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fips, counties, boundaries, townships, geocodes, human dimensions, unorganized territories, towns, state
METWP24 was created to show political boundaries, common town names and Maine geocodes at 1:24,000 scale. Data at this scale is suitable for detailed studies and local planning. Not for use in scales greater than 1:24000.
METWP24 depicts political boundaries, common town names, and geocodes for Maine at 1:24,000 scale. The coverage was created from USGS, 7.5 minute map series, town boundaries. The Maine GIS base layer COAST, which contains Maine's coastal Mean High Water (MHW) mark and Maine islands, was used in the development of METWP24. To correct mapping errors and reflect recent changes to Minor Civil Division (MCD) boundaries, arcs and polygons have been added to or updated in METWP24 from: photorevised USGS data; Maine GIS base layer coincident features; legal descriptions; GPS data; and Maine Department of Transportation (MEDOT) engineering plans. METWP24 contains USGS 1:100,000 scale data and U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, TIGER Line Files 1990 and 2000 where these provide a more correct or best available representation of a dataset feature.
Credit should always be given to the data source and/or originator when the data is transferred or printed.
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 correct copy of both data and metadata from the Maine GIS Data Catalog. 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
Extent
| West | -71.166757 | East | -66.781750 |
| North | 47.460074 | South | 42.909625 |
| Maximum (zoomed in) | 1:24,000 |
| Minimum (zoomed out) | 1:999,999 |
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Credit should always be given to the data source and/or originator when the data is transferred or printed.
Monday through Friday
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.
Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data for their purposes.
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 correct copy of both data and metadata from the Maine GIS Data Catalog. 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
Contact the Bureau of Planning, Systems Management section. Ask for the GIS Coordinator.
Contact the Bureau of Planning, Systems Management section. Ask for the GIS Coordinator.
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publication date
publication date
publication date
publication date
publication date
source dates
source dates
source dates
publication date
publication date
publication date
publication date
publication date
source dates
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polygon feature class
Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
identifies areas within the jurisdiction of Baxter State Park Authority (BSPA)
Coastal Island Registry Number indicator (The format used to establish an ISLANDID for each island, is the same as that used for Coastal Island Registry (CIREG) numbers. Not all islands are part of the registry. CIREG numbers are therefore, a subset of ISLANDID. Where a CIREG number exists, the item CIREG is flagged 'y' and the ISLANDID is also the CIREG number for the island.)
Title33 Chapter 25 section 1201,<http://janus.state.me.us/legis/statutes/>, refer to "Maine Revised Statutes Annotated" and supplements for complete certified text. The Coastal Island Registry was established within the Bureau of Parks and Lands, under the Director of the Bureau of Parks and Lands, to maintain a listing, index number, and description of all coastal islands.
Code corresponds to the federal (FIPS) code established for each of Maine's sixteen counties. The county code is also represented in the first two digits of Maine's official Standard Geographic Code (geocode), a five digit code that uniquely identifies Minor Civil Divisions and Indian Reservation land in the Maine.
Federal Information Processing Standards Publication Series of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 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" link.
Maine county name
Federal Information Processing Standards Publication Series of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 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" link.
region used by MEDOT organizational structure for all maintenance and construction activities.
MEDOT
MEDOT region number
MEDOT
5 character code corresponding to the "Standard Geographic Code for Maine Counties and Minor Civil Divisions", 1971
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".
numeric data type equivalent to GEOCODE field
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".
item used to select a single feature for labeling purposes
MEGIS
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" link.
Internal feature number.
ESRI
identifies land and non-land areas
MEGIS
identifies island polygons
MEGIS
a unique ISLANDID for each marine island (The format used to establish an ISLANDID for each island, is the same as that used for Coastal Island Registry (CIREG) numbers. Not all islands are part of the registry. CIREG numbers are therefore, a subset of ISLANDID. Where a CIREG number exists, the item CIREG is flagged 'y' and the ISLANDID is also the CIREG number for the island.)
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
identifies areas of state which are under Maine Land Use Regulation Commission (LURC) jurisdiction
Maine Department of Conservation; Land Use Regulatory Commission
Type of polygon
Feature geometry.
ESRI
A field of type UUID (Universal Unique Identifier) in which values are automatically assigned by the geodatabase when a row is created. The GlobalID field is necessary for maintaining object uniqueness across replicas. All feature classes and tables participating in one-way or two-way replication must contain the GlobalID field. This field is not editable and is automatically populated when it is added for existing data.
Feature geometry.
ESRI
Feature geometry.
ESRI
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POLYGONS in METWP24 are attributed with the items TOWN, COUNTY, GEOCODE, and CNTYCODE as found in "Standard Geographic Codes for Maine Minor Civil Divisions". Like COAST, METWP24 contains the item CIREG flagging those islands whose ISLANDID is also a Maine Department of Conservation, Bureau of Parks and Lands, Coastal Island Registry (CIREG) number. POLYGONS in the coverage are also attributed with the items LAND, ISLAND, ISLANDID, LURC, BAXTER and TAG. ARCS are coded with the items LAND, TYPE, and with Maine GIS recommended feature metadata (FM) items and codes. Initially FM items were coded from the item SOURCE, which has been dropped, and FM items are now maintained with current information as the data is edited. The FM items provide the most specific and accessible information about the sources for location line features, polygon boundaries and arcs, in the data. For more information on Maine GIS Feature Metadata Recommendation and "Standard Geocodes for Maine Minor Civil Divisions" see the Standards & Guildelines link. You may contact the Maine Office of GIS at 207 624-7700 for technical assistance.
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_lengt. 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.