[Geowanking] neighborhood database?

[Raj Singh]

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
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