Shipwrecks_BCMCA

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: 20130419

Title: Shipwrecks_BCMCA

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Series_Information:

Series_Name: Shipping and Transport

Publication_Information:

Publisher: BCMCA

Online_Linkage:

\\data-server\gis\BCMCA\Phase2Work\Data_Updates\Joel\Data_processed\bcmca_hu_shippingtrans_shipwreckshistorical_data.shp

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 socio-economic spatial data at scales relevant to a BC coast-wide analysis.

Purpose:

To delineate the locations of known shipwrecks along the BC coast.

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: 20130419

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

Spatial_Domain:

Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -133.583551

East_Bounding_Coordinate: -115.558581

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 56.015750

South_Bounding_Coordinate: 47.515188

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: Shipwrecks

Theme_Keyword: Historic

Place:

Place_Keyword: British Columbia

Place_Keyword: Canadian Pacific EEZ

Stratum:

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword: 1900-2009

Access_Constraints:

This dataset is subject to the terms and conditions of the data use agreements for the source datasets.

Use_Constraints:

The method of recording the location for each ship is not known. The majority of the vessel locations were likely recorded in the pre-GPS era. Therefore, it is believed these locations are not accurate and this map is not to be used for locating shipwrecks. This dataset is subject to the terms and conditions of the data use agreements for the source datasets.

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA)

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca

Data_Set_Credit:

Created by Joel Kinzie, Coast Resource Mapping Ltd. for BCMCA from base data supplied by Transport Canada

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:

Quantitative_Attribute_Accuracy_Assessment:

Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy:

Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Report:

The method of recording the location for each ship is not known. The majority of the vessel locations were likely recorded in the pre-GPS era. Therefore, it is believed these locations are not accurate and this map is not to be used for locating shipwrecks.

Quantitative_Horizontal_Positional_Accuracy_Assessment:

Vertical_Positional_Accuracy:

Lineage:

Source_Information:

Source_Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Transport Canada

Publication_Date: 2013

Title: wreck_locations.shp

Other_Citation_Details: Transport Canada shapefile of shipwreck locations

Online_Linkage: wreck_locations.shp

Source_Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Range_of_Dates/Times:

Beginning_Date: 1900

Ending_Date: 2009

Source_Contribution:

Transport Canada shapefile of known shipwreck locations sent to us by Ryan Greville, Transport Canada, Vancouver office. Dataset: "wreck_locations.shp". Extent: BC Coast. No metadata was included with the shapefile. Data is known to be spotty for shipwrecks that occurred from 1980 to 2010. Further, the improvements in navigational aids (such as GPS) helped to reduce the number of incidents significantly during this period.

Process_Step:

Process_Description:

wreck_locations.shp sent to us by Ryan Greville from Transport Canada, clipped to study area and renamed "Shipwrecks_BCMCA,shp". Year and Decade fields added and populated so the wreck locations could be symbolized by Decade of Event.

Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: wreck_locations.shp

Process_Date: 20130419

Source_Produced_Citation_Abbreviation: \\Crm1515_BCMCA_AtlasPages\Data\BCMCA_I2S.gdb\Shipwrecks_BCMCA

Process_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: Joel Kinzie

Contact_Organization: Coastal Resource Mapping Ltd.

Contact_Position: GIS Analyst

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 5-4515 Uplands RD

City: Nanaimo

State_or_Province: BC

Postal_Code: V9T6M8

Country: Canada

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 250758-4323

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 250-758-4326

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: joel@i2s.ca

Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:

Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector

Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:

SDTS_Terms_Description:

SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: Entity point

Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 1077

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

Vertical_Coordinate_System_Definition:

Altitude_System_Definition:

Altitude_Resolution: 0.000100

Altitude_Encoding_Method:

Explicit elevation coordinate included with horizontal coordinates

Entity_and_Attribute_Information:

Detailed_Description:

Entity_Type:

Entity_Type_Label: bcmca_hu_shippingtrans_shipwreckshistorical_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: 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: ID

Attribute_Definition: Unique ID field

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VESSELNAME

Attribute_Definition: Name of the Vessel

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LATITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Decimal Degrees

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LONGITUDE

Attribute_Definition: Decimal Degrees

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: LOCATIONOT

Attribute_Definition: Listed location of Wreck

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: HOMEPORT

Attribute_Definition: Registered home port for the vessel

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VESSELTYPE

Attribute_Definition: General vessel type category

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: REGISTRATI

Attribute_Definition: Registration number

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: TONNAGE

Attribute_Definition: Vessel wieght in tonnes. Not known if metric or imperial É

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: VESSELCOND

Attribute_Definition: Last observed condition of vessel

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: COMMENTS

Attribute_Definition: Comment field

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: DATE

Attribute_Definition: Date of event

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: ERSTATUS

Attribute_Definition: Vessel status as ``Historic`` or ``Assessment Required``

Attribute_Definition_Source: Transport Canada

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Decade

Attribute_Definition: Year of event

Attribute_Definition_Source: CRM

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Year

Attribute_Definition: Year of event

Attribute_Definition_Source: CRM

Attribute:

Attribute_Label: Decade_

Attribute_Definition: Decade of event

Attribute_Definition_Source: CRM

Distribution_Information:

Distributor:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA)

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca

Contact_Instructions: See www.bcmca.ca for distribution details

Resource_Description: Downloadable Data

Distribution_Liability: See access and use constraints information.

Standard_Order_Process:

Digital_Form:

Digital_Transfer_Information:

Transfer_Size: 0.045

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20130521

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA)

Contact_Person: Carrie Robb

Contact_Position: Data Manager

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@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