Commercial Property: Boston Assessing Department, 1992, Tract Level

Metadata:

Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Online_Linkage: ASSESCMT.dbf
Originator: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Publication_Date: 1998
Title:
Commercial Property: Boston Assessing Department, 1992, Tract Level
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Cambridge
Publisher: State of Massachusetts
Description:
Abstract:
Covers commercial property. The City of Boston's Assessing Department is responsible for determining the value of a commercial or residential property. The amount of property taxes paid by the property's owner is determined by the assessed value of the property and building. - These files cover 5,528 commercial parcels in the city of Boston, including commercial, commercial condominiums and industrial parcels. Commercial land is not included. - The total assessed value of commercial land in 1992 was $1,904,882,900. - The total assessed value of commercial property in 1992 was $5,366,062,516.
Purpose: See abstract
Supplemental_Information: None
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Theme_Keyword: Real Estate
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: City of Boston
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1992
Currentness_Reference: None
Native_Data_Set_Environment: ArcView version 3.0b Table
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.19146
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.84979
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.39946
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.22656
Access_Constraints: Distribution to Harvard students and staff only
Use_Constraints: Use by Harvard students and staff only.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Harvard Graduadte School of Design
Contact_Person: Paul Cote
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 48 Quincy Street
City: Cambridge
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02138
Country: U.S.A.
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (617) 496-0546
Browse_Graphic:
Browse_Graphic_File_Name: None
Browse_Graphic_File_Description: None
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: None
Data_Set_Credit: Boston Assessing
Data_Quality_Information:
Logical_Consistency_Report: None
Completeness_Report: None
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Boston Foundation
Publication_Date: 1993
Title: Boston Children and Families Database
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Boston, Masssachusetts
Publisher: Boston Foundation
Other_Citation_Details:
Datasets in the children and families database were collected from many different sources. Each source was normalized by census tract, blockgroup or zipcode by some folks at Northeastern University. For details on this process and on the Children and Families Database, consult the full documentation provided in bfppp3.doc which should be in the same directory as the tables.
Online_Linkage: None
Source_Scale_Denominator: 250000
Type_of_Source_Media: digital maps and tables
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1992
Source_Currentness_Reference: None
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Children and Families Database
Source_Contribution: data
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Data was converted from the Lotus WK1 files provided by the Children and Families database to dbase files for better compatibility with Arcview. Occasionally, the numeric census geography IDs were converted from numbers in order to facilitate joins.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Children and Families Database
Process_Date: 1997
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Paul Cote
Contact_Organization: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 48 Quincy Street
City: Cambridge
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 02138
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: NA
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pbcote@gsd.harvard.edu
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Table
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
Planar:
Grid_Coordinate_System:
Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983
State_Plane_Coordinate_System:
SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 2001
Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
Standard_Parallel: 41.71667
Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -71.50000
Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 41.0000
False_Easting: 200000.0000
False_Northing: 750000.00000
Planar_Coordinate_Information:
Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
Coordinate_Representation:
Abscissa_Resolution: 1
Ordinate_Resolution: 1
Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Overview_Description:
Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
The entities in this dataset are attributes of 1990 census tracts. To be mapped, these attributes must be joined with an appropriate database of tract polygons.
Entity_and_Attribute_Detail_Citation: None
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: ASSESCMT.dbf
Entity_Type_Definition: Shapefile Attribute Table
Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tract
Attribute_Definition: Census Tract
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 1.000
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1404.000
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: n/a
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Numres
Attribute_Definition:
Number of commercial parcels-includes commercial, commercial condo, industrial, - commercial land not included.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 770
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcondcex
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels in excellent condition-also see next column.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 9
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcondre
Attribute_Definition:
Number of parcels with excellent condition rating-also see previous column- these can be added for a total.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcondcvg
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels in very good condition.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 26
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcondrg
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels in good condition.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 103
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcondcav
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels in average condition-see next column.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 81
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcondra
Attribute_Definition:
Number of parcels with average condition rating-see previous column-these may be added together.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcondcf
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels in fair condition.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 38
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcondcp
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels in poor condition.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 11
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcondcvp
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels in very poor condition.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcondcus
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels in unsound condition.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 5
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcondmis
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels with missing condition rating.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 510
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tbuilda
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels with abandoned status.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcbuildp
Attribute_Definition: Number parcels partial abandoned status.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcbuildb
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels burned out.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcbuildd
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels boarded and abandoned.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcbuildr
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels renovation status.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcbuildc
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels new construction.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tcbuildo
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels status not applicable-see next column.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Trbuilda
Attribute_Definition:
Number of parcels status not applicable-see previous column-these may be added.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Tbuldmis
Attribute_Definition: Number of parcels with status missing.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 770
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Parcels
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Numpkg
Attribute_Definition: Number of off street parking spaces.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 0
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: Spaces
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Totland
Attribute_Definition: Total land value.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 629978300
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: US_Dollars
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Totprop
Attribute_Definition: Total property value.
Attribute_Definition_Source: User Defined
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Range_Domain:
Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
Range_Domain_Maximum: 1920307212
Attribute_Units_of_Measure: US_Dollars
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 19980801
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Paul Cote
Contact_Organization: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 48 Quiny Street
City: Cambridge
State_or_Province: MA
Postal_Code: 02138
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (617) 496-0546
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pbcote@gsd.harvard.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608
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