Places Data

Find the points of interest and places that matter most to you

Better understand how the physical and social worlds interact

Key to location analysis, Esri’s Places data portfolio provides distinct geographic references, including point of interest (POI) data, building footprints, and boundaries. This data can help you understand what attracts people to a location.

Search for a destination

If you are interested in a particular location or landmark, you can find places by name or category through an interactive search. 

Places data includes millions of points of interest (POIs) for restaurants, parks, hospitals, retail stores, and more across the globe. 

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Understand geographic proximity

Create a list of nearby places based on location and type. Consider customers and prospects, competitors, distribution sites, and facilities for visualization and analysis.

Conduct GIS-powered analysis with Places data to answer questions such as:

  • Where are my potential customers, competitors, suppliers and distributors?
  • How many businesses will be impacted by a proposed housing project?

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Design routes by places

Incorporate a list of stops along your journey. Inform your route directions with landmarks to assist in navigation and find other relevant places or points of interest.

Places data can include rich attributes such as hours of operation, category, and other metadata to enhance your geographic analysis, further enriching insights and routes.

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Benefits of using Places data

Enhance your GIS analysis with Places data to better understand how the physical and social worlds interact.

  • Points of interest

    Find POI display locations and attribute information for many places where people spend their money and time, including businesses, institutions, landmarks, and natural features.

  • Boundaries

    Boundaries define areas for data representation and describe well-known administrative divisions such as postal codes. They are often used for visualizing statistical data. 

  • Parcels and building footprints

    Parcels include information such as map-based boundaries, property ownership, land use, and zoning. Building footprints describe the outline of structures often seen on a map.

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Contribute to Places data

Learn how to contribute POI data and other features through Esri’s Community Maps Program. 

This webinar provides an overview of how to:

  • Become a contributor
  • Provide simple map feedback
  • Create and edit detailed features using the Editor app
  • Share data or services using the Contributor app

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Harness the power of location with Esri

  • ArcGIS Location Platform

    Access the ArcGIS Places service through ArcGIS Location Platform to search for detailed information about businesses and geographic locations around the world. 

    Learn about ArcGIS Location Platform

  • ArcGIS Business Analyst

    Explore millions of datasets for points of interest (POI)s across the US. Use POI data to enrich reports and infographics with contextual location data. 

    Learn about ArcGIS Business Analyst
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