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    Points of Interest

    Metadata Updated: March 28, 2025

    Also known as place names. The dataset contains locations and attributes of address alias points, created as part of the Master Address Repository (MAR) for the Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO) and participating DC government agencies. It contains address alias names in the District of Columbia which are typically placed on buildings. These alias names represent named features such as: - Schools - Federal Buildings - Military Installations - Hospitals - Museums - Monuments - University Structures - Fire and Police Stations - Libraries - Metro Facilities - Historical Landmarks - Recreation Centers - Mile Markers - Marinas and more. More information on the MAR can be found at https://opendata.dc.gov/pages/addressing-in-dc. The data dictionary is available: https://opendata.dc.gov/documents/2a4b3d59aade43188b6d18e3811f4fd3/explore. In the MAR 2, the AddressAliasPt is called PLACE_NAMES_PT and features additional useful information such as created date, last edited date, begin date, and more.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: Creative Commons Attribution

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 28, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC opendata json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date March 28, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date March 28, 2025
    Publisher Office of the Chief Technology Officer
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=f323f677b3f34fe08956b8fcce3ace44&sublayer=3
    Data First Published 2015-02-27T21:07:20.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2023-08-18T00:00:00.000Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 1dd8338c-cc2e-417e-8889-dc365f50cd93
    Harvest Source Id 35240a53-6f59-4643-a181-df09cfde77fb
    Harvest Source Title DC opendata json
    Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::points-of-interest
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -77.1199,38.7916,-76.9090,38.9960
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 0a49d009ea199f09ef0f6e9a5fd0f49dffabaf5765c4f0939e27576aa549db4c
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -77.1199, 38.7916, -77.1199, 38.9960, -76.9090, 38.9960, -76.9090, 38.7916, -77.1199, 38.7916}

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