.