This polygon layer contains buildings, sites, structures, objects, and districts that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of their importance to American history, culture, or archaeology. National Register designation means that changes to these places must be reviewed if federal or state funds, permits, or licenses are used.
This layer was created for general use by the Cambridge Historical Commission (CHC) and for public distribution. Created for reference purposes as a digital companion to the hard copy National Register atlas kept on file by the CHC.

For more information and download links see:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Historical/HISTORICAL_NationalRegisterHistoricPlaces.aspx

Addresses of buildings, businesses, parks, and open spaces in the City of Cambridge. This dataset contains the complete list of addresses in Cambridge, along with each address's geospatial coordinates and relevant administrative boundaries (e.g., Census block, polling district, public safety area). The dataset does not include individual apartment units.The dataset is sourced from Cambridge's master address and GIS databases. Shapefiles for this data and other Cambridge geospatial data can be found on on the City's GIS Data Dictionary at https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary

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

For more information and download links see:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Landmark/LANDMARK_YouthCenters.aspx

This point layer is are all of the Cobrahead street lights which will be replaced throughout the summer of 2014. There are other types of lights in the City which are not included in this GIS layer. Decorative street lights which will be replaced in 2015, and lights owned by others (DCR, Universities, & private) have not been verified for accuracy yet and will be included in a future update of this layer.

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

Description
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 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.

This polygon layer contains buildings, sites, structures, objects, and districts that have been placed on the National Register of Historic Places in recognition of their importance to American history, culture, or archaeology. National Register designation means that changes to these places must be reviewed if federal or state funds, permits, or licenses are used.
This layer was created for general use by the Cambridge Historical Commission (CHC) and for public distribution. Created for reference purposes as a digital companion to the hard copy National Register atlas kept on file by the CHC.

For more information and download links see:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Historical/HISTORICAL_NationalRegisterHistoricPlaces.aspx

This polygon layer contains the two elective districts for congressmen in Cambridge in the United State Congress. This layer was created for general use by the Cambridge Election Commission and for public distribution. There are two congressional districts in Cambridge, one of which is in the middle of another one.

For more information and download links see:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/gis/gisdatadictionary/elections/elections_congressionaldistricts.aspx

This layer contains point features of all Commercial parking lots in the City of Cambridge. These include private and municipal lots and garages and their addresses. Created for general use by City staff. Used for both mapping and specific identification of parking lot locations.

For more information and download links see:
http://www.cambridgema.gov/gis/gisdatadictionary/traffic/traffic_commercialparking.aspx

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

Description
This Polygon layer contains the boundaries of the five United States Postal Service (USPS) ZIP code areas in the city of Cambridge.

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.

View full metadata https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Address/ADDRESS_AddressPoints

Description
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

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.