nursing_homes

Identification Information

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Citation Information

Originator	TechniGraphics, Inc.
Publication Date	20100226
Title	nursing_homes
Edition	2010 Q1
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	vector digital data
Publication Place	Augusta ME
Publisher	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Online Linkage	http://megis.maine.gov/catalog/
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Abstract

Nursing Homes A nursing home is commonly referred to as a skilled nursing facility, long term care (LTC) facility, or rest home, and may have a different standardized name throughout the United States, but is most commonly referred to as a nursing home. A nursing home traditionally offers 24-hour (skilled) nursing to the elderly or to disabled patients having a variety of medical conditions who require personal care services above that of an assisted living but do not require hospitalization. The personal care services provided may or may not include, but are not limited to: skilled nursing, long term inpatient care, room and board, meals, laundry, and assistance with: dressing, grooming, getting in and out of bed, medications, bathing, and toileting.

Purpose

For purposes of this dataset, an assisted living facility is defined as a facility where the elderly, who are not related to the operator, reside and receive care, treatment, or services. Although not at the level of a nursing home, the services are above the level of an independent living community. They may include several hours per week of supportive care, personal care, or nursing care per resident. Generally, an assisted living facility offers help in daily living (laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc.) and personal assistance (bathing, eating, clothing, etc.). Many assisted living facilities offer assistance with medication and a lesser level of nursing care than what is offered at a nursing home.Assisted living facilities may be regulated by size restrictions depending on which type of assisted living facility it is considered to be in the state in which it exists. For example, Adult Family Homes in Wisconsin have between 3-4 elderly residents while Community Based Residential Facilities have 5 or more. Almost every state has different terminology to describe their version of the assisted living facility system.Homeland SecurityUse Cases: Use cases describe how the data may be used and help to define and clarify requirements.1. A resource for evacuation planning and emergency management in the event of an emergency.2. A threat against nursing homes has been identified and measures must be taken to protect these types of facilities.3. A disaster has occurred, or is in the process of occurring, and facilities in the vicinity with people needing evacuation assistance must be identified.

Time Period of Content

Beginning Date	20091008
Beginning Time	Unknown
Ending Date	20100121
Ending Time	Unknown
Currentness Reference	ground condition

Status

Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	Unknown

Bounding Coordinates

West Bounding Coordinate	-71.083791
East Bounding Coordinate	-66.89438
North Bounding Coordinate	47.354759
South Bounding Coordinate	43.118553

Keywords

Theme	Nursing homes., Rest homes (LCSH - Library of Congress subject headings (Washington, DC: LC, Cataloging Distribution Service) http://authorities.loc.gov/)
Theme	Assisted Living (none)
Theme	structure (ISO 19115 Topic Category)
Place	Maine (LCSH - Library of Congress subject headings (Washington, DC: LC, Cataloging Distribution Service) http://authorities.loc.gov/)

Access Constraints

None

Use Constraints

None

Contact Person

Mike Thompson

Contact Organization

TechniGraphics, Inc.

