dcgis: DC Guide

The award-winning DC Guide is the District government’s online source for comprehensive geographic information about the nation’s capital. The DC Guide resides on the District’s web portal. Launched in 2003, it leverages Geographic Information System (GIS) technologies and web services to deliver an enormous amount of useful information about DC to residents, businesses, and visitors. The website includes municipal data collected by the DC government and other government agencies. This vast store of information is presented through several gateways:

Find It—locate district features, government services, and local geography.
Get There—use a trip planner to help find directions from point to point in DC.
Where You Live—type in an address, or select an area from a list, to find the locations of schools, libraries, recreation facilities, police and fire stations, post offices, and commercial establishments in any neighborhood, ward, or zip code.
Make a Map—create a customized map that includes multiple DC destinations.

Crime Map—view interactive map of crimes.
DC Public Schools Boundary Information System—provide an address to see the DC public schools assigned to that address.
District Government Property Search—find and map property owned or controlled by the DC Government.
DPW Seasonal Leaf Collection—enter an address and view the leaf collection progress.
Emergency Information Center—use maps to help prepare for an emergency.
Enterprise Zone Finder—provide an address to learn if your business is located in an Enterprise Zone or an Economic Development Zone.
MAR Sample Client—locate a street address, intersection, block or place in DC.
Public Library Finder—find and map public libraries.
Real Property—find information about more than 170,000 properties in DC by typing in a person’s name or property address.
Watershed Finder—find and map the watershed and sewer system area for a given address.