Maine Parcels Organized Towns Feature

This feature layer provides digital tax parcels for the Organized Towns of the State of Maine. Within Maine, real property data is maintained by the government organization responsible for assessing and collecting property tax for a given location. Organized towns and townships maintain authoritative data for their communities and may voluntarily submit these data to the Maine GeoLibrary Parcel Project. "Maine Parcels Organized Towns Feature" and "Maine Parcels Organized Towns ADB" are the product of these voluntary submissions. Communities provide updates to the Maine GeoLibrary on a non-regular basis, which affects the currency of Maine GeoLibrary parcels data. Another resource for real property transaction data is the County Registry of Deeds, although organized town data should very closely match registry information, except in the case of in-process property conveyance transactions. In Unorganized Territories (defined as those regions of the state without a local government that assesses real property and collects property tax), the Maine Revenue Service is the authoritative source for parcel data. "Maine Parcels Unorganized Territory Feature" is the authoritative GIS data layer for the Unorganized Territories. However, it must always be used with auxiliary data obtained from the online resources of Maine Revenue Services (https://www.maine.gov/revenue/taxes/property-tax) to compile up-to-date parcel ownership information. Property maps are a fundamental base for many municipal activities. Although GIS parcel data cannot replace detailed ground surveys, the data can assist municipal officials with functions such as accurate property tax assessment, planning and zoning. Towns can link maps to an assessor's database and display local information, while town officials can show taxpayers how proposed development or changes in municipal services and regulations may affect the community. In many towns, parcel data also helps to provide public notices, plan bus routes, and carry out other municipal services. This dataset contains municipality-submitted parcel data along with previously developed parcel data acquired through the Municipal Grants Project supported by the Maine Library of Geographic Information (Maine GeoLibrary). Grant recipient parcel data submissions were guided by standards presented to the Maine GeoLibrary Board on May 21, 2005, which are outlined in the "Standards for Digital Parcel Files" document available on the Maine GeoLibrary publications page (https://www.maine.gov/geolib/policies/standards.html). This dataset also contains municipal parcel data acquired through other sources; the data sources are identified (where available) by the field “FMSCORG”. Note: Join this feature layer with the "Maine Parcels Organized Towns ADB" table for available ownership information. Scroll down this page to the “Tables” section and click on the table name. A date field, “FMUPDAT”, is attributed with the most recent update date for each individual parcel if available. The "FMUPDAT" field will not match the "Updated" value shown for the layer. "FMUPDAT" corresponds with the date of update for the individual data, while "Updated" corresponds with the date of update for the ArcGIS Online layer as a whole. Many parcels have not been updated in several years; use the "FMUPDAT" field to verify currency.本要素图层为缅因州（State of Maine）境内的建制镇提供数字化计税宗地数据。 在缅因州范围内，不动产数据由负责对应辖区不动产评估与房产税征收的政府机构负责维护。各建制镇及乡镇负责维护其辖区内的权威不动产数据，并可自愿将数据提交至缅因州地理图书馆宗地项目（Maine GeoLibrary Parcel Project）。本数据集包含的「缅因州建制镇宗地要素图层（Maine Parcels Organized Towns Feature）」与「缅因州建制镇宗地ADB表（Maine Parcels Organized Towns ADB）」即来源于此类自愿提交的数据。 各辖区会不定期向缅因州地理图书馆更新数据，这将影响缅因州地理图书馆宗地数据的现势性。不动产交易数据的另一权威来源为县不动产登记署（County Registry of Deeds），尽管建制镇提交的宗地数据应与登记信息高度吻合，但正在办理中的不动产转移交易除外。 在非建制地区（即缅因州内未设立负责不动产评估与房产税征收的地方政府的区域），缅因州税务局（Maine Revenue Service）是宗地数据的权威来源。「缅因州非建制地区宗地要素图层（Maine Parcels Unorganized Territory Feature）」即为该区域的权威GIS要素图层。但使用该图层时，必须结合从缅因州税务局官方在线资源（https://www.maine.gov/revenue/taxes/property-tax）获取的辅助数据，方可编制最新的宗地权属信息。 宗地地图是诸多市政活动的核心基础底图。尽管GIS宗地数据无法替代详细的实地勘测，但可协助市政官员开展精准房产税评估、规划与区划管理等工作。各建制镇可将宗地地图与评估师数据库关联，展示辖区本地信息；市政官员也可向纳税人说明拟议开发项目、市政服务调整或法规变更将如何影响辖区社区。在诸多建制镇中，宗地数据还可用于发布公共公告、规划公交路线及开展其他市政服务工作。 本数据集包含各辖区提交的宗地数据，以及由缅因州地理信息图书馆（Maine Library of Geographic Information，简称缅因州地理图书馆（Maine GeoLibrary））资助的市政拨款项目所获取的历史宗地数据。获得拨款的辖区提交宗地数据时，需遵循2005年5月21日提交至缅因州地理图书馆理事会的规范标准。相关标准详见缅因州地理图书馆发布页面（https://www.maine.gov/geolib/policies/standards.html）中的《数字化宗地文件规范（Standards for Digital Parcel Files）》文档。 本数据集同时包含通过其他渠道获取的市政宗地数据，数据来源可通过「FMSCORG」字段进行标识（如该字段可用）。 注意：如需获取可用的宗地权属信息，请将本要素图层与「缅因州建制镇宗地ADB表（Maine Parcels Organized Towns ADB）」进行关联。请向下滚动至本页面的「表格」板块，点击对应表名即可。 若有可用数据，「FMUPDAT」日期字段将记录每宗宗地的最新更新日期。「FMUPDAT」字段值与本图层显示的「更新时间」值并不一致：「FMUPDAT」对应单条宗地数据的更新日期，而「更新时间」则对应整个ArcGIS Online图层的整体更新日期。 部分宗地已有多年未更新，请通过「FMUPDAT」字段核实数据现势性。