dkgsk7g8m.json

{
	"core": {
		"$id": "ark:/76611/dkgsk7g8m",
		"title": "Massachusetts Town Boundaries",
		"recordType": "Dataset",
		"excludeIndex": false,
		"shortDescription": "Standardized boundary file showing city and town extents, updated to include a census join field; geography covers the state of Massachusetts; time period reflects the present",
		"fullDescription": "This dataset represents town boundaries in the state of Massachusetts. The geographic coverage is the state of Massachusetts. The time coverage reflects the present day. This dataset originates from data created and published by MassGIS. The LMEC has standardized MassGIS's town boundaries to ensure compatibility with census products. ",
		"keyAttributes": ["MassGIS Town Name", "MassGIS Town ID", "Census Town Name", "Census Town ID"],
		"dataTypes": ["MultiPolygon"],
		"bboxPreview": {
			"previewSRS": "EPSG:4326",
			"lowerCorner": [-73.508210, 41.239062],
			"upperCorner": [-69.928093, 42.886778]
		},
		"accessCondition": "This item is in the public domain. There are no restrictions on use."
	},
	"access":[{
		"$id": "ark:/76611/dkgsk7g8m/endpoint/1",
		"accessURL": "https://s3.us-east-2.wasabisys.com/public-geospatial/dkgsk7g8m/mass-municipalities.geojson",
		"title": "Massachusetts Town Boundaries GeoJSON",		
		"source": "Leventhal Map & Education Center",
		"format": "GeoJSON"
	}],
	"tags": {
		"thematic": {
			"LCSH": [{
					"authorityName": "LCSH",
					"authorityID": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html",
					"subjectTag": "Cities and towns"
				},
				{
					"authorityName": "LCSH",
					"authorityID": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html",
					"subjectTag": "Towns"
				},
				{
					"authorityName": "LCSH",
					"authorityID": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html",
					"subjectTag": "Municipalities"
				},
				{
					"authorityName": "LCSH",
					"authorityID": "http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects.html",
					"subjectTag": "Cartography"
				}
			]
		},
		"geographic": [{
			"authorityName": "geonames",
			"authorityID": "http://www.geonames.org/ontology#",
			"valueID": "http://sws.geonames.org/6254926",
			"placeTag": "Massachusetts"
		}],
		"temporal": {
			"temporalNotes": "This data cartographically improves upon data derived from surveys published in atlases going back to the 1890s. The original surveys were conducted in the 1890s. The Atlas series was published in the early 1900s and has since been updated by the Survey Section of the Massachusetts Highway Department (now The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) - Highway Division) with changes as they are approved by the legislature.",
			"temporalRepresentation": {
				"encoding": "https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime",
				"valueType": "singleDate",
				"singleDate": "2020"
			},
			"temporalPublication": {
				"encoding": "https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime",
				"valueType": "singleDate",
				"singleDate": "2020-06-16"
			}
		}
	},
	"lifecycle": {
		"acquisition": {
			"creator": "Leventhal Map & Education Center",
			"ingredients": [{
				"$id": "ark:/76611/dkgskarjx",
				"notes": "The Leventhal Map & Education Center changed this ingredient dataset to create the new simplified towns dataset"
			}]
		},
		"description": {
			"contextProvider": {
				"name": "Belle Lipton",
				"relationshipToData": "Archivist"
			},
			"contextOnBehalfOf": {
				"name": "Garrett Dash Nelson",
				"relationshipToData": "Processor/Cleaner"
			},
			"contextPublicationDate": "2020-10-02",
			"metadataSchema": {
				"schemaName": "LMEC Data Description Schema",
				"$id": "https://github.com/bplmaps/data-description-schema/blob/master/schema.json"
			}
		},
		"maintenance": {
			"officialMaintainer": "Leventhal Map & Education Center",
			"maintenanceFrequency": "This dataset is not frequently updated"
		},
		"processing": {
			"choices": [{
				"title": "Step-by-Step Process",
				"author": "Garrett Dash Nelson",
				"format": "Jupyter Notebook",
				"accessURL": "https://github.com/nblmc/massachusetts-municipal-boundaries/blob/main/processor.ipynb"
			}]
		}
	},
	"considerations":{
		"machineReadability": {
			"value": 2
		},
		"humanReadability":{
			"value": 2
		},
		"socialEmbeddedness":{
			"value": 0
		}
	},
	"resources": {
		"tutorials": [
			{
				"$id": "https://github.com/nblmc/massachusetts-municipal-boundaries",
				"title": "Creating a clean boundary file for Massachusetts municipalities",
				"maintainedBy": "LMEC",
				"notes": "Step-by-step tutorial to reproduce the processing performed to create this dataset.",
				"suggested": true
			}
		]
	}
}