BCMCA_ECO_Physical_CoastalClasses_MARXAN

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Publication_Date: November, 2009
Title: BCMCA_ECO_Physical_CoastalClasses_MARXAN
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Ecological Data
Publication_Information:
Publisher: BCMCA
Online_Linkage:
\\vancouverserver\gis\BCMCA\Repository\data4Marxan_May2010\Physical\physical_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 human use spatial data at scales relevant to a BC coast-wide analysis.
Purpose:
This is a summary of shoreunit morphology and substrate in terms of 36 different coastal classes, one of which is "undefined". It is an overall indicator of repeatable collections of across-shore components contained within the unit defined by a systematic consideration of substrate, sediment, width and slope. This dataset has been intersected with 2x2 km planning units for MARXAN analysis.
Supplemental_Information:
Note: this dataset does not contain coastal class "Hanging Lagoon", found in the ShoreZone Coastal Classes MVW. Coastal Class "Undefined" (ID 200) has been removed from the dataset.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: September 2008
Currentness_Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -133.533848
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.189325
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 55.994247
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.136184
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword: Physical Shorezone
Theme_Keyword: Coastal Class
Place:
Place_Keyword: British Columbia
Place_Keyword: Canadian Pacific EEZ
Access_Constraints:
This dataset is subject to the terms and conditions of the data use agreements for the source datasets.
Use_Constraints:
This dataset is subject to the terms and conditions of the data use agreements for the source datasets.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Karin Bodtker
Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Contact_Position: BCMCA 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: 6046965044
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: kbodtker@livingoceans.org
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.2.6.1500
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
3413 spatial records (shoreunits) did not join with the materialized view in the shorezone database and therefore have no attribute information in this final file. The majority of these records have a phyident value of "00/00/0000/00" and are primarily islands or estuaries.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Province of BC
Publication_Date: September 2008
Title: British Columbia Biophysical Shorezone Dataset
Source_Contribution:
British Columbia Biological Shore-Zone Mapping System - Province of British Columbia. For more information please refer to the following link:<http://www.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/risc/pubs/coastal/bioshore/index.htm>
Source_Information:
Source_Contribution: BCMCA 2 km x 2 km planning units for the Canadian Pacific EEZ.
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
As the primary and foreign keys (PHYIDENT) for the spatial data and table records were not of the same data type, a new string field was created in the MainMVW (MaterializedView) table in the database. This field was populated with the data from the PHYIDENT field.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation:
C:\BCMCA\Data_received\Plants\Prov\Shorezone\April2009download\WorkCopy\SZ_CoastalClass
Process_Date: May 2009
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: GIS Contractor
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
The Main_MVW table was then joined with the spatial data (shorezone line segments) based on the PHYIDENT field. The joined spatial file was then extracted to a new file.
Process_Date: May 2009
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: GIS Contractor
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
All of the unnecessary fields were dropped and the coastal_class field was retained.
Process_Date: May 2009
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: GIS Contractor
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
shzn_CoastalClass.shp was intersected with ecosections_dissolved.shp. A new field, MARX_ID, with a text data type was created and populated using the following expression: [ID_12]&[ID_NUMBER]. This created a new unique MARXAN ID by concatenating Shorezone IDs with Ecosection IDs. A new field, ID, was created with a long data type and populated with the values from MARX_ID. The dataset was then dissolved on the ID field.
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Mathew Evans
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: GIS Contractor
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
This dataset was intersected with 2 x 2 km planning units. Fields left over from previous processing steps that were no longer required were deleted. The final file was dissolved based on the Unit ID and ID fields to remove lingering duplicates.
Process_Date: June 2010
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Andy Pettersson
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: GIS Contractor
Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
SDTS_Terms_Description:
SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: String
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 45287
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: 0.000104
Ordinate_Resolution: 0.000104
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
Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
Detailed_Description:
Entity_Type:
Entity_Type_Label: BCMCA_ECO_Physical_CoastalClasses_MARXAN
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OBJECTID
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
Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: UNIT_ID
Attribute_Definition: Unique ID for planning units
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: Shape_Length
Attribute_Definition: Length of feature in internal units.
Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Unrepresentable_Domain: Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ID
Attribute_Definition: MARXAN ID
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: 35.810
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20100826
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 West Hastings Street
City: Vanvouver
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
Metadata_Extensions:
Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>
Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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