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Title: Boston, Massachusetts Region, Digital Elevation Model (1:5,000), 2005 - Integer version

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Dates

  • Issued: February 28, 2005
  • Coverage: 2005

Publishers

  • Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS)

Summary

This raster layer represents surface elevation for the Boston Region, Massachusetts. This datalayer is a subset (covering only the Boston region) of the Massachusetts statewide digital elevation model. It was created from the digital terrain models that were produced as part of the 1:5,000 Black and White Digital Orthophoto imagery project. Cellsize is 5 meters by 5 meters. Each cell has an integer value, in meters, which represents its elevation above or below sea level.

Subjects

  • Elevation
  • Massachusetts
  • Boston
  • Acton
  • Arlington
  • Ashland
  • Bedford
  • Belmont
  • Billerica
  • Braintree
  • Brookline
  • Burlington
  • Cambridge
  • Canton
  • Carlisle
  • Chelsea
  • Cohasset
  • Concord
  • Dedham
  • Dover
  • Everett
  • Framingham
  • Hingham
  • Holliston
  • Hull
  • Lexington
  • Lincoln
  • Lynn
  • Lynnfield
  • Malden
  • Marblehead
  • Medfield
  • Medford
  • Melrose
  • Millis
  • Milton
  • Nahant
  • Natick
  • Needham
  • Newton
  • Norwell
  • Norwood
  • Peabody
  • Quincy
  • Randolph
  • Reading
  • Revere
  • Salem
  • Saugus
  • Scituate
  • Sherborn
  • Somerville
  • Stoneham
  • Sudbury
  • Swampscott
  • Wakefield
  • Walpole
  • Waltham
  • Watertown
  • Wayland
  • Wellesley
  • Westford
  • Weston
  • Westwood
  • Weymouth
  • Wilmington
  • Winchester
  • Winthrop
  • Woburn
  • Altitudes
  • imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
  • digital elevation model
  • digital terrain model
  • Datasets

Geospatial coordinates

  • Bounding Box: BBOX (-71.421356, -70.724332, 42.531749, 42.195318)
  • Geometry: BBOX (-71.421356, -70.724332, 42.531749, 42.195318)

Provider

Harvard

Rights

  • Access rights: Restricted

Citation

MassGIS (Office : Mass.). Boston, Massachusetts Region, Digital Elevation Model (1:5,000), 2005 - Integer version. Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS). Raster data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-massgis-5m-dem

Format

GeoTIFF