bcmca_hu_shippingtrans_ferryroutes_marxan_data

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Identification_Information:
Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Publication_Date: May 2011
Title: bcmca_hu_shippingtrans_ferryroutes_marxan_data
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada
Publication_Information:
Publisher:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Online_Linkage:
\\data-server\gis\BCMCA\HumanUse\Repository\shipping\marxanData\bcmca_hu_shippingtrans_ferryroutes_marxan_data.shp
Larger_Work_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Publication_Date: May 2011
Title: Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada
Online_Linkage: www.bcmca.ca/atlas
Description:
Abstract:
Twenty-five British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. (BC Ferries) routes, as well as twenty-one routes serviced by other ferry operators.
Purpose:
The purpose of the data is to display complete, up-to-date information on Ferry Routes along the coast of British Columbia for the BCMCA Atlas and Marxan analyses. Data attributes have been modified from the source BCMCA data to prepare for intersection with Marxan planning units.

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.
Supplemental_Information:
Original Ferry Routes dataset source from Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS). Data was originally collected to identify important use areas in the event of an oil spill.
This dataset has been updated by the BCMCA in order to include missing routes and add attributes for all routes, including name, type of service, operator, number of round trips and frequency of use.
NOTE: The feature data version of this dataset is more up-to-date and includes corrections (e.g. edits to align the routes with CHS charts) that were not included in this Marxan-ready version of the data.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: May 2011
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -132.219837
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.094777
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.815635
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.124850
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword: Ferry Routes
Theme_Keyword: Marxan
Place:
Place_Keyword: BC
Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean
Access_Constraints: None
Use_Constraints:
Not to be used for navigational purpose. For general information only.
Point_of_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Contact_Address:
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
Data_Set_Credit:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Native_Data_Set_Environment:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500
Data_Quality_Information:
Attribute_Accuracy:
Attribute_Accuracy_Report:
BC Ferries was contacted by Monterey Environmental Services in 2008 for route information and use statistics, no response provided by October 2008. Other information on the number of round trips is based on information published on operator websites.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Routes mapped may not be the exact route followed. Route mapping may be improved with data sourced from individual operators.
Completeness_Report:
Three of the unregulated routes listed in the Coastal Ferry Services Contract are not included in this data: - Prince Rupert to Lax Kw'alaams; - Prince Rupert to Hartley Bay (and other ports: Metlakatla, Kitkatla, Oona River); and - Ahousat - Hot Springs Cove - Tofino.
Additionally the following ferry routes are not included with this data: - Victoria Harbour Ferry Company (passenger only). - Marine Link Transportation Ltd (primarily freight services with a variable route from Campbell River to Mainland Inlets, Desolation Sound, and the Discovery Islands. - Several smaller or irregularly scheduled freight barging or water taxi services.
Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:
Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:
Accurate to display at 1:250,000 scale. Routes have been modified to follow channels using CHS Digital Nautical Charts as a guide. Routes mapped may not be the exact route followed.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Title: 2007/08 Annual Report to the BC Ferry Commissioner
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: April 2007
Ending_Date: March 2008
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BC Ferry round trips
Source_Contribution:
2007/08 Annual Report to the BC Ferry Commissioner, BC Ferries. <http://www.bcferries.com/about/commissioner_reports.html>
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Title: BC ferries route maps
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: October 2008
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: BC Ferry route map
Source_Contribution: www.bcferries.com - BC Ferry route maps
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Title: ferry service operator websites
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Multiple_Dates/Times:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: October 2008
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: October 2010
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Operator web pages
Source_Contribution:
Internet homepage websites for all other associated ferry services. Source information for ferry routes and schedule statistics. <http://www.akferry.com/> <http://www.theaquabus.com/> <http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/marine/ferry_schedules.htm> <http://www.ypr.ca/html/ferry.html>. <http://www.granvilleislandferries.bc.ca/> <http://www.ladyrosemarine.com/index.html> <http://www.lasqueti.ca/island-info/lasqueti_ferry> <http://www.newcastleisland.ca/index.php?page=14> <http://www.mvuchuck.com/> <http://www.dinghydockpub.com/> <http://www.alpinegroup.ca/public/files/ferryschedule.pdf> <http://www.victoriaclipper.com/marketing/index.shtml> <http://www.harbourferry.com/> <http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/>
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Title: Digital Road Atlas (DRA)
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: October 2008
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Digital Road Atlas (DRA) - BCGOV ILMB
Source_Contribution:
Refer to the original metadata link below for more information: https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/geometadata/metadataDetail.do?recordUID=45674&recordSet=ISO19115
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
Integrated Land Management Agency, Land Information BC, Business Solutions Branch (now GeoBC)
Publication_Date: pre 1998
Title: Coastal Ferry Routes
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Coastal Resource Information System (CRIMS)
Publication_Information:
Publisher:
Integrated Land Management Agency, Land Information BC, Business Solutions Branch (now GeoBC)
Other_Citation_Details:
Original Ferry Routes dataset source from Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS). Data was originally collected to identify important use areas in the event of an oil spill.
