worm

Identification Information

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Citation Information

Originator	Maine Department of Marine Resources (MEDMR)
Publication Date	19950101
Publication Time	Unknown
Title	worm
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	vector digital data
Series Name	Maine GIS
Issue Identification	SDE server; Internet Data Catalog
Publication Place	Augusta ME
Publisher	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Other Citation Details	1:24000
Online Linkage	http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/
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Beginning Date	19700606
Ending Date	19801001
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Abstract

WORM provides a generalized representation at 1:24,000 scale of commercially harvested marine worm habitat in Maine, based on Maine Department of Marine Resources data from 1970's. Original maps were created by MDMR and published by USF&WS as part of the "Ecological Characteristics of Coastal Maine".

Purpose

To show a generalized representation of commercially harvested marine worm habitats based on MDMR data from the 1970's.

Time Period of Content

Beginning Date	19700606
Beginning Time	Unknown
Ending Date	19801001
Ending Time	Unknown
Currentness Reference	source dates

Status

Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	Unknown

Bounding Coordinates

West Bounding Coordinate	-70.27745
East Bounding Coordinate	-66.96152
North Bounding Coordinate	44.97649
South Bounding Coordinate	43.66422

Keywords

Theme	fisheries, marine biology, commodities, marine environment monitoring (Maine GIS Thesaurus-Theme)
Theme	biota, economy, environment, oceans (ISO Keyword Thesaurus)
Place	Maine, Gulf of Maine, United States (Maine GIS Thesaurus-Place)
Stratum	biosphere, oceans (GCMD Parameter Keyword)

Access Constraints

Secondary distribution by permission only. Please see Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS) License Agreement at http://megis.maine.gov/ . Any secondary distribution must have this documentation appended.

Use Constraints

Users must assume responsibility in determining the usability of this data for their purposes. Digital maps retain the accuracy of their source materials. The best use of data mapped at scales of 1:500,000 and 1:250,000 is in statewide planning and studies; at 1:100,000 in regional planning and studies; at 1:62,500 and 1:24,000 in detailed studies and local planning; and at 1:12,000 and 1:5,000 or larger scales in parcel level studies and detailed local planning. In the use of Maine GIS data, please check sources, scale, accuracy, currentness and other available information. Please confirm that you are using the correct copy of both data and metadata from the MEGIS Data Catalog. Updates, corrections, and feedback, incorporated in the Maine GIS database are made in accordance with "Data Standards for Maine Geographic Information Systems", 2002, and coordinated by MEGIS

Contact Organization

(MEDMR) Maine Department of Marine Resources

Contact Position

GIS Specialist

Address Type

mailing address

Address

PO Box 8

City

West Boothbay Harbor

State or Province

Postal Code

04575

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

(207) 633-9507

Contact Facsimile Telephone

(207) 633-9579

Hours of Service

Monday through Friday 0800 - 1700 EST

Data Set Credit

Credit should always be given to the data source and/or originator when the data is transferred or printed.

Native Data Set Environment

Maine Office of Information Technology (OIT) Oracle 9i, Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS), Maine GIS SDE, Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/

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Attribute Accuracy Report

Attribute accuracy was spot checked by manual comparison of the source with hard copy printouts and/or symbolized display of digital files. Please report errors to Maine Office of GIS.

Logical Consistency Report

Spatial topology meets Maine GIS Data Standards.

Completeness Report

Data set is complete.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report

The locational accuracy of WORM polygons is unknown. Data was compiled on a 1:24000 scale base and is considered suitable for use at 1:24,000 scale.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation

The locational accuracy of WORM polygons is unknown. Data was compiled on a 1:24000 scale base.

Vertical Positional Accuracy Report

Not applicable

Citation Information

Originator	U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS) (comp., ed.)
Publication Date	1995
Publication Time	Unknown
Title	coast
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	vector digital data
Series Name	Maine GIS
Issue Identification	SDE server; Internet Data Catalog
Publication Place	Augusta ME
Publisher	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Other Citation Details	1:24000
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Beginning Date	1948
Beginning Time	Unknown
Ending Date	1999
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Source Scale Denominator

24000

Type of Source Media

online

Beginning Date

1948

Beginning Time

Unknown

Ending Date

1999

Ending Time

Unknown

Source Currentness Reference

source dates

Source Citation Abbreviation

coast

Source Contribution

WORM represents a composite of the 1:24000 scale coastline with polygons digitized from paper maps.

