This is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. Shoreline Situation Reports (SSR) is intended to assist planners - managers - and regulators in decisions pertaining to management of coastal areas and natural resources therein. Data collected describes conditions in the immediate riparian zone - the bank - and along the shore. Map Service Link: http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Hydrology/MD_ShorelineInventory/MapServer ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.

This is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. Shoreline Situation Reports (SSR) is intended to assist planners - managers - and regulators in decisions pertaining to management of coastal areas and natural resources therein. Data collected describes conditions in the immediate riparian zone - the bank - and along the shore. Map Service Link: http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Hydrology/MD_ShorelineInventory/MapServer ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.

This is a MD iMAP hosted service layer. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. In 2000 - the Maryland Geological Survey (MGS) was awarded a Coastal Zone Management grant to complete the acquisition of a recent (ca. 1990) digital shoreline for the coastal regions of Maryland -- the Chesapeake Bay - its tributaries - the coastal bays - and the Atlantic coast. MGS contracted the services of EarthData International - Inc. (EDI) - currently of Frederick - Md. - to extract shorelines from an existing wetlands delineation - which was based on photo interpretation of 3.75-minute digital orthophoto quarter quads (DOQQs). In areas where a wetlands coverage was not yet available - EDI interpreted shorelines directly from the orthophotography. DOQQ registration (Maryland State Plane Coordinate System - NAD 83 - meters) was transferred automatically to the shoreline vectors. Following shoreline extraction or interpretation - EDI assigned attributes to the vectors based on shoreline type: beach - vegetated - structure - or water's edge. All four categories are linear features - except 'beach - ' which - if sufficiently wide - can be both linear and polygonal. Shorelines were merged into 7.5-minute quadrangles - provided that the aerial photography on which the DOQQs were based was flown in the same year. MGS used the shorelines to create a series of Shoreline Changes maps. In doing so - MGS erased the landward edge of beach polygons - leaving the seaward edge intact as a linear feature. The Geographic Information Services Division of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) merged the shorelines for all of the 7.5-minute quadrangles into a single - statewide coverage. MGS - working collaboratively with Towson University's Center for Geographic Sciences (CGIS) - subsequently used the recent shorelines - along with historical ones - as input into a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) program - the Digital Shoreline Analysis System (DSAS) (Danforth and Thieler - 1992; Thieler and others - 2001). DSAS determines linear rates of shoreline change (erosion or accretion) along closely spaced - shore-normal transects. Based on DSAS output - the collaborators assigned the following erosion rate categories as attributes to the recent shoreline - clipped by county from the statewide coverage: a) High erosion rate (more than 8 ft/yr) - b) Moderate erosion rate (4-8 ft/yr) - c) Low erosion rate (2-4 ft/yr) - d) Slight erosion rate (0-2 ft/yr) - e) No change - f) Accretion - g) Protected - h) Unknown and i) No Data The DOQQs from which the shorelines were interpreted meet National Map Accuracy Standards at the production scale of 1:12 - 000 using the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing(ASPRS) method. Consider the scale in displaying and using the vectors. Displaying the vectors at scales larger than those of the source documents is considered bad practice. See Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report for positional inaccuracies in the data set. The aerial photography from which the DOQQs were developed was not tide-coordinated. Therefore - shoreline in this data set do not reprsent a consistent vertical datum. Last Updated: Feature Service Layer Link: http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Hydrology/MD_ShorelineChanges/MapServer/1 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibi

This is a MD iMAP hosted service layer. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. The Maryland coastal zone is comprised of the land - water and subaqueous land between the territorial limits of Maryland in the Chesapeake Bay - Atlantic Coastal Bays and the Atlantic Ocean - as well as the towns - cities and counties that contain and help govern the thousands of miles of Maryland shoreline. The Maryland coastal zone extends from three miles out in the Atlantic Ocean to the inland boundaries of the 16 counties and Baltimore City that border the Atlantic Ocean - Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River up to the District of Columbia. This area encompasses two-thirds of the State s land area and is home to almost 70% of Maryland's residents. Feature Service Layer Link: http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Hydrology/MD_Watersheds/FeatureServer/4 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.

