The other day I discovered (actually someone had told me about this, I just never knew where or how to find it) the map of Newburyport that has all kinds of information on it.

You can pick a spot and zoom in on it. That way you can see all the land in the Historic District that is not developed, but could be developed.

It also gives you all kinds of information on each parcel of land.

It is called the “Geographical Information System” or GIS.

You can get to it by going to the City of Newburyport’s website:
“http://www.cityofnewburyport.com “…going to the section on the side that says “City Online”…and then pressing the link that says “Geographical Information System.”

Or you can go directly to the site, “City of Newburyport WebGIS”
which is: “http://gis.nbpt.us.”

It’s very interesting stuff.

Mary Eaton, Newburyport