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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 | |
| Available in bulk | Yes | Construction permits are downloadable separated by year. |
| Up-to-date | Yes | Construction permit data for current year is updated daily. Previous years are available by year. |
| Available free online | Yes | Freely available however option to create an ArcGIS Online account in order to build web maps using ArcGIS Online. |
| Available free of charge | Yes | |
| In an open format | CSV, GeoJSON, KML, SHP | Also available as GeoService and OGC WMS |
| findable | 4 | Search keyword 'construction permits' on https://opendata.dc.gov |
| findable_steps | Search keyword 'construction permits' on https://opendata.dc.gov | |
| licence_url | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| Collected by government | Yes | Shared by the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer who administers https://opendata.dc.gov |
| usability | 3 | |
| collector_name | Government of the District of Columbia | Shared by the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer who administers https://opendata.dc.gov |
| characteristics | Date of issue, Expiration date, Address, Permit type, Work description | |
| location | https://opendata.dc.gov/datasets?q=construction%20permit - District of Columbia Open Data DC |