This is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information on http://imap.maryland.gov. The Marsh Protection Potential Index (MPPI) ranks Maryland's coastal marshes by their ability to protect vulnerable communities from coastal hazards. To do so - we identified five key questions to assess each marsh: How much is the marsh able to reduce the impact of coastal hazards?Is the marsh located where coastal hazards are a threat?Is the marsh located where there are people to protect? Is the marsh located adjacent to other protective habitats?Is the marsh likely to survive in the face of rising sea levels?Using data from the Coastal Resiliency Assessment and other sources - we developed metrics to score each marsh on these five questions. Then - the sub-scores were combined to create the Marsh Protection Potential Index overall rating - which ranks the protective ability of over 14 - 000 marshes statewide.It is important to note that the MPPI ranks marshes relative to other marshes - rather than providing an absolute measure of protective services. The Marsh Protection Potential Index does not attempt to describe the dollar-value of protective services provided by each marsh - nor does it compare marshes to other types of habitat or to other protection infrastructure solutions. In addition - the MPPI does not assess marshes on any of the other characteristics that often inform conservation priorities. Things like biodiversity - ecosystem health - rare species - recreation value - or water quality services are often important to stakeholders - and these are not captured by the MPPI. The MPPI is intended to supplement - not replace - the other ways conservation decision-makers prioritize natural habitats. Last Updated: 3/31/2016Feature Service Link: http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Environment/MD_CoastalResiliencyAssessment/FeatureServer/3 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.

This is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. In 2000 - the Maryland Geological Survey (MGS) was awarded a Coastal ZoneManagement grant to complete the acquisition of a recent (ca. 1990) digital shoreline for the coastal regions of Maryland - the Chesapeake Bay - its tributaries - the coastal bays - and the Atlantic coast.MGS contracted the services of EarthData International - Inc. (EDI) of Gaithersburg - Md. - to extract shorelines from an existing wetlands delineation - which was based on photo interpretation of 3.75-minute digital orthophoto quarter quads (DOQQs). In areas where a wetlands coverage was not yet available - EDI interpreted shorelines directly from the orthophotography. DOQQ registration (Maryland State Plane Coordinate System - NAD 83 - meters) was transferred automatically to the shoreline vectors. Following shoreline extraction or interpretation - EDI assigned attributes to the vectors based on shoreline type: beach - vegetated - structure - or water's edge. This data set has been merged into a state wide file for ease of processing and decision making.Feature Service Link:http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Boundaries/MD_MarineBoundaries/FeatureServer/0 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.

This is a MD iMAP hosted service layer. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. AHPS Shapefile - Observations - a shapefile of river and lake observeration locations in Maryland. Feature Service Layer Link: http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Hydrology/MD_Gauges/FeatureServer/1 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.

This is a MD iMAP hosted service layer. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. In 2012 The Chesapeake and Coastal Service (CSS) - a division of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources developed a pilot project to identify working waterfronts for both water dependent business and commercial watermen. The intent of the project was to compile an inventory of waterfront dependent Industries throughout the watershed of the Choptank River - which is located on the eastern shore of Maryland. The second year of the regional project expanded the year 1 pilot inventory focusing next on the lower eastern shore of Maryland including the Atlantic Coastal Bays - south of the Choptank watershed pilot study area to the Virginia border. On the western shore the inventory includes the Potomac River from Washington harbor to Point Lookout and then along the shore to the South River. Feature Service Layer Link: http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Society/MD_WorkingWaterfronts/FeatureServer/1 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.

This is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information on http://imap.maryland.gov. The MD_Surface_Waters Feature Dataset includes 7 feature classes that geospatially depict the surface water bodies of Maryland. These feature classes are being provided so that data from the 2012 Integrated Report of Surface Water Quality can be displayed in geographic form for users of all levels. These different feature classes represent the different assessment unit scales utilized on the 2012 IR - some of which overlap in space. In addition - provided in the attribute tables for the Impoundments - Rivers_Streams - and Tidal_Waters feature classes is the use class designation as specified in COMAR Section 26.08.02.08. More information about these feature classes is contained in the metadata for each feature class. Map Service Link: http://mdewin64.mde.state.md.us/arcgis/rest/services/ MDE_Water_Quality/MD_IntegratedReportSurfaceWaterQuality_2013/MapServer ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.

This is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information on http://imap.maryland.gov. The 2003 Chesapeake Bay Submerged Aquatic Vegetation (SAV) was mapped from 1:24 - 000 black and white aerial photography to access water quality in the Bay. Each area of SAV was interpreted from the rectified photography and classified into one of four density classes by the percentage of cover. Map Service Link: http://archive.geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/ Biota/MD_ArchivedSubmergedAquaticVegetation/MapServer/10 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.