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  <idinfo>
    <citation>
      <citeinfo>
        <origin>NHDOT Bureau of Planning &amp; Community Assistance</origin>
        <pubdate>20260707</pubdate>
        <title>NH Public Roads</title>
        <geoform>vector digital data</geoform>
        <pubinfo>
          <pubplace>Concord, New Hampshire</pubplace>
          <publish>NH Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning &amp; Community Assistance</publish>
        </pubinfo>
        <othercit>NHDOT 2026 Quarterly Snapshot</othercit>
        <onlink>&lt;URL:https://granit24a.sr.unh.edu/hosting/rest/services/Hosted/GV_BaseLayers/FeatureServer/18&gt;</onlink>
        <onlink>&lt;URL:https://ftp.granit.sr.unh.edu/GRANIT_Data/Vector_Data/Transportation_Networks/d-roads/&gt;</onlink>
      </citeinfo>
    </citation>
    <descript>
      <abstract>Statewide dataset containing the location of state, local and selected private roads and their associated attributes, including road names. For attribute data dictionary, see the file RDIUserGuide.pdf</abstract>
      <purpose>The data may be used to map the statewide road network, and/or to query for physical and administrative features of individual road segments.</purpose>
      <supplinf>Data distribution tile: statewide

NH Public Roads represents the most frequently distributed dataset.  Additional transportation-related datasets may be available directly from NHDOT.</supplinf>
    </descript>
    <timeperd>
      <timeinfo>
        <sngdate>
          <caldate>20260707</caldate>
        </sngdate>
      </timeinfo>
      <current>NHDOT road network as of July 7, 2026</current>
    </timeperd>
    <status>
      <progress>Complete</progress>
      <update>Quarterly</update>
    </status>
    <spdom>
      <bounding>
        <westbc>-72.593213</westbc>
        <eastbc>-70.675318</eastbc>
        <northbc>45.285680</northbc>
        <southbc>42.693946</southbc>
      </bounding>
    </spdom>
    <keywords>
      <theme>
        <themekt>None</themekt>
        <themekey>Public Roads</themekey>
        <themekey>Road Inventory</themekey>
        <themekey>Roads</themekey>
        <themekey>Private Roads</themekey>
        <themekey>State Roads</themekey>
        <themekey>Road Network</themekey>
        <themekey>Transportation</themekey>
        <themekey>Transportation Networks</themekey>
      </theme>
      <place>
        <placekt>None</placekt>
        <placekey>United States</placekey>
        <placekey>Northeast</placekey>
        <placekey>New England</placekey>
        <placekey>New Hampshire</placekey>
      </place>
    </keywords>
    <accconst>This data set is the property of the State of New Hampshire and is available for public use under the State's Right-to-Know laws.</accconst>
    <useconst>This data set is under continual review and is not guaranteed to be free of errors or omissions.</useconst>
    <ptcontac>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>Glenn L Davison, PE</cntper>
          <cntorg>NHDOT Bureau of Planning &amp; Community Assistance</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>GIS Project Manager</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <address>NH Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning &amp; Community Assistance</address>
          <address>PO Box 483, 7 Hazen Drive</address>
          <city>Concord</city>
          <state>NH</state>
          <postal>03301-0483</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>(603)271-7145</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>(603)271-8093</cntfax>
        <cntemail>gdavison@dot.state.nh.us</cntemail>
        <hours>8 AM to 4:30 PM</hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </ptcontac>
    <datacred>New Hampshire Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning &amp; Community Assistance</datacred>
  </idinfo>
  <dataqual>
    <attracc>
      <attraccr>Attributes are collected by field inspection and verified by logical and visual validation.</attraccr>
    </attracc>
    <logic>The data set was generated from a centerline base layer that is part of a geodatabase topology</logic>
    <complete>These data represent statewide coverage, although they are continually being updated and enhanced.</complete>
    <posacc>
      <horizpa>
        <horizpar>The coordinate data were generated from standard USGS 1:24,000/1:25,000-scale Digital Line Graphs, augmented by and improved with data collected by GPS and post-processed. They meet National Map Accuracy standards.</horizpar>
      </horizpa>
      <vertacc>
        <vertaccr>Vertical positional accuracy is not assessed.</vertaccr>
      </vertacc>
    </posacc>
    <lineage>
      <srcinfo>
        <srccite>
          <citeinfo>
            <origin>US Geological Survey or another mapping agency in cooperation with USGS</origin>
            <pubdate>19900101</pubdate>
            <title>Digital Line Graphs - 1:24,000/1:25,000</title>
            <edition>1</edition>
            <geoform>Map</geoform>
            <pubinfo>
              <pubplace>Reston, VA</pubplace>
              <publish>US Geological Survey</publish>
            </pubinfo>
            <othercit>None</othercit>
            <onlink>&lt;URL:http://earthexplorer.usgs.gov&gt;</onlink>
            <lworkcit>
              <citeinfo>
                <origin>US Geological Survey</origin>
                <pubdate>Unknown</pubdate>
                <title>National Cartographic Database</title>
                <pubinfo>
                  <pubplace>Reston, VA</pubplace>
                  <publish>US Geological Survey</publish>
                </pubinfo>
                <onlink>&lt;URL:http://www.usgs.gov&gt;</onlink>
              </citeinfo>
            </lworkcit>
          </citeinfo>
        </srccite>
        <srcscale>24000</srcscale>
        <typesrc>CD-ROM</typesrc>
        <srctime>
          <timeinfo>
            <rngdates>
              <begdate>19530101</begdate>
              <enddate>19900101</enddate>
            </rngdates>
          </timeinfo>
          <srccurr>publication date</srccurr>
        </srctime>
        <srccitea>DLG-3</srccitea>
        <srccontr>The DLG files provided the basic coordinate information for the statewide road network.</srccontr>
      </srcinfo>
      <procstep>
        <procdesc>Roadway centerline for the state system has been re-aligned to the state's 2010 high-resolution ortho imagery (1 foot resolution)
or updated using sub-meter GPS coordinates.  Local roadway network is being updated to the 2010 imagery.

