Description: NG_Addresses contains updated physical address point location data for Maine at 1:24,000 scale. NG_Addresses digital points were developed, and are maintained, to serve the Next Generation 911 project in Maine. Next Generation 9-1-1 has many public safety benefits, the two most important features are: the public's ability to dial 9-1-1 for all emergencies and automatic caller location information, critical to speeding up the dispatch of emergency services. The Public Utilities Commission (MEPUC), and Emergency Services Communication Bureau (ESCB) are working to support a statewide implementation of Next Generation 9-1-1 service. ESCB' role in this implementation is to provide technical assistance to towns that need to establish physical addresses. Physical addresses for participating towns are developed based on community defined address intervals, and road names, applied to an updated set of digital points. NG_Addresses data contains up-to-date physical address locations for participating Maine towns. Data is statewide and divided by minor civil divisions. The data set was developed from addresses that were geocoded or located from municipal parcel data, and actual locations given by municipalities. The project also used GPS collection and worked with each municipality to verify point location and roadname data. Other data sources include MEDOQs (appended, compressed USGS Digital Orthophoto Quarter Quadrangles), 10 meter panchromatic sharpened SPOT imagery from the USA Select Statewide Program and US Department of Commerce, and NAIP (National Agriculture Imagery Program) orthoimagery. Ongoing maintenance of the final data includes the addition and/or correction of point location, and address number at the request of each municipalities Addressing Officer. The dataset is not considered complete and is continually updated.
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