{ "culture": "en-US", "name": "", "guid": "", "catalogPath": "", "snippet": "Use this layer to show protected open space as defined in the Protected Open Space Mapping project. Join this layer to the Protected Open Space Data table using the PAR_ID attribute. Then use the attribute data to, for example, display open space parcels by open space type or official name, compare current open space (as of the date of town hall data collection) to older open space data sources, or analyze the ratio of open space to developed or developable land in a particular Phase 2 town or region. \n\nUse this layer with base map data such as hydrography, orthophotography, streets, and topographic quadrangles. It can also be used with other related layers such as land use, DEP property, geologic features, soils, etc.", "description": "

This layer includes polygon features that depict protected open space for towns of the Protected Open Space Mapping (POSM) project. Only parcels that meet the criteria of protected open space as defined in the POSM project are in this layer. Protected open space is defined as: (1) Land or interest in land acquired for the permanent protection of natural features of the state's landscape or essential habitat for endangered or threatened species; or (2) Land or an interest in land acquired to permanently support and sustain non-facility-based outdoor recreation, forestry and fishery activities, or other wildlife or natural resource conservation or preservation activities. The Towns involved in the POSM project are listed below. These towns are Andover, Ansonia, Avon, Beacon Falls, Bethel, Bethlehem, Bloomfield, Brookfield, Bolton, Canaan, Canterbury, Canton, Chaplin, Clinton, Colchester, Columbia, Coventry, Cromwell, Derby, East Granby, East Haddam, East Hampton, East Hartford, East Windsor, Ellington, Enfield, Essex, Farmington, Franklin, Glastonbury, Goshen, Granby, Groton, Guilford, Haddam, Hampton, Hartford, Hebron, Kent, Killingworth, Ledyard, Lisbon, Litchfield, Madison, Manchester, Mansfield, Marlborough, Meriden, Middletown, Monroe, Montville, Morris, New Canaan, New Fairfield, New Hartford, New Milford, Newington, Newtown, North Norwich, Stonington, Oxford, Preston, Pomfret, Prospect, Redding, Ridgefield, Rocky Hill, Salem, Scotland, Seymour, Simsbury, Somers, South Windsor, Southbury, Southington, Sprague, Sterling, Stonington, Suffield, Thompson, Vernon, Voluntown, Wallingford, Watertown, West Hartford, Weston, Wethersfield, Willington, Wilton, Windsor, Windsor Locks, Windham, Wolcott, Woodbridge, and Woodbury. Additional towns are added to this list as they are completed. The layer is based on information from various sources collected and compiled during the period from March 2005 through the present. These sources include but are not limited to municipal Assessor's records (the Assessor's database, hard copy maps and deeds) and existing digital parcel data. The layer represents conditions as of the date of research at each city or town hall. The Protected Open Space layer includes the parcel shape (geometry), a project-specific parcel ID based on the Town and Town Assessor's lot numbering system, and system-defined (automatically generated) fields. The Protected Open Space layer has an accompanying table containing more detailed information about each feature (parcel). This table is called Protected Open Space Dat, and can be joined to Protected Open Space in ArcMap using the parcel ID (PAR_ID) field. Detailed information in the Protected Open Space Data attribute table includes the Assessor's Map, Block and Lot numbers (the Assessor's parcel identification numbering system), the official name of the parcel (such as the park or forest name if it has one), address and owner information, the deed volume and page numbers, survey information, open space type, the unique parcel ID number (Par_ID), comments collected by researchers during city/town hall visits, and acreage. This layer does not include parcels that do not meet the definition of open space as defined above. Features are stored as polygons that represent the best available locational information, and are \"best fit\" to the land base available for each.<\/SPAN><\/P>

<\/P><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV>", "summary": "Use this layer to show protected open space as defined in the Protected Open Space Mapping project. Join this layer to the Protected Open Space Data table using the PAR_ID attribute. Then use the attribute data to, for example, display open space parcels by open space type or official name, compare current open space (as of the date of town hall data collection) to older open space data sources, or analyze the ratio of open space to developed or developable land in a particular Phase 2 town or region. \n\nUse this layer with base map data such as hydrography, orthophotography, streets, and topographic quadrangles. It can also be used with other related layers such as land use, DEP property, geologic features, soils, etc.", "title": "protected_open_space1", "tags": [ "permanently protected open space", "parks", "forest", "conservation", "open space", "wildlife area", "environment", "planningCadastre", "boundaries" ], "type": "", "typeKeywords": [], "thumbnail": "", "url": "", "minScale": "NaN", "maxScale": "NaN", "spatialReference": "", "accessInformation": "Source of dataset: State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection", "licenseInfo": "No restrictions or legal prerequisites for using the data. The data is suitable for use at appropriate scale, and is not intended for maps printed at scales greater or more detailed than 1:12,000 scale (1 inch = 1,000 feet). Although this data set has been created by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection, no warranty, expressed or implied, is made by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection as to the accuracy of the data and or related materials. The act of distribution shall not constitute any such warranty, and no responsibility is assumed by the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection in the use of these data or related materials. The user assumes the entire risk related to the use of these data. Once the data is distributed to the user, modifications made to the data by the user should be noted in the metadata. When printing this data on a map or using it in a software application, analysis, or report, please acknowledge the State of Connecticut, Department of Environmental Protection as the source for this information.", "portalUrl": "" }