bcmca_hu_shippingtrans_vesseltraffic_data

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: 2010

Title: bcmca_hu_shippingtrans_vesseltraffic_data

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Human Use Data, Marine Atlas of Pacific Canada

Publication_Information:

Publisher:

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

Online_Linkage:

\\GHILLIES\C$\Users\L McBlane\Documents\BCMCA\Projects\Updating Data - Fall 2012\From BCMCA - Oct 2012\originalFeatures\shipping\data\BCMCA_HU_Shippingtrans_VesselDensity_summer2007_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:

This dataset illustrates the density of marine vessel traffic (by hours) within 5 km by 5 km grid cells for Canada's Pacific waters for 2010. Traffic is broken down into categories: Fishing, Government, Merchant, Passenger & Cruise, Pleasure & Yachts, Research, Tanker, and Tug & Service

Purpose:

For the BCMCA, the dataset's purpose is to illustrate the distribution and density of vessel traffic in 2010.
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:

**Please note that this is a new feature that was not used in the original Marxan analyses.**

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2010

Currentness_Reference: ground condition

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -139.233690

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -121.394412

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 55.598178

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: vessel traffic

Theme_Keyword: vessel movement

Theme_Keyword: vessel density

Theme_Keyword: Fishing

Theme_Keyword: Government

Theme_Keyword: Merchant

Theme_Keyword: Passenger and Cruise

Theme_Keyword: Pleasure and Yachts

Theme_Keyword: Research

Theme_Keyword: Tanker

Theme_Keyword: Tug and Service

Place:

Place_Keyword: British Columbia

Place_Keyword: BC

Place_Keyword: Pacific Ocean

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword: 2010

Access_Constraints:

Not to be reproduced or distributed without permission from the data custodian

Use_Constraints:

Not to be reproduced or distributed without permission from the data custodian

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dr. Patrick O'Hara / Dr. Ron Pelot

Contact_Organization: Canadian Wildlife Service / MARIN (Dalhousie University)

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 9860 West Saanich Road, P.O. Box 6000

City: Sidney

State_or_Province: British Columbia

Postal_Code: V8L 4B2

Country: Canada

Data_Set_Credit:

Oil in Canadian Waters Research Working Group (Dr. Ron Pelot, MARIN, Dalhousie University)

Native_Data_Set_Environment:

Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500

Data_Quality_Information:

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report: Vessel information recorded within 5 km x 5 km grid cells.

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator:

Oil in Canadian Waters Research Group (Dr. Ron Pelot, MARIN, Dalhousie University)

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2010

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Data provided by BCMCA to contractor

Process_Date: November 2012

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: BCMCA

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

5x5km cells located outside of Canadian waters were removed from the dataset.

Process_Date: November 2012

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lindsay McBlane

Contact_Organization: On behalf of BCMCA

Contact_Position: Contractor

Process_Step:

Process_Description: Data was mapped individually by T1-8 categories

Process_Date: November 2012

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lindsay McBlane

Contact_Organization: On behalf of BCMCA

Contact_Position: Contractor

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: 20265

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_vesseltraffic_data

Entity_Type_Definition_Source: see word document "Shipping and Transport Metadata.docx"

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:

Attribute_Label: XMIN

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: XMAX

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: YMIN

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: YMAX

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: FOC

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffice for Flag Convenience Vessels

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: NonFOC

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for Non Flag of Convenience Vessels

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Q1

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic in Q1 - Dec 21 to Mar 19

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Q2

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic in Q2 - Mar 20 to Jun 20

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Q3

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic in Q3 - Jun 21 to Sep 21

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Q4

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic in Q4 - Sep 22 to Dec 20

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: L1

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for vessels with length <= 10m

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: L2

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for vessels with length >10m and <=25m

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: L3

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for vessles with length >25m and <=25m

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: L4

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for vessels with length >50m and <=100m

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: L5

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for vessels with length >100m and <=200m

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: L6

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for vessels with length >200m and <=290m

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: L7

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for vessels with length >290m

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: L8

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for vessels with no length specified

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: T1

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for passenger / cruise vessels

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: T2

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for fishing vessels

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: T3

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for government vessels

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: T4

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for pleasure vessels and yachts

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: T5

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for merchant (bulk/cargo) vessels

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: T6

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for tanker vessels

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: T7

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for research vessels

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: T8

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for tug and service vessels

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Y1

Attribute_Definition:

Hours of traffic for vessels with year of build later than or equal to 1992

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Y2

Attribute_Definition:

Hours of traffic for vessels with year of build <1992 and >= 1978

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Y3

Attribute_Definition:

Hours of traffic for vessels with year of build <1978 and >= 1973

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Y4

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for vessels with year of build <1973

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Y5

Attribute_Definition: Hours of traffic for vessels with no year of build specified

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Dr. Patrick O'Hara / Dr. Ron Pelot

Contact_Organization: Canadian Wildlife Service / MARIN, Dalhousie University

Resource_Description:

Data cannot be distributed without permission of custodian and distributor.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 2.949

Available_Time_Period:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2010

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20130516

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Lindsay McBlane

Contact_Organization: On behalf of BCMCA

Contact_Position: Contractor

Contact_Address:

Address_Type:

REQUIRED: The mailing and/or physical address for the organization or individual.

City: REQUIRED: The city of the address.

State_or_Province: REQUIRED: The state or province of the address.

Postal_Code: REQUIRED: The ZIP or other postal code of the address.

Contact_Voice_Telephone:

REQUIRED: The telephone number by which individuals can speak to the organization or individual.

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:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile

Metadata_Extensions:

Online_Linkage: <http://www.esri.com/metadata/esriprof80.html>

Profile_Name: ESRI Metadata Profile