Geographical Infrastructure for the City of Boston

This database includes the universe of places in Boston, MA at eight levels. In order of size, it includes: parcels; addresses and intersections (separate files), streets (Census TIGER line data), Census blocks, Census block groups (CBGs), Census tracts, Neighborhood Statistical Areas (NSAs) and Neighborhoods (as defined by the Boston Redevelopment Authority). These make for an infrastructure to facilitate the measurement of the social and demographic characteristics of Boston's neighborhoods at various levels. All files are included as an .xlsl and as a .shp (for GIS). There are also a set of geolocators, enabling users to incorporate new data into the infrastructure. More information, particularly about item attributes, and the nature of hierarchical nesting, is included in the database guide.