A single-file layout study

Critical landscapes in the Berkshires.

A responsive editorial grid, conventional page navigation, and an interactive map work together without turning the map into the entire interface.

Explore the extract

Map and controls, composed as content

The control rail, map, legend, and status occupy distinct grid regions. Change the context layer, select an ACEC, or click a polygon for details from the displayed GeoJSON.

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ACEC Town boundary

Places in this map

Five designations, many town segments

The source extract stores an ACEC as one feature for each town it intersects. This list groups those pieces back into named places.

Dates, mapped acreage, and intersected towns are read directly from the GeoJSON at runtime. Select a card to return to the map.

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A demonstration, not a regulatory map

MassGIS states that these mapped boundaries are for planning purposes. Written designation documents—not this display—provide the definitive boundary description, and field review or ACEC program assistance may be needed.