zones_poly
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Data_Quality_Information
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
Spatial_Reference_Information
Entity_and_Attribute_Information
Distribution_Information
Metadata_Reference_Information
Identification Information
Section Index
Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (MELURC), Northern Geomantics (comp.)
Publication Date: 20090209
Title: zones_poly
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Series Information:
Series Name: Maine GIS SDE
Issue Identification: Land Use Guidance Maps
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Augusta ME
Publisher: Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Other Citation Details: 1:24.000
Online Linkage: http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/
Description:
Abstract: ZONES_POLY contains polygons of Maine Land Use Regulation Commission's protection and development zones at 1:24000 scale.
Purpose:
Provide current zoning information for permitting, planning, enforcement and compliance issues. Data at this scale is suitable for detailed studies and local planning. Not made for use for scales greater than 1:24000.
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Single Date/Time:
Calendar Date: 2/9/2009
Time of Day: Unknown
Currentness Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: Irregular
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -71.166496
East Bounding Coordinate: -66.956484
North Bounding Coordinate: 47.460072
South Bounding Coordinate: 43.736918
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: Library of Congress Authorities-Theme
Theme Keyword: planningCadastre
Theme Keyword: environment
Theme Keyword: planning
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: Maine GIS Thesaurus - Theme
Theme Keyword: LURC
Theme Keyword: Land Use Regulation Commission
Theme Keyword: unorganized territories
Theme Keyword: land use
Theme Keyword: protection
Theme Keyword: development
Theme Keyword: townships
Theme Keyword: plantations
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: Maine GIS Thesaurus - Place
Place Keyword: Maine
Place Keyword: USA
Stratum:
Stratum Keyword Thesaurus: GCMD Parameter Keyword
Stratum Keyword: human dimensions
Access Constraints: Secondary distribution by permission only. Any secondary distribution must have this documentation appended.
Use Constraints:
This dataset is only a representation of what is on the ground and is not meant for purposes other than reference or queries in conjunction with LURC permitting, planning, enforcement and compliance. Users must assume responsibility in determining the usability of this data for their purposes. Digital maps retain the accuracy of their source materials. The best use of data mapped at scales of 1:500,000 and 1:250,000 is in statewide planning and studies; at 1:100,000 in regional planning and studies; at 1:62,500 and 1:24,000 in detailed studies and local planning; and at 1:12,000 and 1:5,000 or larger scales in parcel level studies and detailed local planning. In the use of Maine GIS data, please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the most recent copy of both data and metadata from the Maine GIS Data Catalog. The Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS) provides notice of updates and corrections directly to the Maine GIS Technical Group and to Maine GIS Users, through the MEGISTECH and MEGISUSER list servers. To subscribe please contact the MEGIS technical support line at (207) 287-6144. To request correction of, or provide updates to, Maine GIS data a feedback form is available at http://megis.maine.gov/, or you may contact MEGIS directly. MEGIS is not responsible for local edits to data or metadata. Updates, corrections, and feedback, incorporated in the Maine GIS database are made in accordance with "Data Standards for Maine Geographic Information Systems", 2002 and coordinated by MEGIS in consultation with the Maine GIS Executive Council.
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: Ellen L Jackson
Contact Organization: Land Use Regulation Commission
Contact Position: Programmer Analyst
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing address
Address: 22 State House Station
City: Augusta
State or Province: ME
Postal Code: 04333
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: 207-287-4943
Contact Facsimile Telephone: 207-287-7439
Contact Electronic Mail Address: ellen.jackson@state.me.us
Hours of Service: 7:30am-4:00pm
Data Set Credit:
Original ArcInfo coverages were developed by Maine Land Use Regulation Commission. Conversion to SDE done by Northern Geomantics, March 2002. Credits should always be given to the data source and/or originator when the data is transferred or printed.
Native Data Set Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.5.1450
Data Quality Information
Section Index
Attribute Accuracy:
Attribute Accuracy Report:
Attribute accuracy is tested by manual comparison of the source with hard copy printouts and/or symbolized display of digital files. Please report errors to the planning division of the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission.
Logical Consistency Report:
ZONES_POLY contains various types of protection and development zones. Protection zone polygons do overlap with each other to portray permitted land use. Protection zone polygons do not overlap with development zone polygons.
Completeness Report: ZONES_POLY polygons cover all the unorganized territories of Maine within LURC's jurisdiction. Dataset is expected to be complete in September 2005.
Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:
Approximate horizontal accuracy is 12 meters, assuming source data meets National Map Accuracy Standards. Horizontal positional accuracy for this digital data is tested by visual comparison to the source with hard copy plots.
Lineage:
Source Information:
Source Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Publication Date: multiple dates
Publication Time: Unknown
Title: (24k) USGS 1:24,000 scale quadrangles
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Series Information:
Series Name: National Mapping Program Standard Series Topographic Maps
Issue Identification: USGS 7.5 Minute Map Series
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Reston VA
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Other Citation Details: 24000 Publication date is unique to each quadrangle in the map series. Standard 7.5x7.5 minute quadrangles cover geographic areas of 49 to 71 square miles. 1 inch at map scale represents 2000 feet.
Online Linkage: http://mapping.usgs.gov/mac/maplists/howtoselectmaps.html
Source Scale Denominator: 24000
Type of Source Media: stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Range of Dates/Times:
Beginning Time: Unknown
Ending Date: Unknown
Ending Time: Unknown
Source Currentness Reference: U.S. Geological Survey
Source Citation Abbreviation: 24K
Source Contribution: Data, from the U.S. Geological Survey 1:24000 scale quadrangles, were used, as base data in the development of ZONES_POLY
Source Information:
Source Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
Publication Date: multiple dates
Title: (15minute) USGS 1:62,500 scale quadrangle maps
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Series Information:
Series Name: USGS 15 Minute Map Series
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Augusta ME
Publisher: Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Source Scale Denominator: 62500
Type of Source Media: paper
Source Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Source Currentness Reference: publication date
Source Contribution: ZONES_POLY were digitized from USGS 15 minute topographic map series paper maps enlarged to 1:1320 for map production.
Source Information:
Source Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS) (comp., ed.)
Publication Date: 19970101
Publication Time: Unknown
Title: roads
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Series Information:
Series Name: Maine GIS
Issue Identification: SDE server; Internet Data Catalog
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Augusta ME
Publisher: Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Other Citation Details:
1:24000 Please note this Maine GIS 1:24000 scale ROADS data is actively being updated by the E911 project. Although ROADS remains available in the Data Catalog, the dataset E911RDS, available under the TOWNS tab is finalized E911 data and more up-to-date.
Online Linkage: http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/
Source Scale Denominator: 24000
Type of Source Media: online
Source Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Source Currentness Reference: publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: roads
Source Contribution: Occasionally the digital roads layer was used to complete the LURC development zones.
Source Information:
Source Citation Abbreviation: ponds
Source Information:
Source Citation Abbreviation: rivers
Source Information:
Source Citation Abbreviation: streams
Process Step:
Process Description:
LURC zoning maps were created initially by researching the permanent and interim public hearing hard copy zoning notes for each town for the explanation of the zones creation. Zone boundaries were hand drafted then digitized from the official 15' mylar land use guidance maps onto the draft mylar 7.5' base map. Process for all zoning map adoption began Feb. 1997 and continues to present. The process includes review and editing by the planning division of the Land Use Regulation Commission. Regular public meetings and hearings are followed by a comment and rebuttal period before official adoption of the map per the board of LURC Commissioners. The map becomes effective fifteen days after adoption.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation: 24K
Process Date: Unknown
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC)
Contact Person: Ellen L Jackson
Contact Position: Programmer Analyst
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing address
Address: 22 SHS
City: Augusta
State or Province: ME
Postal Code: 04333
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: 207 287 4943
Contact Electronic Mail Address: ellen.jackson@maine.gov
Hours of Service: 0730 - 1600 est
Process Step:
Process Description: zone_poly was created as an SDE layer by contractor Northern Geomantics.
Process Date: 03/01/2002
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: (MEDOCLURC) Maine Department of Conservation Land Use Regulation Commission
Contact Person: Ellen Jackson
Contact Position: Programmer Analyst
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing address
Address: SHS 22
City: Augusta
State or Province: ME
Postal Code: 04333
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: (207) 287-4943
Contact Electronic Mail Address: Ellen.Jackson@state.me.us
Process Step:
Process Description: The field IDENTIFIER was changed by LURC to IDENTIFIER_1. After updating the data & metadata were published on the MEGIS Data Catalog.
Process Date: 4/8/09
Process Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Person Primary:
Contact Person: Ellen Jackson
Contact Organization: Maine Land Use Regulation Commission
Contact Position: Programmer Analyst
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical address
Address:
Department of Conservation - LURC
18 Elkins Lane
22 SHS
City: Augusta
State or Province: ME
Postal Code: 04330
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: (207) 287-4943
Contact TDD/TTY Telephone: (888) 557-6690
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (207) 287-7439
Contact Electronic Mail Address: ellen.jackson@maine.gov
Hours of Service: 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM
Cloud Cover: 0
Spatial Data Organization Information
Section Index
Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
Point and Vector Object Information:
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: G-polygon
Point and Vector Object Count: 223054
Spatial Reference Information
Section Index
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
Geographic:
Latitude Resolution: 0
Longitude Resolution: 0
Geodetic Model:
Semi-major Axis: 0
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 0
Vertical Coordinate System Definition:
Altitude System Definition:
Altitude Resolution: 1.000000
Altitude Encoding Method: Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
Entity and Attribute Information
Section Index
Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: Zones_Poly
Entity Type Definition: Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Attribute:
Attribute Label: AESHADE
Attribute Definition: Cartographic plotting shade pattern
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute Label: COUNTY
Attribute Definition: Name of Maine county
Attribute Definition Source: Maine GIS GEOCODES table
Attribute:
Attribute Label: LURCZONE
Attribute Definition: Name of zone
Attribute Definition Source: LURC
Attribute:
Attribute Label: OBJECTID
Attribute Definition: Internal feature number.
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SHAPE
Attribute Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SHAPE.AREA
Attribute Definition: area of feature in square meters
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute:
Attribute Label: SHAPE.LEN
Attribute Definition: Length of feature boundary in meters
Attribute Definition Source: ESRI
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute Label: TOWNNAME
Attribute Definition: Maine town name
Attribute Definition Source: Maine GIS GEOCODES table
Attribute Domain Values:
Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Distribution Information
Section Index
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: (MEGIS) Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Contact Position: GIS Coordinator
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing address
Address: State House Station 145
City: Augusta
State or Province: ME
Postal Code: 04333-0145
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: (207) 624-7700
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (207) 287-3842
Hours of Service: Monday through Friday 0800 - 1700 EST
Resource Description: Downloadable Data
Distribution Liability:
Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data for their purposes. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems, no warranty expressed or implied is made by MEGIS regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Neither the Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems, nor any of its contributors, is liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets.
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Format Version Number: ARC Version 9.x
Format Specification: ArcView Shapefile Format
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MEGIS has made all vector layers, in the Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog, available in ESRI's ArcView shapefile format. A shapefile is a simple non-topological format that stores the geometry and attribute information for a set of geographic features as a set of vector (point, line, polygon) coordinates. Shapefiles draw quickly and directly in ArcView, ArcGIS, ArcExplorer. Shapefiles are a compatible data type for many other types of GIS software. Three files are fundamental to each shapefile: .shp stores the feature geometry (shape and location information); .shx stores the index of the feature geometry; .dbf a dBASE (TM) file stores the attribute information for the features. Other index files may be created to help speed analysis and query: these file formats are .sbn .sbx .ain .aix .fbn and .fbx. In addition you may find projection .prj, and metadata .xml, files associated with shapefiles.
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These data are available to Internet browsers for download from the Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog. Data available from this website is in .zip compressed format. WinZip is a Windows based, PKZip-compatible compression utility. You will need a program like this to extract the data. A link to a trial copy WinZip software is available at http://megis.maine.gov/links/. If you are not already a GIS user, free software for viewing these files is available from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI). See http://megis.maine.gov/links/ for a link to ArcExplorer 9.x .
