As this has been a common question, I'll reply to the whole list.
 
With the new data catalog, yes we retained the ability to download
certain large layers by subsections - such as towns or watersheds.  If
you see a 'tiles' icon (look in the legend at the top), that will take
you to another page which has downloads by town or county or watershed
or USGS quad, depending on the dataset.  For example with counties, you
can either get the entire statewide shapefile (and yes it is big at
600MB) or you can click on the 'tiles' icon and get the same data tiled
out by USGS quad.  E911 Roads we offer also as a single staetwide
shapefile, or tiled out by town.
 
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Michael Smith
State GIS Manager, Maine Office of GIS, Maine OIT
Board Member, Maine GeoLibrary
Board Member, Maine GIS Users Group
State Rep, National States Geographic Information Council

  

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Augusta, ME 04333-0174
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From: Maine GeoNews [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Wayne
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 10:32 PM
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Subject: New user with download question


I believe you use to be able to download layers by town or county.  That
doesn't appear to be an option with the data catalog website.  I don't
want the whole state---especially with some of the larger files such as
contours which is about 600mb zipped.   Is there a way to do partial
downloads? Thanks.  Wayne 
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