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MD iMAP: Maryland Protected Lands - MD Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation Easements
In June 2019 new fields were added to facilitate the integration of this dataset with the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Attributes for these fields, which are identified below as PAD-US fields, are not available for all data collected historically. The Maryland Department of Planning will continue to populate these new fields as updates become available. For a full description of the contents of the PAD-US fields, see https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/gap/pad-us-datamanual.
Attributes within this dataset include:
Source Protected Area ID (PAD-US field): MALPF easement number
Settled Acres: Settlement acreage
Settled Date: Settlement date, including month date and year
County: County in which protected land is located
Weblink: Link to more information about the protection program
Category (PAD-US field): PAD-US classification for the protection mechanism associated with the protected property
Owner Type (PAD-US field): General land owner type of the fee property interest, standardized for the US
Owner Name (PAD-US field): Owner of the fee interest of the property, standardized for the nation
Local Owner (PAD-US field): The actual name of the owner of the fee interest
Easement Holder Type (PAD-US field): Where the ‘Category’ of protection code (above) is listed as “Easement”, this field specifies the type of holder of the easement.
Easement Holder (PAD-US field): Where the ‘Category’ of protection code (above) is listed as “Easement”, this field indicates the actual name of the holder of the conservation easement.
Unit Name (PAD-US field): The name of the land management unit or protected area
State (PAD-US field): Name of state in which the protected land is located
Aggregator Source (PAD-US field): Organization credited with data aggregation. Attributed in the format 'organization name_filenameYearPublished.filetype'
GIS Source (PAD-US field): The original source of GIS spatial and attribute information the aggregator obtained where available
GIS Source Date (PAD-US field): The date (yyyy/mm/dd) GIS data was obtained by the data source for aggregation
GIS Acres (PAD-US field): Acres calculated for each polygon in NAD83 Meters. The GIS Acres may differ from the Settled Acres, particularly in cases where easement boundaries are estimated based on parcel polygon boundaries.
Date of Protection (PAD-US field): The year (yyyy) the property was legally protected via fee acquisition or enactment of a conservation easement
Public Access (PAD-US field):Accessibility of the property to the public, standardized
This is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at https://imap.maryland.gov.
Feature Service Link: https://mdgeodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Environment/MD_ProtectedLands/FeatureServer
Complete Metadata
| identifier | https://opendata.maryland.gov/api/views/4kvq-km2e |
|---|---|
| issued | 2016-07-27 |
| landingPage | https://opendata.maryland.gov/d/4kvq-km2e |
| theme |
[ "Energy and Environment" ] |