Land Use
Metadata:
- Identification_Information:
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- Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Online_Linkage: landuse.shp
- Originator: Harvard Design School
- Publication_Date: 1999
- Title: Land Use
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Cambridge, MA, USA
- Publisher: Harvard University Design School
- Description:
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- Abstract: Land Use interpreted from aerial photography.
- Purpose: See Abstract
- Status:
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- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
- Keywords:
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- Theme:
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- Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Theme_Keyword: Land Use
- Place:
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- Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
- Place_Keyword: Metro Boston
- Time_Period_of_Content:
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: 1990
- Currentness_Reference: None
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- Spatial_Domain:
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- Bounding_Coordinates:
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- West_Bounding_Coordinate: -71
- East_Bounding_Coordinate: -71
- North_Bounding_Coordinate: 42
- South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42
- Access_Constraints: For Harvard Distribution Only
- Use_Constraints: None
- Point_of_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Organization_Primary:
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- Contact_Organization: Harvard Design School
- Contact_Person: Paul Cote
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 48 Quincy Street
- City: Cambridge
- State_or_Province: Massacusetts
- Postal_Code: 02138
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-496-0546
- Browse_Graphic:
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- Browse_Graphic_File_Name: None
- Browse_Graphic_File_Description: None
- Browse_Graphic_File_Type: None
- Data_Set_Credit:
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The original interpretation of these data was done at
the University of Massachusetts. This data and its documentation were
made available for free by the good people at Mass GIS.
- Data_Quality_Information:
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- Logical_Consistency_Report: None
- Completeness_Report: None
- Lineage:
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- Source_Information:
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- Source_Citation:
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- Citation_Information:
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- Originator: Mass GIS
- Publication_Date: 1995
- Title: Land Use
- Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
- Publication_Information:
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- Publication_Place: Boston, MA, USA
- Publisher: Mass GIS
- Other_Citation_Details: None
- Online_Linkage: None
- Source_Scale_Denominator: 25000
- Type_of_Source_Media: digital maps and tables
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- Time_Period_Information:
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- Single_Date/Time:
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- Calendar_Date: Unknown
- Source_Currentness_Reference: None
- Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Mass GIS
- Source_Contribution: Arc E00 files in mass state plane nad27 feet
- Process_Step:
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- Process_Description:
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Reprojected and converted to shape file. Features
were joined with polygon history table to get multi-year land use codes.
- Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Mass GIS
- Process_Date: 1995
- Process_Contact:
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- Contact_Information:
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- Contact_Person_Primary:
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- Contact_Person: Paul Cote
- Contact_Organization: Harvard Design School
- Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
- Contact_Address:
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- Address_Type: mailing and physical address
- Address: 48 Quincy Street
- City: Cambidge
- State_or_Province: Massachusetts
- Postal_Code: 02138
- Country: USA
- Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617 496 0546
- Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pbcote@gsd.harvard.edu
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- SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
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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
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- Standard_Parallel: 41.71667
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- Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
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Entities are polygon geometry associated with tabular attributes.
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- Entity_Type:
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- Attribute:
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- Attribute_Label: Area
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- Attribute_Label: Tile_name
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Forest
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Wetland Nonforested freshwater wetland
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 5
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Mining Sand
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Open Land Abandoned agriculture
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Spectator Stadiums
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Water Based Beaches
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Residential 1/4 - 1/2 acre lots
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Residential Larger than 1/2 acre lots
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Salt Wetland Salt marsh
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Commercial General urban
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Industrial Light & heavy industry
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Urban Open Parks
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Transportation Airports
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: No Change
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Unknown
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cranberry bog (part of #21)
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Unknown
- Enumerated_Domain_Value: 27
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Tidal salt marshes (part of #14)
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Irregularly flooded salt marshes (part of #14)
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Marina (part of #9)
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: New ocean (areas of accretion)
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Urban public (part of #17)
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Transportation facilities (part of #18)
- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: Unknown
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Heath (part of #17)
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- Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Cemeteries (part of #17)
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- Address: 48 Quincy Street
- City: Cambridge
- State_or_Province: Massachusetts
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- Country: USA
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Generated by mp on Tue Nov 9 23:35:00 1999