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Massachusetts (Priority Natural Pine Barrens--MassGIS--Vegetation Communities, 2003)
- Identification Information
- Data Quality Information
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Spatial Reference Information
- Entity and Attribute Information
- Distribution Information
- Distribution Information
- Metadata Reference Information
- Identification Information
- Citation
- Originator
- MassGIS (Office : Mass.)
- Publication Date
- 20030301
- Title
- Massachusetts (Priority Natural Pine Barrens--MassGIS--Vegetation Communities, 2003)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form
- vector digital data
- Publication Information
- Publication Place
- Massachusetts
- Publisher
- MassGIS (Office : Mass.)
- Online Linkage
- Server=arrowsmith.mit.edu; Service=5150; Database=oracle
- Online Linkage
- http://www.state.ma.us/mgis/laylist.htm
- Abstract
- This layer represents the coastal components of the priority natural vegetation communities in MA. This layer is one of eight that depict the distribution of natural community systems identified by the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program (NHESP) as most critical to the conservation of the Commonwealth's biological diversity (Barbour et al., 1998).These eight layers are: coastal, coastal plain pond, vernal pool, acidic peatland, riverine, maritime sandplain, pine barrens, calcareous. For descriptions of these community systems, refer to Barbour, Simmons, Swain and Woolsey, "Our Irreplaceable Heritage: Protecting Biodiversity in Massachusetts" (1998). SPECIFICS FOR THE PINE BARREN COMMUNITIES:Pine Barrens Systems are a mosaic of pitch pine and scrub oak, with heath and grassy openings, located on nutrient-poor, acidic, drought-prone soils. Most of this data is in the southeast a subset of the UMass Plymouth pitch pine data layer (1993). Some revisions have been made to the UMass data (false labels corrected, edges tied, some new developed land removed). This layer is a new and separate datalayer created for pitch pine barrens outside the UMass project area. This new data was created from aerial photo interpretation of the 1999/2000 photos and field information.MassGIS is maintaining this layer. Questions concerning the data interpretation should be directed to Janice Stone at 413-545-5533 or Philip John at 617-626-1185. Development of this information in other regions of the state is continuing.
- Purpose
- This layer is intended for researchers, students, and policy makers for reference and mapping purposes, and may be used for basic applications such as viewing, querying, and map output production, or to provide a basemap to support graphical overlays and analysis with other spatial data. This mapping is intended for planning purposes only, as a guide to potentially valuable natural sites to be protected. All sites should be field checked before any action is taken on them. Aerial photo-interpretation can identify vegetation, but cannot assess the quality of a site for biodiversity, or the actual presence of rare plants and animals.
- Temporal Extent
- Currentness Reference
- ground condition
- Time Instant
- 20030301
- Bounding Box
- West
- -71.300898
- East
- -70.598913
- North
- 42.681900
- South
- 41.649040
- Theme Keyword
- Plants
- Conservation of natural resources
- Habitat (Ecology)
- Forests and forestry
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- Theme Keyword
- environment
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus
- Place Keyword
- Massachusetts
- Place Keyword Thesaurus
- Access Restrictions
- Unrestricted Access Online none.
- Use Restrictions
- Status
- In work
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Continually
- Point of Contact
- Contact Organization
- MIT GIS Lab
- Delivery Point
- 77 Massachusetts Avenue
- City
- Cambridge
- State
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02139
- Country
- USA
- Native Data Set Environment
- Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.1850
- Data Quality Information
- Lineage
- Spatial Data Organization Information
- Direct Spatial Reference Method
- Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- G-polygon
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 271
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- Complete chain
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 16484
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- Point
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 4
- SDTS Terms Description
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type
- Point
- Point and Vector Object Count
- 4
- Spatial Reference Information
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition
- Planar
- Grid Coordinate System
- Grid Coordinate System Name
- State Plane Coordinate System 1983
- State Plane Coordinate System
- SPCS Zone Identifier
- 2001
- Lambert Conformal Conic
- Planar Coordinate Information
- Planar Coordinate Encoding Method
- coordinate pair
- Coordinate Representation
- Abscissa Resolution
- 0.001000
- Ordinate Resolution
- 0.001000
- Planar Distance Units
- meters
- Geodetic Model
- Horizontal Datum Name
- North American Datum of 1983
- Ellipsoid Name
- Geodetic Reference System 80
- Semi-major Axis
- 6378137.000000
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio
- 298.257222
- Vertical Coordinate System Definition
- Altitude System Definition
- Altitude Resolution
- 1.000000
- Altitude Encoding Method
- Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates
- Entity and Attribute Information
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- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- SDE_DATA.US_MA_D5PINE1_2003
- Attributes
-
- AREA
- Area of feature in internal units squared.
- PERIMETER
- Perimeter of feature in internal units. (Perimeter is always zero for point coverages. Values are automatically generated.)
- VCPINBAR_
- Internal feature number.
- VCPINBAR_I
- User-defined feature number.
- NHCODE
- Abbreviation for the NHESP community type.
- TOWN
- The name of the town the site is located in, or X for not part of the Pine Barrens community
- LABEL
- The same as NHCODE
- GEN_LABEL
- Pitch Pine, Scrub Oak or X for not part of Pine Barrens community.
- Entity Type
- Entity Type Label
- bldg.aat
- Attributes
- FID
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- Shape
- Feature geometry. (Coordinates defining the features.)
- FNODE#
- Internal node number for the beginning of an arc (from-node). (Whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- TNODE#
- Internal node number for the end of an arc (to-node). (Whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- LPOLY#
- Internal node number for the left polygon. (Whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- RPOLY#
- Internal node number for the right polygon. (Whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- LENGTH
- Length of feature in internal units. (Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.)
- BLDG#
- Internal feature number. (Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.)
- BLDG-ID
- User-defined feature number.
- DXF-LAYER
- Distribution Information
- Distributor
- MIT GIS Lab
- Name
- Name
- Distribution Information
- Distributor
- GIS Lab, MIT Libraries
- Name
- Name
- Metadata Reference Information
- Metadata Date
- 20090127
- Metadata Contact
- Contact Information
- Contact Organization Primary
- Contact Organization
- MIT GIS Lab
- Contact Person
- Maggie Scott
- Contact Position
- GIS Specialist
- Contact Address
- Address
- 77 Massachusetts Ave
- City
- Cambridge
- State or Province
- MA
- Postal Code
- 02139
- Contact Voice Telephone
- 617-258-5598
- Contact Electronic Mail Address
- gishelp@mit.edu
- Hours of Service
- 9-5
- Metadata Standard Name
- FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version
- FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata Extensions
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
- Profile Name
- ESRI Metadata Profile
- Metadata Extensions
- Online Linkage
- http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html
- Profile Name
- ESRI Metadata Profile