State of Maine Map Kit
Introduction
KATYC and the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission has developed the State of Maine Map Kit. The State of Maine Map Kit is a tool intended to help educators relate geographic information to their students. The themes are varied and allow teachers to show relationships among different sets of geographic data. You may download any or all of the maps.
Components
Click here to view a list of map themes.
Each Kit comes with a number of transparencies that depict different themes. Some themes identify point locations while others identify areas. The layers are intended to be used in conjunction with the State of Maine transparency base map. The information was gathered from public sources or was generated by staff at the Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission. The information is general in nature and is not intended to represent specific locations. The user may find that certain themes do not depict all possible sites within the theme. Such instances are unintentional.
Contact Information
Questions may be directed to :
Dave Carpenter, Program Coordinator
Kids and Transportation Program of York County
21 Bradeen Street
Suite 304
Springvale, Maine 04083(207)-324-2952
Note: These maps
are intended for nonprofit educational use only. Please contact the Program
Coordinator with any questions. This Kit has been generated with the assistance
of the Sanford Maine School Department. The Kit is currently in draft form and
is being evaluated teachers in the Sanford School Department. Revisions will
be made during the summer and fall of 2004 with the final version available
during the 2004/2005 school year.
State of Maine Map Kit - Layers
The following maps are in PDF format at 8.5 x 11 inches in size. You will need Acrobat Reader in order to view. If you do not currently have Reader on you computer, you can download Acrobat Reader for free.
State of Maine Base Map - This map serves as the base map for the following maps layers.
General
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Theme
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Description
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| Counties | |
| Cities/Towns/County Seats | |
| Population | |
| Contours |
Infrastructure
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Theme
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Description
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| Major Roads | |
| Airports | |
| Railroad Lines | |
| Electric Utilities | |
| Ports |
Pending
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Natural Resources
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Theme
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Description
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| Major Lakes and Rivers | |
| Lobster | |
| Blueberries | |
| Potatoes | |
| Apples | |
| Mining | |
| Salmon |
Pending
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| Biophysical Regions |
Pending
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Trades/Industry/Employment
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Theme
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Description
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| Boat Building | |
| Commercial Wood Lots | |
| Regional Service Centers | |
| Government |
Recreation
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Theme
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Description
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| Parks | |
| Boat Launch Sites | |
| Appellation Trail | |
| Skiing |
Pending
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Historical/Cultural
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Theme
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Description
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| Forts |
Pending
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| Arnold Trail |
Pending
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| Major Museums |
Pending
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| Shaker Village |
Pending
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| Tribes/Nations |
Pending
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Layer Information
General
State of Maine
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer serves as an outline of the state. All other layers will fit within this outline.
Calendar Date: 2004
Counties
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer identifies county boundaries.
Calendar Date: 2004
Cities/Towns/County Seats
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer identifies all county seats and certain cities and towns.
Calendar Date: 2004
Population
Citation Information:
U.S. Department of Commerce (USDOC), Bureau of the Census (USCB), Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Description:
This layer identifies population by county. The information is based on the 2000 census.
Calendar Date: 2001
Contours
Citation Information:
US Geological Survey (USGS), Maine Office of Geographic Publication Information; Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Description:
This layer identifies elevations beginning at 1,000 feet above sea level.
Calendar Date: 12/31/1993
Infrastructure
Major Roads
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission, Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Description:
This layer identifies certain major roads throughout the state.
Calendar Date: 2004
Airports
Citation Information:
Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Description:
Identifies point locations of airports in Maine
Calendar Date: 8/1995
Railroads
Citation Information:
Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Description:
Identifies all active railroad lines in the state of Maine
Calendar Date: 10/1/2003
Electric Utilities
Citation Information:
US Geological Survey (USGS), Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Description:
This layer identifies major electric utility lines
Calendar Date: 12/31/1990
Natural Resources & Features
Major Lakes and Rivers
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer identifies only a few lakes and rivers throughout the state.
Calendar Date: 2004
Lobster
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer identifies the coast of Maine as a commercial lobster region. Interior portions of the coast are included to account for staging and storage activities.
Calendar Date: 2004
Blueberries
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer is intended to identify the commercial blueberry region of Downeast Maine.
Calendar Date: 2004
Potatoes
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer identifies the commercial potato-growing region of northern Maine
Calendar Date: 2004
Apples
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer identifies the commercial apple-growing region in Maine.
Calendar Date: 2004
Mining
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer identifies the mining areas of western Maine. It should be noted that various mining and quarry activities occur through out Maine.
Calendar Date: 2004
Trades/Industry/Employment
Boat Building
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer identifies a core area along the Maine coast. It should be noted that historically, boat building occurred in many areas along the coast.
Calendar Date: 2004
Commercial Wood Lots
Citation Information:
Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Description:
Identifies industrial, non-industrial, and public woodlot ownership in Maine. Industrial owners are those having at least one primary wood processing facility. Non-industrial owners are those with no primary wood processing facility. Public ownership includes property that is owned by either a local, state, or federal entity.
Calendar Date: 2/1992
Regional Service Centers
Citation Information:
Maine State Planning Office (MESPO); Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Description:
This layer identifies municipalities that are identified as regional service centers as defined by the State of Maine.
In 1998, the State Planning Office reported that 71% of all jobs, 74% of all services and 77% of all consumer retail sales occurred in just 69 of Maine's nearly 500 municipalities.
Also, 74% of all state income and sales tax revenues came from these same communities. When local property tax revenues are also considered, these communities originate roughly 63% of all tax revenue from these three major sources.
There are currently 77 Regional Service Centers.
Calendar Date: 2001
Government
Citation Information:
Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer identifies three core areas in the state that provided government offices and services.
Calendar Date: 2004
Recreation
Parks
Citation Information:
US Geological Survey (USGS), Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems (MEGIS)
Description:
This layer identifies certain national and state parks.
Calendar Date: 12/31/1990
Boat Launch Sites
Citation Information:
Maine Department of Conservation (MEDOC), Bureau of Parks and Lands (BPL) and Maine Office of Geographic Information Systems
Description:
This layer depicts boating facility locations throughout Maine recorded by the Boating Facilities Division of the Bureau of Parks & Lands. Maine's Bureau of Parks and Lands and Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife provide access to lakes, ponds, rivers, and the coast at over 400 locations.
Sites may have gravel or hard-surfaced ramps and may include boarding floats, rest rooms and picnic tables. A few sites have canoe or carry-in access only.
Calendar Date: 7/2003
Appellation Trail
Citation Information:
National Park Service/US Department of the Interior, Southern Maine Regional Planning Commission
Description:
This layer identifies the approximate location of the Appellation Trail. The trail enters Maine across the Maine and New Hampshire border and terminates at Baxter State Park.
Calendar Date: 2004