Title: Massachusetts Boundary and Coastline
- Polygon data
- 2001
- Not owned by MIT (Owned by Harvard)
- Harvard Map Collection
- U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census
- 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 polygon coverage for Massachusetts' state boundaries and coastlines. This layer was extracted from the MassGIS (Massachusetts Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, GIS department) database. This layer was derived from the Massachusetts Electronic Atlas database published by the Harvard Map Collection in 2001. The Massachusetts Electronic Atlas (MEA) 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.
Subjects
- Boundaries
- Massachusetts
- Shorelines
- Coasts
- Administrative divisions
- Datasets
Geospatial coordinates
- Bounding Box: BBOX (-73.53335, -69.898477, 42.88835, 41.230341)
- Geometry: BBOX (-73.53335, -69.898477, 42.88835, 41.230341)
Provider
Harvard
Rights
- Access rights: Public
Citation
Harvard Map Collection, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Massachusetts, Massachusetts Office of Geographic and Environmental Information (MassGIS). Massachusetts Boundary and Coastline. Polygon data. https://hgl.harvard.edu/catalog/harvard-meabnd95py
Format
Shapefile