This layer was developed by the Research & Analytics Division of the Atlanta Regional Commission to assist local governments meet their Minimum Local Planning 'Community Facilities and Services' requirements [110-12-1-.04.2.(c)] of the Minimum Standards for Local Comprehensive Planning, Chapter 110-12-1, Rules of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to the Georgia Planning Act of 1989, [OCGA 50-8-7.1.(b).(1)]. The Georgia Department of Community Affairs, originally in conjunction with the the State's 16 Regional Development Centers (1995- 2009), and now with the State's 12 Regional Commissions, have compiled an extensive, statewide GIS base map, originally containing 27 types of GPS-located community facilities. The collection now contains other types and facilties geolocated by use of address geocoding to street block face as well as on-entity point placement using orthophotography. The Georgia Community Facilities base map includes city halls, courthouses, sheriffs' offices, marshalls' office, police stations, fire stations, city jails, county jails, county correctional facilities, state prisons, federal penitentiaries, public and private universities, public and private 4-year colleges, public and private 2-year colleges, public vocational technical schools, public schools, some private schools, airports, hospitals, libraries, water systems, and wastewater treatment plants. Some types, including those related to law enforncement, colleges, correctional institutions, hospitals, and fire were provided to and updated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security before being added back into the database by DCA. Those maps retain their separate DHS (TGS) metadata.Attributes:FACNAME = Name of the facilityFACTYPE = Type of facilityADDRESS_1 = Street address of the facilityADDRESS_2 = Additional address informationCITY = City that the facility is located withinSTATE = State that the facility is located withinZIP = 5-digit postal ZIP code of the facilityAREACODE = Telephone area code for the facilityPHONE = 7-digit telephone number for the facilityCONTACT = Contact person for the facilityTITLE = Title of the contact person for the facilityFIPS = FIPS code for the facilityTYPE = Type of facilityNAME = Name of the county that the facility is located withinMETHOD = Method that was used to locate the facilityupdated = Date that the facility data was last updatedSource: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Atlanta Regional CommissionDate: 2009For additional information, please visit the Atlanta Regional Commission at www.atlantaregional.com

The Colleges and Universities feature class/shapefile is composed of all Post Secondary Education facilities as defined by the Integrated Post Secondary Education System (IPEDS, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES, https://nces.ed.gov/), US Department of Education for the 2018-2019 school year. Included are Doctoral/Research Universities, Masters Colleges and Universities, Baccalaureate Colleges, Associates Colleges, Theological seminaries, Medical Schools and other health care professions, Schools of engineering and technology, business and management, art, music, design, Law schools, Teachers colleges, Tribal colleges, and other specialized institutions. Overall, this data layer covers all 50 states, as well as Puerto Rico and other assorted U.S. territories. This feature class contains all MEDS/MEDS+ as approved by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Homeland Security Infrastructure Program (HSIP) Team. Complete field and attribute information is available in the ”Entities and Attributes” metadata section. Geographical coverage is depicted in the thumbnail above and detailed in the "Place Keyword" section of the metadata. This feature class does not have a relationship class but is related to Supplemental Colleges. Colleges and Universities that are not included in the NCES IPEDS data are added to the Supplemental Colleges feature class when found. This release includes the addition of 175 new records, the removal of 468 no longer reported by NCES, and modifications to the spatial location and/or attribution of 6682 records.

This layer was developed by the Research & Analytics Division of the Atlanta Regional Commission to assist local governments meet their Minimum Local Planning 'Community Facilities and Services' requirements [110-12-1-.04.2.(c)] of the Minimum Standards for Local Comprehensive Planning, Chapter 110-12-1, Rules of the Georgia Department of Community Affairs, pursuant to the Georgia Planning Act of 1989, [OCGA 50-8-7.1.(b).(1)]. The Georgia Department of Community Affairs, originally in conjunction with the the State's 16 Regional Development Centers (1995- 2009), and now with the State's 12 Regional Commissions, have compiled an extensive, statewide GIS base map, originally containing 27 types of GPS-located community facilities. The collection now contains other types and facilties geolocated by use of address geocoding to street block face as well as on-entity point placement using orthophotography. The Georgia Community Facilities base map includes city halls, courthouses, sheriffs' offices, marshalls' office, police stations, fire stations, city jails, county jails, county correctional facilities, state prisons, federal penitentiaries, public and private universities, public and private 4-year colleges, public and private 2-year colleges, public vocational technical schools, public schools, some private schools, airports, hospitals, libraries, water systems, and wastewater treatment plants. Some types, including those related to law enforncement, colleges, correctional institutions, hospitals, and fire were provided to and updated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security before being added back into the database by DCA. Those maps retain their separate DHS (TGS) metadata.Attributes:FACNAME = The name of the facilityFACTYPE = The code for the facility typeADDRESS_1 = The street address of the facilityADDRESS_2 = Additional address info for the facilityCITY = The city where the facility is locatedSTATE = The state where the facility is locatedZIP = The 5-digit postal ZIP code for the facilityAREACODE = The telephone area code for the facilityPHONE = The 7-digit telephone number for the facilityCONTACT = The contact person for the facilityTITLE = The title of the contact person for the facilityFIPS = The state and county FIPS code for the facilityTYPE = The type of schoolNAME = The county where the facility is locatedMETHOD = The method used to locate the facilityupdated = The date of the most recent update of the data for the facilitySource: Georgia Department of Community Affairs, Atlanta Regional CommissionDate: 2012For additional information, please visit the Atlanta Regional Commission at www.atlantaregional.com

This dataset, released by DoD, contains geographic information for major installations, ranges, and training areas in the United States and its territories. This release integrates site information about DoD installations, training ranges, and land assets in a format which can be immediately put to work in commercial geospatial information systems. Homeland Security/Homeland Defense, law enforcement, and readiness planners will benefit from immediate access to DoD site location data during emergencies. Land use planning and renewable energy planning will also benefit from use of this data. Users are advised that the point and boundary location datasets are intended for planning purposes only, and do not represent the legal or surveyed land parcel boundaries.