PRECINCTS
Status: Completed in August 1996
SOURCE/CONVERSION METHODOLOGY
This data layer is developed by Brookline GIS staff, based upon the existing paper maps of the precinct boundaries from the Town Clerk’s Office, Boston Edison Company’s street centerline datalayer, and the parcels datalayer.
COVERAGE NAME
PRECINCT
FEATURE TYPE
POLYGONS
ATTRIBUTES
Polygon Attribute Table (PRECINTC.PAT):
Arc: items precinct.pat
| COLUMN | ITEM NAME | WIDTH | OUTPUT | TYPE* | N.DEC | ALTERNATE NAME | INDEXED? |
| 1 | AREA | 8 | 18 | F | 5 | - | |
| 9 | PERIMETER | 8 | 18 | F | 5 | - | |
| 17 | PRECINCT# | 4 | 5 | B | - | - | |
| 21 | PRECINCT-ID | 4 | 5 | B | - | - | |
| 25 | PREC-CO | 2 | 2 | I | - | - | |
| 27 | PRECINCT | 15 | 15 | C | - | - |
* See Appendix G for detail
Sample records from the PRECINCT polygon attribute table:
2
AREA = 5089154.51390
PERIMETER = 11343.98946
PRECINCT# = 2
PRECINCT-ID = 8
PREC_NO = 8
PRECINCT = PRECINCT NO. 83
AREA = 2611493.09367
PERIMETER = 9881.84822
PRECINCT# = 3
PRECINCT-ID = 2
PREC_NO = 2
PRECINCT = PRECINCT NO. 2
COORDINATE SYSTEM
Massachusetts State Plane North America Datum (NAD) 83 Feet