U.S. City Open Data Census
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Locations of all buildings and land owned by the local government. This information is useful for several reasons. It provides basic information to residents and taxpayers about where government functions and services are located and what land and buildings are owned by the city. It also helps keep local government accountable as a responsible manager and steward of its real estate portfolio. (More info)
| Question | Answer | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Openly licensed | Yes | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | |
| Up-to-date | Yes | |
| Available free online | Yes | |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, GeoJSON | |
| findable | 4 | |
| findable_steps | I was familiar with PLUTO as an NYC Property data resource, so just had to google that. NYC has lots of data available on public facilities via NYC Open Data, which is very easy to find. If anything, the vast amount of data available may make it difficult to search for something so broad. | |
| licence_url | https://www.nyc.gov/html/data/terms.html | |
| Collected by government | Yes | |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Collected by individual departments, but also seems to be overseen by NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications | https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doitt/initiatives/open-data.page |
| characteristics | Address, Department or agency, Name, type, or description | |
| location | https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/data-maps/open-data. - planning open data site. Has info on ALL NYC property, link is anchored to two datasets on city owned property and facilities, which also includes links to data tools., https://capitalplanning.nyc.gov/facilities - interactive map on all NYC facilities |
