Description: Polygon feature GIS vector dataset of points of interest (site grounds- the land area in active use for a facility or location) located in Wyandotte County, Kansas, furnished as an ESRI shapefile format file in Kansas North State Plane Coordinates, Datum NAD83, Units US feet. Points of Interest (POI) features included are noteworthy tourism and sightseeing attractions, travel destinations, entertainment venues, and other popular cultural sites. Some examples are Kansas Speedway (a NASCAR racetrack), Village West Shopping District, Woodlands race track (presently closed). Cultural features which may be general points of interest, but are NOT in this dataset include libraries, public parks, public and private golf courses, historic sites and monuments, landmarks, government buildings, post offices, cemeteries, hospitals, restaurants, etc. Many of these excluded features are found in various other thematic GIS layers published by GSS (inquire for more information). Companion POI datasets to complement this one are available : 1) poi_bldg_py for building footprints (polygons) 2) plan line features like driveways, fences, etc (poi_plan_ln), 3) POI tax parcel boundary polygons, (poi_prop_py), 4) POI point locations (poi_pt).
Copyright Text: GeoSpatial Services Division (GSS) of Department of Technical Services of the Unifed Government of Wyandotte County/Kansas City, Kansas.