| |
Summer 2008
What's New at MassGIS
Featured Items:
-
USGS 2008 Orthoimagery for Eastern Massachusetts Announced
- 2/27/2008
In spring 2008, the U.S. Geological Survey, as part of its 133 Cities Urban Area mapping program, has contracted for true-color imagery covering 3,000 square miles of Eastern Massachusetts. The project area (see map - PDF, 284 kb) is roughly the area inside I-495, extending as far south as Route 44 and also includes parts of southern New Hampshire. The contractor will use the imagery to produce orthoimages with a pixel size (or ground surface distance) of 0.3 meters (~one foot). These images are expected to be publicly available late in calendar 2008; MassGIS will display and distribute this imagery via its web site. More ...
-
2005 1:5,000 Color Ortho Imagery Update
- 2/23/2007
MassGIS is pleased to announce that a new set of "contrast stretched" images in both MrSID and
JPEG 2000 format are now available for download and order. These contrast stretched images may help solve some of the problems that
some users encountered with getting the original images to look the way they wanted. These new images have a much greater contrast
when compared to the originals and should be welcomed by users who do not have the software tools to modify the appearance of the
original imagery.
-
DEP Wetlands (1:12,000) Data Updated - State Complete! - 12/22/2006
The final missing piece of the DEP Wetlands layer, a small area in the towns of Ayer and Harvard, has been filled in (12/22/06), and the entire state is now complete! For more information, please see the Datalayer Description, which includes links to free data download and an online wetlands map viewer. Also, in January 2007 some missing arcs and a missing polygon comprising open water in the Housatonic Watershed were added.
-
Massachusetts Conservation Mapping Assistance Partnership Program (MACMAPP)
- 6/8/2006
Discounted software and training for conservation nonprofit organizations and municipal conservation commissions.
-
OLIVER - The MassGIS Online Data Viewer - Version 2.4 Released - 6/8/2005
With this application you can:
- Display and query nearly all of MassGIS' data
- Download up-to-date shapefiles from our database, with legend files
- Print maps, choosing from hundreds of themes
... All right over the Web! Give it a try!
-
OpenSpace Updated - 7/16/2008
The MassGIS Protected and Recreational OpenSpace Datalayer has been updated and a new shapefile and
personal geodatabase have been placed on our ftp site. The Department of Fish & Game has added all of its acquisitions for fiscal year
2008 which permanently protected 6,200 acres of open space in 40 towns throughout the Commonwealth.
-
New Estimated Population Table
- 7/16/2008
Stores population estimates for each city and town, as of July 1, from 2000 to 2007.
-
Public Utility Service Providers Updated
- 7/15/2008
Data are updated for the public Electric, Gas, and Cable utility providers for each Massachusetts
municipality as of May 2008.
-
MEPA ENF Points Layer Updated
- 7/11/2008
Point layers were added for 2008 Q1 and Q2.
-
EOT-OTP Roads Updated
- 6/10/2008
The Yearend 2007 release is now available for the EOT-OTP Roads datalayer.
Also updated are the Major Roads and Major Routes layers.
-
New MBTA Bus Routes and Stops Layers - 5/16/2008
These data layers represent bus routes and stops within the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
(MBTA) public transit system. The layers were developed by the Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS) and are based on data provided
by the MBTA as of May 2007.
-
Trains Layer Updated - 4/30/2008
The Trains layers -- rail lines, MBTA Commuter Rail routes, and stations -- have been updated to include
the Greenbush line and other geometry and attribute fixes.
-
Schools Layer Updated
- 4/10/2008
This dataset, with points representing pre-kindergarten through secondary schools, has been updated based on
MA Dept. of Education database listings as of December 2007. Along with the addition of new schools and the removal of closed facilities, MassGIS
undertook an extensive review and adjusted the placement of many points based on 2005 ortho imagery.
-
State House and Senate Districts Layers Updated
- 3/24/2008
Attribute changes were made to the polygon layers based on recent special elections.
-
Forest Stewardship Program Properties Layer Updated
- 2/6/2008
This datalayer now contains all plans that had been received and approved by a DCR Service Forester as of October 1, 2007.
-
NHESP CVP Regulatory Layer Updated
- 2/4/2008
NHESP has updated the Certified Vernal Pools (January 2008) layer.
-
Office of Fishing and Boating Access Sites Layer Updated
- 1/28/2008
This point layer, formerly known as Public Access Board Sites, was updated by GIS staff at the Massachusetts Department of Fish & Game (DFG).
-
Massachusetts Coastal Zone
Layer Updated - 1/15/2008
This version corrects many errors and is much closer to the defining language than the older layer.
-
DEP Solid Waste Facilities
Layer Updated - 12/28/2007
The MassDEP Bureau of Waste Prevention updated the data, making the following changes:
44 polygons were added, 4 were deleted, and 57 were redrawn; also, 18 ID's were edited.
