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July 2005
These two statewide boundary layers are used by the Bureau
of Environmental Health (BEH), Massachusetts Department of
Public Health (MDPH) for planning and administrative purposes. The
source material for these datalayers was compiled by Christina
Kara, Emergency Preparedness Bureau, MDPH. The two layers are:
Staff at the GIS Program, Bureau of Environmental Health,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health developed the data. In
Access 2000, the Regional Coalition information was joined to the
attribute table of the MassGIS Community Boundaries from Survey
Points datalayer based on town name. Using ESRI's ArcMap 9.0
software, a dissolve was performed on the Community Boundaries
layer on Regional Coalition name. The new feature class was
renamed. In Access 2000, the Region field was manually inserted
into the attribute table using the original Regional Coalition
information as a reference. To produce the Regions layer, polygons
were created based on a dissolve on the Region field in the
Coalition layer.
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health
250 Washington Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 624-5757 (Voice)
(617) 624-5777 (Fax)
These two statewide boundary layers are used by the Bureau of
Environmental Health (BEH), Massachusetts Department of Public
Health (MDPH) for planning and administrative purposes.
| Download these layers (ESRI Shapefiles, ArcGIS 9.1 LYRs,
and ArcView 3.x AVLs): Regions (5.5 MB) | Regional Coalitions (5.6 MB) |
- Emergency Preparedness Regions - REGDPHEP_POLY
- Emergency Preparedness Regional Coalitions - REGDPHEPC_POLY. Regional coalitions belong to larger Emergency Preparedness Regions.
Production
Staff at the GIS Program, Bureau of Environmental Health,
Massachusetts Department of Public Health developed the data. In
Access 2000, the Regional Coalition information was joined to the
attribute table of the MassGIS Community Boundaries from Survey
Points datalayer based on town name. Using ESRI's ArcMap 9.0
software, a dissolve was performed on the Community Boundaries
layer on Regional Coalition name. The new feature class was
renamed. In Access 2000, the Region field was manually inserted
into the attribute table using the original Regional Coalition
information as a reference. To produce the Regions layer, polygons
were created based on a dissolve on the Region field in the
Coalition layer.Attributes
Both polygon layers have the field REGION, which is the MDPH Administrative Region Name. The Coalitions layer also has the field REG_COAL, which is the MDPH Administrative Regional Coalition Name.
Maintenance
MDPH maintains these layers. Users should direct questions to:Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Environmental Health
250 Washington Street, 7th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
(617) 624-5757 (Voice)
(617) 624-5777 (Fax)
Last Updated 5/29/2013
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| Contributor | |
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| Modified Date | 2018-01-03 |
| Release Date | 2018-01-03 |
| Identifier | 1e78a99d-dec5-4d66-8205-99170d2a1cbb |
| Spatial / Geographical Coverage Location | Massachusetts |
| License | |
| Author | |
| Contact Name | MassGIS |
| Contact Email | |
| Public Access Level | Public |
| Data Quality | False |
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| Language | English (United States) |