Shorezone Coastal Classes

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: May 2009

Title: Shorezone Coastal Classes

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Online_Linkage:

\\CARRIE\E\Andy_Bcmca\Physical\BCMCA_ECO_Physical_CoastalClasses_Data.shp

Larger_Work_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Living Oceans Society

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

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.

Supplemental_Information:

Note: this dataset does not contain coastal class "Hanging Lagoon", found in the ShoreZone Coastal Classes MVW.

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: -133.534680

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.116494

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 55.998640

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: Oracle database

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

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_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_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: All processed steps performed by 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: 90027

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

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: BCMCA_ECO_Physical_CoastalClasses_Data

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

Attribute_Definition: Feature geometry.

Attribute_Definition_Source: ESRI

Attribute_Domain_Values:

Unrepresentable_Domain: Coordinates defining the features.

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LENGTH

Attribute_Definition: Shoreunit Length

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: PHYIDENT

Attribute_Definition: Unique identifier for each shoreline segment

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REGION

Attribute_Definition: Shorezone region

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SECTION

Attribute_Definition: Shorezone section

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: UNIT

Attribute_Definition: Shoreunit

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COASTAL_CL

Attribute_Definition: Shorezone Coastal Class

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COASTAL__1

Attribute_Definition: Shorezone Coastal Class Definition

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: SHORENAME_

Attribute_Definition: Geographic location of the shoreunit

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: 20100919

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: Living Oceans Society (for BCMCA)

Contact_Person: Carrie Robb

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

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