DCGIS.PollingPlacePtDCGIS.PollingPlacePt
by Board of Elections and Ethics on 08/01/2008
Keywords
About:
society, Elections, Polling Places, Voting, boundaries
Taking place at:
Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, DC, DC GIS, DCGIS
Abstract
District of Columbia Polling Places. This dataset contains points representing locations of polling places, created as part of the DC Geographic Information System (DC GIS) for the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) and participating D.C. government agencies.
Polling places were identified from data provided by the Board of Elections and Ethics (BOEE).
All DC GIS data is stored and exported in Maryland State Plane coordinates NAD 83 meters.
METADATA CONTENT IS IN PROCESS OF VALIDATION AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.
Purpose
This data is used for the planning and management of Washington, D.C. by local government agencies.
Access constraints
Contact OCTO GIS. Any data obtained outside of OCTO GIS are unauthorized copies.
Use constraints
Acknowledgment of the DC Geographic Information Systems Program (DC GIS). The District of Columbia Government makes no claims as to the completeness, accuracy or content of any data contained hereon, and makes no representation of any kind, including, but not limited to, the warranty of the accuracy or fitness for a particular use, nor are any such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the information or data furnished herein.
Point of contact
GIS Data Coordinator
in D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer
441 4th St NW, Suite 930 South
Washington DC, 20001, USA
fax: (202) 727-5660
hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Credits
DC Board of Elections and Ethics
Data accuracy
Accuracy
Data believed to be complete and accurate, subject to change. Digital version compared with original source data for accuracy and completeness. Validated by source and/or responsible agency.
Logical consistency
Validated by source and/or responsible agency.
Completeness
Data believed to be complete and accurate, subject to change. Digital version compared with original source data for accuracy and completeness. In process of validation by source and/or responsible agency.
Horizontal positional accuracy
Validated by source and/or responsible agency.
Vertical positional accuracy
N/A
Lineage / Sources
Lineage / ProcessesGIS Data Coordinator
in D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer
441 4th St NW, Suite 930 South
Washington DC, 20001, USA
fax: (202) 727-5660
hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm | Polling Places were identified from lists published by the DC Board of Elections and Ethics website. A point shapefile was created by geocoding the addresses. These points were compared to the 2002 orthophotographs, the building footprint layer, and the DC Real Property Tax owner points for address and ownership information. A link to the appropriate website was provided for reference. The geocoded points were then moved to the center of the corresponding buildings and core attributes were added. Attribute data was provided by website records.
All DC GIS data is stored and exported in Maryland State Plane coordinates NAD 83 meters. |
| Dataset copied. |
in OCTO
| Polling places updated for the 2004 Election based off of data from BOEE. For the 2004 election, eighteen changes were identified. Most were attribute updates, but some involved moving polling places to new locations and attributing them. |
GIS Data Coordinator
in Office of the Chief Technology Officer
441 4th St NW, Suite 930 South
Washington DC, 20001, USA
fax: 202-727-5660
hours: 8:30am - 5:30pm | Polling places were updated for the 2006 Election based off of data from BOEE. For the 2006 election, ten changes were identified. First, staff updated the attribution. Then, the layer was geocoded to the Master Address Repository (MAR). |
in OCTO
| DC GIS updated the polling place file from the DC board of Election and Ethics list. Staff moved and updated attributes for two locations. |
Distribution
Most DC GIS datasets can be downloaded from "http://dcgis.dc.gov" on the data center page. Orders can also be made by contacting OCTO GIS at "dcgis@dc.gov", especially for datasets not available for download.
Distribution liability
Acknowledgment of the DC Geographic Information Systems Program (DC GIS). The District of Columbia Government makes no claims as to the completeness, accuracy or content of any data contained hereon, and makes no representation of any kind, including, but not limited to, the warranty of the accuracy or fitness for a particular use, nor are any such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the information or data furnished herein.
Distributed by
GIS Data Coordinator
in D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer
441 4th St NW, Suite 930 South
Washington DC, 20001, USA
fax: (202) 727-5660
hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
Entity
DCGIS.PollingPlacePt
Attributes
- NAME
Polling Place Name - OBJECTID / ESRI
Internal feature number. - ADDRESS
Polling Place Address - SHAPE / ESRI
Feature geometry. - ADDRESS_ID
MAR address identifier - Shape / ESRI
Feature geometry. - PRECINCT_N
Voting Precinct Number - FACILITY_D
Facility Type or Use - ACCESSIBLE
Accessibility Determination and Information - GIS_ID
OCTO GIS Sequential identifier - WEB_URL
Web link url - OBJECTID_1 / ESRI
Internal feature number.
Metadata
FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata / FGDC-STD-001-1998 as of 09/12/2008
Provided by
GIS Data Coordinator
in D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer
441 4th St NW, Suite 930 South
Washington DC, 20001, USA
fax: (202) 727-5660
hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm