Title: Massachusetts Beach Locations
- Point data
- 2001
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection
- US Census Bureau
- Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Massachusetts
- Massachusetts Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS)
Dates
- Issued: 2001-07
- Coverage: 1995
Summary
This datalayer is a point coverage of named beaches along the coast of Massachusetts including those which extend into Connecticut and Maine. This layer was derived from the Massachusetts Electronic Atlas (MEA) which was a collaborative project to provides access, via the Internet, to data about the Commonwealth, its thirteen regional planning agency districts and 351 cities and towns. This dataset is now only available via The Harvard Geospatial Library. These data are an extract from the U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System December 1996 CD-ROM. The GNIS is a data system developed by the USGS in cooperation with the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. The GNIS includes three databases: the National Geographic Names Data Base (NGNDB), the National Topographic Map Names Data Base (NTMNDB) and the Reference Data Base. The principal database in the GNIS is the National Geographic Names Data Base (NGMNDB) which includes known places, features, and areas of the United States that are identified by proper names. The primary source of these data are the USGS topographic map series. The GNIS feature class of BEACHES is defined as 'the sloping shore that lies along a body of water and that is washed by waves or tides and usually covered by sand or gravel'. The vast majority of points in this layer occur along coastal beaches, and there are only a few which are located along lakes or ponds.
Subjects
- Oceans
- Massachusetts
- Beaches
- Seashore
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-72.771708, -69.909297, 42.874232, 41.238304)
- Geometry: BBOX (-72.771708, -69.909297, 42.874232, 41.238304)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, US Census Bureau, Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS). Massachusetts Beach Locations. Point data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-meabeach95pt
Format
Shapefile