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• Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Resources Viewer: View resources across MA for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence

  
  This webapp was created by MassGIS for the Governor’s Council to Address Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence. It contains housing support, rape crisis centers, hospitals with a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program, and District Attorney's offices. It also contains the Filter and Near Me widgets to help survivors find facilities relevant to them.

• Statewide Property Sales Viewer: View property sales from the past fiscal year across the state

  

  The Statewide Property Sales Viewer maps real estate sales assembled by the State's Bureau of Local Assessment (part of the Division of Local Services).  The source is the annual "LA3" sales reports provided by municipal assessors. On the Division of Local Services website, these sales can be searched by property type, range of sale date or price, and other characteristics. You can download the search results. This MassGIS sales viewer application supports the same search criteria and then maps the result, color coding the sales based on their assessment-to-sale ratio. You can also still see and download the tabular result.

• MassGIS Imagery Time Series: 30 years of Massachusetts orthophotos.

  

  This app explains our ortho imagery acquisitions through the years and allows you to explore the various vintages in one location, from the black and white imagery of the 1990s to the 2019 high-resolution color imagery program.

• Limited Access Highway Exits and Interchanges
  March 27, 2023 - New and revised data representing off-ramps and junctions on limited access highways, based on data from MassDOT.
• MassDEP data layers
  March 20, 2023 - The MassDEP GIS Group has updated the Groundwater Discharge Permits data, current as of 3/16/2023. They also recently updated the Public Water Supply Sources and Wellhead Protection Areas data, current as of 2/7/2023. Data are available from MassGIS.
• Property Tax Parcels
  March 3, 2023 - 18 municipalities: Blackstone, Boxford, Charlton, Easthampton, Gill, Great Barrington, Hopkinton, Lawrence, Mansfield, New Ashford, North Andover, Rowe, Upton, Waltham, Wareham, Wellfleet, West Stockbridge, and Williamstown.
• MHC Historic Inventory
  February 8, 2023 - Massachusetts Historical Commission staff have completed a significant update to the towns of Dedham and Marblehead; reviewed and corrected data for some of the first towns to be digitized: Abington, Berkley, Canton, Chelsea, Freetown, Halifax, Hanover, Hanson, Holbrook, Hull, Kingston, Lakeville, Marion, Pelham, Pembroke, Rockland and Scituate; updates are in progress for Bridgewater, Dartmouth, Dracut, Franklin, Middleborough, and Westport.
• MassDEP Mouth of River (MOR) Lines
  February 2, 2023 - This new data layer contains the Mouth of River (MOR) lines for Massachusetts coastal rivers originally published by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) on March 1, 2005, as PDF maps.
• Diadromous Fish
  February 2, 2023 - Five new data layers of diadromous fish passageways, impediments, habitat, species presence and sampling stations along coastal rivers and in lakes and ponds. Diadromous fish species travel between salt water and fresh water as part of their life cycle.
• Trails
  January 25, 2023 - A new data layer of trails across Massachusetts, mostly those found in wilderness areas and used for hiking.
• Community Preservation Act (CPA) Towns
  January 18, 2023 - MassGIS updated the status of several towns to reflect recent elections that approved the adoption of the CPA. A new layer file that shows year of adoption is now included in the download.
• Protected and Recreational Open Space
  January 18, 2023 - Energy and Environmental Affairs GIS staff have updated the Protected and Recreational OpenSpace layers (arcs and polygons), available from MassGIS. Since the last publication to the web, staff at EEA and its associated agencies performed edits that improved the boundaries and/or descriptive geography to over 1,600 polygons in 113 municipalities.
  
  New shapefile and file geodatabase downloads represent data updated as of 1/5/2023.
  
  The details:
  • Added or improved the boundaries of many types of open spaces: 282 conservation areas, 101 flood control areas, 32 cemeteries, 47 water supply lands, 23 parks, 6 agricultural preservation restrictions, and 45 conservation restrictions, resulting in a net gain of nearly 1,600 acres in the database.
  • The Department of Conservation and Recreation – Parks performed edits in 18 municipalities.
  • The Department of Fish and Game performed edits in 33 towns and increased the overall acreage in the database by over 900 acres.
  • The Executive Office of Environmental Affairs performed edits in 32 towns and increased the overall acreage in the database by nearly 800 acres.
     
• 2021 Legislative and Administrative Boundaries
  January 13, 2023 - These district boundaries for Massachusetts, signed into law in November 2021, now have member names populated with the results of the November 2022 election, and revised coastlines to match the 2020 Census data:
  • Massachusetts House Legislative Districts (2021)
  • Massachusetts Senate Legislative Districts (2021)
  • U.S. Congressional Districts (118th)
  • Governor's Council Districts (2021)
     
