Identification_Information: Citation: Citation_Information: Originator: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Originator: Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission (CNHRPC) Originator: Lakes Region Planning Commission (LRPC) Originator: Nashua Regional Planning Commission (NRPC) Originator: Rockingham Planning Commission (RPC) Originator: Southern New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission (SNHRPC) Originator: Strafford Regional Planning Commission (SRPC) Originator: Southwest Regional Planning Commission (SWRPC) Originator: Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission (UVLSRPC) Originator: North Country Council (NCC) Publication_Date: 200612 Title: Key Destinations (Points) Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data Online_Linkage: Description: Abstract: This dataset is a combination of point data, identifying the entrance location of key destinations, and polygons, identifying significant retail areas containing numerous potential destinations. The data was developed by the nine Regional Planning Agencies based on a common methodology, with input and review from staff at the NH Department of Environmental Services. Certain types of destinations were identified for all communities; these included: Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, High Schools, Higher Education Facilities, Municipal Offices, Libraries (public and private), Community Facilities, Grocery Stores, Athletic/Recreation Facilities, Post Offices, Retail/Shopping Areas, Public Transportation Access Point, and Hospitals. Additional destinations were identified when significant to a community; these could include such places as Smaller Markets, Places of Worship, Restaurant, Funeral Homes, Performing Art Centers, Trail Access Points, Town Greens, and Large-scale Event Facilities. Destinations are identified separately by type. Descriptions and additional information is provided for some data. Purpose: This data is useful in municipal and regional planning and transportation planning and projects, and can be used to evaluate the distribution of development within a community or region. Time_Period_of_Content: Time_Period_Information: Single_Date/Time: Calendar_Date: 2006 Currentness_Reference: publication date Status: Progress: Complete Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed Spatial_Domain: Bounding_Coordinates: West_Bounding_Coordinate: -72.579711 East_Bounding_Coordinate: -70.681269 North_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.053025 South_Bounding_Coordinate: 42.697287 Keywords: Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: ISO 19115 Topic Category Theme_Keyword: planningCadastre Theme: Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Theme_Keyword: Spawl Theme_Keyword: Planning Theme_Keyword: Regional Theme_Keyword: Destinations Theme_Keyword: Cultural Place: Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None Place_Keyword: United States Place_Keyword: Northeast Place_Keyword: New England Place_Keyword: New Hampshire Access_Constraints: None Use_Constraints: User is required to read metadata completely before using the data. The information provided in this coverage is a subset of spatial databases developed by the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES). Development of these databases is an ongoing project; they may not contain all existing and potential sites, stations, or threats. The NHDES is not responsible for the use or interpretation of this information, or for any inaccuracies in the site names, tax map and lot information, or locations. All information is subject to verification. These data are to be used for planning purposes only; distribution is discouraged. Point_of_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Person_Primary: Contact_Person: Carolyn Russell Contact_Organization: New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services Contact_Position: Environmental Quality Impact Planner Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 29 Hazen Drive, PO Box 95 City: Concord State_or_Province: New Hampshire Postal_Code: 03302 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-271-3503 Native_Data_Set_Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.1.0.780 Data_Quality_Information: Logical_Consistency_Report: The data is checked for errors and checked for positional accuracy based on 1998 USGS Digital Ortho Quadrangles, 2003 NAIP imagery and/or USGS Topographic Quadrangles. The data is spatially clean having no topological errors or other kind. The data was reviewed by both the regional planning associations and NHDES. Completeness_Report: The data are complete as of the publication date. Any additions or changes to the destinatins will be updated as the need arises. Lineage: Process_Step: Process_Description: Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission (CNHRPC) Base data collected from existing community master plan documents and GPS data. Additional destinations were delineated from 2003 NAIP imagery. Process_Date: 20060420 Process_Step: Process_Description: Lakes Region Planning Commission (LRPC) Polygons were created where multiple Destination Points fell within a small area, such as a mall or a single structure. The outline includes the parking associated with such structures and was determined using 2003 NAIP imagery. Process_Date: 20060420 Process_Step: Process_Description: Lakes Region Planning Commission (LRPC) The data were collected using several methods. Data was initially clipped from a commercial employers' database, this was supplemented with data from sources such as US Postal Service and local Chamber of Commerce websites. Locations were determined using addresses, local knowledge and 2003 NAIP imagery. Process_Date: 20060420 Process_Step: Process_Description: Nashua Region Planning Commission (NRPC) Points were derived from assessing data, aerial imagery and existing local plans. Process_Date: 20060420 Process_Step: Process_Description: Rockingham Planning Commission (RPC) Available source point datasets were displayed in ArcMap over 1998 Digital Orthophotos or 2003 Emerge Orthophotography. These datasets included: 1) Essential Facilities database, which is a point layer of municipal facilities {schools, police, fire, town halls, etc.