Archived Los Angeles Parking Citations with Geospatial Coordinates

ARCHIVED: Parking Citations is an archived dataset of parking violations from data.lacity.org, last updated on January 4, 2024. It contains records with geospatial coordinates in the California State Plane Coordinate System - Zone 5. The dataset includes columns for citation details, vehicle information, and location.

Use Cases

• Analyzing spatial patterns of parking violations using Latitude and Longitude coordinates.
• Predicting Fine amount based on Violation code, Make, and Body Style.
• Studying vehicle registration compliance by correlating RP State Plate with Plate Expiry Date.
• Identifying common Violation Description types by time of day using Issue time and Issue Date.

Strengths

• Includes precise geospatial coordinates (Latitude, Longitude) for spatial analysis.
• Contains 22 distinct columns covering violation, vehicle, location, and temporal details.
• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Dataset is archived as of September 2023, indicating it is not the current active source.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

data.lacity.org

Freshness

Last updated 2024-01-04 23:45:00; freshness should be verified as the dataset is archived.

Geography

Likely Los Angeles, California, based on the source organization and coordinate system.