Contact Position

Director of Geospatial Datasets

Address Type

Mailing and Physical Address

Address

2000 Noble Drive

City

Wooster

State or Province

Postal Code

44691

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

330-263-6222

Contact Facsimile Telephone

330-263-6294

Contact Electronic Mail Address

mthompson@tgstech.com

Hours of Service

8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday, Eastern Time

Security Classification System

DOD

Security Classification

Unclassified

Security Handling Description

Unclassified

Native Data Set Environment

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Attribute Accuracy Report

For entities that were contacted, the name, address, city, state, and five (5) digit zip codes were verified to be correct as of the date indicated by the [CONTDATE] field. The existence of the entity was also verified, as well as whether or not it met the criteria for inclusion in this dataset. Four (4) digit zip code extensions were derived from USPS (United States Postal Service) data and were not verified.ID Check: The [ID] field is not blank and each of its values is unique.Coordinate Check: Coordinates are not null or zero and the [X] and [Y] fields match the shape.Basic Address Check: Physical addresses were verified to be non blank and to not be a "PO Box", "General Delivery", "Highway Contract", or "Rural Route" address.Highway Address without Type Check: Physical addresses containing the word "Highway" or "Route" were verified to also contain a type designator such as "State", "US", or "County", if one actually exists for the highway or route. These type designators are often missing from addresses, leading to confusion if more than one "Highway" of the given number exists in an area.Basic Name Check: Entity name is not blank, is not the same as entity city, and has a minimum of two (2) characters. Name does not contain punctuation characters that can interfere with database operations, such as " (quote) and * (asterisk).City Check: Entity's [CITY] field is not blank, and entity is located within 25 miles of its tabular city as found in the NAVTEQ Named Places reference file.State Check: The entity is located within its tabular state.County Check: The entity is located within its tabular county.FIPS Check: The tabular FIPS Code matches the entity's tabular county and tabular state.County in Name vs. Geographic Location Check: If an entity's [NAME] field contains the word "county" or "co", the same county value should also be in the entity's [COUNTY] field.Basic Phone Check: All phone numbers (including

Logical Consistency Report

See "Attribute_Accuracy_Report". Many of the checks described in that section check for both attribute accuracy and logical consistency.

Completeness Report

If a facility is licensed by a state and holds multiple licenses, it is represented once in this dataset for each license, even if the licenses are for the same location.This dataset does not include retirement communities, adult daycare facilities, or rehabilitation facilities. Nursing Homes that are operated by and co-located with a hospital are also excluded because the locations are included in the hospital dataset.TechniGraphics was not tasked with ensuring the completeness of this layer.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report

The horizontal accuracy is indicated by the [GEOPREC] field. Values are either "APPROXIMATE" or "ONENTITY". Based on the accuracy of the ortho imagery available to TechniGraphics, points are placed "ONENTITY" at the center of the main building. If the main building is not readily identifiable, points are placed "APPROXIMATE" at the center of the core building complex within the overall facility. If no specific core building complex is readily identifiable due to the size of the facility area or there being multiple building clusters, the point is placed "APPROXIMATE" in the center of the overall facility area. If the center of the overall facility area is unable to be determined, the point is placed "APPROXIMATE" along the correct street segment (block) on the correct side of the street.Records with "-DOD" appended to the end of the [NAME] value are located on a military base, as defined by the Defense Installation Spatial Data Infrastructure (DISDI) military installations and military range boundaries.

Citation Information

Originator	TechniGraphics, Inc.
Publication Date	2009
Title	TechniGraphics Research
Edition	Unspecified
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	tabular digital data
Publication Place	Augusta ME
Publisher	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
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Calendar Date	2009
Time of Day	Unknown
[smcisrcc]	publication date

Calendar Date

2009

Time of Day

Unknown

Source Currentness Reference

publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation

TGS_Research

Source Contribution

This was used as a source for Nursing Homes and Assisted Living Facilities in the United States.

Citation Information

Originator	United States Department of Health and Human Services (USDHHS)
Publication Date	20090824
Title	Nursing Home Compare
Edition	Unspecified
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	tabular digital data
Publication Place	Augusta ME
Publisher	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Online Linkage	http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp?%20language=Englishversion=default
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Calendar Date	20090824
Time of Day	Unknown
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Type of Source Media

Online

Calendar Date

20090824

Time of Day

Unknown

Source Currentness Reference

publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation

USDHHS_Nursing_Home

Source Contribution

This was used as a source for Nursing Homes in the United States to supplement state-supplied data and data gathered by TechniGraphics.

Citation Information

Originator	NAVTEQ
Publication Date	2006
Title	NAVSTREETS
Edition	2006.3
Publication Place	Augusta ME
Publisher	Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
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Calendar Date	2009
Time of Day	Unknown
[smcisrcc]	publication date

Calendar Date

2009

Time of Day

Unknown

Source Currentness Reference

publication date

Source Citation Abbreviation

NAVTEQ_Streets_2009_Q2

Source Contribution

This version of NAVTEQ streets was used as a reference in the automatic geocoding and manual geolocating of entities during processing.

Process Description

1) At the onset of processing, TechniGraphics attempted to contact all entities to determine or verify their name, physical address, city, state, five (5) digit zip code, ten (10) digit phone number, and geospatial location.2) On 10/23/09, TechniGraphics ceased making phone calls to the entity. Entities were verified through alternate resources, such as maps and ortho imagery, or phone calls to alternative resources, such as city halls and county assessors.3) All text fields were set to all upper case.4) Leading and trailing spaces were trimmed from all text fields.5) Non printable and diacritic characters were removed from all text fields.

Source Used Citation Abbreviation

TGS_Research

Source Used Citation Abbreviation

USDHHS_Nursing_Home

Source Used Citation Abbreviation

NAVTEQ_Streets_2009_Q2

Process Date

20100226

Contact Person

Nicole Hackworth

Contact Organization

TechniGraphics, Inc.

Contact Position

Project Manager

Address Type

Mailing and Physical Address

Address

2000 Noble Drive

City

Wooster

State or Province

Postal Code

44691

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

330-263-6222

Contact Electronic Mail Address

nhackworth@tgstech.com

Hours of Service

8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday, Eastern Time

Process Description

Dataset copied.

Process Date

20100302

Process Time

091132

Cloud Cover

Direct Spatial Reference Method

Vector

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type

Entity point

Point and Vector Object Count

408

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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

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

Nursing Homes

Entity Type Definition

A nursing home is commonly referred to as a skilled nursing facility, long term care (LTC) facility, or rest home, and may have a different standardized name throughout the United States, but is most commonly referred to as a nursing home. A nursing home traditionally offers 24-hour (skilled) nursing to the elderly or to disabled patients having a variety of medical conditions who require personal care services above that of an assisted living but do not require hospitalization. The personal care services provided may or may not include, but are not limited to: skilled nursing, long term inpatient care, room and board, meals, laundry, and assistance with: dressing, grooming, getting in and out of bed, medications, bathing, and toileting.For purposes of this dataset, an assisted living facility is defined as a facility where the elderly, who are not related to the operator, reside and receive care, treatment, or services. Although not at the level of a nursing home, the services are above the level of an independent living community. They may include several hours per week of supportive care, personal care, or nursing care per resident. Generally, an assisted living facility offers help in daily living (laundry, cooking, cleaning, etc.) and personal assistance (bathing, eating, clothing, etc.). Many assisted living facilities offer assistance with medication and a lesser level of nursing care than what is offered at a nursing home.Assisted living facilities may be regulated by size restrictions depending on which type of assisted living facility it is considered to be in the state in which it exists. For example, Adult Family Homes in Wisconsin have between 3-4 elderly residents while Community Based Residential Facilities have 5 or more. Almost every state has different terminology to describe their version of the assisted living facility system.The structures in which assisted living facilities exist are varied as well. Depending on the type, an assiste

Entity Type Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Attribute Label

ADDRESS

Attribute Definition

Physical street address for entity. "PO Box", "General Delivery", "Rural Route", and "Highway Contract" addresses are not considered physical addresses and should not appear in this field. Some areas do not have regular city style addressing, so entities in those areas may not have a street number. In such cases, the name of the road on which they are located is listed in this field. Some rural areas may not have named roads. In these rare cases, this field will be blank.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

ADDRESS2

Attribute Definition

Location within physical address, e.g., floor, suite, building.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

