MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) program

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capital improvement program education improvement program municipal funding initiative public infrastructure program

The MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) program is a voter-approved, sales tax-funded capital improvement initiative in Oklahoma City that finances major public facilities and urban development projects.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) program canonical	5
MAPS 3 sales tax program	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7424706 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) program
Context triple: [Paycom Center, fundingSource, MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) program]

A. Metro-Net project
The Metro-Net project is a conceptual art installation series by Martin Kippenberger that features mock subway entrances and related structures placed in remote or unexpected locations around the world, playfully suggesting a fictional global underground network.
B. Phoenix Program
The Phoenix Program was a controversial covert counterinsurgency and intelligence operation run by the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War, aimed at identifying, capturing, or eliminating Viet Cong infrastructure.
C. Metropolitan Area Planning Council
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council is a regional planning agency serving the Greater Boston area, providing planning, policy, and technical assistance to municipalities on issues such as land use, transportation, housing, and the environment.
D. Pittsburgh Project
The Pittsburgh Project is W. Eugene Smith’s monumental, unfinished photo-essay documenting the city of Pittsburgh through thousands of intensely detailed, black-and-white images.
E. Model Cities Program
The Model Cities Program was a U.S. federal urban aid initiative of the late 1960s that sought to combat poverty and revitalize distressed city neighborhoods through comprehensive, community-focused planning and development.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) program
Target entity description: The MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) program is a voter-approved, sales tax-funded capital improvement initiative in Oklahoma City that finances major public facilities and urban development projects.

A. Metro-Net project
The Metro-Net project is a conceptual art installation series by Martin Kippenberger that features mock subway entrances and related structures placed in remote or unexpected locations around the world, playfully suggesting a fictional global underground network.
B. Phoenix Program
The Phoenix Program was a controversial covert counterinsurgency and intelligence operation run by the United States and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War, aimed at identifying, capturing, or eliminating Viet Cong infrastructure.
C. Metropolitan Area Planning Council
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council is a regional planning agency serving the Greater Boston area, providing planning, policy, and technical assistance to municipalities on issues such as land use, transportation, housing, and the environment.
D. Pittsburgh Project
The Pittsburgh Project is W. Eugene Smith’s monumental, unfinished photo-essay documenting the city of Pittsburgh through thousands of intensely detailed, black-and-white images.
E. Model Cities Program
The Model Cities Program was a U.S. federal urban aid initiative of the late 1960s that sought to combat poverty and revitalize distressed city neighborhoods through comprehensive, community-focused planning and development.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	capital improvement program ⓘ education improvement program ⓘ municipal funding initiative ⓘ public infrastructure program ⓘ
administeredBy	City of Oklahoma City ⓘ linked to: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
appliesToJurisdiction	City of Oklahoma City ⓘ linked to: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States
approvedBy	voters of Oklahoma City ⓘ voters of Oklahoma City ⓘ
beneficiary	residents of Oklahoma City ⓘ
characteristic	pay-as-you-go (no general obligation bonds) ⓘ sales tax-funded ⓘ voter-approved ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
fundingMethod	pay-as-you-go financing ⓘ temporary one-cent sales tax ⓘ temporary sales tax ⓘ
governingBody	Oklahoma City Council ⓘ
hasPart	MAPS 1 ⓘ linked to: MAPS-1 MAPS 3 ⓘ MAPS 4 ⓘ MAPS for Kids ⓘ
implements	capital improvement plan ⓘ
locatedIn	Oklahoma City ⓘ
locationCity	Oklahoma City ⓘ
mainPurpose	Oklahoma City Public Schools capital improvements ⓘ downtown revitalization ⓘ fund major public facilities ⓘ parks and recreation projects ⓘ quality-of-life projects ⓘ support urban development projects ⓘ
notableFor	downtown Oklahoma City revitalization ⓘ large-scale public facilities construction ⓘ
partOf	MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) program ⓘ MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) program ⓘ MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) program ⓘ MAPS (Metropolitan Area Projects) program ⓘ
sector	public infrastructure ⓘ urban development ⓘ
startDate	1993 ⓘ
state	Oklahoma ⓘ
taxType	local option sales tax ⓘ