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Locations of issued construction permits. This dataset can be a useful tool for tracking city real estate development trends, including neighborhoods most at risk of gentrification or disinvestment, as well as for tracking specific development projects and holding developers and city planners accountable. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | Public Domain icon: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | "This layer is updated nightly as new permits are issued." |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, GeoJSON, KML | Download: -Spreadsheet; KML; Shapefile APIs: - OGC WMS; GeoService; GeoJSON |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | Find Columbus Open Data Portal, Search Construction Permits | |
| licence_url | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ | "You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. " |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | ColumbusOhioGIS | |
| characteristics | Date of issue, Address, Permit type, Work description | "This map layer shows building permits issued by the City of Columbus Department of Building and Zoning Services. The period of record is 2010 to present. Building permits authorize a homeowner, contractor, or other entity to perform work such as building a new structure, altering an existing structure, demolition of a structure, display/construction of a sign, and other activities" |
| location | href="https://data-columbus.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/building-permits" https://data-columbus.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/build">rel="nofollow">https://data-columbus.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/build - "Building Permits" |