Citation Information

Originator	Fefer, Stewart I. and Patricia A. Schettig
Publication Date	19801001
Publication Time	Unknown
Title	(ECCM) An Ecological Characterization of Coastal Maine
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	atlas
Publisher	US Department of Interior Fish & Wildlife Service
Other Citation Details	Fefer, Stewart I. and Patricia A. Schettig. October 1980. An ecologicalcharacterization of coastal Maine. FWS/OBS-80/29. USDOI, USFWS. 6 Volumes including maps.
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Calendar Date	19801001
Time of Day	Unknown
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Source Scale Denominator

999999

Type of Source Media

paper

Calendar Date

19801001

Time of Day

Unknown

Source Currentness Reference

publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation

eccm

Source Contribution

WORM contains generalized representations of areas where commercially harvested marine worms were known to exist in the mid - 70's. Original maps were created by MDMR and published by USF&WS as part of the "Ecological Characteristics of Coastal Maine".

Process Description

Source Used Citation Abbreviation

coast

Source Used Citation Abbreviation

eccm

Process Date

1994

Contact Organization

(MEDMR) Maine Department of Marine Resources

Contact Position

GIS Specialist

Address Type

mailing address

Address

PO Box 8

City

West Boothbay Harbor

State or Province

Postal Code

04575

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

(207) 633-9507

Contact Facsimile Telephone

(207) 633-9579

Hours of Service

Monday through Friday 0800 - 1700 EST

Process Description

The Maine Office of GIS completed the conversion of all final data layers from NAD27 to NAD83 in July 1999. All the data layers were converted using the ArcInfo (version 7.2.1) NADCON conversion and the "project" command. All data was copied to double precision, projected to NAD83, and then copied back to single precision. It was decided to keep the NAD27 quad structure instead of generating new quad boundaries from NAD83 coordinates - all indexes (quads) were projected to NAD83 by using the same process previously described. All MEGIS data libraries in ArcInfo Librarian were repopulated using the NAD83 indexes and data.

Process Date

19990701

Contact Organization

(MEGIS) Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems

Contact Position

GIS Coordinator

Address Type

mailing address

Address

State House Station 145

City

Augusta

State or Province

Postal Code

04333-0145

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

(207) 624-7700

Contact Facsimile Telephone

(207) 287-3842

Hours of Service

Monday through Friday 0800 - 1700 EST

Cloud Cover

Direct Spatial Reference Method

Vector

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type

Area chain

Point and Vector Object Count

305

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Grid Coordinate System Name

UTM Zone Number

Scale Factor at Central Meridian

0.9996

Longitude of Central Meridian

-69

Latitude of Projection Origin

False Easting

500000

False Northing

Planar Coordinate Encoding Method

Abscissa Resolution

Ordinate Resolution

Planar Distance Units

meters

Horizontal Datum Name

North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid Name

Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major Axis

6378137

Denominator of Flattening Ratio

298.257

Entity Type Label

WORMPoly

Entity Type Definition

polygon feature class

Entity Type Definition Source

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)

Attribute Label

WORMHAB

Attribute Definition

identifies areas of commercially harvested marine worms

Attribute Definition Source

user defined

Enumerated Domain Value

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

area with no known commercial harvest of marine worms

Enumerated Domain Value

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

area with known commercial harvest of marine worms

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Entity Type Label

WORMArc

Entity Type Definition

arc feature class

Entity Type Definition Source

Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)

Attribute Label

TYPE

Attribute Definition

separates coastline from habitat arcs

Attribute Definition Source

user defined

Enumerated Domain Value

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

coastline

Enumerated Domain Value

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

habitat arcs noncoincident with coastline

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Entity and Attribute Overview

WORM contains generalized representations of areas where commercially harvested marine worms were known to exist in the mid - 70's.

Entity and Attribute Detail Citation

The ArcView shapefile and ArcGIS geodatabase formats, commonly used for Maine GIS data, carry default identifiers and attributes that are software generated and/or important for internal recordkeeping. These are listed here to avoid repetition for every layer, and may not be repeated in the attribute descriptions and definitions of each layer. Common software generated identifiers and attributes in Maine GIS data include: FID (feature identifier), Shape (feature geometry), OBJECTID and SHAPE_lengt. In addition, most GIS formats will carry fields for PERIMETER, AREA and/or LENGTH according to feature geometry. These fields are typically available by default, with the units based on coordinate system or projection units of GIS data. Most GIS software packages also provide a means to calculate these values. It is important to test any columns containing PERIMETER, AREA or LENGTH values before using them for analysis purposes. These important values can be carried from format to format and become out-dated. Verify that the values are correct. Also, in your GIS software, please view the properties of data layers for the map units used to calculate these fields, and for the units set for display purposes.

