Search for geospatial/GIS data

Find GIS data held at MIT and other institutions

10,000+ results returned

  1. Title: BOEM Wind Planning Areas, Atlantic Region, 2013

    Contributors:

    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents the most recent changes for the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Wind Development Planning Areas in the Atlantic. Wind Planning Areas in this layer represent up to six different types of announcements within the US Federal Register that can be used to show the current status of an area that is being considered for Wind Power Development. The Smart from the Start Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) are represented in a separate layer. Not all areas will start out as WEAs. Since the WEAs were the first announcement for some of these areas, we have decided to repost the WEA layer to show its original areas prior to any reshaping by BOEM after the original announcement since the reshaped areas are really not the WEAs but one of the other six types of areas represented here. For those areas that started out as WEAs, the user may see the changes that have taken place over time. For the areas represented here, once an area has changed from one type of area to another, it will be replaced entirely by the new area. The types of areas and their descriptions can be found in the attributes section of the metadata record. To let those that are interested in Wind Energy Planning and Development know of the most recent updates to areas of interest for Wind Energy Development off the United States Coast within Federal Waters. U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management. Office of Renewable Energy Programs. (2013). BOEM Wind Planning Areas, Atlantic Region, 2013. BOEM. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/yj142kb3734. Not for navigational use. Not to be used for leasing purposes. For visual purposes only. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

    View full record

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

    Contributors:

    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.

    View full record

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

    Contributors:

    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.

    View full record

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

    Contributors:

    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.

    View full record

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

    Contributors:

    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.

    View full record

  6. Title: NERACOOS Buoys and Monitoring Stations, 2011

    Contributors:

    Summary: This point shapefile provides information on the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems (NERACOOS) buoys and monitoring stations. Monitoring stations in this dataset include: Gulf of Maine Array, CDIP Buoys, Bowdoin Buoys, NOAA buoys, NOS tides, Charybdis Tides, Environment Canada Buoys, Long Island Sound Array, NERRS Stations, NOAA CMAN stations, SmartBay Buoys, and MVCO Sea Nodes. NERACOOS is the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems and is a component of the national Integrated Ocean Observing Sysem (IOOS). This shapefile can be used to locate NERACOOS buoys amd monitoring stations in the northwest Atlantic off the coast of New England and Long Island Sound. Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems. (2011). NERACOOS Buoys and Monitoring Stations, 2011. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/sh061jh8071. This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

    View full record

  7. Title: U.S. Marine Protected Areas Boundaries: MPA Inventory, 2014

    Contributors:

    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents the Marine Protected Areas inventory as of October 2014. The MPA Inventory is a comprehensive catalog 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 Areas Boundaries: MPA Inventory, 2014. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/fh590cs4244. 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: 2014: Added California Coastal Marine National Monument (Pt. Arena-Stornetta Unit) and revised boundaries and zones for Rose Atoll, Marianas Trench and Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monuments. Updated Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary to reflect boundary expansion. Updated boundaries data for Alaska state fishery MPAs, West Hawaii Fishery Management Area, and National Estuarine Research Reserves. Added NMFS Arctic Management Area and Pelagic Sargassum Habitat Restricted Area. Removed Florida Surface Water Improvement and Management sites. 2013: Added new MPA boundaries for California South Coast MLPA region, Oregon Marine Reserves. Updated Maryland Oyster Sanctuaries, National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa boundaries. 2012: This version contains boundary updates during the 2011 calendar year. Boundaries were added for new MPAs created in California. Boundaries were updated for National Park Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Washington, Virgin Islands and Wisconsin sites in the MPA Inventory. 2011: This version contains boundary updates during the 2010 calendar year. Boundaries were added for new MPAs created in California. Boundaries for Hawaii, American Samoa, Florida and National Marine Fisheries Service MPAs were added for sites already in the MPA Inventory. All National Park Service and National Estuarine Research Reserve and some National Wildlife Refuge boundaries were updated with original data. 2010: 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.

    View full record

  8. Title: United States--East Coast, New York, Jamaica Bay and Rockaway Inlet, 1964

    Contributors:

    Summary: This is a scanned version of the 1964 paper map entitled: United States--East Coast, New York, Jamaica Bay and Rockaway Inlet. The map was scanned at 300 dots per inch and is in the TIFF format.

    View full record

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

    Contributors:

    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.]

    View full record

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

    Contributors:

    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.]

    View full record

  11. Title: Solano County Zoning Designations

    Contributors:

    Summary: Solano County Resource Mangement Zoning Designations as Amended through Ordnance #1670, adopted February 7, 2006.

    View full record

  12. Title: California : federal wilderness lands

    Contributors:

    Summary: Relief shown by shading and spot heights. "March 2014." "BLM/CA/MA-2014/011+8560." Includes list of BLM wilderness areas and wilderness study areas, and two ancillary maps. Shipping list no.: 2014-0038-S.

    View full record

  13. Title: Census Blocks, Tulare County, 2010

    Contributors:

    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents 2010 Census blocks in Tulare County, California. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. (2020). Census Blocks, Tulare County, 2010. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/jg664tn4225 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

    View full record

  14. Title: Zoning, Tulare County, 2020

    Contributors:

    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents zoning in Tulare County, California. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. (2020). Zoning, Tulare County, 2020. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/kp246xm5672 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

    View full record

  15. Title: Tule River Reservation, Tulare County, 2020

    Contributors:

    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents the bondary of the Tule River Reservation in Tulare County, California. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. (2020). Tule River Reservation, Tulare County, 2020. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/jb519rd0234 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

    View full record

  16. Title: Streets, Tulare County, 2020

    Contributors:

    Summary: This line shapefile represents streets in Tulare County, California. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. (2020). Streets, Tulare County, 2020. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/zn285ch0923 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

    View full record

  17. Title: National Parks and Forests, Tulare County, 2020

    Contributors:

    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents national parks and forests in Tulare County, California. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. (2020). National Parks and Forests, Tulare County, 2020. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/wx937rj6485 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

    View full record

  18. Title: Townships and Sections, Tulare County, 2020

    Contributors:

    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents townships and sections in Tulare County, California. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. (2020). Townships and Sections, Tulare County, 2020. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/np995rn5964 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

    View full record

  19. Title: Highways, Tulare County, 2020

    Contributors:

    Summary: This line shapefile represents highways in Tulare County, California. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. (2020). Highways, Tulare County, 2020. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/sn884cm1738 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

    View full record

  20. Title: City Limits, Tulare County, 2020

    Contributors:

    Summary: This polygon shapefile represents city limits in Tulare County, California. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. (2020). City Limits, Tulare County, 2020. Tulare County Resource Management Agency. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/bt092cz9900 This layer is presented in the WGS84 coordinate system for web display purposes. Downloadable data are provided in native coordinate system or projection.

    View full record

Need help?

Ask GIS