Description: This layer represents all the public and many of the private roadways in Massachusetts, including designations for Interstate, U.S. and State routes.Formerly known as the Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) Roads, then the Executive Office of Transportation - Office of Transportation Planning (EOT-OTP) Roads, the MassGIS-MassDOT Roads layer includes linework from the 1:5,000 road and rail centerlines data that were interpreted as part of the 1990's Aerial Imagery project. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation - Office of Transportation Planning, which maintains the primary source for this layer, continues to add linework from municipal and other sources and update existing linework using the most recent aerial ortho imagery as a base. The attribute table includes many "road inventory" fields maintained in MassDOT's linear referencing system. See the Attributes section below for more details.The current MassGIS-MassDOT hybrid data layer was first published in November 2018, based on the MassDOT 2017 year-end Road Inventory layer and results of a 2014-2015 MassDOT-Central Transportation Planning Staff project to conflate street names and other attributes from MassGIS' "base streets" to the MassDOT Road Inventory linework. The base streets are continually maintained by MassGIS as part of the NextGen 911 and Master Address Database (MAD) projects. MassGIS staff reviewed the conflated layer and added many base street arcs digitized after the completion of the conflation work. MassGIS added several fields to support legacy symbology and labeling. Other edits included modifying some linework in areas of recent construction and roadway reconfiguration to align to 2017-2018 Google ortho imagery, and making minor fixes to attributes and linework. MassGIS continues to modify the layer as needed.In ArcSDE this layer is named EOTROADS_ARC.From this data layer MassGIS extracted the Major Roads and Major Highway Routes layers.
Copyright Text: Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), MassGIS
URBAN_TYPE (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Urban Type, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [5: Rural], [1: Large Urbanized Area], [2: Small Urbanized Area], ... 2 more ...)
F_F_CLASS (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Federal Functional Class, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [1: Interstate], [2: Principal Arterial - Other Freeways or Expressways], [3: Principal Arterial - Other], ... 4 more ...)
JURISDICTN (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Jurisdiction, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 1, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [2: City or Town accepted road], [6: State Park or Forest], [7: State Institutional], ... 15 more ...)
NHS (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: National Highway System Status
, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [0: Not on NHS], [2: NHS - Strategic Defense Highway System (STRAHNET)], [3: NHS - STRAHNET Connector], ... 13 more ...)
FD_AID_RTE (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Federal Aid Route Number, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 4, nullable: true, editable: true)
FD_AID_RD (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Federal Aid Eligible Road, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [0: Not Eligible], [1: Interstate - NHS], [2: Other Road - NHS], ... 2 more ...)
CONTROL (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Access Control, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [1: Full Access Control], [2: Partial Access Control], [0: No Access Control])
NUM_LANES (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Number of Travel Lanes, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
OPP_LANES (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Opposite Number of Travel Lanes, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
SURFACE_TP (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Surface Type, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [1: Unimproved, graded earth, or soil surface road], [2: Gravel or stone road], [3: Brick road], ... 8 more ...)
T_EXC_TYPE (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Truck Exclusion Type, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [1: Open to all vehicles], [2: All vehicles over 2.5 tons excluded], [3: All vehicles over 3 tons excluded], ... 10 more ...)
T_EXC_TIME (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Truck Exclusion Time, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [4: 6AM to 6PM, 7 Days], [5: 6AM to 7PM, 7 Days], [6: 6AM to 10PM, 7 Days], ... 17 more ...)
TRK_NETWRK (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Truck Network, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [1: Section is on the National Network (NN)], [2: Other State-designated truck route (optional)])
TRUCK_RTE (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Truck Route, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [0: Not a parkway - not on a designated truck route], [1: Designated truck route under Federal Authority in 23 CFR 658 Available to STAA vehicles (Twin 28' Semitrailer-trailer and 48' Semitrailer combinations)], [2: Designated truck route ONLY under State Authority. Fully available to both types of STAA vehicles described above], ... 1 more ...)
ROW_WIDTH (type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: Right Of Way Width, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
Description: This layer represents all the public and many of the private roadways in Massachusetts, including designations for Interstate, U.S. and State routes.Formerly known as the Massachusetts Highway Department (MHD) Roads, then the Executive Office of Transportation - Office of Transportation Planning (EOT-OTP) Roads, the MassGIS-MassDOT Roads layer includes linework from the 1:5,000 road and rail centerlines data that were interpreted as part of the 1990's Aerial Imagery project. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation - Office of Transportation Planning, which maintains the primary source for this layer, continues to add linework from municipal and other sources and update existing linework using the most recent aerial ortho imagery as a base. The attribute table includes many "road inventory" fields maintained in MassDOT's linear referencing system. See the Attributes section below for more details.The current MassGIS-MassDOT hybrid data layer was first published in November 2018, based on the MassDOT 2017 year-end Road Inventory layer and results of a 2014-2015 MassDOT-Central Transportation Planning Staff project to conflate street names and other attributes from MassGIS' "base streets" to the MassDOT Road Inventory linework. The base streets are continually maintained by MassGIS as part of the NextGen 911 and Master Address Database (MAD) projects. MassGIS staff reviewed the conflated layer and added many base street arcs digitized after the completion of the conflation work. MassGIS added several fields to support legacy symbology and labeling. Other edits included modifying some linework in areas of recent construction and roadway reconfiguration to align to 2017-2018 Google ortho imagery, and making minor fixes to attributes and linework. MassGIS continues to modify the layer as needed.In ArcSDE this layer is named EOTROADS_ARC.From this data layer MassGIS extracted the Major Roads and Major Highway Routes layers.
Copyright Text: Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), MassGIS
URBAN_TYPE (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Urban Type, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [5: Rural], [1: Large Urbanized Area], [2: Small Urbanized Area], ... 2 more ...)
F_F_CLASS (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Federal Functional Class, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [1: Interstate], [2: Principal Arterial - Other Freeways or Expressways], [3: Principal Arterial - Other], ... 4 more ...)
JURISDICTN (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Jurisdiction, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 1, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [2: City or Town accepted road], [6: State Park or Forest], [7: State Institutional], ... 15 more ...)
NHS (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: National Highway System Status
, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [0: Not on NHS], [2: NHS - Strategic Defense Highway System (STRAHNET)], [3: NHS - STRAHNET Connector], ... 13 more ...)
FD_AID_RTE (type: esriFieldTypeString, alias: Federal Aid Route Number, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, length: 4, nullable: true, editable: true)
FD_AID_RD (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Federal Aid Eligible Road, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [0: Not Eligible], [1: Interstate - NHS], [2: Other Road - NHS], ... 2 more ...)
CONTROL (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Access Control, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [1: Full Access Control], [2: Partial Access Control], [0: No Access Control])
NUM_LANES (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Number of Travel Lanes, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
OPP_LANES (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Opposite Number of Travel Lanes, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
SURFACE_TP (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Surface Type, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [1: Unimproved, graded earth, or soil surface road], [2: Gravel or stone road], [3: Brick road], ... 8 more ...)
T_EXC_TYPE (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Truck Exclusion Type, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [1: Open to all vehicles], [2: All vehicles over 2.5 tons excluded], [3: All vehicles over 3 tons excluded], ... 10 more ...)
T_EXC_TIME (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Truck Exclusion Time, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [4: 6AM to 6PM, 7 Days], [5: 6AM to 7PM, 7 Days], [6: 6AM to 10PM, 7 Days], ... 17 more ...)
TRK_NETWRK (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Truck Network, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [1: Section is on the National Network (NN)], [2: Other State-designated truck route (optional)])
TRUCK_RTE (type: esriFieldTypeInteger, alias: Truck Route, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true, Coded Values: [0: Not a parkway - not on a designated truck route], [1: Designated truck route under Federal Authority in 23 CFR 658 Available to STAA vehicles (Twin 28' Semitrailer-trailer and 48' Semitrailer combinations)], [2: Designated truck route ONLY under State Authority. Fully available to both types of STAA vehicles described above], ... 1 more ...)
ROW_WIDTH (type: esriFieldTypeDouble, alias: Right Of Way Width, SQL Type: sqlTypeOther, nullable: true, editable: true)
Description: The Major Ponds and Major Streams datalayers represent a subset of hydrographic features from the Hydrography (1:100,000) layer. Large water bodies and rivers are included in these two layers, respectively, and are meant to be used for plotting small-scale maps. The Major Rivers and Streams layer is named MAJSTRM_ARC.
Description: Using digital soils data from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (downloaded from MassGIS), a series of selections and calculations were done to classify soil associations into 9 different categories of prime forest based ultimately on forest productivity in white pine and red oak. Other data sets were used to refine this classification, including aspect, 1999 land use - land cover, riparian, slope position, wetlands, hydrologic soil association and unique areas. The hydrologic soil associations were based on NRCS information that came as Access files with the soils data. All other data was available from MassGIS.
Copyright Text: This dataset was created by David Goodwin while he worked at two different organizations - the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Department of Natural Resources Conservation and at the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Bureau of Forestry. He can be contacted at (413) 545-5748 or at david.goodwin@state.ma.us with any questions.
Description: Using digital soils data from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (downloaded from MassGIS), a series of selections and calculations were done to classify soil associations into 9 different categories of prime forest based ultimately on forest productivity in white pine and red oak. Other data sets were used to refine this classification, including aspect, 1999 land use - land cover, riparian, slope position, wetlands, hydrologic soil association and unique areas. The hydrologic soil associations were based on NRCS information that came as Access files with the soils data. All other data was available from MassGIS.