-
New Surface Water Supply Watersheds Layer - 12/28/2007
This datalayer contains the watershed extents for all surface water supplies including active,
inactive, emergency, sources outside of Massachusetts, watersheds that extend into other states and watersheds of sources from other
states that extend into Massachusetts.
-
Updates to DEP Public Water Supply Layers - 12/28/2007
The MassDEP GIS Group has updated the following layers:
-
Title 5
Layer Updated - 12/28/2007
Data statewide were updated to remove the areas of wetlands and hydrography that were buffered from
the buffered area, so only the area of the buffer is included in the datalayer.
-
Drainage Sub-basins
Layer Updated - 12/28/2007
The attributes for Public Water Supplies (WSP field) were removed.
-
C21E and AUL Point Layers Updated
- 12/28/2007
MassDEP has updated the Tier Classified Oil and/or Hazardous Material Sites (MGL c. 21E) and
Oil and/or Hazardous Material Sites with Activity and Use Limitations (AUL) layers.
-
New Surficial Geology (1:24,000) Layer - 12/26/2007
This data layer is part of a comprehensive study by the U.S. Geological Survey to produce a
statewide digital map of the surficial geology at a 1:24,000-scale. This compilation of surficial geologic materials defines the areas
of exposed bedrock, and the boundaries between glacial till, glacial stratified deposits, and overlying early-postglacial and postglacial
deposits.
-
Regional Planning Agencies Layer Modified
- 12/13/2007
The RPA abbreviation and Web site URL were added to the attribute table. Also, the features were edited to
form multi-part polygons.
-
Town Boundaries Layer from Survey Coordinates Updated
- 12/4/2007
Five boundary areas in the polygon and line layers were adjusted to match digital surveyed
right-of-way plans provided to MassGIS by the Norfolk County Engineering Department.
What's
New on this Web Site
-
MassGIS GISette Email Newsletter - 7/1/2008
Sign up to receive the new MassGIS newletter, sent out about every two
months. Features news, data updates, event information, and more. The June 2008 issue and back issues now available in .PDF format.
-
Massachusetts E-911 Road Data Creation Partnership Presentation - 3/1/2008
Presentation (PDF format) from the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)/National Emergency Number Association (NENA) 2008 Addressing Conference in Portland, Oregon.
-
MACC 2008 Presentation - 3/1/2008
Web PowerPoint presentation entitled "GIS data and technology for Conservation Commissions," from the
Massachusetts Association of Conservation Commissions (MACC) 2008 Annual Environmental Conference. Works best with Internet Explorer.
-
Updated Municipal GIS and Parcel Status Maps - 2/27/2008
These maps, updated as of February 2008, display the status of GIS and Digital Parcel Development across the Commonwealth.
-
Two layers removed - 2/13/2008
Because of currency and data quality concerns, the Abandoned Cranberry Bogs and Underground Storage Tanks layers have been removed from distribution from the MassGIS Web site.
-
State Register of Historic Places layer removed - 1/31/2008
The State Register of Historic Places GIS layer previously hosted by MassGIS has been removed at the request of the Massachusetts Historical Commission (MHC), as it updates locational inaccuracies and omissions in this layer dating to 1997.
-
Municipal Data Distribution Agreement - 12/20/2007
Tired of responding to requests for copies of your GIS data? MassGIS will distribute your data
for you via its web site. We ask that you sign an agreement so that it is clear what service we are providing and that you provide
MassGIS with a fresh copy of the data we are distributing at least annually.
-
Assessors' Parcels Data Available for Download - 12/3/2007
In August, MassGIS made available our collection of both Level II and Level 0 digital assessors' parcels data. In October, Level 0 data was added for 24 towns and updated for three. In November, Level II data became available for Auburn and was updated for Eastham. In December, new data for Spencer was added to the Level II layer. Spencer's older data was removed from the Level 0 layer. Data for Barnstable was replaced
on 1/11/08 to fix a data shift problem.
-
Standard for Digital Plan Submission to Municipalities - 10/30/2007
Version 2.0 is now available for download.
-
Environmental Justice Maps - 10/1/2007
Statewide and regional maps showing detailed EJ criteria are now available in PDF format.
-
Datalayers from the 1990 U.S. Census - 9/28/2007
Available for download are Census Blocks, Block Groups and TIGER Linework from 1990.
-
Water Assets and Water Budgets - 5/7/2007
Follow-up projects to the EOEA Build-out Analyses, focusing on potential future demands for public water supply.
-
Spring NEARC 2007 Presentation - 5/2/2007
Web PowerPoint presentation from Spring NEARC 2007 meeting on tips, tricks, and bug workarounds to best use raster data -- particularly MassGIS' 2005 Color Ortho Imagery -- in ArcGIS Desktop. Includes speaker notes. Works best with Internet Explorer.
-
Strategic Plan - 2/1/2007
Overview of the Strategic Plan for Spatial Data Infrastructure in Massachusetts. Updated with workshop notes and an online presentation.
Last Updated 7/21/2008
EOEA Disclaimer | Privacy Policy
|
|
