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Historic Sites (GEOJSON)

Updated 6 months ago

NHB (National Heritage Board)
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    }
  },
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      }
    },
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      "properties": {
        "Name": "kml_3",
        "Description": "<center><table><tr><th colspan='2' align='center'><em>Attributes</em></th></tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>LANDYADDRESSPOINT</th> <td>33000.8</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>LANDXADDRESSPOINT</th> <td>30619.59</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSBLOCKHOUSENUMBER</th> <td>366</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>PHOTOURL</th> <td>https://roots.sg/~/media/Roots/Images/historic-sites/073-sakya-muni-buddha-gaya-temple/073-sakya-muni-buddha-gaya-temple.png</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>NAME</th> <td>Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>HYPERLINK</th> <td>https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/historic-sites/sakya-muni-buddha-gaya-temple</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>DESCRIPTION</th> <td>Vutthisara, a monk from Thailand, founded the temple in 1927. This site is selected as both Indians and Chinese in an area predominantly settled it. It houses a Buddha statue of 15m talls and weighing 300 tonnes.</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>ADDRESSUNITNUMBER</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSTYPE</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>ADDRESSSTREETNAME</th> <td>Race Course Road</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSBUILDINGNAME</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>ADDRESSPOSTALCODE</th> <td>218636</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSFLOORNUMBER</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>INC_CRC</th> <td>58CAF750CFF84DF4</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>FMEL_UPD_D</th> <td>20210305144718</td> </tr></table></center>"
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      }
    },
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      "type": "Feature",
      "properties": {
        "Name": "kml_4",
        "Description": "<center><table><tr><th colspan='2' align='center'><em>Attributes</em></th></tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>LANDYADDRESSPOINT</th> <td>30193.19</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>LANDXADDRESSPOINT</th> <td>30269.83</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSBLOCKHOUSENUMBER</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>PHOTOURL</th> <td>https://roots.sg/~/media/Nhb/Images/Places/Historic%20Sites/indian_national_army-76-Indian-National-Army-Memorial.jpg</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>NAME</th> <td>Indian National Army Memorial</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>HYPERLINK</th> <td>https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/historic-sites/indian-national-army-memorial</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>DESCRIPTION</th> <td>The local INA, influenced by Subhas Chandra Bose, was formed in 1942 with Japanese support, with the aim of liberating India from British.</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>ADDRESSUNITNUMBER</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSTYPE</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>ADDRESSSTREETNAME</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSBUILDINGNAME</th> <td>Queen Elizabeth Walk Esplanade Park, near Cenotaph</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>ADDRESSPOSTALCODE</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSFLOORNUMBER</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>INC_CRC</th> <td>923BDF01F4BA7FB8</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>FMEL_UPD_D</th> <td>20210305144718</td> </tr></table></center>"
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    },
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      "type": "Feature",
      "properties": {
        "Name": "kml_5",
        "Description": "<center><table><tr><th colspan='2' align='center'><em>Attributes</em></th></tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>LANDYADDRESSPOINT</th> <td>30154.05605</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>LANDXADDRESSPOINT</th> <td>30261.82424</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSBLOCKHOUSENUMBER</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>PHOTOURL</th> <td>https://roots.sg/~/media/Nhb/Images/Places/Historic%20Sites/queen_elizabeth-77-Queen-Elizabeth-Walk.jpg</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>NAME</th> <td>Queen Elizabeth Walk</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>HYPERLINK</th> <td>https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/historic-sites/queen-elizabeth-walk</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>DESCRIPTION</th> <td>This was the site of sporting activities in the early days and became popular with families. In 1953, as part of the Coronation Celebrations, the seafront promenade was refurbished and renamed Queen Elizabeth Walk.</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>ADDRESSUNITNUMBER</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSTYPE</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>ADDRESSSTREETNAME</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSBUILDINGNAME</th> <td>Junction of Promenade Linking Esplanade Theatres and Queen Elizabeth Walk, Esplanade Park</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>ADDRESSPOSTALCODE</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSFLOORNUMBER</th> <td></td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>INC_CRC</th> <td>6BB48C683AAF5AE5</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>FMEL_UPD_D</th> <td>20210305144718</td> </tr></table></center>"
      },
      "geometry": {
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        "coordinates": [
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        ]
      }
    },
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "properties": {
        "Name": "kml_6",
        "Description": "<center><table><tr><th colspan='2' align='center'><em>Attributes</em></th></tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>LANDYADDRESSPOINT</th> <td>31274.50637</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>LANDXADDRESSPOINT</th> <td>29585.05425</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>ADDRESSBLOCKHOUSENUMBER</th> <td>2</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>PHOTOURL</th> <td>https://roots.sg/~/media/Roots/Images/historic-sites/033-japanese-propaganda-department/033-japanese-propaganda-department.png</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"#E3E3F3\"> <th>NAME</th> <td>Japanese Propaganda Department</td> </tr><tr bgcolor=\"\"> <th>HYPERLINK</th> <td>https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/Places/hi

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_31e16b12809e66673e90d8b04fdee1b2"
url = "https://api-open.data.gov.sg/v1/public/api/datasets/" + dataset_id + "/poll-download"
        
response = requests.get(url)
json_data = response.json()
if json_data['code'] != 0:
    print(json_data['errMsg'])
    exit(1)

url = json_data['data']['url']
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.text)

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

National Heritage Board. (2018). Historic Sites (GEOJSON) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_31e16b12809e66673e90d8b04fdee1b2/view

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Created on

26 Dec 2018

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