• 2020 U.S. Census Data
  December 20, 2022 - MassGIS has processed the following geography data layers from the U.S. Census Bureau:
   - Blocks, Block Groups and Tracts
   - TIGER Roads
   - Town boundaries
• MBTA Rapid Transit
  December 12, 2022 - MassGIS added the Green Line Extension lines and station points and edited the spatial accuracy and attributes of a few other features throughout the system.
• 2022 Wards and Precincts
  November 21, 2022 - Newest Wards and Precincts data from the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
• BioMap: The Future of Conservation
  November 17, 2022 - All associated GIS layers have been completely updated and enhanced with a new set of local and regional components. This third iteration of the BioMap data replaces all BioMap2 products..
• Office of Fishing and Boating Access Sites
  November 15, 2022 - Latest update from the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game.
• MassDEP data
  November 3, 2022 - The MassDEP GIS Group has updated the Groundwater Discharge Permits data, current as of 11/1/2022.
• Fire Stations
  October 19, 2022 - The Newburyport sub station, East Otis Fire Department, West Tisbury Station 1, and Marion Station 2 were added to the June update of all fire stations.
• Building Structures
  September 21, 2022 - Updated with edits compiled atop spring 2021 imagery completed statewide.
• MA Wildlife Coldwater Fisheries Resources
  September 14, 2022 - The MassWildlife GIS program has updated the data, now available from MassGIS.
• Mass State Police Troops
  August 19, 2022 - MassGIS has created a layer showing the boundaries for the six State Police Troops: A, B, C, D, F, and H.
• Surficial Geology (24k)
  July 27, 2022 - In this major update, the data are now available statewide and replace all previous versions of the data which covered only portions of the state.
• Places of Worship
  July 1, 2022 - Added Anglican and Evangelical Lutheran churches, one independent church (South Congregational Church - Church by the Lake in Braintree). One Synagogue was also moved, Congregation Dorshei Tzedek in West Newton.
• Police Stations
  May 25, 2022 - MassGIS has completed an update that includes the relocation of 63 stations, 2 address changes, and the removal of the Town of Wendell's station.
• Schools (Pre-K through High School)
  May 17, 2022 - Update based on the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) school profiles database as of February 22, 2022.
• MassDOT Roads
  May 9, 2022 - Edits to roads in Quincy Center, Union Point in Weymouth, Boston, Westwood, Plymouth and other areas (details in the metadata included with the downloads).
• Community Preservation Act (CPA) Projects and Towns
  April 28, 2022 - New shapefiles available for download reflecting the current status.
• Municipalities
  April 27, 2022 - Modified boundaries between:
   - Boston-Brookline 17 and 18 and Boston-Brookline 22 and 23 survey points to match Brookline's parcels.
   - Boston-Everett 4 and 5 survey points (straight line connection) to match survey plan.
   - Boston and Everett, through BE-2 survey point to match survey plan.
   - Hanover-Norwell along Third Herring Brook based on survey plan.
   - Medford-Somerville near the intersection of the Mystic Valley Parkway and Auburn Street based on assessors plan.
• Regional Datasets
  April 27, 2022 - The following region boundary datasets were updated to reflect recent edits to MassGIS' Municipalities data layer. (This follows the August 2021 update to re-create the layers, which had previously been based on USGS-based municipal polygons. No changes were made to the regions' constituent towns).
  • Counties
  • CZM Regions
  • DFS State Fire Districts
  • DFS State HazMat Districts
  • Division of Fisheries and Wildlife Districts
  • Emergency Medical Services Regions
  • Emergency Preparedness Regions and Regional Coalitions
  • Executive Office of Health & Human Services Regions
  • Homeland Security Planning Regions
  • MassDEP Regions (additional update on 5/27/2022)
  • MassDOT Highway Districts
  • Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) Regions
  • Regional Planning Agencies
  • Registries of Deeds Districts
     
• Trains
  April 7, 2022 - Update to the Commuter Rail Stops (TRAINS_NODE) layer: corrected the location of the Montello stop in Brockton.
• MassDEP 2018/2020 Integrated List of Waters
  March 21, 2022 - The newest version of this layer, from the MassDEP Division of Watershed Management.
• Legislative and Administrative Boundaries
  March 10, 2022 - MassGIS has updated these polygon data layers' attribute tables to reflect the results of recent special elections and filling of vacancies:
  • Massachusetts House Legislative Districts
  • Massachusetts Senate Legislative Districts
     

• DCR Service Forestry Districts
  February 14, 2022 - New polygon feature class that stores the boundaries of the DCR Service Forestry Districts, which provide technical assistance and services to landowners and municipalities regarding their forested properties.

• 2021 Ortho Imagery
  January 31, 2022 - These spring 2021 images are the highest resolution orthos ever made available for public use and distribution by MassGIS for the entire commonwealth. Web service and JPEG 2000 tiles may be used in a wide variety of software and apps.

• Emergency Service Zones and MSAG Communities
  January 19, 2022 - Updates to layers supporting NextGEN 911.

• Lidar DEM and Shaded Relief
  January 12, 2022 - New statewide, seamless digital elevation model (DEM) and shaded relief imagery from lidar terrain data (primarily 2010-2015).
• Rail data update
  December 29, 2021 - Updates to the Trains layer.
• MassDEP data layers

  Up to date as of 12/28/21:
  Public Water Supplies, MassDEP Wellhead Protection Areas (Zone II, Zone I, IWPA)
  
  Up to date as of 12/23/21:
  MassDEP Tier Classified Oil and/or Hazardous Material Sites (MGL c. 21E), MassDEP Oil and/or Hazardous Material Sites with Activity and Use Limitations (AUL), Ground Water Discharge Permits

• SSURGO-Certified Soils
  November 23, 2021 - MassGIS has received the 2020 refresh of soils data from the NRCS. This update includes a new "Top 20" feature class that allows users to easily map many of the most commonly requested soils characteristics -- no need to link to separate database tables.
• Public Utility Service Providers
  October 21, 2021 - Updates to electricity and natural gas providers (September 2021 from Department of Public Utilities) as well as cable providers (November 2019 from Department of Telecommunications and Cable)
• NHESP data layers
  August 1, 2021 - The Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program (NHESP) has updated the Estimated Habitats of Rare Wildlife and Priority Habitats of Rare Species datalayers. The data are part of the 15th Edition of the Massachusetts Natural Heritage Atlas, and are effective beginning August 1, 2021.
• 2020 U.S. Census Environmental Justice Populations
  June 24, 2021 - Block group-level data compiled from the American Community Survey (ACS) 2015-2019 5-year-estimates tables.