7.5' USGS Topos & NOAA Nautical Charts WMS Services URLs:
http://mapserver.maine.gov/wms/mapserv.exe?map=c:/wms/topos.map&

Mike - I'm with Gretchen; this is very good news, thanks for all of your 
efforts!!

The now available LiDAR-based 2' contours from MeGIS will be greatly 
appreciated by these communities.

Some communities; for example, Orland (shown below) may begin to wonder:
Is there a schedule for filling in the blanks?







V. Kelly Bellis, PLS 2099 - 17 Union Street - Ellsworth, ME 04605
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On 5/23/2013 4:51 PM, Gretchen Heldmann wrote:
> I don't want to be too bold, but I think I probably speak for more 
> than just myself when I say:
> THANK YOU!
>
> ~G
>
> __________________________
> *Gretchen Heldmann, GISP*
> GIS/IT Specialist, Town of Hampden
> Office Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 7:30am-6pm
> 106 Western Avenue
> Hampden, ME 04444
> Phone: (207)862.4500 x142
> http://www.hampdenmaine.gov/
> *!NEW!* Aerial Imagery for Maine! 
> http://www.maine.gov/geolib/orthophotography.htm
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 4:35 PM, Smith, Michael 
> <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
>
>     Hi everyone,
>
>     The Maine Office of GIS is pleased to announce the release of 2’
>     contours for lidar areas in Maine.  These data are now available
>     on our data catalog, or for our state employees, via our
>     enterprise geodatbase (layer GISVIEW.MEGIS.Contours_2ft).  Please
>     read the metadata before asking questions about the contours.  The
>     contours are tiled out by town, and currently are available for
>     all or portions of 266 towns and townships.  As we continue to get
>     more lidar data we will update the collection. *Due to the sheer
>     size of these data, we will not make them available in Google
>     Earth KMZ format.*  All together they number just shy of 17
>     million line segments and even when zipped take up 11.5GB of disk
>     space.
>
>     Also loaded last week, but not sure I announced it, we have made
>     available a collection of historic NOAA charts from the late
>     1800s.  These are available as a web mapping service.   This is in
>     the ‘topos’ WMS and is listed on the data catalog.  The purpose of
>     this is just for historical reference, especially as many coastal
>     buildings or roads are carefully mapped on these charts.
>
>     Happy contour mapping!
>
>     ===============================
>     *Michael Smith MS GISP*
>     State GIS Manager, Maine Office of GIS
>     State of Maine, Office of Information Technology
>     /michael.smith _at_ maine.gov <http://maine.gov>/ 207-215-5530
>     <tel:207-215-5530>
>
>     Board Member, Maine GeoLibrary
>     Education Chair, Maine GIS Users Group
>     State Rep, National States Geographic Information Council
>
>
>     State House Station 145
>     51 Commerce Drive
>     Augusta, ME 04333-0145
>     69^o 47' 58.9"W  44^o 21' 54.8"N
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