Description: FacilitiesSchools_PTSCHOOL is designed to provide point locations of every Vermont School along with the established school ID (PSID) for geographic analysis of school statistical data. In 1997 Vermont's Regional Planning Commisions digitized the locations of the schools in their region using orthophotos, existing GIS data, and road maps. Maps of school locations were sent to each School Supervisory Union for verification of school location and name. The point covers created by the RPCs were appended to one cover by VCGI. In 2003 the data layer was revised by VCGI using an updated list of schools from the VT Department of Education. In 2004 VT Department of Education updated and validated the locations of the schools. In 2014, VT Department of Education updated the representations of Vermont's public K12 school locations for school year 2014. As part of posting that 2014 update, VCGI exported pre-existing post-secondary school features to a new separate feature class to retain information on post-secondary schools. Therefore, as of the 2014 update, this data set changed from containing one feature class for all schools to containing two feature classes, one with the new K12 data (302 points) and the other with pre-existing post-secondary data. FacilitiesSchools_PTSCHOOL should be used for general mapping purposes only.
Description: FacilitiesSchools_PTSCHOOL is designed to provide point locations of every Vermont School along with the established school ID (PSID) for geographic analysis of school statistical data. In 1997 Vermont's Regional Planning Commisions digitized the locations of the schools in their region using orthophotos, existing GIS data, and road maps. Maps of school locations were sent to each School Supervisory Union for verification of school location and name. The point covers created by the RPCs were appended to one cover by VCGI. In 2003 the data layer was revised by VCGI using an updated list of schools from the VT Department of Education. In 2004 VT Department of Education updated and validated the locations of the schools. In 2014, VT Department of Education updated the representations of Vermont's public K12 school locations for school year 2014. As part of posting that 2014 update, VCGI exported pre-existing post-secondary school features to a new separate feature class to retain information on post-secondary schools. Therefore, as of the 2014 update, this data set changed from containing one feature class for all schools to containing two feature classes, one with the new K12 data (302 points) and the other with pre-existing post-secondary data. FacilitiesSchools_PTSCHOOL should be used for general mapping purposes only.
Description: Public Libraries in Vermont. A core set of data listing each public library in Vermont was downloaded from the State of Vermont Department of Libraries from its Public Library Statistics web page. Each library was located against the EmergencyE911_ESITE data set.
Description: The Department of Economic Development partners with the twelve Regional Development Corporations around the state to provide technical assistance. They can assist with access to state programs and resources, and are a local source of information on any technical assistance issue. The boundaries depicted in this layer are the service areas for each group.
Description: The BNDHASH dataset depicts Vermont villages, towns, counties, Regional Planning Commissions (RPC), and LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) boundaries. It is a composite of generally 'best available' boundaries from various data sources (refer to ARC_SRC and SRC_NOTES attributes). However, this dataset DOES NOT attempt to provide a legally definitive boundary. The layer was originally developed from TBHASH, which was the master VGIS town boundary layer prior to the development and release of BNDHASH. By integrating village, town, county, RPC, and state boundaries into a single layer, VCGI has assured vertical integration of these boundaries and simplified maintenance. BNDHASH also includes annotation text for town, county, and RPC names. BNDHASH includes the following feature classes: 1) VILLAGES = Vermont villages 2) TOWNS = Vermont towns 3) COUNTIES = Vermont counties 4) RPCS = Vermont's Regional Planning Commissions 5) LEPC = Local Emergency Planning Committee boundaries 6) VTBND = Vermont's state boundary The master BNDHASH layer is managed as ESRI geodatabase feature dataset by VCGI. The dataset stores villages, towns, counties, and RPC boundaries as seperate feature classes with a set of topology rules which binds the features. This arrangement assures vertical integration of the various boundaries. VCGI will update this layer on an annual basis by reviewing records housed in the VT State Archives - Secretary of State's Office. VCGI also welcomes documented information from VGIS users which identify boundary errors. NOTE - VCGI has NOT attempted to create a legally definitive boundary layer. Instead the idea is to maintain an integrated village/town/county/rpc boundary layer which provides for a reasonably accurate representation of these boundaries (refer to ARC_SRC and SRC_NOTES). BNDHASH includes all counties, towns, and villages listed in "Population and Local Government - State of Vermont - 2000" published by the Secretary of State. BNDHASH may include changes endorsed by the Legislature since the publication of this document in 2000 (eg: villages merged with towns). Utlimately the Vermont Secratary of State's Office and the VT Legislature are responsible for maintaining information which accurately describes the location of these boundaries. BNDHASH should be used for general mapping purposes only. * Users who wish to determine which boundaries are different from the original TBHASH boundaries should refer to the ORIG_ARC field in the BOUNDARY_BNDHASH_LINE (line featue with attributes). Also, updates to BNDHASH are tracked by version number (ex: 2003A). The UPDACT field is used to track changes between versions. The UPDACT field is flushed between versions.
Description: The BNDHASH dataset depicts Vermont villages, towns, counties, Regional Planning Commissions (RPC), and LEPC (Local Emergency Planning Committee) boundaries. It is a composite of generally 'best available' boundaries from various data sources (refer to ARC_SRC and SRC_NOTES attributes). However, this dataset DOES NOT attempt to provide a legally definitive boundary. The layer was originally developed from TBHASH, which was the master VGIS town boundary layer prior to the development and release of BNDHASH. By integrating village, town, county, RPC, and state boundaries into a single layer, VCGI has assured vertical integration of these boundaries and simplified maintenance. BNDHASH also includes annotation text for town, county, and RPC names. BNDHASH includes the following feature classes: 1) VILLAGES = Vermont villages 2) TOWNS = Vermont towns 3) COUNTIES = Vermont counties 4) RPCS = Vermont's Regional Planning Commissions 5) LEPC = Local Emergency Planning Committee boundaries 6) VTBND = Vermont's state boundary The master BNDHASH layer is managed as ESRI geodatabase feature dataset by VCGI. The dataset stores villages, towns, counties, and RPC boundaries as seperate feature classes with a set of topology rules which binds the features. This arrangement assures vertical integration of the various boundaries. VCGI will update this layer on an annual basis by reviewing records housed in the VT State Archives - Secretary of State's Office. VCGI also welcomes documented information from VGIS users which identify boundary errors. NOTE - VCGI has NOT attempted to create a legally definitive boundary layer. Instead the idea is to maintain an integrated village/town/county/rpc boundary layer which provides for a reasonably accurate representation of these boundaries (refer to ARC_SRC and SRC_NOTES). BNDHASH includes all counties, towns, and villages listed in "Population and Local Government - State of Vermont - 2000" published by the Secretary of State. BNDHASH may include changes endorsed by the Legislature since the publication of this document in 2000 (eg: villages merged with towns). Utlimately the Vermont Secratary of State's Office and the VT Legislature are responsible for maintaining information which accurately describes the location of these boundaries. BNDHASH should be used for general mapping purposes only. * Users who wish to determine which boundaries are different from the original TBHASH boundaries should refer to the ORIG_ARC field in the BOUNDARY_BNDHASH_LINE (line featue with attributes). Also, updates to BNDHASH are tracked by version number (ex: 2003A). The UPDACT field is used to track changes between versions. The UPDACT field is flushed between versions.