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    San Francisco Mid-Block Points

    Metadata Updated: April 12, 2026

    A. SUMMARY This is a dataset containing points representing the midpoint of each block in the City of San Francisco. This dataset is used for geomasking (e.g. removing an exact address and replacing it with a nearby anonymized point) and other anonymization tasks.

    B. HOW THE DATASET IS CREATED This dataset was created by calculating the midpoint of each the street segment in the city (see Streets - Active and Retired) then returning the latitude and longitude of that midpoint. A street segment is a line between two intersections. Street midpoints are calculated for each side of the block.

    C. UPDATE PROCESS This dataset is updated weekly.

    D. HOW TO USE THIS DATASET Use this dataset for geomasking and other anonymization workflows.

    E. RELATED DATASETS - Streets - Active and Retired

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date March 29, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2026

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from SFO JSON

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    Additional Metadata

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    Metadata Created Date March 29, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date April 12, 2026
    Publisher data.sfgov.org
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.sfgov.org/api/views/iqyu-pwpr
    Data First Published 2024-03-05
    Data Last Modified 2026-04-11
    Category Geographic Locations and Boundaries
    Public Access Level public
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    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.sfgov.org/data.json
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    Homepage URL https://data.sfgov.org/d/iqyu-pwpr
    License http://opendatacommons.org/licenses/pddl/1.0/
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 5efa573025d3f42c9cc18f774177d1a0c0f18f52626778166a1647328ec3d86b
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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