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BOATLNCH provides digital mapping of Maine boating facilities on both coastal and inland waters, and shows the locations of state-managed and state-assisted boat launches in Maine.
BOATLNCH depicts state-managed and state-assisted boating facility locations throughout Maine at 1:24000 scale or better recorded by the Boating Facilities Division of the Bureau of Parks & Lands. Maine's Bureau of Parks and Lands, Maine's Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife and land owners provide access to lakes, ponds, rivers, and the coast at 547 locations. Sites may have gravel or hard-surfaced ramps and may include boarding floats, rest rooms and picnic tables. A few sites have canoe or carry-in access only. Some ramps on tidal waters may be useable only at high tides and are designated "part-tide" facilities. A brochure listing all the boat launches is available by calling (207) 287-4952 or you can view an online version at http://www.state.me.us/doc/parks/programs/boating/index.html .
Credit should always be given to the data source and/or originator when the data is transferred or printed.
There are no access and use limitations for this item.
Extent
| West | -71.108873 | East | -66.891463 |
| North | 47.356939 | South | 43.082382 |
| Maximum (zoomed in) | 1:5,000 |
| Minimum (zoomed out) | 1:150,000,000 |
Credit should always be given to the data source and/or originator when the data is transferred or printed.
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Monday through Friday
point feature class
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
toilet facilities
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
tidal conditions that effect boat ramp use
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
state or local ownership
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
Feature geometry.
ESRI
width of boat ramp in feet
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
name of the pond, lake, or river where the boating launch is located
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
surface type of boat ramp
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
latitude in decimal degrees
MEDOCBPLBFD GPS
floats
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
unique ID assigned and maintained for each boat launch site by the Boating Facilities Division of the Bureau of Parks & Lands
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
fee assessed
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
the entity owning the facility and/or the land it sits on.
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
town or reservation name as listed in "Standard Geographic Code for Maine Minor Civil Divisions"
For a current digital copy of "Standard Geocodes for Maine Minor Civil Divisions" in .dbf or comma delimited text format see http://megis.maine.gov/catalog "Tables".
parking capacity suitable for vehicles only
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
length of boat ramp in feet
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
grade of ramp in degrees of slope
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
Internal feature number.
ESRI
parking capacity suitable for vehicle/trailer combinations
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
type of boat ramp
MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division
access to facility for persons with disability
Americans with Disabilities Act, Public Law 336 of the 101st Congress, enacted July 26, 1990
Maine county name
For a current digital copy of Maine counties and county codes (NIST FIPS 55-3), in .dbf or comma delimited text format see http://megis.maine.gov/catalog "Tables" link.
longitude in decimal degrees
MEDOCBPLBFD GPS
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BOATLNCH contains attributes that describe location, waterbody, access, and facilities at the boat launch. These include: LONGITUDE, LATITUDE, GEOCODE, MCD, COUNTY, WATERBODY, TYPE of RAMP surface, width, length and grade, TYPE, FLOATS, FEES, FACILITY, MIDAS number, FILE_No, OWNERSHIP, S_Or_L, TIDE COMBO, RIGPARKING, VEHICLE PARKING, ADA, YEAR IN USE,LAT/LONG SOURCE, and LAT/LONG CONFIDENCE. Some town names used by the originator do not correspond to standard common names, as listed in "Standard Geographic Codes for Maine Minor Civil Divisions", 1971. The field MCD was added to list the standard common names used in Maine GIS data sets. MIDAS numbers have been compared for accuracy to MDIFW/MEDEP MIDAS update 2003. MEDEP hydrography names can be related using the MIDAS number. Hydrography feature names in BOATLNCH are those assigned by MEDOCBPL Boating Facilities Division and do not necessarily correspond with either USGS GNIS names or MEDEP hydrography names.
The ArcView shapefile and ArcGIS geodatabase formats, commonly used for Maine GIS data, carry default identifiers and attributes that are software generated and/or important for internal recordkeeping. These are listed here to avoid repetition for every layer, and may not be repeated in the attribute descriptions and definitions of each layer. Common software generated identifiers and attributes in Maine GIS data include: FID (feature identifier), Shape (feature geometry), OBJECTID and SHAPE_length. In addition, most GIS formats will carry fields for PERIMETER, AREA and/or LENGTH according to feature geometry. These fields are typically available by default, with the units based on coordinate system or projection units of GIS data. Most GIS software packages also provide a means to calculate these values. It is important to test any columns containing PERIMETER, AREA or LENGTH values before using them for analysis purposes. These important values can be carried from format to format and become out-dated. Verify that the values are correct. Also, in your GIS software, please view the properties of data layers for the map units used to calculate these fields, and for the units set for display purposes.