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BYTES of the BIG APPLE™

BYTES of the BIG APPLE is a family of software, data and geographic base map files for the City of New York. The Department of City Planning offers these products for free download or by a license agreement.

Geographic Files | Data Files | Applications

Geographic Files:

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DCPLION - © NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
A single line street base map representing the city's streets and other linear geographic features such as shorelines, surface rail lines and boardwalks, along with feature names and address ranges for each addressable street segment. As of the previous DCPLION release (07C), the ESRI version is being released as a File Geodatabase instead of a Personal Geodatabase and can only be used with version ArcGIS 9.2 or higher. In addition to the data, the geodatabase also includes two pre-built address locators that can be used out-of-the-box, with no steps to set them up. The ESRI version also comes with several layer files for viewing the data, including a new Street Name Label layer and a Street Direction Arrows layer.
Release............. 08A Date of Data..... April 2008

Administrative and Political Districts - © NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
Political & Election Districts: - New York State Assembly Districts, New York City Council Districts, U.S. Congressional Districts, New York State Senate Districts, New York City Election Districts and New York City Municipal Court Districts. Borough & Community Districts: - Borough Boundaries (with and without Water Area), and Community Districts. School, Health, Fire & Police: - School Districts, Fire Companies, Fire Battalions, Fire Divisions, Police Precincts, Health Areas, and Health Center Districts. 2000 Census Blocks & Tracts: (with and without Water Area)
Release............. 08A Date of Data..... April 2008 Notice to Users.Release 08A will be the last release of this data product with a MapInfo version. For future releases, users will be able to directly open the shapefile version in MapInfo.

Tax Block Base Map Files™ © 1995, 1997-1998, 2002, 2004-2008. NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
The Tax Block Base Map files are schematic representations of the tax block outlines and should not be used for applications that require precise measurements. Release............. 07C Date of Data..... October 2007 Notice to Users. Release 07C will be the last release of this data product with a MapInfo version. For future releases, users will be able to directly open the shapefile version in MapInfo.

Tax Lot Base Map Files™ © 1995, 1997-1998, 2002, 2004-2008. NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. License agreement required - please call 212-720-3505 for more information.
The Tax Lot Base Map files are schematic representations of the tax lot outlines. They should not be used for applications that require precise measurements. The licensee also receives files of the tax blocks, borough boundaries and community districts. The tax lot files are available both clipped to the shoreline and unclipped (including areas of blocks and lots underwater). Release............. 07C Date of Data..... October 2007 Price................. $250 per Borough Notice to Users. Release 07C will be the last release of this data product with a MapInfo version. For future releases, users will be able to directly open the shapefile version in MapInfo.

MapPLUTO^TM © 2003-2008. NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. License agreement required - please call 212-720-3505 for more information.
PLUTO data merged with a borough Tax Lot base map file, clipped to the shoreline. See PLUTO, for details. Release............. 07C Date of Data..... November 2007 - March 2008 Price................. $300 per Borough Notice to Users. Release 07C will be the last release of this data product with a MapInfo version. For future releases, users will be able to directly open the shapefile version in MapInfo.

nycProjectionAreas © 2007 NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
Geographic files of Projection Areas (depicted in PLANYC 2030) as created by the New York City Department of City Planning using whole census tracts as building blocks. Release............. 08A Date of Data..... April 2008 Notice to Users.Release 08A will be the last release of this data product with a MapInfo version. For future releases, users will be able to directly open the shapefile version in MapInfo.

Data Files:

Geographic Files | Data Files | Applications

PLUTO™ © 2003-2008. NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. License agreement required - please call 212-720-3505 for more information.
Extensive land use and geographic data at the tax lot level in ASCII comma-delimited format. The PLUTO files contain more than seventy fields derived from data maintained by city agencies. Tax lot data for selected tax blocks or Community Districts can be extracted using the PLUTO Select application which is included with this product.
Release............. 07C Date of Data..... November 2007 - March 2008 Price................. $250 Citywide

PAD™ © 2005-2008. NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
The PAD (Property Address Directory) file contains additional geographic information at the tax lot level not found in the PLUTO files. This data includes alias addresses and Building Identification Numbers (BINs). It consists of two ASCII, comma delimited files: a tax lot file and an address file.
Release............. 07C Date of Data..... December 2007

Selected Facilities and Program Sites - © NYC Department of City Planning. All rights reserved. Free Download!
Data providing the location, type and capacity of public and private community facilities in New York City, including schools, parks, libraries, public safety, day care, foster care, special needs housing, health and mental health facilities and programs. To facilitate analysis and mapping, the data is geocoded and available in two formats: ASCII delimited text files and Microsoft Access database.
Release........... 2008.1

Applications:

Geographic Files | Data Files | Applications

a Windows® based geocoding package boasting a 99% hit rate that allows for the standardization, validation and processing of geographic locations throughout New York City.

Release......... 08B
Price............. $2,250

This product is updated continually and released 4 times a year. A discount is available for users wishing to purchase two or more releases per subscription year:

1 release = $2,250
2 releases = $3,000
3 releases = $3,700
4 releases = $4,400

Notes:

The data and geographic base map files can be imported into a variety of commercially available spreadsheet, database and/or geographic information systems (GIS) software for computer-generated map production and analysis. The City of New York does not provide such products to the public nor does it endorse or recommend specific products. Free GIS data viewers are available from both ESRI (Arc Explorer) and MapInfo (Pro Viewer).

Disclaimer:
The information contained in the BYTES of the BIG APPLE files was compiled for governmental use by the New York City Department of City Planning. The Department and the City make no representation as to the accuracy of the information or its suitability for any purpose. The Department and the City disclaim any liability for errors that may be contained therein.