2012 Wards. The dataset contains polygons representing boundaries of District of Columbia 2012 election wards, 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. The DC Office of Planning provided the boundaries to the DC GIS program. 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
This data is used for the planning and management of Washington, D.C. by local government agencies.
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Office of Planning
Validated by source and/or responsible agency.
Validated by source and/or responsible agency.
Validated by source and/or responsible agency.
Features have been topologically matched to the snapbase where the boundary matched features such as rivers, shoreline, and street centerlines. OCTO took the Office of Planning digitized boundary in between parts that matched the snapbase.
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location and attribution
The District Office of Planning updated the ward boundaries to reflect the revised legislation due to the 10 year redistricting effort. OCTO then took those snapped boundaries and selected snapbase feature, such as street centerlines and shoreline, where the boundaries overlapped. Two line files were formed, areas where the boundaries overlapped snapbase features and the original OLP boundary between the snapbase lines. Staff then merged the two layers together, constructed polygons, and appended the basic 2002 attributes to the layer. Note that these boundaries do split certain Census Blocks.
Metadata imported.
Dataset copied.
Metadata imported.
Internal feature number.
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Feature geometry.
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Ward Name
OCTO GIS sequential ID
Ward Council Member web link
Ward Value
Council Representative Name
Council Representative Phone Number
Council Representative Email
Council Representative Office
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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.
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