Strafford Regional Planning Commission (SRPC) has recently launched a variety of new and improved Geographic Information Systems (GIS) mapping platforms and products. These include an updated GIS platform on ArcOnline with new tools, in addition to new maps for all eighteen municipalities within the Strafford region.
Standardized Maps
SRPC’s standardized maps are a series of municipal and regional maps in several categories. These maps use uniform data consistent throughout the entire region, and often consistent throughout the state as well. The new maps display the most current data available in an updated, modern layout. The maps are available to be downloaded, printed and distributed freely for planning purposes. PDF format maps available for all 18 communities include:
- Aerial Imagery
- Community Features
- Transportation
- Land Use
- Conservation and Recreation
- Water Resources
ArcOnline Gallery and Mapping Tools
In addition to the static standardized maps, SRPC is excited to announce an overhaul to our existing ArcOnline mapping page. ArcOnline provides a digital, interactive mapping platform allowing users to zoom in and out of local areas and view more detailed attribute information about the data presented. Other tools, such as the new Open Data Portal, are also included on our ArcOnline site. The site can be found on ArcOnline at
https://srpc.maps.arcgis.com/home/index.html
. The following summarizes our new ArcOnline tools and mapping platforms.
Interactive Standard Maps
All six categories of SRPC’s Standardized Maps have been created in ArcOnline to allow these same maps to be viewed in an interactive format. The user can zoom in to local areas of interest, click anywhere on the map to view the attribute data of a particular location, and print personalized versions of the maps at a scale of their choosing. In addition to the six categories of Standardized Maps on the SRPC webpage, a Regional Zoning interactive map has also been added to ArcOnline.
Demographics Map Viewer
This map viewer displays common demographic data layers at the Census Block Group level. Examples of some of the demographic data layers built into the map viewer include population density, median household income, households below the federal poverty threshold, and population change.
Tax Parcels Map Viewer
The parcel viewer displays data for all Strafford region municipalities, including map #, block #, lot #, and acreage. Several municipalities have also chosen to host their tax parcel assessing data on this map viewer, which includes data such as parcel valuation, building valuation, and ownership. Numerous other standardized data layers have been built into this map viewer as well such as floodplains, steep slopes, soil drainage, aquifers, wetlands, zoning, and others. In the short time since the launch, this map viewer has already proved useful for citizens, municipal staff, planning boards, and others.
Open Data Portal
For the first time, the majority of SRPC’s standardized regional data layers are available online for anyone to download, free of charge. Data can be downloaded as shapefiles, KML’s, or spreadsheets, and then utilized with ArcGIS, Google Earth, or Excel.
If you have any questions or comments about the updated Standardized Maps, the new suite of ArcOnline products and platforms, or would like to discuss printing and/or map customization options, we would be excited to hear from you! Please contact GIS Planner Jackson Rand at
jrand@strafford.org
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