} which is incomplete and for which no metadata is available; and 2) DES PWS - Public Water Supplies as received from DES in May 2004. PWS contains commercial, institutional and public meeting facility locations for rural areas without municipal water service. Relevant destinations were 'heads up' digitized from the aforementioned datasets and coded appropriately. Spatial corrections were done from orthophoto interpretation. Town and City websites within the region (where available) were consulted for the name and location of town/city facilities relevant to Destinations. These were cross-referenced to available data or were mapped from web search engine address matching and/or aerial photography. Proper name and keyword internet searches were done on several specific destinations to check the location name or existence if not otherwise know by staff. Web searches on full service grocery store companies operating in the region were done. 'Store locator' web pages were used to see mapped locations of major stores, followed by aerial interpretation and heads up mapping of point locations. Features were plotted on aerial photo base maps for staff review and comment. Additions and corrections were made per staff comments. Process_Date: 20060420 Process_Step: Process_Description: Southern New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission (SNHRPC) The individual towns within the region were sent a copy of the printed map of the last version of sprawl indicators to make changes to the existing or add any new indicators to the data. Planner from SNHPC has also set up meetings to discuss and map the new indicators with community planners from the individual towns. The 2004 color aerial photos where used to map the exact location of the marked indicator. The data is also georeferenced and is also attributed with information. Process_Date: 20060420 Process_Step: Process_Description: Strafford Regional Planning Commission (SRPC) Destinations were digitized on top of 1998 USGS Ortho-photos according to the methodology created by the Sprawl Indicators working group. Original data was reviewed/updated with 2003 NAIP Imagery. Process_Date: 20060420 Process_Step: Process_Description: Southwest Regional Planning Commission (SWRPC) Destinations were digitized on top of 1998 USGS Ortho-photos according to the methodology created by the Sprawl Indicators working group at 1:8,000 scale. Process_Date: 20060420 Process_Step: Process_Description: Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission (UVLSRPC) Destinations were digitized by UVLSRPC based on 1992 or 1998 Digital Orthophoto Quads (DOQ's), from the US Geological Survey and the USDA Forest Service, 1:12,000, distributed by GRANIT. Other destinations were GPS'd by UVLSRPC, funded by NH Office of Emergency Management. Process_Date: 20060420 Process_Step: Process_Description: North Country Council (NCC) Destinations were digitized by NCCRPC based on the NAIP 2003 Digital Orthophoto Quads, from the USDA Aerial Photo Field Office. 1 Meter Resolution. Process_Date: 20060420 Process_Step: Process_Description: NHDES collated the destomatopms from each Regional Planning Association. NHDES reviewed each submittal for consistency in how the data was presented and what attributes needed to be collected. The data was returned back to the RPAs for corrections. Process_Date: 20060420 Spatial_Data_Organization_Information: Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector Point_and_Vector_Object_Information: SDTS_Terms_Description: SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 3339 Spatial_Reference_Information: Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition: Planar: Grid_Coordinate_System: Grid_Coordinate_System_Name: State Plane Coordinate System 1983 State_Plane_Coordinate_System: SPCS_Zone_Identifier: 2800 Transverse_Mercator: Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.999967 Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -71.666667 Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 42.500000 False_Easting: 984250.000000 False_Northing: 0.000000 Planar_Coordinate_Information: Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair Coordinate_Representation: Abscissa_Resolution: 0.002048 Ordinate_Resolution: 0.002048 Planar_Distance_Units: survey feet Geodetic_Model: Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983 Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80 Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000 Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222 Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition: Entity_and_Attribute_Information: Detailed_Description: Entity_Type: Entity_Type_Label: KeyDestinations_pts Entity_Type_Definition: Key Destination polygons - retail areas Entity_Type_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute: Attribute_Label: FID Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Shape Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry. Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features. Attribute: Attribute_Label: DESID Attribute_Definition: Unique number assigned by NHDES for tracking purposes Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique identifier supplied by NHDES. Attribute: Attribute_Label: RPA Attribute_Definition: A text field showing the abbreviation for the regional planning association the community center area is within. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: CNHRPC Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Central New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NHDES Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: LRPC Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Lakes Region Planning Commission Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NHDES Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: NRPC Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Nashua Regional Planning Commission Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NHDES Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: RPC Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Rockingham Planning Commission Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NHDES Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SNHRPC Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Southern New Hampshire Regional Planning Commission Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NHDES Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SRPC Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Strafford Regional Planning Commission Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NHDES Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: SWRPC Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Southwest Regional Planning Commission Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NHDES Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: UVLSRPC Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: Upper Valley Lake Sunapee Regional Planning Commission Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NHDES Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: NCC Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: North Country Council Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute: Attribute_Label: UID Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier made up of the towns 5 digit fips code and a sequential number. