Data sources and credits

Chicago's search by community area and neighborhood uses the City of Chicago's open data: its community area, neighborhood and ZIP code boundaries, from data.cityofchicago.org.

The City of Chicago's disclaimer

The City of Chicago asks every site that uses its data to show this, in its own words:

This site provides applications using data that has been modified for use from its original source, www.cityofchicago.org, the official website of the City of Chicago. The City of Chicago makes no claims as to the content, accuracy, timeliness, or completeness of any of the data provided at this site. The data provided at this site is subject to change at any time. It is understood that the data provided at this site is being used at one’s own risk.

The DMV (D.C., Maryland & Virginia)

The DMV's search by neighborhood uses public data from these three sources, and none of them takes part in or endorses this site. We matched the names to ZIP codes.

The District of Columbia: its neighborhood, corridor, business district and ZIP code data, from Open Data DC, under a CC BY 4.0 license.

Prince George's County, Maryland: its city, town, community and ZIP code data, from its open data site.

The U.S. Census Bureau: place and county names and ZIP code areas for Montgomery County, Maryland, and for Arlington County, Fairfax County, Alexandria, Fairfax and Falls Church, Virginia, from the Census Geocoder and its published files.

Prince George's County's disclaimer

Prince George's County asks every site that uses its data to show this, in its own words:

The datasets, maps, and charts (the “Data”) made available for use, and download, through the data.mypgc.us website has been modified for use from its original source, which is Prince George’s County, Maryland (the “County”). Neither the County or its agencies make any claims as to the completeness, accuracy, timeliness, or content of any Data contained in or obtained from the data.mypgc.us website. THE COUNTY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, WITH RESPECT TO THE DATA.MYPGC.US WEBSITE AND ALL DATA FURNISHED THEREIN AND/OR OBTAINED THEREFROM. The Data is subject to modification and possible deletion as changes occur. It is understood that the Data and information contained in the data.mypgc.us website and web application is being used at one’s own risk.

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