Data were developed to describe the available open space resources within the City of Worcester, MA, for the purposes of updating the City's existing 2005 Open Space Master Plan. Work performed was consistent with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs 'Open Space Planner's Workbook'. Further updates made by the City of Worcester. Data are intended to provide support for needs assessment, community preferences, regulatory compliance, enhanced living, budgetary concerns, zoning, and administration.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

This table of street names is based on the street directory maintained by the Department of Public Works & Parks (DPW&P) of the City of Worcester, MA. For labeling purposes, the unique name identifier, Street Name ID (NEW_NM_ID), corresponds with appropriate road centerline segments in the separate Street Centerlines dataset. To view the Street Directory visit the City of Worcester Street Directory.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

Voting precincts for Worcester, MA that reflect Census 2020 data, finalized by the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth in collaboration with the Worcester City Clerk. These boundaries have been approved by the Local Election District Review Commission (LEDRC) and apply for electoral purposes starting in 2022. The City Councilors elected in the municipal election on November 2, 2021 continued to represent Worcester residents and voters in alignment with the previous 2010 Census-derived boundaries until a new council was elected and sworn in January 2024.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

This dataset is a subset of the MassGIS Libraries layer. It has been projected into the NAD 1983 StatePlane MA FIPS 2001 (US Feet) coordinate system. This dataset contains points which represent locations of all public and some special libraries currently registered with the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners (MBLC). More information: Visit the MassGIS Data: Libraries webpage to learn more.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

This dataset is a subset of the MassGIS Colleges and Universities layer. It has been projected into the NAD 1983 StatePlane MA FIPS 2001 (US Feet) coordinate system. The dataset shows the locations of institutions of higher education in Massachusetts.More information: Visit the MassGIS Data: Colleges and Universities webpage to learn more.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

Polygon feature class representing building footprints in Worcester, MA. Original features digitized from 1998 orthoimagery project and updated from 2003 imagery. Further updates from City of Worcester information.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

This polygon layer complies with L3 of the MassGIS Digital Parcel Standard. Parcel editing is completed as needed based on information from the City of Worcester Assessor.More information: Visit the MassGIS Digital Parcel Standard to learn more.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

Polygons representing municipal parking facilities in the City of Worcester, MA. Originally derived from City building and parking datasets in the City Geographic Information System. Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

Points representing known parcel and/or structure addresses in the City of Worcester, MA. Data sources include field work and City databases. Updated as needed from Department of Public Works & Parks documents. This is not a complete list of addresses.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

Over 25,000 students attend Worcester Public Schools based on geographic boundaries, or several citywide magnet programs, and through in-district choice programs. Students attend schools that are arranged geographically into four distinct quadrants: Burncoat, Doherty, North, and South.More information: Visit the Worcester Public Schools webpage to learn more about their academics, activities, and more.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

This application enables citizens to locate catch basins and fire hydrants for clearing. Data maintained by DPW.

The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Census tracts are small, relatively permanent statistical subdivisions of a county or equivalent entity, and were defined by local participants as part of the 2020 Census Participant Statistical Areas Program. The Census Bureau delineated the census tracts in situations where no local participant existed or where all the potential participants declined to participate. The primary purpose of census tracts is to provide a stable set of geographic units for the presentation of census data and comparison back to previous decennial censuses. Census tracts generally have a population size between 1,200 and 8,000 people, with an optimum size of 4,000 people. When first delineated, census tracts were designed to be homogeneous with respect to population characteristics, economic status, and living conditions. The spatial size of census tracts varies widely depending on the density of settlement. Physical changes in street patterns caused by highway construction, new development, and so forth, may require boundary revisions. In addition, census tracts occasionally are split due to population growth, or combined as a result of substantial population decline. Census tract boundaries generally follow visible and identifiable features. They may follow legal boundaries such as minor civil division (MCD) or incorporated place boundaries in some States and situations to allow for census tract-to-governmental unit relationships where the governmental boundaries tend to remain unchanged between censuses. State and county boundaries always are census tract boundaries in the standard census geographic hierarchy. In a few rare instances, a census tract may consist of noncontiguous areas. These noncontiguous areas may occur where the census tracts are coextensive with all or parts of legal entities that are themselves noncontiguous. For the 2010 Census and beyond, the census tract code range of 9400 through 9499 was enforced for census tracts that include a majority American Indian population according to Census 2000 data and/or their area was primarily covered by federally recognized American Indian reservations and/or off-reservation trust lands; the code range 9800 through 9899 was enforced for those census tracts that contained little or no population and represented a relatively large special land use area such as a National Park, military installation, or a business/industrial park; and the code range 9900 through 9998 was enforced for those census tracts that contained only water area, no land area.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

