Single Member District

Keywords
About: SMD, Single Member District, Ward, boundary, ANC
Taking place at: Washington DC, District of Columbia, DC, DC GIS, DCGIS

Abstract

Single Member District or SMD's.

Single Member Districts (SMDs) were created pursuant to legislation approving the District of Columbia's "Home Rule" charter in 1973. These neighborhood groups provide the District electorate with "grass-roots" experience in the electoral process. These SMDs boundaries, developed by the DC Council, are based on the 2010 Census of the District's population, with each SMD having approximately 2,000 residents. Representatives elected to each Single Member District sit as Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners. This data set reflects the boundaries approved by the DC Council in May, 2012, for official 2013 SMDs.

All DC GIS data is stored and exported in Maryland State Plane coordinates NAD 83 meters.

METADATA CONTENT IS IN PROCESS OF VALIDATION AND SUBJECT TO CHANGE.

Purpose

SMDs are used for the planning and management of Washington by local government agencies. This specific data set was created for the specific purpose of printing maps of the various SMDs, each on a letter-sized sheet of paper. Boundaries have been digitized with sufficient accuracy for this purpose, and may or may not be sufficiently accurate for other purposes.

Use constraints

Acknowledgment of the DC Geographic Information Systems Program (DC GIS). The District of Columbia Government makes no claims as to the completeness, accuracy or content of any data contained hereon, and makes no representation of any kind, including, but not limited to, the warranty of the accuracy or fitness for a particular use, nor are any such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the information or data furnished herein.

Point of contact

Charlie Richman
in DC Office of Planning

801 N Capitol St, NE # 4000
Washington DC, 20002, USA

fax: 202-442-7637
hours: 8:30am - 5pm

Data accuracy

Accuracy
Data believed to be complete and accurate, subject to change.

Completeness
Data believed to be complete and accurate, subject to change.

Lineage / Sources

• Single Member District
  online,

Distribution

Most DC GIS datasets can be downloaded from "http://dcgis.dc.gov" on the data center page. Orders can also be made by contacting OCTO GIS at "dcgis@dc.gov", especially for datasets not available for download.

Distribution liability
Acknowledgment of the DC Geographic Information Systems Program (DC GIS). The District of Columbia Government makes no claims as to the completeness, accuracy or content of any data contained hereon, and makes no representation of any kind, including, but not limited to, the warranty of the accuracy or fitness for a particular use, nor are any such warranties to be implied or inferred with respect to the information or data furnished herein.

Distributed by
GIS Data Coordinator
in D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer

441 4th St NW, Suite 930 South
Washington DC, 20001, USA

fax: (202) 727-5660
hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Entity

SMDPly / DCOP
DC Template

Attributes

• SHAPE_LEN / ESRI
  Internal feature number.
• OBJECTID / ESRI
  Internal feature number.
• WEB_URL / ESRI
  Web site url
• Shape / ESRI
  Feature geometry.
• GIS_ID
  Sequential OCTO-GIS number
• SMD_ID
  SMD identifier
• ANC_ID
  ANC identifier
• NAME / ESRI
  SMD Name
• SHAPE / ESRI
  Feature geometry.
• CHAIR
  Chair of ANC
• REP_NAME
  Representative Name
• LAST_NAME
  Representative LastName
• FIRST_NAME
  Representative First Name
• ADDRESS
  Representative Address
• MIDDLE_NAM
  
• EMAIL
  Representative Email
• ZIP
  Representative Zip Code
• APT
  Representative Apt/Unit #
• SF / ESRI
  Internal feature number.
• SHAPE_AREA / ESRI
  Area of feature in internal units squared.

Metadata

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GIS Data Coordinator
in D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer

441 4th St NW, Suite 930 South
Washington DC, 20001, USA

phone: REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual.
fax: (202) 727-5660
hours: 8:30 am - 5:00 pm