This point layer contains the police stations within the City of Cambridge.

Envision Cambridge is a community-wide process to develop a comprehensive plan for a more livable, sustainable, and equitable Cambridge. In 2016, Envision Cambridge staff embarked on a listening and visioning campaign to better understand how Cantabrigians view their city and imagine its future.
The Envision Cambridge Street Team collected this data using the project’s Mobile Engagement Station. The Street Team asked participants at various locations across the City and throughout 2016 to mark a large map of Cambridge with their favorite and least favorite places in the city, and where they would like to see future change. Participants marked these locations in green, red, and blue, respectively. Some participants also included comments next to their markings. The Street Team regularly photographed the map. Envision Cambridge staff than translated the markings in those photos into a geospatial dataset using GIS. This dataset shows participant responses that covered specific points. Note that all coordinates listed in this dataset pertain to the topic of discussion rather than the location of the mobile engagement station. For example, the Location column in this dataset might list Fresh Pond as the area in which feedback was collected, but if the feedback pertained to Central Square, then the lat/long coordinates will as well.

Police Response Districts are computer aided dispatch (CAD) reporting areas. All other districts which include police sectors, regions, walking areas, business districts fall within the boundaries of a police response district. These are used Emergency Communication Center (ECC)aka the 911 center to dispatch emergency vehicles and first responders. Police Response Districts are computer aided dispatch (CAD) reporting areas which are used by the Emergency Communication Center (ECC) to dispatch emergency vehicles and first responders.

Police Business Regions are used for response and reporting by Cambridge Public Safety. These are used for reporting, mapping and analysis purposes. There are 8 regions in Cambridge.

Short-term rentals in Cambridge. Short-term rental (STR) refers to the rental of any dwelling unit of bedroom as residential accommodation for a duration of less than 30 consecutive days.

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https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/CDD/CDD_LandUse

Description
This data set derives from several sources. The primary source is a data dump from the VISION assessing data system, which provided data up to date as of January 1, 2012, and is supplemented by information from subsequent building permits and Development Logs. (Use codes provided by this system combine aspects of land use, tax status, and condominium status. In an effort to clarify land use type the data has been cleaned and subdivided to break the original use code into several different fields.) The data set has further been supplemented and updated with development information provided by building permits issued by the Inspectional Services Department and from data found in the Development Log publication. Information from these sources is added to the data set periodically. Land use status is up to date as of the Last Modified date.

Differences From “Official” Parcel Layer

The Cambridge GIS system maintains a separate layer of land parcels reflecting up to date subdivision and ownership. The parcel data associated with the Land Use Data set differs from the “official” parcel layer in a number of cases. For that reason this separate parcel layer is provided to work with land use data in a GIS environment. See the Assessing Department’s Parcel layer for the most up-to-date land parcel boundaries.

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This data is automatically updated on a set schedule. The Socrata edit date may not reflect the actual edit dates in the data. For more details please see the update date on the full metadata page or view the edit date within the data rows.

Fire Ladder Districts are areas which represent both Cambridge Ladder companies housed in fire stations and areas which each ladder truck will be dispatched. Each fire station has Engine companies. Some have Ladder companies. Each Ladder District is used by the Emergency Communication Center (ECC) to dispatch emergency vehicles and first responders.

This dataset contains compliance status and energy and water use data gathered under the Building Energy Use Disclosure Ordinance (BEUDO) program. Property details, energy use and water use data are submitted by property owners or managers whose properties are subject to BEUDO through an online tool called ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager. Parcel level property information is obtained from the City of Cambridge Property Database.

Energy and water use information submitted by property owners and managers is shown for properties that first began reporting data on energy used in 2015. Energy use for the listed Data Year is required to be reported by May of the next year. Properties subject to BEUDO reporting include:
- nonresidential properties 25,000 square feet or more,
- residential properties with 50 or more units and
- municipal properties 10,000 square feet or more.

Reports may include data on one or more buildings. The specific building IDs included (from the Cambridge GIS Building Footprints layer) are listed in the Buildings Included column. The report level is the most detailed level of energy use available - if multiple buildings are included in a report, we do not have energy use on the individual buildings, only the group. Building IDs and what they refer to have changed over time, even for buildings that did not change. To ensure you are using only comparable data when comparing reports over time, you should only make direct comparisons for reports with the same Reporting ID.

Properties with no energy data included are those that were identified as being subject to BEUDO for the given Data Year, but which did not submit a report.

Note that the City of Cambridge makes all efforts to acquire accurate data from BEUDO properties. The data may still contain errors or omissions. Under the 2023 amendments to the BEUDO ordinance, reporters will be required to get third-party verification of their reporting data.

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Description
This layer contains point features of all public libraries in Cambridge. Created for general use by City staff. Used for both mapping and specific identification of buildings with a similar use.

About Edit Dates
This data is automatically updated on a set schedule. The Socrata edit date may not reflect the actual edit dates in the data. For more details please see the update date on the full metadata page or view the edit date within the data rows.

Fire Engine Districts are areas which represent both Cambridge Engine companies housed in fire stations and areas which each engine will be dispatched. Some fire stations have Ladder companies and Rescue units which are represented in a different layer. Each Engine District is used by the Emergency Communication Center (ECC) to dispatch emergency vehicles and first responders.