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National Address Database (NAD)

Published by US Department of Transportation | Department of Transportation | Catalog Last Checked: July 02, 2026 at 07:25 AM | Dataset Last Updated: July 01, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The Address Points from National Address Database dataset was compiled on July 01, 2026 by the US Department of Transportation. The National Address Database (NAD) is a spatial database containing address data, point location coordinates, jurisdictions, record-level metadata and other supporting data for addressable locations including structures, some sub-units within those structures, and landmarks as included in the aggregated datasets from providers included therein.

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  • NAD Download Gateway and Official Disclaimer

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  • National Address Database (NAD) - GeoServices REST API Stream

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  • National Address Database (NAD) - OGC Web Feature Service (WFS)

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Complete Metadata
@type dcat:Dataset
accessLevel non-public
accrualPeriodicity R/P3M
contactPoint 
{
  "fn": "US Department of Transportation",
  "@type": "vcard:Contact",
  "hasEmail": "mailto:nad@dot.gov"
}
describedBy https://www.transportation.gov/gis/nad/nad-schema
describedByType application/octet-steam
description The Address Points from National Address Database dataset was compiled on July 01, 2026 by the US Department of Transportation. The National Address Database (NAD) is a spatial database containing address data, point location coordinates, jurisdictions, record-level metadata and other supporting data for addressable locations including structures, some sub-units within those structures, and landmarks as included in the aggregated datasets from providers included therein.
distribution 
[
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "NAD Download Gateway and Official Disclaimer",
    "accessURL": "https://www.transportation.gov/mission/open/gis/national-address-database/national-address-database-nad-disclaimer",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Official USDOT landing page presenting legal disclaimers and format-specific staging pages required prior to database access.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "National Address Database (NAD) - GeoServices REST API Stream",
    "accessURL": "https://services.arcgis.com/xOi1kZaI0eWDREZv/ArcGIS/rest/services/Address_Points_from_National_Address_Database_view/FeatureServer",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Live web service endpoint for web mapping and localized querying. For raw bulk replication, use the packaged ZIP archives.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "National Address Database (NAD) - OGC Web Feature Service (WFS)",
    "accessURL": "https://dservices.arcgis.com/xOi1kZaI0eWDREZv/arcgis/services/National_Address_Database_Public_WFS/WFSServer",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Official public OGC Web Feature Service (WFS) endpoint for the National Address Database, providing direct XML-based vector feature access and localized querying capabilities. For raw bulk replication, use the packaged ZIP archives.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Data Asset Landing Page: ESRI File Geodatabase Format",
    "accessURL": "https://data.transportation.gov/dataset/National-Address-Database-NAD-File-Geodatabase/yw36-suxr/about_data",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Socrata platform profile page providing asset summaries, schema overviews, and release metadata updates for the FGDB dataset.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Direct Download: Packaged ESRI File Geodatabase (ZIP)",
    "accessURL": "https://data.transportation.gov/download/yw36-suxr/application%2Fx-zip-compressed",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Direct URL stream to download the compressed production ESRI File Geodatabase. Intended for automated scripts and data harvesting pipelines.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Data Asset Landing Page: Comma-Delimited ASCII Text Format",
    "accessURL": "https://data.transportation.gov/dataset/National-Address-Database-NAD-Text-File/fc2s-wawr/about_data",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Socrata platform profile page for the flat text version, featuring field previews and an attached diagnostic data sample containing the opening and closing rows extracted from the full production flat file.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "Direct Download: Comma-Delimited ASCII Text (ZIP)",
    "accessURL": "https://data.transportation.gov/download/fc2s-wawr/application%2Fx-zip-compressed",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Direct URL stream to download the compressed production flat text file. Intended for automated scripts and data harvesting pipelines.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "NGDA Portfolio Themes Home Page",
    "accessURL": "https://www.geoplatform.gov/ngda-themes",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "Webpage containing information and standard definitions for National Geospatial Data Asset (NGDA) Portfolio Themes.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  },
  {
    "@type": "dcat:Distribution",
    "title": "USGS GNIS Home Page",
    "accessURL": "https://www.usgs.gov/tools/geographic-names-information-system-gnis",
    "mediaType": "text/html",
    "description": "The official federal repository for domestic geographic names and the national standard for geographic nomenclature.",
    "describedByType": "application/octet-stream"
  }
]
identifier https://maps.dot.gov/dotgis/NationalAddressDatabaseMetadata.xml
issued 2017-08-10T00:00:00.000+00:00
keyword 
[
  "NGDA",
  "National Geospatial Data Asset",
  "Address Theme",
  "Transportation Theme",
  "NGDAID196",
  "U.S.",
  "United States",
  "USA",
  "United States of America",
  "Seminole Tribe",
  "Rosebud Sioux",
  "Virgin Islands of the U.S."
]
language 
[]
license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
modified 2026-07-01T00:00:00.000+00:00
publisher 
{
  "name": "US Department of Transportation",
  "@type": "org:Organization"
}
rights otherRestrictions
spatial -64.662503,18.309181,-166.591351,65.291551
title National Address Database (NAD)

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