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  1. Title: Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management, Massachusetts, 1987 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Massachusetts coastal zone management, cartography and design, Cynthia Harris ; contributors, Elizabeth Tayntor, Steve Bliven, Anne Smrcina. It was published by Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Executive Office of Environmental Affairs, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management in 1987. Scale ca. 1:252,500. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also coastal zone, salt marshes, parks, and conservation lands. Includes legend, text, and historical notes. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  2. Title: Wind Energy Areas, Northeast United States, 2009

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    Summary: The ocean management plan establishes three categories of management areas: Prohibited, Renewable Energy, and Multi-Use. Renewable Energy Areas allow commercial- and community-scale wind energy development. Two Wind Energy Areas are designated for commercial-scale wind energy facilities based on the presence of a suitable wind resource and water depth, and the absence of conflict with other uses or sensitive resources, as derived through an environmental screening process. These areas will be subject to additional baseline feasibility analysis for such factors as wave climate and sub-bottom geology. Using generic industry guidelines for spacing, these areas could accommodate approximately 150 3.6 megawatt (MW) turbines at full build-out. Based on further analysis for technical or economic viability, there may be siting constraints that would reduce the sites' capacity. The Gosnold Wind Energy Area is designated for commercial wind energy development (defined as projects that are larger than the community-scale allocations described under Renewable Energy Siting/Management), subject to terms described under Renewable Energy Siting/Management in the plan. Community-scale wind energy development is also allowed within the Gosnold Wind Energy Area. Future project development in this area is subject to review under the Massachusetts Environmental Policy Act (MEPA) and all other necessary local, state and federal approvals. The intent of the designation is to signify that, based on the rigorous environmental screening under the ocean management plan, the area is presumptively suitable for commercial-scale wind. Development of a commercial-scale wind energy facility shall be permitted in this area subject to reasonable conditions developed in consultation with local officials. The Martha's Vineyard Wind Energy Area is designated for wind energy development at a scale to be determined by the Martha's Vineyard Commission. As discussed under Siting/Management, planning authorities with regulatory authority shall define the appropriate scale of any wind energy project located within waters of those municipalities that are subject to the jurisdiction of such regional planning authorities as of the date of this plan. To allow for consistent evaluation and comparison of a variety of datasets with distinct spatial resolutions, accuracies, and other characteristics, the ocean management planning area was partitioned into 250 x 250-meter grid cells, each with a unique ID. These data were converted to the planning area grid by extracting all of the cells in which the data layer occurred. The data were then dissolved into one feature. These data were used in the development of a comprehensive ocean management plan to protect critical marine resources and foster sustainable uses in Massachusetts state waters as mandated in the Oceans Act of 2008. Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management Office. (2009). Wind Energy Areas, Northeast United States, 2009. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/hy796tm6760. These data were created to support the Oceans Act of 2008, signed by Gov. Deval Patrick May 28, 2008. The legislation requires Massachusetts to develop a first-in-the-nation comprehensive plan to manage development in its state waters, balancing natural resource preservation with traditional and new uses, including renewable energy. For text of the Oceans Act, see http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw08/sl080114.htm. The final ocean management plan provides a comprehensive framework for managing, reviewing and permitting proposed uses of state waters. In addition to the management and administrative frameworks of the final plan, an accompanying volume provides a comprehensive baseline assessment cataloguing the current state of knowledge regarding human uses, natural resources, and other ecosystem factors in Massachusetts and surrounding ocean areas. Public domain data from the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM), an agency of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), are freely redistributable with proper metadata and source attribution. Please recognize the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management as the source of these data. You are not permitted to use CZM's name or to suggest that CZM endorses your project or product, without its express written consent. While efforts have been made to ensure that these data are accurate and reliable within the state of the art, CZM cannot assume liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by any inaccuracies in the data or as a result of changes to the data caused by system transfers. The user must be aware of data conditions and bear responsibility for the appropriate use of these data with respect to possible errors, original map scale, collection methodology, currency of data, and other conditions specific to these data. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

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  3. Title: MassGIS 2003 Massachusetts Salt Marsh Restoration Sites (October 2000)

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    Summary: Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management (MCZM), within the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA), has compiled a salt marsh restoration GIS coverage for the Parker River/Essex Bay Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) project. The purpose of the project was to develop a regional picture of past, current, and potential restoration sites along with supporting information to help future restoration planning. The focus area for this project includes the salt marsh between Salisbury and Gloucester.

