Abstract:
This coverage shows all private schools in the form of points in Westchester County. The private schools are defined by two categories: High schools (which may include other grades); and Elementary, Middle and Special Schools. Source materials include: 1) Directory of Private Schools and Administrators 1997-98, New York State Education Department; 2) Westchester County Databook 1998, Westchester County Department of Planning. In addition, private school locations were verified by phone contact and accordint to base mapping building footprints by 60 Control. This coverage identifies 132 private schools in Westchester County. Updated as of August 2004.
Purpose:
This coverage was compiled at a scale of 1:24,000. The coverage is intended for general planning purposes only, and may not be appropriate for site specific analysis. Coverage provides locational data on private schools in Westchester County. Primary purpose for the data is to support various applications requiring facility data.
Supplemental_Information:
This coverage is in Arc/Info export format. Coordinate System - New York State Plane, FIPS zone: 3101 (Formerly East Zone 4801), Units: Feet, North American Datum 1983. This coverage can be accessed electronically by clicking on the above link, or by visit the Westchester County GIS web site to download this coverage along with additional Westchester County data layers. http://giswww.westchestergov.com