MassGIS Massachusetts (Estimated Habitats of Rare Wildlife, 2003) vector digital data MA MassGIS http://www.state.ma.us/mgis/laylist.htm SDE_DATA.US_MA_D5ESTMT_200320030701 The Estimated Habitats of Rare Wildlife datalayer consists of polygons representing estimations of the habitats of state-protected rare wildlife populations that occur in Resource Areas*. These habitats are based on rare species records maintained in the Natural Heritage & Endangered Species Program's (NHESP) database. NHESP scientists draw estimated habitats by analyzing population records, species habitat requirements, available information about the landscape (particularly from topographic maps and wetland inventory maps), as well as through personal observations. Most habitat sites are not visited prior to the drawing of these estimated habitats. Estimated habitats are not equivalent to Resource Area delineation. These estimated habitats are designed for use with the Wetlands Protection Act Regulations (310 CMR 10.00). Projects that are subject to the Wetlands Protection Act and that fall within Estimated Habitats of Rare Wildlife require the filing of a Notice of Intent form with NHESP. * The definition of "Resource Area" (Area Subject to Regulation) is included in the Wetlands Protection Act Regulations (310 CMR 10.02(1)). IMPORTANT: To display only Habitat polygons in GIS or mapping software, use the layer definition query BLOB=1. The legend that MUST accompany this datalayer on ALL maps is: "NHESP 2003 Estimated Habitats for Rare Wildlife: For Use with the MA Wetlands Protection Act Regulations (310 CMR 10)." Occurrence records from the NHESP database are continuously being added, modified and deleted. Those changes are incorporated into this datalayer every two years for inclusion in the Natural Heritage Atlas. Habitats drawn for rare wildlife occurrences that have not been re-verified within the last twenty-five years are deleted. Estimated Habitat maps are available for viewing at local Massachusetts conservation commission offices (by town) or in the current Natural Heritage Atlas (by quadrangle map). Questions about this datalayer should be directed to NHESP at 508-792-7270 x161. 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 layer will provide a basemap for layers related to real property and public utilities More advanced user applications may focus on urban planning, public works, or utilities purposes (including defining boundaries, managing assets and facilities, integrating attribute databases with geographic features, spatial analysis, and presentation output.) en 20030701 ground condition Complete Continually -73.522991 -69.896419 42.874765 41.230155 34672.160000331042.656250777474.875000958238.125000 none Habitat RareWildlifeConservationEstimatedPolygon MA USA United States New England Massachusetts 20030701 none. For educational purposes only. MIT GIS Lab GIS Specialist mailing and physical address
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Cambridge MA 02139 USA (617) 258-5598 gishelp@mit.edu 9-5 Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 1; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.3.0.800 SDE Feature Class This datalayer was digitized by NHESP scientists. Polygons were heads-up digitized in ArcView and referenced to both the digital USGS Topographic Quadrangles as well as the digital Black and White and Color ortho images available from MassGIS. \\Rotch-10\somerville\metadata_template.xml Metadata imported. Q:\sdeload8\somerville\feet\metadata_template.xml Metadata imported.Q:\sdeload8\MA_metadata_template.xml20031105Metadata imported.Q:\sdeload8\MA_metadata_template.xml20031106Metadata imported.q:\sdeload8\MoreMassGIS\us_ma_d5estmt_2003.shp.xml20031211 Vector G-polygon 1452 Complete chain 16484 Point 4 Point 4 SimplePolygonFALSE1452TRUEFALSE coordinate pair 0.001000 0.001000 meters State Plane Coordinate System 1983200141.71666742.683333-71.50000041.000000200000.000000750000.000000 North American Datum of 1983 Geodetic Reference System 80 6378137.000000 298.257222 GCS_North_American_1983NAD_1983_StatePlane_Massachusetts_Mainland_FIPS_2001 Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates1.000000 SDE_DATA.US_MA_D5ESTMT_2003 Feature Class1452 SDE_DATA.US_MA_D5ESTMT_2003.AREA Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. SDE_DATA.US_MA_D5ESTMT_2003.AREADouble8153 PERIMETER Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. PERIMETERDouble8153 WHAB2003_ Area of feature in internal units squared. ESRI Area is always zero for point coverages. Values are automatically generated. WHAB2003_Double83110 WHAB2003_I Perimeter of feature in internal units. ESRI Perimeter is always zero for point coverages. Values are automatically generated. WHAB2003_IDouble83110 BLOB Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. BLOBSmallInteger210 INT_ID User-defined feature number. ESRI Whole numbers that are automatically generated. INT_IDSmallInteger240 MAP_LBL Distinguished between habitat and non-habitat polygons http://www.state.ma.us/mgis/wethab.htm 0non-habitat1habitat MAP_LBLString700 GEOMETRY Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. GEOMETRYGeometry400 OBJECTID unique identifier for each polygon http://www.state.ma.us/mgis/wethab.htm OBJECTIDOID4100Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. GEOMETRY.AREA GEOMETRY.AREADouble000 CLASS GEOMETRY.LENDouble000 ACRES SQ_FEET RADIUS2 CB_BUF CB_BUF_MET bldg.aat FID Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Shape Feature geometry. ESRI Coordinates defining the features. FNODE# Internal node number for the beginning of an arc (from-node). ESRI Whole numbers that are automatically generated. 3 TNODE# Internal node number for the end of an arc (to-node). ESRI Whole numbers that are automatically generated. 3 LPOLY# Internal node number for the left polygon. ESRI Whole numbers that are automatically generated. RPOLY# Internal node number for the right polygon. ESRI Whole numbers that are automatically generated. LENGTH Length of feature in internal units. ESRI Positive real numbers that are automatically generated. BLDG# Internal feature number. ESRI Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. BLDG-ID User-defined feature number. ESRI DXF-LAYER MIT GIS Lab GIS Specialist mailing and physical address
77 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge MA 02139 USA 617-258-5598 gishelp@mit.edu 9-5 Downloadable Data 0.101 1.955 20031211 MIT GIS Lab Maggie Scott GIS Specialist mailing and physical address
77 Massachusetts Ave
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