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  4. Title: MassGIS 2003 Massachusetts areas of critical environmental concern (July 2000)

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    Summary: The Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) datalayer shows the location of areas that have been designated ACECs by the Secretary of Environmental Affairs. ACEC designation requires greater environmental review of certain kinds of proposed development under state jurisdiction within the ACEC boundaries. The ACEC Program is administered by the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) on behalf of the Secretary of Environmental Affairs. The Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management (MCZM) Office managed the original Coastal ACEC Program from 1978 to 1993, and continues to play a key role in monitoring coastal ACECs. Procedures for ACEC designation and the general policies governing the effects of designation are contained in the ACEC regulations (301 CMR 12.00). For more information about the ACEC datalayer or about the effects of ACEC designation, contact the ACEC Program at (617) 626-1394. The ACEC datalayer has been compiled by MCZM and DEM and includes both coastal and inland areas. New ACEC polygons are added periodically (1 - 2 per year) because the program continues to evaluate and designate new ACECs. This datalayer contains 25 ACECs.

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  5. Title: MassGIS 2000 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (July 2000)

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    Summary: The Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) datalayer shows the location of areas that have been designated ACECs by the Secretary of Environmental Affairs. ACEC designation requires greater environmental review of certain kinds of proposed development under state jurisdiction within the ACEC boundaries. The ACEC Program is administered by the Department of Environmental Management (DEM) on behalf of the Secretary of Environmental Affairs. The Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management (MCZM) Office managed the original Coastal ACEC Program from 1978 to 1993, and continues to play a key role in monitoring coastal ACECs. Procedures for ACEC designation and the general policies governing the effects of designation are contained in the ACEC regulations (301 CMR 12.00). For more information about the ACEC datalayer or about the effects of ACEC designation, contact the ACEC Program at (617) 727-3160 ext. 552 or ext. 564. The ACEC datalayer has been compiled by MCZM and DEM and includes both coastal and inland areas. New ACEC polygons are added periodically (1 - 2 per year) because the program continues to evaluate and designate new ACECs. Currently the datalayer contains 25 ACECs.

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  6. Title: Massachusetts (Town Halls, 2007)

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    • 2007
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    Summary: The Town Halls layer shows the location of 355 primary executive offices, including town or city halls and annexes. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) GIS Program in cooperation with the Regional Planning Agencies and participating communities developed the data. Stored in the ArcSDE, the layer is named TOWNHALLS_PT_MEMA.

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  7. Title: Index of Aerial Photography, Massachusetts, ca. 1985 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Index of aerial photography : color infrared photography of the Massachusetts land base / James W. Sewall Company [for] Department of Environmental Management. It was published by Department of Environmental Management ca. 1985. Scale 1:250,000. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, state parks, military bases, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Relief shown by contours and spot heights. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  8. Title: MassGIS 2000 Massachusetts Solid Waste Facilities (Polygons) (December 1997)

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    Summary: The datalayer contains the majority of the facilities currently regulated under DEP's solid waste regulations (310 CMR 16.00 & 19.00). The 579 polygons in the datalayer include thirteen specific types of solid waste facilities. Please Note: Although the majority of the polygons represent landfills, only a small fraction of those landfills are active. In addition, this datalayer does not contain all solid waste facilities known to DEP. The MassGIS land-use datalayer has waste site and mining classifications which may represent landfills not in the solid waste datalayer.

