Why we need  common place point layer ?

User call 911, usually don't know their address, not all police department can track user location by user's cell phone signal. 

User may call or text 911, for example, " I am at motel 6 parking lot, I don't know what street is...."

911 should use "motel 6" to quickly locate user's location. 

 

 

You can download common place name from open street map

https://download.geofabrik.de/north-america/us/california.html

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download shape file

 

 

 

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Note this layer only have lat long and common name, don't have actual address, you will need to geocoding by lat long to get actual address

 

 

 

 

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Open street map point of interest is much less than google map. Yellow point is missing a lots compare to google map background colored icon. 

 

 

 

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