Dataset
Boston 3D Buildings (Existing)
<div>This 3D scene layer is the authoritative layer representing the existing conditions of the City of Boston in 3D. This scene layer is updated on an as-needed basis with handmade and procedurally generated models of the existing structures. Last updated: June…
Dataset
- Publisher
- Boston Maps
- Spatial coverage
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Keywords
- 3D, Existing, Urban, daily
- Publisher's page
- https://data.boston.gov/dataset/boston-3d-buildings-existing
Artifacts
“Preserved” means the archive holds the bytes and their digest. “Referenced” means it holds the record of them and nothing more. The archive does not claim a holding it cannot prove.
| Format | Preservation | Size | Digest | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ArcGIS GeoServices REST API | referenced | — | — | source |
| HTML | referenced | — | — | source |
Identity
- Identifier
- urn:lemay:boston:dataset:boston-3d-buildings-existing
- Canonical URL
- https://boston.fyi/dataset/boston-3d-buildings-existing
- As JSON
- https://boston.fyi/dataset/boston-3d-buildings-existing.json
- Version
- 1 · last changed 2 September 2026
Provenance
- Source
- City of Boston Open Data Portal (Analyze Boston) — source of record
- Licence
- Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0 (public_domain)
- Retrieved
- 2 September 2026
- Source identifier
- boston-3d-buildings-existing
- Attribution
- City of Boston
- Rights as stated
- Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)
Transform ladder
| # | Operation | Description | Tool |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fetch | retrieved the dataset's metadata record from the CKAN package_show endpoint | archive-ingest 0.1.0 |
| 2 | normalize | mapped the portal's catalogue fields onto the archive's Dataset record; the publisher's own wording and column dictionary are preserved verbatim | archive-ingest 0.1.0 |