This map displays 2018 zoning in the area around Dorchester Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. This zoning information is useful to the PLAN South Boston Dorchester Avenue report, which contains the history, current conditions, outreach initiatives, goals, and objectives of a proposed plan to create a new mixed-use urban district in Boston, Massachusetts.This map is intended for use in the Storify a planning report tutorial, which details the process of creating a story in ArcGIS StoryMaps for the plan. The story includes maps and a scene that showcase the proposed district. In particular, this map is used in a web app that compares current zoning to the plan's proposed zoning. The plan itself was created by the Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA).

Boston Neighborhood Boundaries represent a combination of zoning neighborhood boundaries, zip code boundaries and 2010 census tract boundaries. These boundaries are used in the broad sense for visualization purposes, research analysis and planning studies. However these boundaries are not official neighborhood boundaries for the City of Boston. The BPDA is not responsible for any districts or boundaries within the City of Boston except for the districts we use for planning purposes.

This data set contains a series of administrative geographies utilized by the City of Boston, including: traditional neighborhoods defined by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA Neighborhood Statistical Areas, BPDA Planning Districts); election board regions (City Council Districts, Election Precincts, Election Wards); and districts for City operations (Fire Districts, ISD Neighborhoods, Police Districts, Public Works Districts, and ZIP Codes). For each we include a shape file with unique identifiers. These geographic files were obtained from the City of Boston Department of Innovation and Technology’s Analyze Boston data hub site: https://data.boston.gov/. Information pertaining to these files can be found in the most recent documentation for the "Geographical Infrastructure for the City of Boston." Note: These geographies are the most recent updated versions at the time of the release of the most recent Geographical Infrastructure for the City of Boston.