District of Columbia data points representing permits for planting, pruning, or removing trees within the public right of way. The data is extracted nightly from the Transportation Online Permitting System (TOPS) under the Transportation Integrated Enterprise System (TIES) framework. The dataset is provided by the District of Columbia and was last updated on March 25, 2026.
Use Cases
- Mapping tree maintenance activities based on permit location data.
- Analyzing permit volume and types for urban forestry program management.
- Monitoring public right-of-way tree work by residents and contractors.
Strengths
- Data is updated nightly, suggesting a high update frequency.
- Available in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON and KML.
- Published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
Provenance
- Source
- District of Columbia
- Collection Method
- Extracted nightly from the Transportation Online Permitting System (TOPS).
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-25 08:05:31.881284; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia)