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Cemeteries

Tags
places, Maine, cemetery, human settlements, land use, names, society


Summary

To provide name and location information for current and historic cemeteries in Maine.

Description

This dataset contains cemetery locations represented by point features located in the approximate center of each cemetery where determined. Cemetery names were added where locations matched MOCA information. Cemeteries that were included in US Board of Geographic Names (GNIS) were also used as well as digital parcel data coded as Cemetery. Cemetery submissions are accepted from the public and through the Maine Cemetery Viewer. http://www.maine.gov/megis/maps/

Credits

Maine Old Cemetery Association Maine Office of GIS

Use limitations

Extent

West  -71.134191  East  -66.891521
North  47.357866  South  42.984196

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in)  1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out)  1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata 

Topics and Keywords 

Themes or categories of the resource  society, planningCadastre


*Content type  Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Citation 

Title GISVIEW.MEGIS.Cemeteries
Publication date 2014-01-31 00:00:00
Revision date 2016-05-06 00:00:00


Presentation formats* digital map
FGDC geospatial presentation format  vector digital data


Citation Contacts 

Responsible party
Organization's name Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Contact's position GIS Coordinator
Contact's role  originator


Contact information
Phone
Voice 207-624-7700

Address
Type postal
Delivery point State House Station #145
City Augusta
Administrative area Maine
Postal code 04333
Country USA
e-mail addressOIT.Customer-Support@maine.gov

Hours of service 9 am to 5 pm EST
Contact instructions
Monday through Friday


Resource Details 

Dataset languages  English (UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set  utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Status  on-going
Spatial representation type* vector


*Processing environment Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959


Credits
Maine Old Cemetery Association
Maine Office of GIS
ArcGIS item properties
*Name GISVIEW.MEGIS.cemeteries_new
*Location Server=sql-gisview-prod.som.w2k.state.me.us; Service=sde:sqlserver:sql-gisview-prod.som.w2k.state.me.us,1633; Database=GISVIEW; User=MEGIS; Version=dbo.DEFAULT
*Access protocol ArcSDE Connection

Extents 

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type  Extent used for searching
*West longitude -71.134191
*East longitude -66.891521
*North latitude 47.357866
*South latitude 42.984196
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
*West longitude 338775.955100
*East longitude 659280.312400
*South latitude 4760957.088800
*North latitude 5244933.672800
*Extent contains the resource Yes

Resource Points of Contact 

Point of contact
Organization's name Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Contact's position GIS Coordinator
Contact's role  point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 207-624-7700

Address
Type postal
Delivery point State House Station #145
City Augusta
Administrative area Maine
Postal code 04333
Country USA
e-mail addressOIT.Customer-Support@maine.gov

Hours of service 9 am to 5 pm EST
Contact instructions
Monday through Friday


Resource Maintenance 

Resource maintenance
Update frequency  unknown


Spatial Reference 

ArcGIS coordinate system
*Type Projected
*Geographic coordinate reference GCS_North_American_1983
*Projection NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_19N
*Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
Well-known identifier 26919
X origin -5120900
Y origin -9998100
XY scale 10000
Z origin 0
Z scale 1
M origin 0
M scale 1
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 26919
Well-known text PROJCS["NAD_1983_UTM_Zone_19N",GEOGCS["GCS_North_American_1983",DATUM["D_North_American_1983",SPHEROID["GRS_1980",6378137.0,298.257222101]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Transverse_Mercator"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",500000.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",-69.0],PARAMETER["Scale_Factor",0.9996],PARAMETER["Latitude_Of_Origin",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",26919]]

Reference system identifier
*Value 26919
*Codespace EPSG
*Version 8.6.2


Spatial Data Properties 

Vector
*Level of topology for this dataset  geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name GISVIEW.MEGIS.cemeteries_new
*Object type  point
*Object count 0



ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name GISVIEW.MEGIS.cemeteries_new
*Feature type Simple
*Geometry type Point
*Has topology FALSE
*Feature count 0
*Spatial index TRUE
*Linear referencing FALSE



Geoprocessing history 

Process
Process name
Date 2012-01-17 10:44:20
Tool location C:\Program Files\ArcGIS\Desktop10.0\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Code 0 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-01-22 12:26:41
Tool location c:\arcgis\desktop10.1\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Code 0 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-01-22 12:27:26
Tool location c:\arcgis\desktop10.1\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Name "Unknown" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-01-22 12:28:44
Tool location c:\arcgis\desktop10.1\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Name "Unknown" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-02-03 08:26:48
Tool location c:\arcgis\desktop10.1\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Name "Old Fayette Mills Cemetery" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2014-02-03 08:28:43
Tool location c:\arcgis\desktop10.1\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Name "Fellows Cemetery" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-04 09:26:15
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries FMUPDDAT 05/04/2016 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-04 09:26:50
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries FMUPDDAT "05/04/2016" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-04 09:27:55
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries FMUPDDAT "05/04/2016" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-04 11:43:24
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Link "http://www.vfthomas.com/Mainecemeteries/HancockCounty/MountDesertcemeteries/HillsideCemetery.htm" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-04 11:51:24
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Link "http://www.vfthomas.com/Mainecemeteries/HancockCounty/MountDesertcemeteries/KittredgeTomb.htm" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-04 11:53:37
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Link "http://www.vfthomas.com/Mainecemeteries/HancockCounty/MountDesertcemeteries/AthertonandMikhalapovGraves.htm" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-04 11:54:37
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Link "http://www.vfthomas.com/Mainecemeteries/HancockCounty/MountDesertcemeteries/CarterCemetery.htm" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-06 08:47:52
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Name "Unknown" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-06 08:48:12
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries County "York" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-06 08:48:24
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Town "Arundel" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-06 08:48:39
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries FMUPDDAT 05/05/2016 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-06 08:48:55
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries FMUPDDAT "05/05/2016" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-06 09:25:23
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries Town "Scarborough" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-06 09:25:40
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries FMUPDDAT 05/06/2016 VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-06 09:25:53
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\CalculateField
Command issued
CalculateField cemeteries FMUPDDAT "05/06/2016" VB #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Process name
Date 2016-05-06 09:54:00
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.3\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\FeatureClassToFeatureClass
Command issued
FeatureClassToFeatureClass U:\projects\GNIS\cemeteries\MOCA.mdb\cemeteries "Database Connections\GISVIEW.MEGIS.sde" cemeteries_new # "Code "Code" true false false 12 Text 0 0 ,First,#,U:\projects\GNIS\cemeteries\MOCA.mdb\cemeteries,Code,-1,-1;Name "Name" true false false 100 Text 0 0 ,First,#,U:\projects\GNIS\cemeteries\MOCA.mdb\cemeteries,Name,-1,-1;GNIS_ID "GNIS_ID" true false false 8 Double 0 0 ,First,#,U:\projects\GNIS\cemeteries\MOCA.mdb\cemeteries,GNIS_ID,-1,-1;County "County" true false false 25 Text 0 0 ,First,#,U:\projects\GNIS\cemeteries\MOCA.mdb\cemeteries,County,-1,-1;Town "Town" true false false 50 Text 0 0 ,First,#,U:\projects\GNIS\cemeteries\MOCA.mdb\cemeteries,Town,-1,-1;Link "Link" true false false 250 Text 0 0 ,First,#,U:\projects\GNIS\cemeteries\MOCA.mdb\cemeteries,Link,-1,-1;FMUPDDAT "FMUPDDAT" true true false 8 Date 0 0 ,First,#,U:\projects\GNIS\cemeteries\MOCA.mdb\cemeteries,FMUPDDAT,-1,-1" #
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Distribution 

Distributor
Contact information
Organization's name Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Contact's position GIS Coordinator
Contact's role  distributor


Contact information
Phone
Voice 207-624-7700

Address
Type postal
Delivery point State House Station #145
City Augusta
Administrative area Maine
Postal code 04333
Country USA
e-mail addressOIT.Customer-Support@maine.gov

Hours of service 9 am to 5 pm EST
Contact instructions
Monday through Friday




Distribution format
*Name SDE Feature Class


Fields 

Details for object GISVIEW.MEGIS.cemeteries_new 
*Type Feature Class
*Row count 0
Definition
point locations for cemeteries
Definition source
MEGIS


Field OBJECTID
 
*Alias OBJECTID
*Data type OID
*Width 4
*Precision 10
*Scale 0
*Field description
Internal feature number.
*Description source
ESRI
*Description of values Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.




Field SHAPE
 
*Alias Shape
*Data type Geometry
*Width 4
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
*Field description
Feature geometry.
*Description source
ESRI
*Description of values Coordinates defining the features.




Field Code
 
*Alias Code
*Data type String
*Width 12
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
MOCA unique identification code
Description source
MOCA


Field Name
 
*Alias Name
*Data type String
*Width 100
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
Cemetery Name
Description source
MEGIS


Field GNIS_ID
 
*Alias GNIS_ID
*Data type Double
*Width 8
*Precision 38
*Scale 8
Field description
The USGS Geographic Names Information System unique feature identifier
Description source
US Board on Geographic Names


Field County
 
*Alias County
*Data type String
*Width 25
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
County Name
Description source
MEGIS


Field Town
 
*Alias Town
*Data type String
*Width 50
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
Municipality name
Description source
MEGIS


Field FMUPDDAT
 
*Alias FMUPDDAT
*Data type Date
*Width 36
*Precision 0
*Scale 0
Field description
Date feature was updated or added to the dataset
Description source
MEGIS


Field Link
 
*Alias Link
*Data type String
*Width 250
*Precision 0
*Scale 0






Metadata Details 

Metadata language English (UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set  utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata  dataset
Scope name* dataset


*Last update 2016-05-06


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS 1.0
Metadata style ISO 19139 Metadata Implementation Specification
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2012-01-17 10:05:24
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2016-05-06 10:52:26


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2016-05-06 09:53:57


Metadata Contacts 

Metadata contact
Organization's name Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Contact's position GIS Coordinator
Contact's role  point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 207-624-7700

Address
Type postal
Delivery point State House Station #145
City Augusta
Administrative area Maine
Postal code 04333
Country USA
e-mail addressOIT.Customer-Support@maine.gov

Hours of service 9 am to 5 pm EST
Contact instructions
Monday through Friday


Metadata Maintenance 

Maintenance
Update frequency  unknown


FGDC Metadata (read-only) 

Entities and Attributes