CITY

Attribute Definition

The name of the city associated with the entity's physical address. For physical addresses that the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) delivers to, this should be a "city" acceptable to the USPS as defined in their Address Information System (AIS). Sometimes the USPS does not deliver mail to a physical address but recognizes the location (i.e., they list the location as "undeliverable"). The cities associated with these locations are acceptable. In some cases, the USPS does not recognize individual physical addresses in a city; rather, they list the city as having "General Delivery". In these cases, the city and associated zip code are acceptable (the entity's [ADDRESS] field will contain a street address, not "general delivery"). The entity may not actually be located within the city limits of the "city" specified in its [CITY] field. Instead, it may actually be located within the city limits of another city. In some cases, the "city" that appears in this field may not even be a city in an administrative sense, but it is still an acceptable "city" to the USPS. An example of this is "Notre Dame, IN". There is no city in Indiana called "Notre Dame", but this is considered an acceptable city by the USPS for any delivery going to the University of Notre Dame which is actually located in the city of South Bend. "Notre Dame", like most USPS cities, is an easily recognized place, and it gives the user of the data a good general idea of where the entity is located (if the entity is located in a small municipality, the USPS "city" may be more recognizable than the name of the municipality), and it would be part of the address one would use to send a shipment to the entity's location. Using the USPS acceptable "city" also allows someone to do a logical consistency check between the zip code and the city by using the USPS AIS.Sometimes an entity may report a city that is not accepted by the USPS, and although TechniGraphics has tried to replace those cities with an acceptable

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

CONTDATE

Attribute Definition

Date entity was contacted by TechniGraphics.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Date

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

CONTHOW

Attribute Definition

Method by which entity was contacted.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Enumerated Domain Value

ALT REF

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

Geospatial reference information obtained from local authorities, e.g., downloadable parcel maps, 911 streets, and shape files.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

COUNTY

Attribute Definition

County name where entity is located.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

Codeset Source

US Department of the Interior - US Geologic Survey

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

DIRECTIONS

Attribute Definition

A description of the entity's location or status.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

EMERGEXT

Attribute Definition

Telephone extension for emergency point of contact.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

EMERGTEL

Attribute Definition

Ten (10) digit telephone number of emergency point of contact formatted as nnn-nnn-nnnn. All alphabetic characters have been translated to the corresponding numeric digit.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Phone numbers, including area code, formatted as nnn-nnn-nnnn. A list of valid area code and exchange combinations can be found at http://www.nanpa.com

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

EMERGTITLE

Attribute Definition

Title of person or name of office for emergency point of contact.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

FID

Attribute Definition

Internal feature number.

Attribute Definition Source

ESRI

Unrepresentable Domain

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

FIPS

Attribute Definition

Five (5) digit FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standards) Code for the County where entity is located. The first two (2) digits represent the state and the last three (3) digits identify the county within the state.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

Federal Information Processing Standards Publications - Counties and Equivalent Entities of the U.S., Its Possessions,and Associated Areas.

Codeset Source

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) <http://www.itl.nist.gov/fipspubs/co-codes/states.txt>

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

GEODATE

Attribute Definition

Date entity was geocoded by TechniGraphics.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Date

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

GEOHOW

Attribute Definition

Method by which entity was geocoded.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Enumerated Domain Value

AUTO

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

Entity was automatically geocoded.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

Attribute Definition

Unique identifier for feature assigned by TechniGraphics. These identifiers are intended to be unique across all layers on which TechniGraphics has worked.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

NAICSCODE

Attribute Definition

NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) Code for entity. NAICS Codes (and NAICS Descriptions) have been assigned based upon the entity's primary function, regardless of if that is the function that qualified it to be included in this dataset.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

North American Industry Classification System (NAICS 2007)

Codeset Source

US Census Bureau - <http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html>