Copyright Text: This dataset was created by David Goodwin while he worked at two different organizations - the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Department of Natural Resources Conservation and at the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Bureau of Forestry. He can be contacted at (413) 545-5748 or at david.goodwin@state.ma.us with any questions.
Description: Assessor's parcel data for town of Middleborough, MA. Developed from existing digital data. Geometry and attribute data updated March 2023.
Copyright Text: Town of Middleborough MA; Applied Geographics, Boston, MA; Genesys Internation Corporation Ltd.
Description: Assessor's parcel data for town of Middleborough, MA. Developed from existing digital data. Geometry and attribute data updated March 2023.
Copyright Text: Town of Middleborough MA; Applied Geographics, Boston, MA; Genesys Internation Corporation Ltd.
Description: The MassDEP Wetlands dataset comprises two ArcGIS geodatabase feature classes:The WETLANDSDEP_POLY layer contains polygon features delineating mapped wetland resource areas and attribute codes indicating wetland type.The WETLANDSDEP_ARC layer was generated from the polygon features and contains arc attribute coding based on the adjacent polygons as well as arcs defined as hydrologic connections.Together these statewide layers enhance and replace the original MassDEP wetlands layers, formerly known as DEP Wetlands (1:12,000). It should be noted that these layers provide a medium-scale representation of the wetland areas of the state and are for planning purposes only. Wetlands boundary determination for other purposes, such as the Wetlands Protection Act MA Act M.G.L. c. 131 or local bylaws must use the relevant procedures and criteria.The original MassDEP wetlands mapping project was based on the photo-interpretation of 1:12,000, stereo color-infrared (CIR) photography, captured between 1990 and 2000, and included field verification by the MassDEP Wetlands Conservancy Program (WCP). In 2007 the MassDEP WCP began a statewide effort to assess and where necessary update the original wetlands data. The MassDEP WCP used ESRI ArcGIS Desktop software, assisted by the PurVIEW Stereo Viewing extension, to evaluate and update the original wetlands features based on photo-interpretation of 0.5m, (1:5,000) digital stereo CIR imagery statewide, captured in April 2005. No field verification was conducted on this updated 2005 wetlands data.The 2005 WETLANDSDEP_POLY layer includes polygon features that distinguish it from its predecessor by overall changes in size and shape. In addition, new polygons have been created and original ones deleted. Many of the polygons, however, remain the same as in the original layer. All changes have been made according to the techniques described below. For the purpose of cartographic continuity, a small number of coastal polygons outside the state boundary where added based on data provided by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).The 2005 WETLANDSDEP_ARC layer was generated to support map display and was designed to cartographically enhance the rendering of wetland features on a base map. Arc features in this layer were generated from the wetland polygons and coding (ARC_CODE) was assigned based on the adjacent polygon types. Hydrologic connection features (ARC_CODE = 7) were then added. Where delineated, these arc features indicate an observed hydrologic connection to or between wetland polygons. Although efforts were made to be comprehensive and thorough in mapping hydrologic connections, due to the limitations of aerial photo-interpretation some areas may have been missed.The types of updates made to the original wetland features include alteration, movement/realignment and reclassification. In some cases original wetland areas have been deleted and new areas have been added. Updates to original wetland features resulted from the following factors: changes in the natural environment due to human activity or natural causes; advances in the field of remote sensing, allowing for more refined mapping.Edit changes to the original wetland data include:Addition of new wetland and hydrologic connection featuresAppending (expansion or realignment) of existing (original) wetland and hydrologic connection featuresReclassification of wetlands features, due to change in wetlands environment from the original classificationMovement (or shifting) of original wetland features to better match the source imageryDeletion of original wetland or hydrologic connection features due to changes in wetlands environment or inconsistency with mapping criteria.Please note that although efforts were made to be comprehensive and thorough in the evaluation and mapping of statewide wetland resources some areas of the state may have been missed. Many of the wetland and hydrologic connection features remain the same as in the original data. The polygon attribute SOURCE_SCALE may be used to identify areas that have been altered from the original wetlands. The SOURCE_SCALE code 5000 indicates an updated wetland area. The SOURCE_SCALE code 12000 indicates an unaltered, original wetland polygon.
Copyright Text: Massachusetts Deptartment of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) Wetlands Conservancy Program (WCP)
Description: Assessor's parcel data for town of Middleborough, MA. Developed from existing digital data. Geometry and attribute data updated March 2023.
Copyright Text: Town of Middleborough MA; Applied Geographics, Boston, MA; Genesys Internation Corporation Ltd.