# shape of Boston

shape of Boston is a boundary representation.

IRI: <https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d1a3-e6b6-7280-b470-55ebe145a1bd>

Type: [geo:Geometry](http://www.opengis.net/ont/geosparql#Geometry), [boundary representation](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/vocab/geo/BoundaryRepresentation)

Location: 42.65380, -78.75568 (box -78.81443, 42.60878, -78.69693, 42.69881; west, south, east, north)

- `adms:identifier`: [census-tiger-feature 2025/0600000US3602907454](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d1a3-e6b6-7280-b470-55f6c8289de1)
- `dcterms:date`: 2025-01-01 (xsd:date)
- `dcterms:source`: [Census TIGER/Line 2025: county subdivisions, state 36](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d1a3-27f7-769c-a1a9-e863f1a6b3cc)
- `geo:asWKT`: <http://www.opengis.net/def/crs/OGC/1.3/CRS83> POLYGON ((-78.813872 42.627285, -78.812902 42.609402, -78.748923 42.609467, -78.697083 42.608785, -78.696934 42.695772, -78.76741 42.696225, -78.767472 42.698808, -78.768441 42.698808, -78.768441 42.69624, -78.814055 42.696514, -78.814427 42.661912, -78.813872 42.627285)) (geo:wktLiteral)
- `geo:hasMetricArea`: 92775243 (xsd:double)
- `prov:wasDerivedFrom`: [evidence from https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2025/COUSUB/tl\_2025\_36\_cousub.zip](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d1a3-e6b5-77c5-8c24-e6db106982ec)
- **simplification tolerance** (`bcgeo:simplificationTolerance`): 25 (xsd:double)

## Elsewhere

- [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=42.65380&mlon=-78.75568#map=14/42.65380/-78.75568) (42.65380, -78.75568)
- [Google Maps](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=42.65380,-78.75568)
- [Source](https://www2.census.gov/geo/tiger/TIGER2025/COUSUB/tl_2025_36_cousub.zip) (www2.census.gov)

## Pointing here

- Default geometry of (1; `geo:hasDefaultGeometry`):
  - [Boston](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-adda-7235-bf4c-d8569a38d326)
- Geometry of (1; `geo:hasGeometry`):
  - [Boston](https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0ca47-adda-7235-bf4c-d8569a38d326)

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Cite as: shape of Boston. bc-ontology, release 0.1.0-rc12, 2026-09-27. https://ontology.bommaritollc.com/id/01a0d1a3-e6b6-7280-b470-55ebe145a1bd
Release 0.1.0-rc12, graph hash a20f66b983549f220c6f061b7e40233771a06aa47a0c0aede95a2a57ee2e9553.