Dataset
Open Space
Open spaces of conservation and recreation interest in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, regardless of ownership.<div><a href='https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SkXL0mG7ITdqxxQ1Dup5sPqLqycKdZWJdaUCD9K-q6M/edit?usp=sharing' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Open Space…
Dataset
- Publisher
- Boston Maps
- Spatial coverage
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Fields
- 27
- Keywords
- boston, bostonmaps, ckan, open, parks, public, space
- Publisher's page
- https://data.boston.gov/dataset/open-space
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 |
| CSV | referenced | 217370 | 06b552bc0812c751cd0b8ea3aa6fa136a2815243779cf80ab6b62285bc7bd1d9 | source |
| GeoJSON | referenced | 3421054 | ff8f54865751f4f3a45e6dedc6c7ccc10f4196b1eb5149550264d7f0d8f7e70d | source |
| HTML | referenced | — | — | source |
| KML | referenced | 916579 | d379c45fdd0a671b6b8d51ef8fd64dccd34598b25d832706f38b443e099670ed | source |
| SHP | referenced | — | — | source |
Column dictionary
The publisher's own dictionary, preserved verbatim. The archive does not reword a schema into its own vocabulary — how the publisher named a column is evidence about the publisher.
| Column | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
SITE_NAME | text | |
OWNERSHIP | text | |
PROTECTION | text | |
TYPECODE | text | |
DISTRICT | text | |
ACRES | text | |
ADDRESS | text | |
ZonAgg | text | |
TypeLong | text | |
OS_Own_Jur | text | |
OS_Mngmnt | text | |
POS | text | |
PA | text | |
ALT_NAME | text | |
AgncyJuris | text | |
PARK_ID | text | |
REGION | text | |
OS_ID | text | |
F_100ftRule | text | |
ZipCode | text | |
ParcelNumber | text | |
YearAcquired | text | |
STArea__ | text | |
STLength__ | text | |
Shape_Length | text | |
Shape_Area | text | |
shape_wkt | text |
Identity
- Identifier
- urn:lemay:boston:dataset:open-space
- Canonical URL
- https://boston.fyi/dataset/open-space
- As JSON
- https://boston.fyi/dataset/open-space.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
- open-space
- 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 |