Atlas of Maine

Article Title

Conservation Lands of Downeast Maine

Authors

Peter Smithy, Colby College

Abstract or Description

Downeast Maine contains a variety of different types of conservation lands with different ownership, size, and proximity to population centers. The map displays elevation data for the Downeast region as a hillshade.

About the Author

Peter is an environmental studies major with a science concentration.

Source Data Note

All data were obtained from the Maine Office of GIS clipped to the extent of the counties. Elevation is visually represented as hill shade, a command run in ArcGIS in which aerial photographs are used to project a three-dimensional appearance.

This map was made for the Atlas of Maine: Downeast Edition, Spring, 2011, using ESRI ArcGIS 9 software.

Rights

In Copyright

Recommended Citation

Smithy, Peter "Conservation Lands of Downeast Maine," Atlas of Maine: Vol. 2011: No. 1, Article 16.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/atlas_docs/vol2011/iss1/16