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]>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* 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 > 69o 47' 58.9"W 44o 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 > > 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]