Entity and Attribute Overview

WORM contains generalized representations of areas where commercially harvested marine worms were known to exist in the mid - 70's.

Entity and Attribute Detail Citation

Contact Organization

(MEGIS) Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems

Contact Position

GIS Coordinator

Address Type

mailing address

Address

State House Station 145

City

Augusta

State or Province

Postal Code

04333-0145

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

(207) 624-7700

Contact Facsimile Telephone

(207) 287-3842

Hours of Service

Monday through Friday 0800 - 1700 EST

Distribution Liability

Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data for their purposes. Although these data have been processed successfully on a computer system at the Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems, no warranty expressed or implied is made by MEGIS regarding the utility of the data on any other system, nor shall the act of distribution constitute any such warranty. Neither the Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems, nor any of its contributors, is liable for misuse of the data, for damage, for transmission of viruses, or for computer contamination through the distribution of these data sets.

Format Name

ESRI Shapefile

Format Version Number

ARC Version 9.x

Format Specification

ArcView Shapefile Format

Format Information Content

MEGIS has made all vector layers, in the Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog, available in ESRI's ArcView shapefile format. A shapefile is a simple non-topological format that stores the geometry and attribute information for a set of geographic features as a set of vector (point, line, polygon) coordinates. Shapefiles draw quickly and directly in ArcView, ArcGIS, ArcExplorer. Shapefiles are a compatible data type for many other types of GIS software. Three files are fundamental to each shapefile: .shp stores the feature geometry (shape and location information); .shx stores the index of the feature geometry; .dbf a dBASE (TM) file stores the attribute information for the features. Other index files may be created to help speed analysis and query: these file formats are .sbn .sbx .ain .aix .fbn and .fbx. In addition you may find projection .prj, and metadata .xml, files associated with shapefiles.

File Decompression Technique

Data available from this website is in .zip compressed format. WinZip is a Windows based, PKZip-compatible compression utility. You will need a program like this to extract the data. A link to a trial copy WinZip software is available at http://megis.maine.gov/links/.

Network Resource Name

http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/

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These data are available to Internet browsers for download from the Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog. Data available from this website is in .zip compressed format. WinZip is a Windows based, PKZip-compatible compression utility. You will need a program like this to extract the data. A link to a trial copy WinZip software is available at http://megis.maine.gov/links/. If you are not already a GIS user, free software for viewing these files is available from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI). See http://megis.maine.gov/links/ for a link to ArcExplorer 9.x .

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Fees

Data may be downloaded from Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog at no charge.

Turnaround

Data is available for immediate download from the Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog.

Beginning Date

19990101

Beginning Time

Unknown

Ending Date

Present

Ending Time

Unknown

Contact Organization

(MEGIS) Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems

Contact Position

GIS Coordinator

Address Type

mailing address

Address

State House Station 145

City

Augusta

State or Province

Postal Code

04333-0145

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

(207) 624-7700

Contact Facsimile Telephone

(207) 287-3842

Hours of Service

Monday through Friday 0800 - 1700 EST

Distribution Liability

Users must assume responsibility to determine the usability of this data for their purposes.

Format Name

ARCSDE

Format Version Number

ArcSDE 9.x

Format Information Content

Oracle 9i

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Please contact the Maine Office of GIS (MEGIS) for access instructions.

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Fees

Access is available through Maine's wide area network; WAN users may contact the Maine Office of Information Technology, Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS) for a login.

Metadata Reference Information

Metadata Date

20000701

Metadata Review Date

20070925

Metadata Future Review Date

Metadata Contact

Contact Organization	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Contact Position	GIS Coordinator
Address Type	mailing address
Address	State House Station 145
City	Augusta
State or Province	ME
Postal Code	04333-0145
Country	USA
Contact Voice Telephone	207 624-7700
Contact Facsimile Telephone	207 287-4563
Hours of Service	Monday through Friday 0800 - 1700 EST

Metadata Standard Name

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version

FGDC-STD-001-1998