Dataset
Boston 3D Buildings (Existing)
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 |
Questions this record answers
Each answer is composed only from fields this record carries, and names the attestation for what it says. A question the record cannot answer from its own attested content is not asked here. Where a boundary is described as official it was promulgated by an authority with the power to draw it and is not amended by anything on the vernacular layer; where it is described as vernacular it is held by attestation alone and amends no official boundary.
Who publishes Boston 3D Buildings (Existing), and under what license?
Boston Maps publishes it. The archive accessioned it under Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0 (public domain), and holds the publisher's own column dictionary verbatim rather than reworded into the archive's vocabulary — how a publisher names a column is evidence about the publisher.
Attested by: City of Boston Open Data Portal (Analyze Boston), retrieved 2 September 2026, under Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0.
What does Boston 3D Buildings (Existing) cover?
In space, Boston, Massachusetts.
Attested by: City of Boston Open Data Portal (Analyze Boston), retrieved 2 September 2026, under Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0.
Can the archive hand back the bytes of Boston 3D Buildings (Existing)?
No. The archive holds the record of 2 distribution(s) and not their bytes; each is marked “referenced”, and the archive does not claim a holding it cannot prove.
Attested by: City of Boston Open Data Portal (Analyze Boston), retrieved 2 September 2026, under Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0.
What does the archive hold for Boston 3D Buildings (Existing), and under what license?
The Boston Archive holds this record of Boston 3D Buildings (Existing) from City of Boston Open Data Portal (Analyze Boston), retrieved 2 September 2026, under Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0 (public domain). 2 recorded transforms stand between the retrieved bytes and this record. Attribution is due to City of Boston.
Attested by: City of Boston Open Data Portal (Analyze Boston), retrieved 2 September 2026, under Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0.
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
- 2 · last changed 13 September 2026
Provenance
- Source
- City of Boston Open Data Portal (Analyze Boston) — source of record
- License
- 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 catalog fields onto the archive's Dataset record; the publisher's own wording and column dictionary are preserved verbatim | archive-ingest 0.1.0 |