Well, that didn’t take long. In Neighborhoods II I essentially said that Urban Mapping’s Neighborhood API will become moot because neighborhood data will become a commodity as others release their data. So, as Greg Sterling says, There Goes the Neighborhood, Free, Zillow has released Neighborhood Boundaries under the Creative Commons license. Although people can argue about which neighborhood is which, I predict that Zillow’s definitions will become the baseline around which neighborhood data will be developed. They’ve released the boundary data and others are going to start using that data to refine and expand upon. Having the polygons makes all of the other services that Urban Mapping’s API provides merely an exercise for the student. Can’t wait to dive in!
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