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: pre 1998
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Coastal Ferry Routes
Source_Contribution:
Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS) Integrated Land Management Agency, Land Information BC, Business Solutions Branch (now GeoBC)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Title: Route Tracking
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: October 2010
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: marine traffic routes
Source_Contribution: Routing info from <http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais>
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Data prepared for Coastal Resource Information Management System (CRIMS). This data acquired as ArcInfo .e00 file from former LUCO FTP site (now no longer available). E00 file dated February 23, 2005. Data served as a basis for edits conducted in Step 2.
Process_Date: pre 1998
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Carol Ogborne
Contact_Organization:
Integrated Land Management Agency, Land Information BC, Business Solutions Branch (now GeoBC)
Contact_Position: Land Information Specialist
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 250-356-6998
Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 250-953-3752
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Carol.Ogborne@gov.bc.ca
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Re-digitized ferry routes, adding those that were missing. Updates sourced from the provincial Digital Roads Atlas (DRA), mariner guidebooks and appropriate internet websites. Added attributes for all routes, including name, type of service, operator, number of round trips and frequency of use.
Crossing round trip data was sourced from the scheduled sailings on each route. For routes managed by BC Ferries, the number of round trips for each route was derived from published data in the British Columbia Ferry Services Annual Report of 2008. For all other ferry routes this number has been approximated based on the posted annual scheduling of each route.
Frequency of use was assigned as per the entity attribute description.
Process_Date: October 2008
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: Monterey Environmental Services
Contact_Person: Jason Howes
Contact_Position: Spatial Data Analyst
Contact_Voice_Telephone: 250-588-0078
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jhowes@shaw.ca
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Corrected 2 routes - Port Hardy to Prince Rupert and Port Hardy to Midcoast based on BCMCA Project Manager review.
Process_Date: May 21, 2010
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Lindsay McBlane
Contact_Organization:
Parks Canada, Western and Northern Service Centre (on behalf of the BCMCA)
Contact_Position: Resource Conservation Technician
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
- Added Alaska State Ferry route: Bellingham-Prince Rupert-Alaska. <http://www.akferry.com/> - Route corrections, including correct passage between Prince Rupert and Haida Gwaii via Edye Passage (route is shown incorrectly travelling north of Stephens Island on all source maps - source was <http://www.marinetraffic.com/ais> with the vessel track turned on) - updated round trip and frequency of use for data with null values in those fields
Process_Date: October 27, 2010
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dave Nicolson
Contact_Organization: BCMCA
Contact_Position: Project Manager
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
A unique ID was assigned to each level of use classification (the features) and routes were dissolved on the unique IDs. The features were intersected with the BCMCA Marxan 2km x 2km planning unit grid. The resulting file was dissolved on planning unit ID and feature ID, then new fields were added for each feature ID, using the ID number as the field name. Total lengths (m) for each feature for each planning unit was added to the appropriate field. Note that the way the data was processed, the same PUID may be repeated in the attributes, but each entry will contain values for different features.
Process_Date: December 2010
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dave Nicolson
Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Contact_Position: Project Manager
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
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: 1955
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_hu_shippingtrans_ferryroutes_marxan_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: UNIT_ID
Attribute_Definition: Unique Marxan planning unit ID number.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 1213
Attribute_Definition:
Field for "Very High number of trips per year (> 5001)" containing the total length of ferry route for this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 1214
Attribute_Definition:
Field for "High number of trips per year (2501 - 5000)" containing the total length of ferry route for this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 1215
Attribute_Definition:
Field for "Moderate number of trips per year (1001 - 2500)" containing the total length of ferry route for this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 1216
Attribute_Definition:
Field for "Low number of trips per year (101 - 1000)" containing the total length of ferry route for this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 1217
Attribute_Definition:
Field for "Very Low number of trips per year (0 - 100)" containing the total length of ferry route for this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
Standard_Order_Process:
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Transfer_Size: 0.220
Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20120402
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dave Nicolson
Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Contact_Position: Project Manager
Contact_Address:
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
Metadata_Standard_Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata_Time_Convention: local time
Metadata_Extensions:
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Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile
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