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  9. Title: U.S. Marine Protected Area Boundaries

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    Summary: These data represent the boundaries of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in North America. MPAs are areas of the oceans or Great Lakes that are protected for a conservation purpose. Managed by the federal government, the national system of MPAs brings work together at the regional and national levels to achieve common objectives for conserving the nation's important natural and cultural resources. System requirements: Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software that reads ESRI shapefile format.

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  10. Title: U.S. Marine Protected Area Boundaries: MPA Inventory, 2010

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    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents the Marine Protected Areas inventory as of March 2010. The MPA Inventory is a comprehensive geospatial database that provides detailed information for existing marine protected areas in the United States. The inventory provides geospatial boundary information (in polygon format) and classification attributes that seek to define the conservation objectives, protection level, governance and related management criteria for all sites in the database. The comprehensive inventory of federal, state and territorial MPA sites provides governments and stakeholders with access to information to make better decisions about the current and future use of place-based conservation. The information also will be used to inform the development of the national system of marine protected areas as required by Executive Order 13158. The inventory represents a collection of data compiled from various federal, state, tribal and territorial entities to provide a publicly available source of comprehensive information on place-based marine conservation efforts under U.S. federal, state, territorial, local, and tribal jurisdiction. NOAA Marine Protected Areas Center in joint effort with the US Department of the Interior. U.S. Marine Protected Area Boundaries: MPA Inventory, 2010. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/qc867hr5185. This dataset consists of original boundaries as represented by the managing agencies, including any terrestrial components of the protected areas. Only the sub-tidal components of the areas meet the definition of an MPA. Version Notes: This version contains boundaries for all sites from authoritative sources as updated between 6/2009-12/2009. New data have been added for multiple states and territories, including Alaska, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania, US Virgin Islands and Wisconsin. Numerous shipwreck sites represented as latitude/longitude coordinate points were converted to polygons using a 300-meter radius buffer. NMFS sites have been verified against US Code of Federal Regulations.

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  11. Title: LiDAR-Derived Bare Earth DEM (Topo/bathy) for the Lake Michigan Coast, 2020

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    Summary: This data represents LiDAR-derived bare earth DEM data (tiled) for the Lake Michigan coast in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin in 2020. [These files contain rasterized topobathy lidar elevations generated from data collected by the Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar (CZMIL) system. CZMIL integrates a lidar sensor with simultaneous topographic and bathymetric capabilities, a digital camera and a hyperspectral imager on a single remote sensing platform for use in coastal mapping and charting activities. Native lidar data is not generally in a format accessible to most Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Specialized in-house and commercial software packages are used to process the native lidar data into 3-dimensional positions that can be imported into GIS software for visualization and further analysis. Horizontal positions, provided in decimal degrees of latitude and longitude, are referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 Universal Transverse Mercator Zone 16 North (NAD83 2011). The lidar point data vertical positions were collected referenced to the NAD83 (2011) ellipsoid and provided in meters. The National Geodetic Survey's (NGS) GEOID12B model was used to transform the vertical positions from ellipsoid to orthometric heights referenced to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). Once converted to orthometric heights, the data were then converted to the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985 (IGLD85) using the VDatum program from NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). In addition to these bare earth Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data, the lidar point data that these DEM data were created from are also available from the NOAA Digital Coast.]

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  12. Title: LiDAR-Derived Classified LAS (Topo/bathy) for the Lake Michigan Coast, 2020

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    Summary: This data represents LiDAR-derived classified LAS points (compressed to LAZ format) for the Lake Michigan coast in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin in 2020. [These data are LAZ (compressed LAS) format file(s) containing LIDAR point cloud data. These files contain classified topo/bathy lidar data generated from data collected by the Coastal Zone Mapping and Imaging Lidar (CZMIL) system. CZMIL integrates a lidar sensor with simultaneous topographic and bathymetric capabilities, a digital camera and a hyperspectral imager on a single remote sensing platform for use in coastal mapping and charting activities. Native lidar data is not generally in a format accessible to most Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Specialized in-house and commercial software packages are used to process the native lidar data into 3-dimensional positions that can be imported into GIS software for visualization and further analysis. Horizontal positions, were provided to the NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) in decimal degrees of latitude and longitude, referenced to the North American Datum of 1983 National Adjustment of 2011 (NAD83 (2011)). Vertical positions were referenced to the NAD83 (2011) ellipsoid and provided in meters. The 3-D position data were sub-divided into a series of LAZ files, which are tiled into 1-km by 1-km boxes defined by the Military Grid Reference System.]

