This is a MD iMAP hosted service layer. Find more information at http://imap.maryland.gov. The Blue Infrastructure study area and extent of inventory data was defined as the 16 coastal zone counties (Anne Arundel - Baltimore - Calvert - Caroline - Cecil - Charles - Dorchester - Harford - Kent - Prince George's - Queen Anne's - Somerset - St. Mary's - Talbot - Wicomico - and Worcester) and Baltimore City. Including Baltimore City makes a total of 17 designated locations based on sixteen County Boundaries and one City Boundary. Four main models were created to perform the overlay processes to calculate the Zonal Majority used to determine the total rank for all the segments. The Blue Infrastructure assessment was designed as a spatial evaluation of coastal habitat - critical natural resources and associated human uses in the tidal waters and near-shore areas of Maryland's coastal zone. The Assessment is used to identify near-shore tidal habitat priority areas that support coastal habitats and the resources and economies that depend upon them. The Blue Infrastructure was developed through a partnership between the Maryland Department of Natural Resources' Chesapeake and Coastal Program - the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Towson University's Center for GIS. Last Updated: 5/1/2010 Feature Service Layer Link: http://geodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Hydrology/MD_BlueInfrastructure/FeatureServer/0 ADDITIONAL LICENSE TERMS: The Spatial Data and the information therein (collectively "the Data") is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind either expressed implied or statutory. The user assumes the entire risk as to quality and performance of the Data. No guarantee of accuracy is granted nor is any responsibility for reliance thereon assumed. In no event shall the State of Maryland be liable for direct indirect incidental consequential or special damages of any kind. The State of Maryland does not accept liability for any damages or misrepresentation caused by inaccuracies in the Data or as a result to changes to the Data nor is there responsibility assumed to maintain the Data in any manner or form. The Data can be freely distributed as long as the metadata entry is not modified or deleted. Any data derived from the Data must acknowledge the State of Maryland in the metadata.