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    Building Footprints 2005

    Metadata Updated: April 1, 2026

    Buildings. The dataset contains polygons representing planimetric buildings, created as part of the DC Geographic Information System (DC GIS) for the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO). These features were originally captured in 1999 and updated in 2005. The following planimetric layers were updated: - Building Polygons (BldgPly) - Bridge and Tunnel Polygons (BrgTunPly) - Metro Entrance Points (MetroEntPt) - Obscured Area Polygons (ObsAreaPly) - Railroad Lines (RailRdLn) - Road, Parking, and Driveway Polygons (RoadPly) - Sidewalk Polygons (SidewalkPly) - Under Construction Areas (UnderConstPly) - Wooded Areas (WoodPly) The following planimetric layers are new: - Horizontal and Vertical Control Points (GeoControlPt) - Hydrography Center Lines (HydroCenterLineLn).

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    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 April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 1, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DC data

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 30, 2024
    Metadata Updated Date April 1, 2026
    Publisher DC GIS
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=5bc67eb0015449a7a15ca14d3af11ce2&sublayer=0
    Data First Published 2018-07-11T17:28:34.000Z
    Data Last Modified 2026-03-30T19:07:20.000Z
    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
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    Harvest Source Id b05f955a-65d6-4288-9558-15a5ebc74e36
    Harvest Source Title DC data
    Homepage URL https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets/DCGIS::building-footprints-2005
    License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -77.1149,38.8043,-76.9096,38.9956
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 2d9229433d206bd16e0a74a93158d429f1e16c67e71926c12fe7b83268b6c431
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Spatial {"type": "Polygon", "coordinates": -77.1149, 38.8043, -77.1149, 38.9956, -76.9096, 38.9956, -76.9096, 38.8043, -77.1149, 38.8043}

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