[MassHistPres] Database Systems for Historic Resource Information

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Ms. Kritzer,

One example of something similar to what you're looking to do has been implemented in Amherst.  The Town of Amherst has linked their municipal GIS to the MHC's own MACRIS database, which contains scanned historic inventory forms for historic resources in almost every town in the Commonwealth.  It might be worth contacting Amherst to find out more about how well it works for the public through their GIS, but if you search for a property or parcel at their property search and then map it in their online viewer, a link to the appropriate MACRIS entry for any structures, objects, or landscapes on the MHC's inventory associated with that parcel is given (only if there is an inventoried item on the property in the first place).  The gateway to the Amherst GIS can be found here: http://amherstma.gov/PropertySearch. The GIS contact there is Michael Olkin, olkinm at amherstma.gov<mailto:olkinm at amherstma.gov>.

Alternatively, the MHC's online historic mapping tool, MACRIS Maps (http://maps.mhc-macris.net/), supplies links directly to our MACRIS database where scanned historic inventory forms are downloadable by anyone.  Any point or district on the map can be selected using the various tools we have available underneath the site's search bar, and once a selected point is highlighted in the informational panel at the bottom of the screen, a link to the pertinent MACRIS entry for that item appears.  Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions about how to use this resource and/or its connection to the scanned inventory forms.   Thank you,


Miles Shugar
GIS Data Entry Supervisor
Massachusetts Historical Commission
Preservation Planning Division
220 Morrissey Blvd
Boston, MA 02125
(617) 727-8470

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