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Unique identifier concatenated by NHDES. Attribute: Attribute_Label: NAME Attribute_Definition: A string field showing the name of the Destination Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Name of the destination as designed by the regional planning commission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: ST_ Attribute_Definition: A number field displaying the street number for the destination Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: A number field provided by the regional planning commission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: ST_NAME Attribute_Definition: A string field displaying the name of the street the destination is on. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The name of the street provided by the regional planning commission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: TOWN Attribute_Definition: A string field showing the town which the destination is within. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The name of the town as provided by the regional planning commission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: ZIP Attribute_Definition: A string field showing the zip code that the destination is within. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The zip code as provided by the regional planning commission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: VILLAGE Attribute_Definition: A string field showing the village which the destination is within. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The name of the village provided by the regional planning commission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: TYPE Attribute_Definition: A string field displaying the type of destination. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The type of destination as indicated by the regional planning commission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: DESCRIP Attribute_Definition: A text field providing more information about the destination. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Information about the destination as provided by the regional planning commission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: PUBLIC_ Attribute_Definition: A yes/no field indicating whether the destination could be used as a public meeting area. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: Yes Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The destination can be used for public meetings. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NHDES Enumerated_Domain: Enumerated_Domain_Value: No Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: The destination cannot be used for public meetings. Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute: Attribute_Label: CAPACITY Attribute_Definition: A number field displaying the number of people the destination can hold. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The capacity of a destination as provided by the regional planning commission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: LOC_SRC Attribute_Definition: A text field showing the local source that provided the information about the destination. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The local source as indicated by the regional planning commission. Attribute: Attribute_Label: DATE_ADD Attribute_Definition: The date the destination was added to the data set. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The date as indicated by the regional planning group and NHDES. Attribute: Attribute_Label: DATE_MOD Attribute_Definition: The date the destination was modified (if applicable). Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The modification date provided by the regional planning group or NHDES. Attribute: Attribute_Label: X_COORD Attribute_Definition: The longitude value in New Hampshire State Plane - Feet. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The coordinate value as calculated by ArcInfo. Attribute: Attribute_Label: Y_COORD Attribute_Definition: The latitude value in New Hampshire State Plane - Feet. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The value as calculated by ArcInfo. Attribute: Attribute_Label: FIPS Attribute_Definition: A number field showing the 5 digit fips code for the town. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: FIPS code as designated by the federal government. Attribute: Attribute_Label: FIPS_CHAR Attribute_Definition: A string field showing the 5 digit fips code for the town. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: The FIPS code as designated by the federal government. Attribute: Attribute_Label: SNUM_CHAR Attribute_Definition: A sequential number for each unique fips code and destination. Attribute_Definition_Source: NHDES Attribute_Domain_Values: Unrepresentable_Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated. 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Metadata_Reference_Information: Metadata_Date: 20061128 Metadata_Contact: Contact_Information: Contact_Organization_Primary: Contact_Organization: NH Department of Environmental Services Contact_Person: George Hastings Contact_Address: Address_Type: mailing and physical address Address: 29 Hazen Drive, PO Box 95 City: Concord State_or_Province: New Hampshire Postal_Code: 03302 Contact_Voice_Telephone: 603-271-3503 Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998 Metadata_Time_Convention: local time Metadata_Extensions: Online_Linkage: http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile