The Economic Development Division maintains a listing and map of Cambridge companies working in the life sciences, high tech, and clean energy sectors. The listing is not intended as a comprehensive source for businesses information. The data is sourced from news items, real estate industry market reports and industry associations, such as MassBIO and New England Clean Energy Council.

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https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Boundary/BOUNDARY_CDDNeighborhoods

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Created for the establishment of neighborhood planning groups, administration of Community Development Block Group )(CDBG) programs, Community Development Department (CDD) staff allocation, and for mapping and analysis purposes.

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https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Recreation/RECREATION_BikeFacilities

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This line layer indicates streets within the City of Cambridge that have pavement markings or construction features that facilitate bicycle use. It also contains multi-purpose paths where bicycles can be used off the street.

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https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Recreation/RECREATION_OpenSpace

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This polygon layer contains open space areas within the City of Cambridge. These areas include publicly accessible land that is intended for active or passive recreational use, along with other undeveloped land of natural, scenic, or cultural value. Created for planning purposes, mapping, analysis, and public information.

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List of permits for new building construction in Cambridge. This dataset derives from Cambridge's ViewPoint permitting system.

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https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Basemap/BASEMAP_Buildings

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City of Cambridge, MA, GIS basemap development project encompasses the land area of City of Cambridge with a 200-foot fringe surrounding the area and Charles River shoreline towards Boston. The basemap data was developed at 1" = 40' mapping scale using digital photogrammetric techniques. Planimetric features; both man-made and natural features like vegetation, rivers have been depicted. These features are important to all GIS/mapping applications and publication. A set of data layers such as Buildings, Roads, Rivers, Utility structures, 1 ft interval contours are developed and represented in the geodatabase. The features are labeled and coded in order to represent specific feature class for thematic representation and topology between the features is maintained for an accurate representation at the 1:40 mapping scale for both publication and analysis. The basemap data has been developed using procedures designed to produce data to the National Standard for Spatial Data Accuracy (NSSDA) and is intended for use at 1" = 40 ' mapping scale. Where applicable, the vertical datum is NAVD1988.

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This project was done in house as part of the Master Address Project. Thorough field checks have been carried out to ensure accuracy. Crosschecks have been made with various departments, including Assessing, Community Development, Elections, Emergency Communications, Inspectional Services, and Public Works. Each address point has attribute information including addresses, unique tax parcel ID and building ID which is useful for many different city departments for their respective systems and tools. Aside from housing and business addresses the following have also been included in this layer:Empty lots for potential addressesParks and open space addressesCall box locations

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https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/License/LICENSE_Taxicabstands

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Created for the License Commission. Includes location, hours, and number of spaces for each Taxi Stand location in the city. Taxi Stand locations around the City of Cambridge.

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List of permits for new building construction in Cambridge. This dataset derives from Cambridge's ViewPoint permitting system.

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https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Landmark/LANDMARK_PublicSchools

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This layer contains point features of all Cambridge public schools. Created for general use by City staff. Used for both mapping and specific identification of buildings with a similar use. Also used by emergency responders for evacuation and if the school is a designated shelter.

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