Edaos

Identification Information

Citation Information

Originator	Maine Department of Education (MDOE), Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Publication Date	1/05/2012
Title	Edaos
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	vector digital data
Online Linkage	http://www.maine.gov/megis/catalog/

Abstract

An alternative organizational structure (AOS) is a combination of two or more school administrative units joined together for the purpose of providing administrative and sometimes educational services. Administrative services provided by the AOS are system administration (a superintendent and the superintendent's office), special education administration, transportation administration and the business functions of accounting, reporting, payroll, financial management, purchases and audit. Each member entity maintains its own budget, has its own school board, and is operated in every way as a separate unit except for the administrative services and those educational services indicated in the AOS reorganization plan. Budget approval is by majority vote of those present and voting at district budget meetings. The member entities share the AOS costs based on a formula specified in the AOS reorganization plan. In addition, the AOS school committee is comprised of representatives from each of the member entity school boards and conducts the business of the AOS. All votes of the AOS school committee are cast in accordance with voting procedures specified in the AOS reorganization plan.

Purpose

One of several datasets produced for Maine Department of Education to display the affiliation of municipalities for educational purposes.

Time Period of Content

Calendar Date	2012
Currentness Reference	publication date

Status

Progress	Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency	None planned

Bounding Coordinates

West Bounding Coordinate	-70.189166
East Bounding Coordinate	-66.785838
North Bounding Coordinate	47.362521
South Bounding Coordinate	43.637634

Keywords

Theme	society, boundaries (ISO Topic Catagory 19115 - Theme)

Access Constraints

none

Use Constraints

none

Contact Person

John McCue

Contact Organization

Maine Department of Education

Address Type

mailing address

Address

State House Station #23

City

Augusta

State or Province

Maine

Postal Code

04333

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

207-624-6600

Contact TDD/TTY Telephone

TTY 1-888-577-6690

Contact Facsimile Telephone

207-624-6700

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

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

Attribute Accuracy Report

Attribute coding in this layer was verified at MEGIS by visual check of polygons and attributes against a Maine Department of Education list of municipalites that are members of Alternative Organizational Structures.

Logical Consistency Report

Data set meets "Data Standards for Maine Geographic Information Systems", 2002

Completeness Report

Data set is complete.

Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report

Approximate horizontal accuracy is 12 meters plus or minus 40 feet, assuming source data meets National Map Accuracy Standards.

Citation Information

Originator	Maine Office of GIS
Publication Date	20110330
Title	Metwp24
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	vector digital data
Publication Place	Augusta, ME
Publisher	Maine Office of GIS
Online Linkage	http://www.maine.gov/megis/catalog/

Source Scale Denominator

24000

Type of Source Media

digital spatial data

Source Currentness Reference

publication date

Citation Information

Originator	Maine Department of Education
Publication Date	12/16/2011
Title	TownSchoolUnits12162011.xls
Geospatial Data Presentation Form	tabular digital data

Source Scale Denominator

N/A

Type of Source Media

tabular data

Calendar Date

12/16/2011

Source Currentness Reference

publication date

Source Contribution

TownSchoolUnits12162011.xls containing Maine school administrative units

Process Description

Maine Department of Education provided MEGIS with an Excel spreadsheet containing Maine school adminstrative units current as of December 2011. Excel data was imported into Access to create tables for each individual school administrative unit. These tables were then joined to Metwp24 to extract the corresponding polygon data for each unit. The results of the joins and queries were used to create polygon shapefiles of each unit.

Process Date

1/4/2012

Contact Organization

Maine Office of GIS

Contact Position

GIS Coordinator

Address Type

mailing address

Address

State House Station #174

City

Augusta

State or Province

Postal Code

04333

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

207-624-7700

Contact Facsimile Telephone

207-287-3842

Direct Spatial Reference Method

Vector

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type

G-polygon

Point and Vector Object Count

1720

Grid Coordinate System Name

Universal Transverse Mercator

UTM Zone Number

Scale Factor at Central Meridian

0.999600

Longitude of Central Meridian

-69.000000

Latitude of Projection Origin

0.000000

False Easting

500000.000000

False Northing

0.000000

Planar Coordinate Encoding Method

coordinate pair

Abscissa Resolution

0.000100

Ordinate Resolution

0.000100

Planar Distance Units

meters

Horizontal Datum Name

North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid Name

Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major Axis

6378137.000000

Denominator of Flattening Ratio

298.257222

Altitude Resolution

1.000000

Altitude Encoding Method

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity Type Label

GISVIEW.MEGIS.Edaos

Attribute Label

OBJECTID

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

Shape

Attribute Definition

Feature geometry.

Attribute Definition Source

ESRI

Unrepresentable Domain

Coordinates defining the features.

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

TOWN

Attribute Definition

Municipality or reservation name as listed in "Standard Geographic Code for Maine Minor Civil Divisions"

Attribute Definition Source

MEGIS

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

COUNTY

Attribute Definition

Maine county name

Attribute Definition Source

MEGIS

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

UNITNAME

Attribute Definition

School Unit Name

Attribute Definition Source

MDOE

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

TYPE

Attribute Definition

School unit type abbreviation

Attribute Definition Source

MDOE

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

Shape.area

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Attribute Label

Shape.len

Beginning Date of Attribute Values

Entity and Attribute Overview

The specific attributes for school administrative units were provided by the Maine Department of Education.

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

The specific attributes for school administrative units were provided by the Maine Department of Education.

Entity and Attribute Detail Citation

Contact Organization

Maine Office of GIS

Contact Position

GIS Coordinator

Address Type

mailing address

Address

State House Station #174

City

Augusta

State or Province

Maine

Postal Code

04333

Country

USA

Contact Voice Telephone

207-624-7700

Contact Facsimile Telephone

207-287-3842

Contact Electronic Mail Address

OIT.Customer-Support@maine.gov

Hours of Service

9 am to 5 pm - Monday through Friday - EST

Resource Description

Downloadable Data

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

Data available from this website is in .zip compressed format.

File Decompression Technique

WinZip is a Windows based, PKZip-compatible compression utility. You will need a program like this to extract the data

Transfer Size

4.117

Network Resource Name

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

Format Name

ARCSDE

Format Version Number

ArcSDE 9.x

Transfer Size

4.117

[accinstr]

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

Fees

None

Turnaround

Immediate from Internet Data Catalog

Metadata Reference Information

Metadata Date

20120110

Metadata Contact

Contact Organization	Maine Office of GIS
Contact Position	GIS Coordinator
Address Type	mailing address
Address	State House Station #174
City	Augusta
State or Province	ME
Postal Code	04333
Country	USA
Contact Voice Telephone	207-624-7700
Contact Facsimile Telephone	207-287-3842
Contact Electronic Mail Address	OIT.Customer-Support@maine.gov

Metadata Standard Name

FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version

FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata Time Convention

local time

Metadata Access Constraints

None

Metadata Use Constraints

None

Online Linkage

http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html

Profile Name

ESRI Metadata Profile