Hi researchers,

     I would like to find TOP 100 cities Map in the world by
population.  The top 100 cities list can be found at
http://www.worldatlas.com/citypops.htm.  If you are not familiar with
the world geography, I suggest that you can begin with the top 50
cities in the US by population - www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0763098.html.

     The most challenge  for finding the city maps is that there is no
clear boundary within the city.  For example, Chicago city, there is a
population of 2.8m, Where is the North, West and South boundaries.  I
have been researching on this for a while, but I still can't draw a
conclusion.
HOWEVER,Toronto is a perfect example(exactly what I am looking for)
city of Toronto  consists of five regions: Etobicoke, Downtown
Toronto, East York, Scarborough and North York .  The city of Toronto
map is located at http://www.elections.ca/scripts/fedrep/ontario/ontario_map15_e.htm.
In additon,
another map show the surrounding region:
http://www.bot.com/ContentIslands/PublicPages/FloatingPages/AboutTO_TorontoGuideMap.asp.
  
I will pay under three schemes:
a) if you can provide me an offical guideline for US cities boundaries
ONLY (without map pay $50), (with map pay $100)
b) if you can provide me the top 100 world cities map and boundaries,
pay $80

the maximium total money that I will pay is from $130 to 180.  I may
pay for suggested software (ie. $20), if i find it useful.

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Clarification of Question by tyl2001-ga on 28 Feb 2003 08:32 PST

Hi researches,

I realize that my question was locked several times, but no one give
me an answer.  I would like to supply you another example: CHICAGO
http://www.cagis.uic.edu/demographics/camapreq1.html.  
This is the map that I am looking for other cities (except New York
and Chicago b/c I found it ^_^).  Hope this help!!  Let me know if you
have other question.

Hello:

After extensive research, I have been able to track down the exact
limits of the top fifty US cities from your list. I couldn’t get a
very precise map of Colorado Springs and Virginia Beach but I have
tried to indicate other sources and links to these sources. I am
working to get more information on these maps. Some of these maps are
truly interactive and you can find a lot about the districts. The
sources of these maps are also very reputable. I am not sure about the
pricing for this question. I think I have put much effort into the
question, so if you feel satisfied you may give an additional tip (as
you suggested) to cover up. BUT THAT DOESN”T MEAN I AM ASKING FOR
MORE. I am satisfied with the original price but feel free to let me
know about the pricing. Thank You.

New York City Map 
By: Historic District Council
http://www.hdc.org/nycmap.htm (The city is divided into five boroughs)
Also see: http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/transportation_maps/home.html

Los Angeles City Map
By: IMAP Los Angles (Recommended by the government of city of Los
Angeles at http://www.cityofla.org/lacity197.htm
Map of Los Angeles City by IMAP
http://imapla.lacity.org/Viewer/GIS/Viewer.asp (please click on ‘show
overview map’ on the top to get a better and clear understanding of
the exact boundaries.

Chicago City Map
By: City Council of Chicago
http://www.ci.chi.il.us/CityCouncil/

Houston City Map
By: Houston City Council
http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/citygovt/council/councilmap.html

Philadelphia City Map
By: Philadelphia City Council
http://www.phila.gov/citycouncil/maps/index.html

Phoenix City Map
By: Phoenix City Council
http://phoenix.gov/CITYGOV/electidx.html

San Diego City Map
By: San Diego City Council
http://www.sannet.gov/city-council/

Dallas City Map
By: Dallas City Council
http://www.dallascityhall.com/dallas/eng/html/adopted_map.html

San Antonio City Map
By: San Antonio City Council
http://maps.sanantonio.gov/website/COSAMaps/viewer.asp?res=800&ver=true

Detroit City Map*
By: Historic Commission of Detroit and by Detroit Area Council Boy
Scout
http://www.dacbsa.org/maps/map-districtsofdac.htm
http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/historic/dist_map2.htm

San Jose City Map
By: San Jose City Council
http://www.ci.san-jose.ca.us/planning/sjplan/data/council_dist/Index.html

Indianapolis City Map
By: City Council of Indianapolis
http://www.indygov.org/council/maps-streets.htm

San Francisco City Map
By: San Francisco City Government
http://www.sfgov.org/site/gis_page.asp?id=406

Jacksonville City Map (PDF)
By: Jacksonville City Council
http://www.coj.net/NR/rdonlyres/eywohyuivesp2m3jgidmub25hudntgpaxtm34ovvu6okmz7yiylxz4aebasqptsx4tclnjv3me3kuhwou6c3xo7fykf/MapDistricts.pdf

Columbus City Map
By: Columbus Police
http://www.columbuspolice.org/precinctstats/

Austin City Map
By: Austin City Council
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/help/austinmap.htm

