Commercial, charter, and recreation boating in Massachusetts waters as arcs, 2005
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- Originator: The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM)
- Publication_Date: 2005
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Commercial, charter, and recreation boating in Massachusetts waters as arcs, 2005
- Edition: First
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
- Online_Linkage: N/A
- Description:
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- Abstract:
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These GIS data contain information for boating uses in the Massachusetts Coastal Zone. The data contain three subtypes for commercial boating, charter activity, and recreational boating. The data were compiled from two expert workshops conducted in June 2005 in Boston and Waquoit.
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This data is suitable for state-wide planning applications and analysis.
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- Calendar_Date: 2005
- Currentness_Reference: publication date
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71.468340
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -69.407619
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43.007724
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 40.911304
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Boating
- Theme_Keyword: Commercial
- Theme_Keyword: Recreational
- Theme_Keyword: Charter
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category
- Theme_Keyword: transportation, 018
- Theme_Keyword: oceans, 014
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
- Place_Keyword: Gulf of Maine
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- Temporal_Keyword: 2005
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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 Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA), 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_Person: CZM Data Manager
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- Address_Type: mailing address
- Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800, Boston, MA 02114-2136
- Address: Suite 800
- 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
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These spatial data were created by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EOEEA).
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Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.0.1770
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Attribute_Accuracy:
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- Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
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Attribute accuracy is based on the subject matter knowledge of boating experts from Massachusetts
- Logical_Consistency_Report: A logical consistency report was not conducted for these data.
- Positional_Accuracy:
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
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Accuracy of this dataset is generally low. Data for this feature class was hand drawn by experts onto basemaps and transferred to a GIS.
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- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Value: Low
- Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Explanation:
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Heads up digitizing was used to transfer hand drawn features into a GIS.
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: TerraLogic GIS
- Publication_Date: 2005
- Title: Massachusetts Coastal Zone Boating Expert Workshops
- Edition: First
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The source of this data was two expert workshops conducted in Boston, MA and Waquoit, MA on June 1-2, 2005.
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- Calendar_Date: 2005
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Two basemaps were used in each workshop. One was dedicated for mapping recreational boating uses. The other was for commercial uses. Chris Spagnuolo facilitated expert discussions and mapping of recreation boat uses while Chris Hansen facilitated concurrently for commercial uses. A unique color pen was assigned to each boat use type. As experts drew features on the map, the facilitator placed the expert's initials on the mapped points, lines, and polygons. Ben Yetman assisted as a scribe for comments and feature attributes.
The experts found it easier to map by going through the boat use list one-by-one rather than going through the list of questions. The informal portion of the mapping exercise ensued while drawing features. Discussions of several related topics evolved while facilitators maintained mapping focus and the assessment of seasonality, intensity, and trends directly related to the map features.
Generally, experts reviewed the map features drawn by participants of earlier sessions and supplemented them with their own specific information. While experts focused on their areas of expertise, they were specifically solicited for their knowledge of other boat uses. This helped supplement and quality assure information provided by other experts.
- Process_Date: June 1-3, 2005
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Edge Matching and Boundaries: the shoreline used for this project (MassGIS 1:25K shoreline) established the inland-side boundary for map features. The state waters' boundary served as the water-side bounds unless uses extended into federal waters.
- Process_Date: 200506
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Use of Planning Units: In open water areas where boating use must be approximated by the meeting attendees, the planning units were offered as the "minimum mapping unit." This suggests that areas of uncertain boundaries were identified as a cluster of planning units (the entire unit is either "selected" or "not selected" for contributing to that use type). However, if the expert felt comfortable drawing a discrete polygon to better represent a feature, they were encouraged to do so.
- Process_Date: 200506
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Synthesis of Hand-drawn Data: It was expected that the mass of hand-drawn map features on the basemaps would require some manual synthesis and segregation of discrete layers prior to digitizing in to GIS. The workshop facilitators were to take responsibility of clarifying the map features by translating them onto a clean map surface prior to digitizing them.
- Process_Date: 200506
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For commercial uses, Chris Hansen of TerraLogic completed the final synthesis maps. For recreation uses, Chris Spagnuolo of TerraLogic created the final maps.
Generally, data synthesis was a straight forward process of adjusting the experts' manually-drawn features to the appropriate shoreline. There were several undisputed features such as commercial shipping lanes and ferry routes that needed simple verification. The categories of recreational boating and commercial charter boating areas were more difficult to synthesize. On these two layers, a lot of anecdotal information had to be compiled as map features. Because of the required level of interpretation on these feature layers, it was recommended that CZM internally review the maps prior to final submittal.
- Process_Date: 200506
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Facility ID number to link to boating facilities feature classes
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This data set contains 3 subtypes with distinct domain rules. The three subtypes are Commercial Boating, Charters, and Recreational Boating. The enforceable domains for the subtypes are d_com_boating, d_charter_type, and d_rec_boating respectively.
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- Contact_Person: CZM Data Manager
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- Address: 251 Causeway Street, Suite 800, Boston, MA 02114-2136
- City: Boston
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- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-626-1200
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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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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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