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biophy

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Identification Information
Citation Information
Originator Maine Natural Areas Program (MENAP), Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (recomp.)
Publication Date 19910101
Publication Time Unknown
Title biophy
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 1:250000
Online Linkage http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/
Calendar Date 1990
Time of Day Unknown
Abstract BIOPHY depicts boundaries of 15 Biophysical Regions in Maine at 1:250,000 scale. The regions were developed in a statewide classification (McMahon, 1990) by Janet McMahon who examined spatial patterns in a number of mapped environmental variables. These patterns were statistically evaluated using canonical correspondence analysis. Ordinations of 1,966 samples, 95 woody taxa, and 22 environmental variables, reveal that both biophysical regions and woody species vary primarily along a climatic gradient of increasing annual temperature, potential evapotransportation, heat sum, and other factors associated with temperature. Boundaries were mapped for 'Biophysical Regions of Maine' at 1:700000 scale by Maine State Planning Office (MESPO) staff in 1990. Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS) staff digitized these boundaries from the 1990 publication, recompiling the data onto a 1:250,000 scale base. The state boundary and coastline were extracted from the coverage METWP250. Each region contains attribute fields extracted from a summary table on the 1990 publication. The coverage was renamed from BIOPHY250 to BIOPHY in 2001.
Purpose Statistical analysis for regional study of patterns in landscape and vegetation.
Time Period of Content
Calendar Date 1990
Time of Day Unknown
Currentness Reference source date
Status
Progress Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency None planned
Bounding Coordinates
West Bounding Coordinate -71.00253
East Bounding Coordinate -66.85176
North Bounding Coordinate 47.43998
South Bounding Coordinate 43.06008
Keywords
Theme ecology, habitat, vegetation, landscape (Maine GIS Thesaurus-Theme)
Theme biota, imageryBaseMapsEarthCover (ISO Keyword Thesaurus)
Place Maine, United States (Maine GIS Thesaurus-Place)
Stratum biosphere, land surface, hydrosphere (GCMD Parameter Keyword)
Access Constraints none
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 Maine GIS 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 (MENAP) Maine Natural Areas Program
Contact Position GIS Manager/Landscape Ecologist
Address Type mailing address
Address State House Station 93
City Augusta
State or Province ME
Postal Code 04333
Country USA
Contact Voice Telephone (207) 287-8047
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, SDEUSER, SDE.DEFAULT
Attribute Accuracy Report Attributes have been examined for accuracy based on existing source material and limitations of scale.
Completeness Report Polygons with code = 0 remain unclassified for biophysical region.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report Approximate horizontal accuracy is greater than 127 meters. Data has been compiled from 1:700000 scale paper maps.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Value 127
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Explanation Compilation base data meets National Map Accuracy Standards for 1:250,000 scale.
Citation Information
Originator Maine State Planning Office (MESPO)
Publication Date 1990
Publication Time Unknown
Title (BIOPHY700) Biophysical Regions of Maine
Geospatial Data Presentation Form map
Publication Place Augusta ME
Publisher Maine State Planning Office
Other Citation Details Boundaries of 15 biophysical regions were developed in a statewide classification (McMahon, 1990). In fulfillment of her M.S. Thesis at the University of Maine at Orono, Janet McMahon examined spatial patterns in a number of mapped environmental variables. These patterns were statistically evaluated. Ordinations of 1,966 samples, 95 woody taxa, and 22 environmental variables, reveal that both biophysical regions and woody species vary primarily along a climatic gradient of increasing annual temperature, potential evapotransportation, heat sum, and other factors associated with temperature. Boundaries were mapped at 1:700000 scale by Maine State Planning Office staff in 1990.
Online Linkage http://www.state.me.us/spo/
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[smcisrcs]  700000
[smcisrcm]  paper
Calendar Date 1990
Time of Day Unknown
[smcisrcc]  publication date
Source Scale Denominator 700000
Type of Source Media paper
Calendar Date 1990
Time of Day Unknown
Source Currentness Reference publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation biophy700
Source Contribution MEGIS staff recompiled biophysical region boundaries from a 1990 MESPO 1:700,000 scale compilation based on this source 'Biophysical Regions of Maine' to create BIOPHY.
Citation Information
Originator Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Publication Date 20010601
Publication Time Unknown
Title metwp250
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
Other Citation Details 1:250000
[smcilnkh]  false
[smcisrcs]  250000
[smcisrcm]  online
Beginning Date 19020101
Beginning Time Unknown
Ending Date 20010601
Ending Time Unknown
[smcisrcc]  source dates
Source Scale Denominator 250000
Type of Source Media online
Beginning Date 19020101
Beginning Time Unknown
Ending Date 20010601
Ending Time Unknown
Source Currentness Reference source dates
Source Citation Abbreviation metwp250
Process Description Boundaries were mapped for 'Biophysical Regions of Maine' at a scale of 1:700000 by State Planning Office staff in 1990. MEGIS staff digitized these boundaries from the 1990 publication. The state boundary and coastline were extracted from the coverage METWP250.
