Anselm,
I met a guy the other night who's company is working on exactly what you
were looking for - comprehensive coverage of neighborhoods across the
country. I think they're looking for a financial return on their
investment, but he also seemed open to working with community
service/non-profits for low cost/no cost options.
his contact info:
Bernt Wahl
berkeley at gmail
factle.com
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
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