Memorial Poles

View full metadata:

https://www.cambridgema.gov/GIS/gisdatadictionary/Landmark/LANDMARK_MemorialPoles

Description

This point layer contains memorial poles, markers, and plaques installed in the City of Cambridge that commemorate extraordinary citizens and those who have died or been reported missing in combat.

Purpose

Created in response to a 2004 City Council order to inventory existing memorial poles, to better manage their number and distribution.

About Edit Dates

This data is automatically updated on a set schedule. The Socrata edit date may not reflect the actual edit dates in the data. For more details please see the update date on the full metadata page or view the edit date within the data rows.

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"cambridgema-gov/memorial-poles-qn5n-giyy\".\"memorial_poles\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.