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Seaports

Overview

This point datalayer contains the locations of passenger and freight seaport locations in Massachusetts. This layer denotes whether a seaport transports freight and/or passengers and whether it is part of the National Highway System (NHS).

Production

The locations of the seaports were digitized from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 1:5000 color orthophoto imagery.

Attributes

Item Name Contents IMS_TERMINALS_ID ID used for linking data with the Intermodal Terminals layer TERM_NAME Name of seaport FREIGHT Denotes whether or not a seaport handles freight: Yes = the seaport does handles freight No = the seaport does not handles freight PASSENGER Denotes whether or not a seaport accepts passengers: Yes = the seaport does accept passengers No = the seaport does not accept passengers NHS Denotes whether or not a seaport is part of the NHS: Yes = the seaport is part of the NHS No = the seaport is not part of the NHS TOWN Indicates the town where the seaport is located SERVICE Denotes when passenger ferry service is available at the seaport: spring-fall = service is available between spring and fall summer = service is only available during the summer year round = service is available throughout the year MPO Metropolitan Planning Organization name

Status

This data is current as of June 2005.

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File Name Format Seaports.zip (20 KB) Zipped Geodatabase