Hospital Locations in Washington D.C.

Points representing hospital locations created for the DC Geographic Information System. The dataset is maintained by the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer and participating agencies, with locations identified from public records and digitized from a snapbase. It was last updated on April 16, 2025.

Use Cases

• Map hospital locations for emergency response planning and resource allocation in Washington D.C.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of health facilities relative to population centers or other infrastructure.
• Integrate hospital point data with other DC GIS layers for urban planning and public health studies.

Strengths

• Data is recent, with a last update in April 2025.
• Provided in multiple geospatial formats including GEOJSON, KML, and CSV for flexibility.
• Created and maintained by official D.C. government agencies, ensuring authoritative sourcing.

Limitations

• The dataset lacks metadata on the number of rows (hospitals) or specific attribute columns.
• Spatial coverage is limited to Washington D.C., not suitable for regional or national analysis.
• Data collection method ('heads-up digitized') may introduce positional inaccuracies compared to surveyed coordinates.

Provenance

Source

District of Columbia government, via the DC Geographic Information System (DC GIS).

Collection Method

Locations identified from public records and heads-up digitized from the snapbase.

Freshness

Last updated on 2025-04-16.

Geography

Washington D.C., District of Columbia.