BCMCA_ECO_FeatureCount

Metadata:

• Identification_Information
• Data_Quality_Information
• Spatial_Data_Organization_Information
• Spatial_Reference_Information
• Entity_and_Attribute_Information
• Distribution_Information
• Metadata_Reference_Information

Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project

Publication_Date: 06/2010

Title: BCMCA_ECO_FeatureCount

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

\\vancouverserver\gis\BCMCA\data4Marxan_May2010\Seabirds\seabird_marxan_features.mdb

Description:

Abstract:

The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA) is a collaborative project assembling and analyzing spatial information about Canada's Pacific Ocean. The overall goal of the BCMCA is to identify marine areas of high conservation value and marine areas important to human use. Results of the project are intended to inform and help advance marine planning initiatives in BC by providing collaborative, peer-reviewed scientific analyses based on the best ecological and socio-economic spatial data at scales relevant to a BC coast-wide analysis.

Purpose:

The purpose of this dataset is to display the number of BCMCA features used in the Marxan analysis that are found in each 2 km x 2 km planning unit.

Supplemental_Information:

Please see individual metadata files for feature count datasets for the complete list of features included.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: unknown

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: Unknown

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -139.382424

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.180445

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 56.051980

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 45.979698

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus:

REQUIRED: Reference to a formally registered thesaurus or a similar authoritative source of theme keywords.

Theme_Keyword: Richness Map

Theme_Keyword: Feature Count

Place:

Place_Keyword: British Columbia

Place_Keyword: Canadian Pacific EEZ

Access_Constraints:

This dataset is subject to the terms and conditions of a data license agreement.

Use_Constraints:

This dataset is subject to the terms and conditions of a data license agreement:

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Karin Bodtker

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Contact_Position: Co-Chair

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1405-207 West Hastings Street

City: Vancouver

State_or_Province: BC

Postal_Code: V6B 1H7

Country: Canada

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 604-696-5044

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kbodtker@livingoceans.org

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows Vista Version 6.1 (Build 7600) ; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000

Data_Quality_Information:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Fisheries and Oceans Canada - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

British Columbia Conservation Data Centre - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Capital Regional District - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

BCMCA Planning Units. Dataset name: dfo_bc_2K_4K_combined.shp. Metadata document: None supplied. Shapefile contains the 2km planning unit grid cells with associated unit ID's.

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Province of British Columbia - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Community Mapping Network - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Cynthia Durance - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Environment Canada (Canadian Wildlife Service) - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Living Oceans Society - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Louis Druehl - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Michael Coon - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Pacific Estuary Conservation Program - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Parks Canada - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

University of British Columbia (UBC) & UBC Herbarium - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Alan Burger - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Marine Conservation Biology Institute and Commission for Environmental Cooperation - Baja California to the Bering Sea (B2B) study - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Bernard Schroeder - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Bird Studies Canada - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

British Columbia Breeding Bird Atlas - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Wendy Szaniszlo - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Raincoast Conservation Foundation - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

University of California - Seamounts Online - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

University of Montana - Flathead Lake Biological Station - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

InterRidge - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Laskeek Bay Conservation Society - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Royal British Columbia Museum - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Natural Resources Canada - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Source_Information:

Source_Contribution:

Marine Geoscience Data System - please see metadata for individual features for complete source listing

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

For each workshop category (birds, plants, fish and invertebrates, physical and mammals) the marxan file for each BCMCA feature was dissolved by planning unit so that classified features (e.g. seabird colonies classified by relative importance) were considered a single feature. The attribute tables of the dissolved features were appended to a single table in MS Access. A value of '1' was assigned to all features and a query was run to get a count of the features in each planning unit. The query results were joined to the planning unit spatial data for display in ArcGIS.

Process_Date: June 2010

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson

Contact_Organization: BCMCA

Contact_Position: GIS Contractor

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

The feature count files for each workshop group were appended to a single table and a query was run to calculate the total number of features in each planning unit. The resulting table was joined to the spatial planning unit data for display in ArcGIS.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

O:\BCMCA\Repository\data_processed_namesStandardized\Richness\BCMCA_ECO_FeatureCount_MarineBirds.shp.xml

Process_Date: August 2010

Process_Time: 13223300

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson

Contact_Organization: BCMCA

Contact_Position: GIS Contractor

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

O:\BCMCA\Repository\data_processed_namesStandardized\Richness\BCMCA_ECO_FishInverts_FeatureCount.shp.xml

Process_Date: 20101004

Process_Time: 13340500

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Metadata imported.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:

O:\BCMCA\Repository\data_processed_namesStandardized\Richness\BCMCA_ECO_Plants_FeatureCount.shp.xml

Process_Date: 20101004

Process_Time: 13382700

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: G-polygon

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 120499

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Label point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 39346

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 39346

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 4

Spatial_Reference_Information:

Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Planar:

Map_Projection:

Map_Projection_Name: Albers Conical Equal Area

Albers_Conical_Equal_Area:

Standard_Parallel: 50.000000

Standard_Parallel: 58.500000

Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -126.000000

Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 45.000000

False_Easting: 1000000.000000

False_Northing: 0.000000

Planar_Coordinate_Information:

Planar_Coordinate_Encoding_Method: coordinate pair

Coordinate_Representation:

Abscissa_Resolution: 0.000000

Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000000

Planar_Distance_Units: meters

Geodetic_Model:

Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983

Ellipsoid_Name: Geodetic Reference System 80

Semi-major_Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 0.000100

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: BCMCA_ECO_FeatureCount

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape_Area

Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Shape

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FID

Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain:

Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE_AREA

Attribute_Definition: Area of feature in internal units squared.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHAPE_LEN

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Unit_ID

Attribute_Definition: Unique ID as assigned by BCMCA.

Overview_Description:

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis

Contact_Instructions: See www.bcmca.ca for distribution details

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 50.954

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20101004

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Carrie Robb

Contact_Organization: Living Oceans Society (for BCMCA)

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 1405-207 W. Hastings St.

City: Vancouver

State_or_Province: BC

Postal_Code: V6B 1H7

Country: Canada

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (604) 696-5044

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: crobb@livingoceans.org

Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time

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