2007 Coastal Region Base Mapping Data
The MS Coordinating Council for Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (MCCRSGIS) has developed high resolution vector data for five Coastal Area counties - Pearl River, Stone, Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson. This data is part of the Gulf Region Base Mapping Ownership Data Development Project funded through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. The MDEM Spring 2007 natural color digital orthos at 6' GSD and 1' GSD were used in creation of the data for the project area. Urban areas and the coastline were typically 6 inch resolution with the remaining areas at 1 foot. See Reference Map
This data is stored in the geodatabase MS_MDEM_GulfRegion.gbd - assembled by MARIS staff by merging the 100 and 200 scale regional features to create this geodatabase. County-level geodatabases will be available soon. The data is in State Plane NAD 83 HARN Feet (MS East 2301) projection.
Download .zip Geodatbase(Approximately 600 MB)
The following is the data structure of the geodatabase: (Click on layer for detailed metadata)
TRANSPORTATION
- Road_Segment - Highways and streets (Names and address ranges added in 2010)
- Rail Feature - Rail lines
- Edge of Pavement - driveways, parking, road boundaries
- Bridge - bridges
- Curb Line - curbs
- Dock - dock boundaries
- Obscured Area - areas such as forest land and cleared land
HYDROGRAPHY (No Names)
- Hydro Line - Coastline, streams, connector, ditch
- Hydro Water Body - Lakes, Marsh
- Hydro Area - Rivers and connectors
ELEVATION
- Contours - 2 foot and 5 foot contours (Contour type and elevation designated)
- Breaklines - 3-D polylines showing change in the continuity of the surface.
- Mass Points - Elevation points
PROPERTY
- Building Footprint - Polygonal building footprints
- Building Footprint Point - Point building footprints
For further information concerning the vector data and other MCCRSGIS projects contact MDEQ - Office of Geology