User talk:Dcmapnerd

DC Map Nerd -

Hi, I'm the guy who is trying to correct the boundaries of Petworth on Wikipedia and Google Maps. I live on Quincy St in Petworth, so my knowledge of the neighborhood's borders comes from residency.

However, I do have data to back up the neighborhood version of the neighborhood. Specifically - and this is hard to include in a footnote - if you go to http://citizenatlas.dc.gov/atlasapps/propertyhometab.aspx?QString= and enter a specific address, then click on a specific house number, it will give you lots of details, including a street map, tax info, the owner, etc. It also gives two neighborhood listings: "city neighborhood" and the "tax assessment neighborhood". These sometimes agree, but often disagree.

I think that "city neighborhood" is probably closer to the concept of "neighborhood" that is desired by users of Wikipedia and Google Maps. In any case, neither the city nor the tax neighborhood exactly matches the borders currently promulgated here.

So try some addresses: both sides of Emerson (odd numbers are in Brightwood Park, evens are in Petworth). Streets that cross Arkansas (east of Arkansas is Petworth, west is 16th St Heights). The south side of Quincy St (e.g. #700) is in the Petworth city neighborhood, but the Columbia Heights tax assessment neighborhood.

Thanks for your consideration of my 'hood.

- Chops