Large mooring fields along the coast of Massachusetts, 2007
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- Originator: Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management
- Publication_Date: 200704
- Title: Large mooring fields along the coast of Massachusetts, 2007
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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These GIS data show the approximate location of large mooring fields on the coast of Massachusetts. Large mooring fields are defined a contiguous cluster of ten or more moorings. Mooring fields were created by onscreen digitization of mooring fields identified on MassGIS ortho imagery (2001 and 2005) and Pictometry data. The mooring fields data were then checked and augmented by local knowledge (Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management regional coordinators) in the Spring of 2007. These data are not to show exact mooring field boundaries but instead to give the user a general idea where large aggregations of boats are moored.
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Component of Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Human Uses database.
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 200607
- Currentness_Reference: publication date
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.098165
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.916169
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.824452
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41.270763
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: mooring
- Theme_Keyword: moorings
- Theme_Keyword: mooring field
- Theme_Keyword: mooring fields
- Theme_Keyword: boat
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword: oceans, 014
- Theme_Keyword: transportation, 018
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
- Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine
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None. These data are in the public domain. GIS files are freely available for download.
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Public domain data from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management as the source of these data. You are not permitted to use CZM's name or to suggest that CZM endorses your project or product, without its express written consent. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, CZM cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by any inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers. The user must be aware of data conditions and bear responsibility for the appropriate use of these data with respect to possible errors, original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to these data.
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: CZM Data Manager
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- Address_Type: Mailing Address
- Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800, Boston, MA 02114-2136
- City: Boston
- State_or_Province: MA
- Postal_Code: 02114-2136
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1200
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: czm@state.ma.us
- Hours_of_Service: 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs EST
- Contact_Instructions: email only
- Data_Set_Credit:
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Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation: feature locations and core attributes
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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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All polygons are believed to represent large mooring fields based on ortho imagery and local knowledge.
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A formal logical consistency report was conducted for these data, however, it is believed that the attribute data is consistent and correct with the exception of the NAME field which was abandoned part way through data collection.
- Completeness_Report:
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Small mooring fields, defined as those with ten or fewer boats, were excluded from the data set. Likewise, any mooring fields regardless of size outside of the coastal zone were excluded.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: A horizontal accuracy report was not conducted for these data.
- Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: n/a
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation: n/a
- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:
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- Vertical_Positional_Accuracy_Report: n/a
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Some mooring fields were detectable from the MassGIS ortho photos (2001 and 2005) and Pictometry data and were captured via onscreen digitization. Most mooring fields, however, had been pulled for the season when the MassGIS ortho photos were taken. To capture these mooring fields, large poster sized 1:5000 maps were printed and distributed to MA CZM Regional Coordinators. Using local knowledge, the Regional Coordinators draw known mooring fields onto the posters for their region. The data inherent in these posters was then transferred into GIS by hand digitizing the location of the mooring fields over both the MassGIS ortho photos and the appropriate detailed NOAA nautical charts for the region in question. The resultant polygons were then corrected to ensure they overlaid water deep enough to support moored vessels and did not intersect any land, rocks, bars, or infrastructure such as docks or navigational monuments.
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- Grid_Coordinate_System:
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- Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983
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- SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 2001
- Lambert_Conformal_Conic:
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- Standard_Parallel: 41.716667
- Standard_Parallel: 42.683333
- Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -71.500000
- Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 41.000000
- False_Easting: 200000.000000
- False_Northing: 750000.000000
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- Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair
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- Planar_Distance_Units: meters
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- Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
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- Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222
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- Altitude_Resolution: 0.000100
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Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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- Detailed_Description:
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- Entity_Type:
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- Entity_Type_Label: mooring_fields
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Locations of mooring fields (groups of 10 or more contiguous moorings)
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- Attribute_Label: Sq_Meters
- Attribute_Definition: Area of mooring field in square meters.
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- Attribute_Label: FID
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Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
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- Attribute_Label: TOWN
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: CZM Data Manager
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: Mailing Address
- Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800, Boston, MA 02114-2136
- City: Boston
- State_or_Province: MA
- Postal_Code: 02114-2136
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1200
- Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 617-626-1240
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: czm@state.ma.us
- Hours_of_Service: 0900 hrs to 1600 hrs EST
- Contact_Instructions: email only
- Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
- Distribution_Liability:
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Although every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of these data, errors and conditions originating from physical sources used to develop these data may be reflected in the data supplied. The client must be aware of data conditions and bear responsibility for the appropriate use of the information with respect to possible errors, original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to certain data. In no event shall CZM be liable for any damages, whether general, special, incidental or consequential damages, arising out of your use of these data. Your sole remedy for damages is to stop using the data. You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless CZM and its employees against any claim, loss, liability or expense, including attorneys' fees, resulting from loss of or damage to property or the injury to or death of any person arising out of the use of the data.
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- Network_Resource_Name: <http://www.mass.gov/czm/>
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GIS and coordinate files may be downloaded at no charge by following links on the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management website (<http://www.mass.gov/czm/>).
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Requires software capable of reading ESRI Shapefile format; attribute data contained in .dbf format.
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- Calendar_Date: 200606
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- Contact_Person: CZM Data Manager
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