Baltimore City Map (PDF)
By: Baltimore City Council
http://www.baltimorecitycouncil.com/new_council_map_roads2.pdf

Memphis City Map
By: Memphis City Council
http://www.cityofmemphis.org/citycouncil/DistrictMap.asp

Milwaukee City Map
By: Government of Milwaukee
http://www.gis.ci.mil.wi.us/isa/Map_Milwaukee/

Boston City Map
By: Boston City Council (unofficial website)
http://www.bostonvote.org/voterinfo/my_officials/city_council_map.html

Washington DC Map
By: National Register of Historic Places
http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr/travel/wash/dcmap.htm

Nashville City Map
By: Metro Planning Department, City of Nashville
(Please click and agree to the disclaimer to access)
http://www3.nashville.org/

El Paso City Map
By: Government of El Paso, City Planning Commission
(Please click on the desired region to access in-depth data) 
http://www.ci.el-paso.tx.us/planning/plannp.htm

Seattle City Map
By: Map Seattle (Recommended by City Government)
Please click on respective plates to get more data
http://maps.ci.seattle.wa.us/

Denver City Map (PDF)
By: Denver Government
http://www.denvergov.org/admin/template3/forms/NEIGH%20MAP.pdf

Charlotte City Map
By: City Council of Charlotte 
http://www.charmeck.org/departments/city+council/districts/home.asp

Fort Worth
By: Fort Worth Government
http://www.fortworthgov.org/citycouncil/mccmap.htm

Portland City Map, Ore.
By: Portland Maps
http://www.portlandmaps.com/mapping.cfm
Also See: http://www.ci.portland.or.us/maps.htm

Oklahoma City Map
By: Government of Oklahoma City
(Because this website is in frames, therefore to access the map please
go to http://www.okc.gov/ and click on ‘Mayor and Council’ on top
menu. Than, select ‘Ward Map’ at the end of the left side menu.

Tucson City Map
By: City development Authority of Tucson
http://www.ci.tucson.az.us/ed/ed.htm
Also see: http://www.cityoftucson.org/maps.html

New Orleans City Map  
By: New Orleans Police* (These may be the original boundaries)
http://www.new-orleans.la.us/cnoweb/nopd/maps/basecrimemap.html

Las Vegas City Map
By: Government of North Las Vegas
http://www.ci.north-las-vegas.nv.us/WardMaps/Wards.pdf

City of Cleveland
By: City Council of Cleveland
(Please click on sections of the city to get more info)
http://www.city.cleveland.oh.us/around_town/map/neighborhood/neighborhood.html

City of Long Beach
By: Long Beach City Council
http://www.ci.long-beach.ca.us/council/

City of Albuquerque 
By: City Government of Albuquerque
http://gisweb.cabq.gov/scripts/esrimap.dll?NAME=gisapp4&Cmd=Map&Draw22=on

Kansas City
By: Kansas City Area Development Council
http://www.smartkc.com/3_locating/3g_locator_map/3g_locator_map.htm
Also see: http://www.smartkc.com/

City of Fresco
By: City Government of Fresco
http://dpuweb.ci.fresno.ca.us/dpu.htm

City of Virginia Beach* (see above)
By: Various Resources
Please use these resources to find the exact boundaries
http://ivs.ware.net/html/MapCoverage/Richmond.asp
http://www.vabeach.com/map.htm
http://www.nrdc.org/water/oceans/ttw/mapvir.asp

Atlanta City
By: Atlanta City Council
http://www.ci.atlanta.ga.us/citycoul/CityMap.htm

Sacramento City
By: Sacramento City Council
http://www.cityofsacramento.org/redistricting/Maps/all_council8x11-color.pdf
Also see: http://www.cityofsacramento.org/redistricting/redistrict.htm

City of Oakland
By: Oakland City Council
(Please scroll down and click on ‘maps and photos’ to view a complete
interactive map)
http://www.oaklandnet.com/living.html#maps

Costa Mesa
By: Costa Mesa City Government
http://www.ci.mesa.az.us/citymgt/mayorcc/default.asp (scroll down to
view)
Another Page
http://www.ci.costa-mesa.ca.us/about/whereis.htm

City of Tulsa
By: City council of Tulsa
http://www.tulsacouncil.org/map.html

City of Omaha
By: City Council of Omaha
http://www.ci.omaha.ne.us/departments/city_council/district_map/default.htm

City of Minneapolis 
By: Government of Minneapolis
http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/about/maps/wards.pdf
Also see: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/about/maps/

City of Honolulu
By: City Development Authority
http://gis.hicentral.com/
Also useful maps
http://www.co.honolulu.hi.us/council/ccl.htm
http://www.honolulufire.org/oahu.htm

Miami City
By: North Miami City Council
http://www.ci.miami.fl.us/mayor/citymap.asp
Might be useful
http://www.ci.north-miami.fl.us/cityhall/mayor_council/council.html

