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 [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> - 207.667.6912 - Horizon Surveying Co. 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 this is just for historical reference, especially as many coastal 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 > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > This list Maine GeoNews (GEOLIBRARY-L) is an unmoderated > discussion list for all Maine GIS Users. If you no longer wish to > receive e-mail from this list, you can remove your name and email > address yourself at the this web address: > > http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?SUBED1=geolibrary-l&A=1 > <http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?SUBED1=geolibrary-l&A=1> > > Or,you may also request that your name be removed by sending email > to: > > [log in to unmask] > <mailto:[log in to unmask]> > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This > list Maine GeoNews (GEOLIBRARY-L) is an unmoderated discussion list > for all Maine GIS Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from > this list, you can remove your name and email address yourself at the > this web address: > > http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?SUBED1=geolibrary-l&A=1 > > Or,you may also request that your name be removed by sending email to: > > [log in to unmask] > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This list Maine GeoNews (GEOLIBRARY-L) is an unmoderated discussion list for all Maine GIS Users. If you no longer wish to receive e-mail from this list, you can remove your name and email address yourself at the this web address: http://lists.maine.edu/cgi/wa?SUBED1=geolibrary-l&A=1 Or,you may also request that your name be removed by sending email to: [log in to unmask]