Massachustts Town Boundaries

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Online_Linkage: towns.shp
Originator: Harvard Design School
Publication_Date: 1999
Title: Massachustts Town Boundaries
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Cambridge, MA, USA
Publisher: Harvard University Design School
Description:
Abstract: Town boundaries from the massgis
Purpose: See Abstract
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Keywords:
Theme:
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Theme_Keyword: Political
Place:
Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
Place_Keyword: Massacusetts
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1990
Currentness_Reference: None
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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -74
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 43
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 41
Access_Constraints: For Harvard Distribution Only
Use_Constraints: None
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Harvard Design School
Contact_Person: Paul Cote
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 48 Quincy Street
City: Cambridge
State_or_Province: Massacusetts
Postal_Code: 02138
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617-496-0546
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Browse_Graphic_File_Description: None
Browse_Graphic_File_Type: None
Data_Set_Credit:
This data and its documentation were made available for free by the good people at Mass GIS.

Data_Quality_Information:
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Completeness_Report: None
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Mass GIS
Publication_Date: 1995
Title: +++++++++
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: map
Publication_Information:
Publication_Place: Boston, MA, USA
Publisher: Mass GIS
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Type_of_Source_Media: digital maps and tables
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Source_Currentness_Reference: None
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Mass GIS
Source_Contribution: Arc E00 files in mass state plane nad27 feet
Process_Step:
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Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Mass GIS
Process_Date: 1995
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Paul Cote
Contact_Organization: Harvard Design School
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 48 Quincy Street
City: Cambidge
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 02138
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617 496 0546
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pbcote@gsd.harvard.edu


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Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 351

Spatial_Reference_Information:
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Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -71.50000
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Entity_Type_Definition_Source: None
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Attribute_Definition: +++++++
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Attribute_Domain_Values:
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Attribute:
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 1999
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Paul Cote
Contact_Organization: Harvard Graduate School of Design
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Contact_Address:
Address_Type: mailing and physical address
Address: 48 Quincy Street
City: Cambridge
State_or_Province: Massachusetts
Postal_Code: 02138
Country: USA
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 617 496 0546
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: pbcote@gsd.harvard.edu
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC CSDGM
Metadata_Standard_Version: 19940608

Generated by mp on Tue Nov 9 23:35:01 1999