This dataset includes street centerlines in the City of Worcester, MA. The separate Street Name Table can be joined to this dataset to add the associated street names to the respective street centerlines.The fields "Official" and "Admin" enable users to select or draw centerlines for various purposes. For example, DPW&P maintains the Official Street Map and will use the "Official = yes" to model this. Major Roads are categorized as public streets on the official map (Official = 0 Admin = 0) or interstates, which are not on the official map and administered by other jurisdictions (Official = 1 Admin = 4). Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

Spot elevations display the elevation of a selected point. This data was collected from the 2003 flyover project whose purpose was to update planimetric data. Applied Geographics, Inc (acquired by The Sanborn Company, Inc) managed the project and Chas. H. Sells, Inc. (acquired by WSP) was responsible for the data.The vertical datum associated with this elevation data is NAVD88.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

The City's Zoning Ordinance and Map are tools for land-use planning. Each zone and overlay classification guides the physical development of the City through a set of requirements set forth in the City of Worcester's Zoning Ordinance as amended. As part of the planning data layers, the zoning overlay districts map layer is an integral part of the City of Worcester Geographic Information System. Planning data layers are accessed by personnel in most City departments for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production. More advanced user applications may focus on planning analysis, spatial analysis, presentation output, and review of proposed development. This feature class combines the previously separate Mixed Use Districts and Overlay Districts, with the addition of Local Historic Districts.This map data layer represents the zoning overlay districts for the City of Worcester, Massachusetts as defined by the Zoning Ordinance, Article III, as amended.OVERLAY DISTRICTS: MU: Mixed Use Development FP: Floodplain AE: Airport Environs WR: Water Resources Protection AOD: Arts Overlay District AROD: Adaptive Re-use Overlay District SPOD: Shrewsbury Street Parking Overlay District BCPOD :Blackstone Canal Parking Overlay District CPOD: Chandler Street Parking Overlay District GPOD: Grafton Street Parking Overlay District QPOD: Quinsigamond Village Parking Overlay District DSOD: Downtown/Blackstone Canal Sign Overlay District BSOD: Blackstone River Parkway Sign Overlay District USOD: Union Station View Corridor Sign Overlay District Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost

This document contains details on the terms of use for items found on the City of Worcester, MA, Open Data Portal.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

This layer is updated as needed with data supplied by the WPS Facilities Management Department. It was last updated in February 2024.More Information:Visit the WPS Facilities Management Department webpage to learn more.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

This point dataset represents major highway exit locations, with one point at each interchange for every limited accessroad that has numbered exits in the vicinity of Worcester, MA. The point is located where the two roadways cross. Attributesinclude the exit number and the highway route number associated with each exit. This data has been updated to reflect the 2020-2021 statewide exit renumbering project. Former exit numbers can be found in the 'OLD_EXITNUMBER' field.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

The zoning boundaries map layer is an integral part of the planning data in the City of Worcester Geographic Information System. This data is used by many City Departments in case review, code enforcement, and long range planning. Planning data layers are accessed by personnel in most City departments for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production. More advanced user applications may focus on planning analysis, spatial analysis, presentation output, and review of proposed development. The zoning boundaries data layer is governed by ordinance and is only changed accordingly. The zoning data layer was digitized by L. Robert Kimball & Associates, Inc. as part of a data conversion project in 1995. Further updates have been made by the City of Worcester since that time to reflect ordinance changes.Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.

Finalized by the office of the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth in collaboration with Worcester City Clerk. For electoral purposes, this dataset has been superseded by the Voting Precincts Based on 2020 Census Data dataset which applies starting in 2022. The City Councilors elected in the municipal election on November 2, 2021, continued to represent Worcester residents and voters in alignment with these 2010 census-derived boundaries until a new council was elected and sworn in January 2024. Informing Worcester is the City of Worcester's open data portal where interested parties can obtain public information at no cost.