Source Used Citation Abbreviation biophy700
Source Used Citation Abbreviation metwp250
Process Date 1990
Contact Organization (MEGIS) Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Contact Person GIS Coordinator
Contact Position GIS Coordinator
Address Type mailing address
Address State House Station 174
City Augusta
State or Province ME
Postal Code 04333-0174
Country USA
Contact Voice Telephone 207 624-7700
Contact Facsimile Telephone 207 287-3842
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 Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Contact Position David Kirouac
Address Type mailing address
Address State House Station 174
City Augusta
State or Province ME
Postal Code 04333-0174
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 0
Direct Spatial Reference Method Vector
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type Area chain
Point and Vector Object Count 197
Grid Coordinate System Name 
UTM Zone Number 19
Scale Factor at Central Meridian 0.9996
Longitude of Central Meridian -69
Latitude of Projection Origin 0
False Easting 500000
False Northing 0
Planar Coordinate Encoding Method 
Abscissa Resolution 1
Ordinate Resolution 1
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 BIOPHYPoly
Entity Type Definition polygon feature class
Entity Type Definition Source Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI)
Attribute Label CODE
Attribute Definition biophysical region code
Attribute Definition Source Biophysical Regions of Maine (MESPO, 1990)
Enumerated Domain Value 1
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Boundary Plateau Region
Enumerated Domain Value 2
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Aroostook Hills Region
Enumerated Domain Value 3
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Saint John Uplands Region
Enumerated Domain Value 4
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Aroostook Lowlands Region
Enumerated Domain Value 5
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Western Mountains Region
Enumerated Domain Value 6
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Central Mountains Region
Enumerated Domain Value 7
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Western Foothills Region
Enumerated Domain Value 8
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Eastern Interior Region
Enumerated Domain Value 9
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Southwest Interior Region
Enumerated Domain Value 10
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Central Interior Region
Enumerated Domain Value 11
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Eastern Lowlands Region
Enumerated Domain Value 12
Enumerated Domain Value Definition South Coastal Region
Enumerated Domain Value 13
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Midcoast Region
Enumerated Domain Value 14
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Penobscot Bay Region
Enumerated Domain Value 15
Enumerated Domain Value Definition East Coastal Region
Beginning Date of Attribute Values 
Attribute Label ISLAND
Attribute Definition identifies island polygons
Enumerated Domain Value y
Enumerated Domain Value Definition yes, Coastal or lake island
Enumerated Domain Value n
Enumerated Domain Value Definition non-island
Beginning Date of Attribute Values 
Attribute Label LAND
Attribute Definition identifies land and non-land areas
Enumerated Domain Value y
Enumerated Domain Value Definition land polygon
Enumerated Domain Value n
Enumerated Domain Value Definition a region of general uniform slope, comparatively level and of considerable extent; (grassland, highland, upland, plateau); 1 item total
Beginning Date of Attribute Values 
Attribute Label NAME
Attribute Definition biophysical region name
Enumerated Domain Value Boundary Plateau
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Boundary Plateau Region
Enumerated Domain Value Aroostook Hills
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Aroostook Hills Region
Enumerated Domain Value Saint John Uplands
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Saint John Uplands Region
Enumerated Domain Value Aroostook Lowlands
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Aroostook Lowlands Region
Enumerated Domain Value Western Mountains
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Western Mountains Region
Enumerated Domain Value Central Mountains
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Central Mountains Region
Enumerated Domain Value Western Foothills
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Western Foothills Region
Enumerated Domain Value Eastern Interior
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Eastern Interior Region
Enumerated Domain Value Southwest Interior
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Southwest Interior Region
Enumerated Domain Value Central Interior
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Central Interior Region
Enumerated Domain Value Eastern Lowlands
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Eastern Lowlands Region
Enumerated Domain Value South Coastal
Enumerated Domain Value Definition South Coastal Region
Enumerated Domain Value Midcoast
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Midcoast Region
Enumerated Domain Value Penobscot Bay
Enumerated Domain Value Definition Penobscot Bay Region
Enumerated Domain Value East Coastal
Enumerated Domain Value Definition East Coastal Region
Beginning Date of Attribute Values 
Attribute Label TAG
Attribute Definition item used to select a single feature for labeling purposes
Enumerated Domain Value y
Enumerated Domain Value Definition yes, use point for labeling
Enumerated Domain Value n
Enumerated Domain Value Definition non-land polygon
Beginning Date of Attribute Values 
Entity and Attribute Overview BIOPHY contains biophysical region boundaries for Maine.
Entity and Attribute Detail Citation McMahon J.S. 1990. The biophysical regions of Maine patterns in the landscape and vegetation, M.S. Thesis, University of Maine at Orono.
Entity and Attribute Overview BIOPHY contains biophysical region boundaries for Maine.
Entity and Attribute Detail Citation McMahon J.S. 1990. The biophysical regions of Maine patterns in the landscape and vegetation, M.S. Thesis, University of Maine at Orono.
Contact Organization (MEGIS) Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Contact Person GIS Coordinator
Contact Position GIS Coordinator
Address Type mailing address
Address State House Station 174
City Augusta
State or Province ME
Postal Code 04333-0174
Country USA
Contact Voice Telephone 207 624-7700
Contact Facsimile Telephone 207 287-3842
Hours of Service Monday through Friday 0800 - 1700 EST
Resource Description http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/
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
Network Resource Name http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/
[accinstr]  These data are available to Internet browsers for download from the Maine GIS Internet Data Catalog - http://megis.maine.gov/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.If you are not already a GIS user, free software for viewing these files is available from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) - www.esri.com
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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.
Technical Prerequisites If you are not already a GIS user, free software for viewing these files is available from Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. (ESRI) http://www.esri.com/
Beginning Date 19910101
Beginning Time Unknown
Ending Date Present
Ending Time Unknown
Contact Organization Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Contact Position GIS Coordinator
Address Type mailing address
Address State House Station 174
City Augusta
State or Province ME
Postal Code 04333-0174
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
[accinstr]  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 20100113
Metadata Future Review Date 
Metadata Contact
Contact Organization (MEGIS) Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Contact Person GIS Coordinator
Contact Position GIS Coordinator
Address Type mailing address
Address State House Station 174
City Augusta
State or Province ME
Postal Code 04333-0174
Country USA
Contact Voice Telephone 207 624-7700
Contact Facsimile Telephone 207 287-3842
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
Metadata Access Constraints None
Metadata Use Constraints None
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