BLOCKS
Status: Completed in Spring, 1997

SOURCE/CONVERSION METHODOLOGY

This data layer is created by Brookline GIS staff through dissolving the GIS parcels data layer based upon the assessor’s block IDs.

COVERAGE NAME

BLOCKS

FEATURE TYPE

POLYGONS

ATTRIBUTES

BLOCKS Polygon Attribute Table (BLOCKS.PAT):

Col Description Item name Width Output Width Type* No. of Dec. Alt.

name

Indexed?
1 ARC/INFO AREA 8 18 F 5    
9 INTERNAL PERIMETER 8 18 F 5    
17 ITEMS BLOCKS# 4 5 B      
21 | BLOCKS-ID 4 5 B      
25 BLOCK ID BLOCK 10 10 C      

* See Appendix G for detail

COORDINATE SYSTEM

Massachusetts State Plane North America Datum (NAD) 83 Feet