MassGIS Datalayer De Facto Standard

Assessment

• Open License Yes

• Transferable to Other Jurisdictions No

  Zoning laws are riddled with localized idiosyncrasies. Therefore devising a standard the would span jurisdictions would be very difficult

• Stakeholder Participation No

  Government body has only authority over standard

• Consensus-Based Governance No

  No mailing list or opportunity to pull requests/file issues on a public forum

• Extensions No

• Human Readable Yes

  Data can be opened in GIS platforms such as ArcGIS and QGIS

• Machine Readable Yes

  MassGIS stores the data in a statewide ArcSDE layer named ZONING_POLY'

• Requires Up-To-Date / Real-Time Data No

  MassGIS has not formal method to handle updates for zoning

• Metadata Yes

  Metadata included in the HTML format