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MEGIS has made all layers, in the Internet Data Catalog, available in ESRI's ArcView shapefile format. A shapefile is a simple non-topological format that stores the geometry and attribute information for a set of geographic features as a set of vector (point, line, polygon) coordinates. Shapefiles draw quickly and directly in ArcView, ArcGIS, and ArcExplorer; an existing ARC/INFO coverage can be converted to a shapefile by export; other spatial data formats can be converted to shapefiles. Three files are created for each shapefile: .shp stores the feature geometry (shape and location information); .shx stores the index of the feature geometry; .dbf a dBASE (TM) file stores the attribute information for the features. Other index files may be created to help speed analysis and query: these file formats are .sbn .sbx .ain .aix .fbn and .fbx. In addition you may find projection .prj, and metadata .xml, files associated with shapefiles. CAUTION: When you edit an existing theme or shapefile you are creating a new version of a source; give your version a new name or a version identifier to reflect your edits. Be prepared to fully document your sources and to both quantify and qualify the edits you make in order to facilitate coordination with other data sources. PLEASE NOTE: conversion to shapefile format changes some characters ( # - .) to underscores; item names over 10 characters are truncated. An effort will be made over time to consider these limitations in item names, and to eliminate the use of these characters in Maine GIS data development. It should not be assumed that a conversion from shapefile back to coverage will produce the same data. The results of such a conversion are greatly improved by the use of PRECISION setting DOUBLE, DOUBLE and careful management of tolerances. Shapefiles tolerate overlapping features, coverages maintain these with correct attribution only if a REGIONS subclass is specified and retained.
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These data are available to Internet browsers for download from the Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog. All data available from this website is in .zip compressed format. WinZip is a Windows based, PKZip-compatible compression utility. You will need a program like this to extract the data. A link to a trial copy WinZip software is available at http://megis.maine.gov/software.asp. If you are not already a GIS user, a link to free software for import and viewing of these files, Import71 and ArcExplorer from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI), is available at http://megis.maine.gov/software.asp.
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An Arc/Info export file is an interchange format used to transfer spatial data, INFO data files, and other ESRI ARC/INFO files between various machine types. Export files have the suffix .e00 and contain, in fixed-length ASCII format, all spatial information available for each feature. The command IMPORT is available in A/I to convert the export file to original format, i.e. coverage, grid, or other spatial data file. Import will add a spatial data file and a related INFO file to a machine directory. ESRI's ArcView is packaged with an import utility called IMPORT71 for the same export file conversion. The utility is also available through the FREE software link on the Maine GIS Data Catlaog under "CDProducts" at http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/ or from ESRI at http://www.esri.com/. CARE MUST BE TAKEN after import, not to separate the spatial information from its related INFO file. Since export files are in ASCII format make sure any file transfer method like FTP is executed under ASCII mode. Binary transfer will not work correctly.
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MEGIS will soon make all data in the internet Data Catalog available in ESRI's ArcView shapefile format. This additional format will first be available for E911 data under the TOWNS tab. A shapefile is a simple non-topological format that stores the geometry and attribute information for a set of geographic features as a set of vector (point, line, polygon) coordinates. Shapefiles draw quickly and directly in ArcView; you can create your own data using the shapefile format; an existing ARC/INFO coverage can be converted to a shapefile; other spatial data formats can be converted to shapefiles. Three files are created for each shapefile: .shp stores the feature geometry (shape and location information); .shx stores the index of the feature geometry; .dbf a dBASE (TM) file stores the attribute information for the features. Other index files may be created to help speed analysis and query: these file formats are .sbn .sbx .ain .aix .fbn and .fbx. In addition you may find projection .prj, and metadata .xml, files associated with shapefiles. CAUTION: When you edit an existing theme or shapefile you are creating a new dataset or at least a new version of a dataset; give the dataset a new name or a version identifier to reflect your edits. Be prepared to fully document your sources and to both quantify and qualify the edits you make in order to facilitate coordination with other data sources. PLEASE NOTE: conversion to shapefile format changes some characters ( # - .) to underscores; item names over 10 characters are truncated. An effort will be made over time to consider these limitations in item names, and to eliminate the use of these characters in Maine GIS data development. It should not be assumed that a conversion from shapefile back to coverage would produce the same data file as found in the original coverage format. The results of such a conversion are greatly improved by the use of PRECISION setting DOUBLE, DOUBLE and careful management of tolerances.
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Metadata Reference Information
Section Index
Metadata Date: 2/9/2009
Metadata Review Date: 2/9/2009
Metadata Future Review Date: 1/1/2010
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC)
Contact Person: Ellen L Jackson
Contact Position: Programmer Analyst
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing address
Address: 22 SHS
City: Augusta
State or Province: ME
Postal Code: 04333
Country: USA
Contact Voice Telephone: 207 287 4943
Contact Electronic Mail Address: ellen.jackson@maine.gov
Hours of Service: 0730 - 1600 est
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time
Metadata Extensions:
Online Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
Profile Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
SMMS Metadata report generated Thursday, 30/April/2009