Neighborhood Boundaries: The Next Big Thing in Geographic Data

Geographic databases of political boundaries, streets and water features are quite old, dating back nearly to the beginnings of GIS. Digital neighborhood boundaries are relative newcomers, dating back only a few years. With January’s announcement from Zillow that the company would share its neighborhood boundary data for free, this seems a good time to explore the nature of this data layer and how some of the major players approach its creation.

The article lists several companies offering neighborhood data.

Source: Directions

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