Coastal Ferry Routes

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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: Coastal Ferry Routes
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\data\bcmca_hu_shippingtrans_FerryRoutes_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.
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 is more up-to-date than the marxan-ready data for this feature.
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: -132.219347
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.095592
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 54.815679
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.124872
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword: Ferry Routes
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. Albion ferry no longer exists. Data issues exist near Bella Bella (an orphan section for Alaska ferry and gap in the route for BC ferry).
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:
Modified some routes via visual comparison with digital nautical charts to ensure routes followed middle of channels, did not overlap land, and ended at the correct docks/terminals. Changes included: - Port Hardy to mid coast route - split the shape into 2, changes some route to modify turns, and mainly at harbours, added 980 m - Rupert to Skidegate - adjusted route between Rupert and Stephans Island (based on ship tracking) and to correct docks at either end - added 1.5km to route - crosses different planning units - Digby Island - 200 m added - extended routes to berths - Bellingham to Rupert - added 200m - Rupert harbour - prince Rupert to Alaska -added 150 meters - moved route to correct dock in Rupert. - Haida ferry - added 14 meters - correct docks - Port Hardy to Rupert - added 750 m - minor adjustments, changes at berths - Albion ferry - shortened by 200m - gold river - added 200m, mainly at docks, some minor adjustments on routes for land - Gambier-keets - correct berthing location on Keats Is - added 800m - Nanaimo Harbour ferries: corrected berth at Nanaimo, shortened 2 routes by 350m - Swartz bay to minor gulf islands - 50 m longer - minor route adjustments
NOTE: These changes were not incorporated into the Marxan data file for this feature.
Process_Date: March 26, 2011
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
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: 48
Spatial_Reference_Information:
Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
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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_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: ID
Attribute_Definition: BCMCA Feature number (for marxan analysis)
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1213
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: very high frequency of use
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1214
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: high frequency of use
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1215
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: moderate frequency of use
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1216
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: low frequency of use
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: 1217
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: very low frequency of use
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ROUTE
Attribute_Definition: Descriptive route name
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: TYPE
Attribute_Definition: Service provided on the route
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: all
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: passenger, vehicle and freight
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: freight
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: cargo only
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: freight and vehicle
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: cargo and vehicles
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: passenger
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: foot passenger only
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: passenger and freight
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: foot passenger and cargo
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FERRY_ID
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: OPERATOR
Attribute_Definition: Name of ferry operator.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: ROUND_TRIP
Attribute_Definition: Number of round trips.
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: FREQ_USE
Attribute_Definition:
A 'frequency of use" attribute based on the number of annual crossings for each identified route.
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Very Low
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 0 to 100 annual trips
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Low
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 101 to 1000 annual trips
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Moderate
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 1001 to 2500 annual trips
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: High
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 2501 to 5000 annual trips
Attribute_Domain_Values:
Enumerated_Domain:
Enumerated_Domain_Value: Very High
Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: greater than 5001 annual trips
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
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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
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