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Title: Boston, MA (Sidewalk Line Blocks, 2000)

  • Polygon data
  • 2000
Contributors:

Dates

  • Issued: January 01, 2000
  • Coverage: January 01, 2000
  • Coverage: 2000

Publishers

  • Boston Redevelopment Authority

Summary

This layer represents blocks for the City of Boston. However, instead of using street centerlines, this files constructs blocks from sidewalk lines. The correpondence between these block groups and their respective geographies are approximate. There are some blocks that straddle two adjoining ZIP codes, planning districts or neighborhood areas.

Subjects

  • Massachusetts--Boston
  • City blocks
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.191125, -70.986015, 42.397606, 42.227294)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-71.191125, -70.986015, 42.397606, 42.227294)

Provider

GIS Lab, MIT Libraries

Rights

  • Access rights: Public

Citation

Boston Redevelopment Authority. Boston, MA (Sidewalk Line Blocks, 2000). Boston Redevelopment Authority. Polygon data. https://geodata.libraries.mit.edu/record/gismit:US_MA_BOSTON_E25SDWLK_2000

Format

Shapefile

Languages

  • eng