Road names are being coordinating with New Hampshire Department of Safety, Emergency Management E-911.

Current Projection NH State Plane 83</procdesc>
        <srcused>NHDOT SDE Highway_Roads Feature Class</srcused>
        <procdate>Unknown</procdate>
        <srcprod>NH Public Roads</srcprod>
      </procstep>
    </lineage>
  </dataqual>
  <spdoinfo>
    <direct>Vector</direct>
    <ptvctinf>
      <sdtsterm>
        <sdtstype>String</sdtstype>
        <ptvctcnt>112,827</ptvctcnt>
      </sdtsterm>
    </ptvctinf>
  </spdoinfo>
  <spref>
    <horizsys>
      <planar>
        <mapproj>
          <mapprojn>Transverse Mercator</mapprojn>
          <transmer>
            <sfctrmer>0.999967</sfctrmer>
            <longcm>-71.666667</longcm>
            <latprjo>42.500000</latprjo>
            <feast>984250.000000</feast>
            <fnorth>0.000000</fnorth>
          </transmer>
        </mapproj>
        <planci>
          <plance>coordinate pair</plance>
          <coordrep>
            <absres>0.000328</absres>
            <ordres>0.000328</ordres>
          </coordrep>
          <plandu>survey feet</plandu>
        </planci>
      </planar>
      <geodetic>
        <horizdn>North American Datum of 1983</horizdn>
        <ellips>Geodetic Reference System 80</ellips>
        <semiaxis>6378137.000000</semiaxis>
        <denflat>298.257222</denflat>
      </geodetic>
    </horizsys>
  </spref>
  <eainfo>
    <overview>
      <eaover>For a complete description of the attribute information, see the file
2018RDIUserGuide_Oct30.pdf</eaover>
      <eadetcit>See 2018RDIUserGuide_Oct30.pdf</eadetcit>
    </overview>
  </eainfo>
  <distinfo>
    <distrib>
      <cntinfo>
        <cntorgp>
          <cntorg>Earth Systems Research Center, University of New Hampshire</cntorg>
          <cntper>GRANIT Database Manager</cntper>
        </cntorgp>
        <cntpos>GRANIT Database Manager</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <address>Morse Hall, University of New Hampshire</address>
          <city>Durham</city>
          <state>NH</state>
          <postal>03824</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>603-862-1214</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>603-862-0188</cntfax>
        <cntemail>granit@unh.edu</cntemail>
        <hours>9 AM - 5 PM, EST</hours>
      </cntinfo>
    </distrib>
    <resdesc>Downloadable Data</resdesc>
    <distliab>These digital data represent the efforts of the NH Department of
Transportation to deliver an accurate statewide road network with
updated road inventory information.  No claim is made as to the
validity or reliability or to any implied uses of these data.</distliab>
    <stdorder>
      <digform>
        <digtinfo>
          <formname>ESRI Shapefile</formname>
          <transize>318</transize>
        </digtinfo>
        <digtopt>
          <offoptn>
            <offmedia>CD-ROM</offmedia>
            <recfmt>ESRI Shapefile</recfmt>
          </offoptn>
        </digtopt>
      </digform>
      <fees>No charge when downloaded from website.  Cost of reproduction for provision on CD/DVD or other media.</fees>
    </stdorder>
  </distinfo>
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    <metd>20260707</metd>
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      <cntinfo>
        <cntperp>
          <cntper>Glenn L Davison, PE</cntper>
          <cntorg>NHDOT Bureau of Planning &amp; Community Assistance</cntorg>
        </cntperp>
        <cntpos>GIS Project Manager</cntpos>
        <cntaddr>
          <addrtype>mailing and physical address</addrtype>
          <address>NH Department of Transportation, Bureau of Planning &amp; Community Assistance</address>
          <address>PO Box 483, 7 Hazen Drive</address>
          <city>Concord</city>
          <state>NH</state>
          <postal>03301-0483</postal>
        </cntaddr>
        <cntvoice>(603)271-7145</cntvoice>
        <cntfax>(603)271-8093</cntfax>
        <cntemail>gdavison@dot.state.nh.us</cntemail>
      </cntinfo>
    </metc>
    <metstdn>FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata</metstdn>
    <metstdv>FGDC-STD-001-1998</metstdv>
    <mettc>local time</mettc>
    <metac>This data set is the property of the State of New Hampshire and is available for public use under the state Right-to-Know laws.</metac>
    <metuc>This data set is under continual review and is not guaranteed to be free of errors or omissions.</metuc>
    <metextns>
      <onlink>http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html</onlink>
      <metprof>ESRI Metadata Profile</metprof>
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