Colorado Springs* (see above)
By: Various Resources
http://www.coloradosprings-travel.com/map/
http://www.yourhomesource.com/relo/map.html

City of St. Louis
By: St. Louis City Government
http://www.st-louis.mo.us/st-louis/city/neighborhoods/
Also See: http://www.actualstlouis.com/stlgeninfo/maps.htm

Wichita
By: Wichita Geographic Information Center
http://gis.wichita.gov/website/GIS/main.htm

Search Strategy:

“City(name of city) city council”
“City(name of city) city districts”
city(name of city) wards
city(name of city) map
city(name of city) boundaries
city(name of city) city map

Hope this will help you. If not, please clarify and I will work with
you to find a possible solution. Thanks again.

Sincerely,
Leader-ga

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Request for Answer Clarification by tyl2001-ga on 28 Feb 2003 13:39 PST

Hi Leader-ga
I understand that you spent lot of time on my question.  HOWEVER, I
found exactly the same links as you did for most cities since I am
also a professional researcher.  I will discuss individual city.

New York City Map: I gave you as example.

Los Aneles City Map: I followed your link, then click on "LA Census
2000 Demographic Interactive Mapping", then accept.  The page can't
display

Chicago City Map: Example

Houston City Map: Can you find another map? Because I already have
this one and the boundaries are not that clear.   I think you may
agree with me .

Philadelphia City Map: I found your map, but I also find another
better map http://www.libertynet.org/philplan

Phoenix map: I already have this one.

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Request for Answer Clarification by tyl2001-ga on 28 Feb 2003 14:01 PST

Hi,
     I mistakenly hit the PostRequest button and I haven't finish what
I want to say.    I think you are on the right track.  BUT, for
example, your city of St. Louis Map does n't really show the
boundaries.  This kind of map can be obtained from MapQuest with a
simple click.  I understand that your search strategy is based on
District boundaries(exactly what I did).  I may not clearly state my
question.  I am looking for the kind of map (not ward, district
boundaries), which means "a common knowledge to every citizen".  For
example, Houston, If I tell you I am living in district A, will you
know where I am living.  I guess not!!

     You can look at the Chicago Map (I provided to you).  If I tell
you I live it Rogers Park Community, I think that the possiblity of
you knowing where I am living is far greater than I tell you district
A. Similarily,  City of Toronto, will you prefer I tell you the city
name or district?

     Do you understand what I am looking for now?  I have n't make up
my mind how I pay you yet b/c you haven't really fulfill my question. 
Sorry!! I don't want to be picky on you.  You did a good job in
general, because I spent about a week to find what you got now.

have a nice weekend.

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Clarification of Answer by leader-ga on 28 Feb 2003 14:19 PST

Hello:

I understand your comments. No you are not picky but you just stated
what you want. Dont worry about the pricing. Its all right. I will
come out with alternate maps for the cities that you listed. Please
give me some time (24 hours). Again if you are not satisfied please
clarify. Thanks for understanding.

Sincerely,
leader-ga

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Clarification of Answer by leader-ga on 01 Mar 2003 16:16 PST

Hello: 

Here are three other maps that you requested to be replaced. But this
is not all. I am working on other maps and I will provide you with
more maps in a short while. I am not sure why the Los Angels map
didn’t show. It is one of the best interactive maps. I have given the
link, please try again. In short, I will try to provide you with other
maps as well. Thanks.

Houston City Map (with exact street boundaries and neighborhood
divisions)
By: Houston City Police
(Please scroll down to view the map)
http://www.ci.houston.tx.us/departme/police/stats.htm

Phoenix City Map
By: City of Phoenix Redistricting Department
(Please click on ‘Current City Council District Map)
http://www.phoenix.gov/redistricting/kit.html

Los Angeles City
Map of Los Angeles City by IMAP 
http://imapla.lacity.org/Viewer/GIS/Viewer.asp (please click on ‘show
overview map’ on the top to get a better and clear understanding of
the exact boundaries.

Hi,
Although the researcher did a good job in such short time, the
researcher did not meet my expectation.  I asked for maps that show
clear cities boundaries (common knowledge to localers), but s/he
provides me the district boundaries.  This is not what I looked for. 
I also request answer clarification, but s/he can not provide me such
maps.  I doubt that there is no standard guideline for boundaries
because I am also a professional researcher.   After a careful
evaluation of the suggested answer, I decide to request a refund
because the answer is kind of out of scope.  Because of the
difficultiy of the question, the repost option is not suitable.

Leader-ga,

I think you'll find the link below helpful in rounding out the
impressive work already done here:

http://www.census.gov/geo/www/maps/ua2kmaps.htm

You can reach me on the GAR Forum if you'd like additional detail