Metadata for WellsNERR Conservation Shapefiles March 30, 2000

Author: Susan Smith
GIS Specialist
Wells NERR
342 Laudholm Farm Rd.
Wells Maine 04090
(207) 646-1555 X 120

In general, these shapefiles were created by several different people over a two year period (1999/2000).

The conservation information was provided by several local conservation organizations and taken from assessors information from various years. Some polygons were taken directly from digitized tax maps, some were hand-drawn approximations using paper maps for reference. Some files have the tax assessors information in their databases. Some do not.

Cpeconserva.shp: This shapefile was produced by hand drawing polygons using paper maps as a reference. The conservation information was provided by searching the attached data base for parcels owned by the Cape Elizabeth Land Trust and by including Cresent Beach, owned by the State of Maine.

The conserve field of the database is encoded as follows:

P=private
S=state

Cape parcel.shp: this file contains the tax map shapefiles for Cape Elizabeth.

Sacocon.shp: This shapefile was created by hand drawing conservation information from paper maps. I am not aware how the conservation information was obtained.

The Conserv field is coded as follows:

F or fed=federal
P= private
Pe=private easement
S=state
Tree=treefarm tax program
X=(unknown)

Bidd-conserva.shp: This shapefile was created by hand drawing polygons using paper maps as a reference. I am not aware how the conservation information was obtained. The Conserva field of the database is encoded as follows:

P=private
F=federal
S=state

Arundel-conserv.shp: This shapefile contains conservation information for lands owned by the Kennebunk Land Trust. These parcels were taken from the Arundel tax maps located in the Pacel.shp file The Conserva field of the database is coded as follows:

P=private

Parcel.shp: this file contains parcel maps for the town of Arundel.

Kennebkpt-conserva.shp: this shapefile was created by hand drawing polygons using a paper map for reference. The conservation information was provided by the Kennebunkport Conservation Commission and the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust. The Conserva field of the database is coded as follows:

P=private
F=federal
S=state
T=town

KLT holdings.shp: This shapefile was created using the Town of Kennebunk tax parcel shapefile. The conservation information was provided by the Kennebunk Land Trust (207/985-8734). The conserva field is coded as follows:

Ease=conservation easements held by KLT
Federal=Federal
Private=parcels owned by the KLT
State=state
TNC=The Nature Conservancy
Water=a hand drawn water polygon to overlay
U=non-conserved land

Kennebunkparcel.shp: this file contains the tax maps for Kennebunk.

Wells conservation.shp: This shapefile was created using a town parcel shapefile. The conservation information was provided by Great Works Regional Land Trust and the Wells NERR. The Conserva field in the associated database is coded as follows:

P=private
F=federal
S=state
T=town

Parcels.shp: this file contains the tax maps for Wells.

Ogunquit: We do not have tax parcel information for Ogunquit. The conservation information we do have is included in York-Conserv.shp, the parcels being owned by York Land Trust.

Sbconserv.shp: This file has hand-drawn polygons drawn from information received from Great Works Regional Land Trust. The Newfield field in the associated database is coded as follows:

P=private
F=federal
S=state
T=town

York-Conserv.shp: this shapefile has been made using hand-drawn polygons approximations of tax parcels. The information was provided by the York Land Trust (207/363-7400) The town is developing a gis data layer of its tax parcels that will be available soon. This shapefile will then be updated.

In the table, the field Conserva is used to give the data unique values.

F=Federal
P=private
Pkw= Kittery Water District
Pw=York Water District
S-State
T=Town
TNC=The Nature Conservancy

Eliot conserv.shp: This file contains conservation information provided by Great Works Regional Land Trust. They are hand-drawn polygons. No tax parcel information is available for this town yet. The Conserva field in the associated database is coded as follows:

P=private
F=federal
S=state
T=town

As of March, 2000 we have not yet received conservation information for the following towns:

Scarborough
Old Orchard Beach
Kittery