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  13. Title: Street Trees (Town of Brookline)

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    Summary: The Street Trees layer is a point coverage inventory of each street tree in the Town of Brookline. Attributes described include species, diameter, condition, management need, growing conditions, predominant root zone cover, presence of utility or power lines, location (on the street or in a park), etc. The Brookline Street Tree Inventory was initially conducted in 1994 as a cooperative project of the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, U.S. Forest Service, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management, and the Town of Brookline; other supporting organizations include the Harvard University Arnold Arboretum and the Brookline Green Space Alliance. The Town agencies involved in the project include the Conservation Commission, Tree Planting Committee, and the Department of Public Works. This project, thought to be the first comprehensive municipal street tree inventory based on GIS, recruited and trained over 100 citizens to perform the inventory. Teams of volunteers were assigned areas of the town in which to locate each street tree on the Town's Assessor's Maps for digitizing at a later time by UMass/Amherst.

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  14. Title: MassGIS 2000 Rail Trails Datalayer

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    Summary: The Rail Trails Datalayer is a line coverage representing abandoned railroad rights-of-way and public bike trails that use the rights-of-way. The dataset was created by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management for the purpose of regional planning and mapping. The data was originally modified by DEM from the MassGIS Railroads Datalayer; it has since been modified for DEM by the University of Massachusetts in 1997. All modifications were made using information from various paper maps, and much of the data came directly from USGS Topographic Quadrangles.

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  15. Title: MassGIS 2000 Long Distance Trails

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    Summary: The Long Distance Trails Datalayer is a line coverage representing trails that are longer than 25 miles. The data was created for the purpose of regional planning and mapping by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management (DEM) and was modified for DEM by the University of Massachusetts in 1997.

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  16. Title: Satellite Imagery, Concord, Massachusetts, 2001 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Town of Concord, map 4: orthophotograph, produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council GIS Lab. It was published by the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs in 2001. Scale [ca. 1:17,500]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  17. Title: Zoning and Absolute Development Constraints, Milton, Massachusetts, 1999 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Town of Milton : map 1: zoning and absolute development constraints / produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council GIS Lab. It was published by the Planning Council in 1999. Scale [ca. 1:10,800]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also zoning districts, land use legend, watersheds, list of subdivisions, and description of buildout analysis methods. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  18. Title: Composite Development, Concord, Massachusetts, 2001 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Town of Concord : map 3: composite development / produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council GIS Lab. It was published by the Executive Office of Environmental Affairs in 2001. Scale [ca. 1:17,500]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also zoning districts, zoning calculations, watershed names, development legend, and inset explaining analysis methods. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  19. Title: Zoning and Absolute Development Constraints, Concord, Massachusetts, 2001 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Town of Concord : map 1: zoning and absolute development constraints / produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council GIS Lab. It was published by Executive Office of Environmental Affairs in 2001. Scale [ca. 1:17,500]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as roads, railroads, drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also zoning districts, inset with subdivision names, development legend, watershed names, and inset explaining analysis methods. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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  20. Title: Zoning and Absolute Development Constraints, Canton, Massachusetts, 1999 (Raster Image)

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    Summary: This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: Town of Canton :map 1: zoning and absolute development constraints / produced by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council GIS Lab. It was published by the Planning Council in 1999. Scale [ca. 1:11,500]. The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Massachusetts State Plane Coordinate System, Mainland Zone (in Feet) (Fipszone 2001). All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, territorial boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes also zoning districts, street names, watershed names, inset map showing area covered in Massachusetts, draft statement explaining methods, legend showing development constraits, and table of subdivision information. This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

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