{"@type": "dcat:Dataset", "accessLevel": "public", "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Open Data Administrator", "hasEmail": "mailto:no-reply@opendata.maryland.gov"}, "description": "In June 2019 new fields were added to facilitate the integration of this dataset with the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US). Attributes for these fields, which are identified below as PAD-US fields, are not available for all data collected historically. The Maryland Department of Planning will continue to populate these new fields as updates become available. For a full description of the contents of the PAD-US fields, see https://www.usgs.gov/core-science-systems/science-analytics-and-synthesis/gap/pad-us-datamanual.\n\nAttributes within this dataset include:\nSource Protected Area ID (PAD-US field): MALPF easement number\nSettled Acres: Settlement acreage\nSettled Date: Settlement date, including month date and year\nCounty: County in which protected land is located\nWeblink: Link to more information about the protection program\nCategory (PAD-US field): PAD-US classification for the protection mechanism associated with the protected property\nOwner Type (PAD-US field): General land owner type of the fee property interest, standardized for the US\nOwner Name (PAD-US field): Owner of the fee interest of the property, standardized for the nation\nLocal Owner (PAD-US field): The actual name of the owner of the fee interest\nEasement Holder Type (PAD-US field): Where the \u2018Category\u2019 of protection code (above) is listed as \u201cEasement\u201d, this field specifies the type of holder of the easement.\nEasement Holder (PAD-US field): Where the \u2018Category\u2019 of protection code (above) is listed as \u201cEasement\u201d, this field indicates the actual name of the holder of the conservation easement.\nUnit Name (PAD-US field): The name of the land management unit or protected area\nState (PAD-US field): Name of state in which the protected land is located\nAggregator Source (PAD-US field): Organization credited with data aggregation. Attributed in the format 'organization name_filenameYearPublished.filetype'\nGIS Source (PAD-US field): The original source of GIS spatial and attribute information the aggregator obtained where available\nGIS Source Date (PAD-US field): The date (yyyy/mm/dd) GIS data was obtained by the data source for aggregation\nGIS Acres (PAD-US field): Acres calculated for each polygon in NAD83 Meters. The GIS Acres may differ from the Settled Acres, particularly in cases where easement boundaries are estimated based on parcel polygon boundaries.\nDate of Protection (PAD-US field): The year (yyyy) the property was legally protected via fee acquisition or enactment of a conservation easement\nPublic Access (PAD-US field):Accessibility of the property to the public, standardized\n\nThis is a MD iMAP hosted service. Find more information at https://imap.maryland.gov.\n\nFeature Service Link: https://mdgeodata.md.gov/imap/rest/services/Environment/MD_ProtectedLands/FeatureServer", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "downloadURL": "http://data.imap.maryland.gov/datasets/fe11b829c9a0477b8a370c063b05e29e_4", "mediaType": "text/html"}], "identifier": "https://opendata.maryland.gov/api/views/4kvq-km2e", "issued": "2016-07-27", "keyword": ["conservation", "dnr", "dynamic", "environment", "envl", "kml", "maryland", "md", "md imap", "mda", "mdp", "protected lands", "vector", "wfs", "wms"], "landingPage": "https://opendata.maryland.gov/d/4kvq-km2e", "modified": "2026-05-13", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "opendata.maryland.gov"}, "theme": ["Energy and Environment"], "title": "MD iMAP: Maryland Protected Lands - MD Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation Easements"}