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

NAICSDESCR

Attribute Definition

NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) Description for entity. The "Index Entries" that appear on the NAICS webpage (http://www.census.gov/epcd/www/naics.html) are being used to populate this attribute as opposed to the "NAICS Title". While there is a one to one correspondence between NAICS Codes and "NAICS Titles", there is a one to many relationship between NAICS Codes and the "Index Entries". By using the "Index Entries", we have placed the entities that make up this layer into more specific categories; however, the user of this data should be aware that this was not the intended purpose of these "Index Entries". The "Index Entries" were intended as a way to search the NAICS database and as a way of enumerating ways in which establishments falling under the given NAICS Code may be named. Thus, there are often two or more "Index Entries" that are synonyms, for example: "Prisons" and "Penitentiaries". In cases like this, we have standardized on one "Index Entry". NAICS Descriptions (and NAICS Codes) have been assigned based upon the entity's primary function, regardless of the function that qualified it to be included in this dataset.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Enumerated Domain Value

HOMES FOR THE ELDERLY WITHOUT NURSING CARE

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

[NAICS Code: 623312]: This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing residential and personal care services (i.e., without on-site nursing care facilities) for (1) the elderly or other persons who are unable to fully care for themselves and/or (2) the elderly or other persons who do not desire to live independently. The care typically includes room, board, supervision, and assistance in daily living, such as housekeeping services.Entities that operate as an Assisted Living Facility are classified under this description.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source

U.S. Census Bureau

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

NAME

Attribute Definition

Name of entity.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Text

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

SECCLASS

Attribute Definition

Security classification of feature.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Enumerated Domain Value

UNCLASSIFIED

Enumerated Domain Value Definition

Entity is unclassified.

Enumerated Domain Value Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

SHAPE

Attribute Definition

Feature geometry.

Attribute Definition Source

ESRI

Unrepresentable Domain

Coordinates defining the features.

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

STATE

Attribute Definition

Two (2) character abbreviation for state associated with the entity's physical address. In almost all cases, this is the same as the state where the entity has been depicted geospatially. However, there are cases, particularly where an entity is part of a larger facility that cuts across state lines, where the entity's location may be depicted in a state other than the one indicated in this field. Also, the state in which an entity appears to be located may change depending on the scale of the state boundary theme being used.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

Official USPS Abbreviations - State Abbreviations

Codeset Source

United States Postal Service http://www.usps.com/ncsc/lookups/usps_abbreviations.html

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

Shape

Attribute Definition

Feature geometry.

Attribute Definition Source

ESRI

Unrepresentable Domain

Coordinates defining the features.

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

TELEPHONE

Attribute Definition

Ten (10) digit telephone number for entity formatted as nnn-nnn-nnnn.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Unrepresentable Domain

Phone numbers formatted as nnn-nnn-nnnn. Only numeric digits are used. The area code and exchange must form a valid combination. A list of valid area code and exchange combinations can be obtained from <http://www.nanpa.com>.

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

ZIP

Attribute Definition

Five (5) digit USPS zip code for entity's physical location.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

USPS Address Information System - Domain is further restricted by only allowing physical (non PO Box) zip codes.

Codeset Source

United States Postal Service

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

ZIPP4

Attribute Definition

Four (4) digit USPS zip code extension. These values are automatically assigned using the entity's physical address and USPS address information system (AIS) data.

Attribute Definition Source

TechniGraphics

Codeset Name

USPS Address Information System (AIS) - ZIP9

Codeset Source

United States Postal Service

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

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

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. 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.

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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. 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) - www.esri.comSee 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.

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

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

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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

20100303

Metadata Review Date

Metadata Future Review Date

Metadata Contact

Contact Person	Mike Thompson
Contact Organization	TechniGraphics, Inc.
Contact Position	Director of Geospatial Datasets
Address Type	Mailing and Physical Address
Address	2000 Noble Drive
City	Wooster
State or Province	OH
Postal Code	44691
Country	USA
Contact Voice Telephone	330-263-6222
Contact Facsimile Telephone	330-263-6294
Contact Electronic Mail Address	mthompson@tgstech.com
Hours of Service	8am - 5pm, Monday - Friday, Eastern Time

Metadata Access Constraints

none

Metadata Use Constraints

none