Raj, I think the issue is how to accumulate and translate all the mapping schemes. The other issue is what format to use - do we pick the ESRI format or use MapInfo's. There are a lot of questions to sort out in figuring how to start.
I would be interested in working with a group of people who want to start down this trail? If you are interested, let me know or Raj. It would be helpful if their was a professor or graduate teaching assistant in a EIS/Geo department of a university who would be willing to contribute the knowledge to get us moving down the right path. Cordially, Charles Bolton -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raj Singh Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] Subject: Re: [Geowanking] neighborhood database? Looks like for Seattle you can get neighborhoods from the library: http://www5.metrokc.gov/sdc/FGDCDocs/NEIGHBORHOOD_fgdc.htm or the city for $125: http://www.seattle.gov/GIS/docs/datacds.htm In my 10+ years in the urban planning field, I've never come across a national database of neighborhoods. Yes, in some towns neighborhoods coincide with wards or census boundaries, but not always. I'd be very interested in helping out in an effort to develop an open neighborhood database repository if I had some help. --- Raj On Sep 15, 2007, at 3:21 PM, Anselm Hook wrote: > Is there a free database of American neighborhood names and polygonal > boundaries. > > To elaborate: > > For example San Francisco has neighborhoods like 'SOMA' or 'chinatown' > or 'mission'. > > My current need is a neighborhood database for Seattle, of which one > appears here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_neighborhoods > > It seems like there may be data behind this - I am about to check if > this is just from some publically available census data like census > 2000. > > Also, > > http://clerk.ci.seattle.wa.us/~public/nmaps/fullcit2.htm > > And > > http://transit.metrokc.gov/tops/bus/neighborhoods/region_text.html > > But generally speaking is there something comprehensive for the entire > United States? > > - a > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
