The Boston ArchiveBoston, Massachusetts

Dataset

Parcels (2015)

City of Boston 2015 parcels created by the Assessing Department. To add ownership information please join the Property…

Dataset

Publisher
Boston Maps
Spatial coverage
Boston, Massachusetts
Fields
71
Keywords
static
Publisher's page
https://data.boston.gov/dataset/parcels-2015

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.

FormatPreservationSizeDigestSource
ArcGIS GeoServices REST APIreferenced——source
CSVunavailable——source
GeoJSONpreserved39531562afad2f1d11b3c8b38b88c34f90950f687a232bd4cedb9a88521b5115000ba4a8source
KMLpreserved414350646d9624b742e56e2a4eb15db2ddd3ce3bddc716a740af3e43af687da40a4490c7source
SHPpreserved459009334f30102d99a165e317c6bdd7eecb5156fb1c0c0e8d45da110e74385b6196c3d5source

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.

ColumnTypeDescription
OID_text
TaxData2015_PIDtext
TaxData2015_CM_IDtext
TaxData2015_GIS_IDtext
TaxData2015_ST_NUMtext
TaxData2015_ST_NAMEtext
TaxData2015_ST_NAME_SUFtext
TaxData2015_UNIT_NUMtext
TaxData2015_ZIPCODEtext
TaxData2015_PTYPEtext
TaxData2015_LUtext
TaxData2015_OWN_OCCtext
TaxData2015_OWNERtext
TaxData2015_MAIL_ADDRESSEEtext
TaxData2015_MAIL_ADDRESStext
TaxData2015_MAIL_CStext
TaxData2015_MAIL_ZIPCODEtext
TaxData2015_AV_LANDtext
TaxData2015_AV_BLDGtext
TaxData2015_AV_TOTALtext
TaxData2015_GROSS_TAXtext
TaxData2015_LAND_SFtext
TaxData2015_YR_BUILTtext
TaxData2015_YR_REMODtext
TaxData2015_GROSS_AREAtext
TaxData2015_LIVING_AREAtext
TaxData2015_NUM_FLOORStext
TaxData2015_STRUCTURE_CLASStext
TaxData2015_R_BLDG_STYLtext
TaxData2015_R_ROOF_TYPtext
TaxData2015_R_EXT_FINtext
TaxData2015_R_TOTAL_RMStext
TaxData2015_R_BDRMStext
TaxData2015_R_FULL_BTHtext
TaxData2015_R_HALF_BTHtext
TaxData2015_R_KITCHtext
TaxData2015_R_HEAT_TYPtext
TaxData2015_R_ACtext
TaxData2015_R_FPLACEtext
TaxData2015_S_NUM_BLDGtext
TaxData2015_S_BLDG_STYLtext
TaxData2015_S_UNIT_REStext
TaxData2015_S_UNIT_COMtext
TaxData2015_S_UNIT_RCtext
TaxData2015_S_EXT_FINtext
TaxData2015_U_BASE_FLOORtext
TaxData2015_U_NUM_PARKtext
TaxData2015_U_CORNERtext

48 of 71 columns are shown here. The complete dictionary, exactly as the publisher words it, is served as its own holding at /asset/4e3981181bed19d815906cd59d5be708/parcels-2015-columns.json — 4845 bytes, SHA-256 4e3981181bed19d8…, under Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0.

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 Parcels (2015), 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 Parcels (2015) 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.

How large is Parcels (2015)?

71 columns, as the publisher's own catalog reports them.

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 Parcels (2015)?

Yes, for 3 of 5 distributions. Each preserved artifact is served at its own address with the digest recorded at retrieval emitted in an x-archive-sha256 header, and is handed over as an attachment: preserved material is evidence, not content, and is never rendered on this origin.

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 Parcels (2015), and under what license?

The Boston Archive holds this record of Parcels (2015) 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). 3 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:parcels-2015
Canonical URL
https://boston.fyi/dataset/parcels-2015
As JSON
https://boston.fyi/dataset/parcels-2015.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
parcels-2015
Attribution
City of Boston
Rights as stated
Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)

Transform ladder

#OperationDescriptionTool
1fetchretrieved the dataset's metadata record from the CKAN package_show endpointarchive-ingest 0.1.0
2normalizemapped the portal's catalog fields onto the archive's Dataset record; the publisher's own wording and column dictionary are preserved verbatimarchive-ingest 0.1.0
3externalize-column-dictionaryThe publisher's 71-column dictionary left the inline page graph and became a preserved holding at /asset/4e3981181bed19d815906cd59d5be708/parcels-2015-columns.json, served verbatim with its own digest. The record's stored field schema is unchanged; the graph now addresses it instead of carrying it.archive-ingest 0.1.0