Waymark / Routes / data.cambridgema.gov Look up tree removal permits issued in Cambridge, MA via the Socrata open-data API
domain: data.cambridgema.gov · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps Use the Socrata SODA2 resource endpoint https://data.cambridgema.gov/resource/vj95-me7d.json for the 'Tree Removal Permits' dataset Apply standard SoQL parameters ($where, $select, $limit, $offset, $order) to filter by date, address, or permit status Register a Socrata app token to avoid low anonymous-tier rate limits for repeated or bulk queries Cross-reference this with Cambridge's municipal tree ordinance if determining whether a specific removal required (and received) a permit Use the Socrata Foundry API docs page for the exact current column list before building a parser, since column names can change without notice Known gotchas This is a single-city permit ledger, not a national or state-level permit registry — coverage is Cambridge, MA only Like all Socrata SODA2 datasets, unauthenticated requests are rate-limited; use an app token for anything beyond ad hoc lookups Permit datasets track approvals, not actual completed removals — a permit record does not confirm the tree was actually removed
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