bcmca_hu_tourismrec_recreationalboatingroutes_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_tourismrec_recreationalboatingroutes_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\Tourism\marxanData\bcmca_hu_tourismrec_recreationalboatingroutes_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:
This data represents the location of coastal British Columbia boating / recreational and pleasure craft cruising routes.
Purpose:
The purpose of the data is to portray complete, up-to-date information on recreational and pleasure craft boating/cruising routes along the coast of British Columbia for use in 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.
Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: August 2010
Currentness_Reference: publication date
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed
Spatial_Domain:
Bounding_Coordinates:
West_Bounding_Coordinate: -133.521125
East_Bounding_Coordinate: -122.307455
North_Bounding_Coordinate: 55.998220
South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.126710
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme_Keyword: boat
Theme_Keyword: cruising
Theme_Keyword: route
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_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
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:
Some attribute information may be incomplete, depending on the source of the data content.
Logical_Consistency_Report:
Routes mapped may not be the exact route followed, but represent an area or channel in which boating / cruising was recorded to have occurred for recreational or tourism purposes.
Completeness_Report:
Data sources are from guide books, identified by tourism operators or identified by recreational organizations. They represent routes used rather than everywhere a marine cruiser can travel or has travelled.
Known gaps exist in the Strait of Georgia and Southern Vancouver Island.
Lineage:
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Province of BC, Coastal Resource Information Management System
Publication_Date: 2001-08-31
Title: CRIMS, Coastal BC Recreational Craft Cruising Routes
Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: ArcInfo coverage
Series_Information:
Series_Name: Coastal Resource Information Management System
Other_Citation_Details:
Carol Ogborne carol.ogborne@gov.bc.ca
Integrated Land Management Agency, Land Information BC, Business Solutions Branch (now GeoBC)
Online_Linkage:
https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/geometadata/metadataDetail.do?recordUID=49479&recordSet=ISO19115
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:40,000
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Range_of_Dates/Times:
Beginning_Date: 1992-07-01
Ending_Date: 2001-08-31
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: CRIMS, Coastal BC Recreational Craft Cruising Routes
Source_Contribution:
Province of British Columbia - Coastal Resource Information Management System Province of British Columbia - Coastal Resource Information Management System (1992-2001): Data were created through a variety of projects to identify important use areas in the event of an oil spill and for marine planning. Projects combined to create this CRIMS dataset include: - Southern Georgia Strait Oil Spill Response Information System (OSRIS) (1994, 1:40,000 scale, prepared by LGL Ltd.) - Northern Georgia Strait OSRIS (1995, 1:40,000 scale, prepared by LGL Ltd.) - Johnstone Strait OSRIS (1996, 1:40,000 scale, prepared by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.) - Central Coast OSRIS (1996, 1:40,000 scale, prepared by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.) - West Coast Vancouver Island OSRIS (1996, 1:40,000 scale, prepared by LGL Ltd.) - North Coast OSRIS (1998, 1:40,000 scale, prepared by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.) - QCI OSRIS (1998, 1:40,000 scale, prepared by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.)
For each of these projects data sources include CHS Charts and other maps, mapbooks, private industry publications, focus groups, various published commonly-used directories or BC Ministry's or Municipality's published works. Any of these sources may be listed using their full name or, optionally, under their commonly-known acronym i.e. CC TRI (Central Coast Tourism Resource Inventory) or NC DD (North Coast Docks and Destinations). Some of BC Ministry projects incorporated into the OSRIS Atlas projects include: - Coastal Tourism Resource Inventory (1991-1993, 1:250,000 scale, prepared by the ARA Consulting Group) - Central Coast Tourism Resource Inventory (1995, 1:250,000 scale, prepared by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.) - Vancouver Island CORE (1994, 1:250,000 scale) - Central Coast LRMP (1998, 1:250,000 scale, data collected by the Outdoor Recreation Council)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator: Outdoor Recreation Council
Publication_Date: 1998
Title: Central Coast LRMP
Other_Citation_Details:
Data provided to BCMCA Aug 13, 2008 by: Doug Fetherston Ministry of Agriculture and Lands Integrated Land Management Bureau 142-2080 Labieux Road Nanaimo BC V9T6J9 <mailto>: doug.fetherston@gov.bc.ca
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:250,000
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1998
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Central Coast LRMP
Source_Contribution:
Recreation features and activities data collected by the Outdoor Recreation Council for the Central Coast LRMP (digitized by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
BC Ministry of Small Business Tourism and Culture (now responsibility of GeoBC)
Publication_Date: 1997
Title: Nootka Sound Forest Recreation and Tourism Opportunities Study
Other_Citation_Details:
GeoBC Contact is Rob Gowan. Inventory conducted under contract by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:20,000
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1997
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Nootka Sound Tourism Opportunity Study
Source_Contribution:
Nootka Sound Forest Recreation and Tourism Opportunities Study (prepared by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
BC Ministry of Small Business Tourism and Culture (now responsibility of GeoBC)
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:
Forest and Fisheries Tourism Opportunities Study for the North Coast Forest District
Other_Citation_Details:
GeoBC Contact is Rob Gowan. Inventory conducted under contract by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:20,000
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: North Coast Tourism Opportunity Study
Source_Contribution:
Feature identified by Ministry of Forests Recreation Officer for the Forest and Fisheries Tourism Opportunities Study for the North Coast Forest District (2000, 1:20,000 scale, prepared by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
BC Ministry of Small Business Tourism and Culture (now responsibility of GeoBC)
Publication_Date: 1996
Title: Vancouver Island Tourism Resource Inventory
Other_Citation_Details:
GeoBC Contact is Rob Gowan. Inventory conducted under contract by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:250,000
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 1996
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Vancouver Island Tourism Resource Inventory
Source_Contribution:
Vancouver Island Tourism Resource Inventory (prepared by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.)
Source_Information:
Source_Citation:
Citation_Information:
Originator:
BC Ministry of Small Business Tourism and Culture (now responsibility of GeoBC)
Publication_Date: 2000
Title:
Forest and Fisheries Tourism Opportunities Study for Portions of the Campbell River and Port McNeill Forest Districts
Other_Citation_Details:
GeoBC Contact is Rob Gowan. Inventory conducted under contract by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.
Source_Scale_Denominator: 1:20,000
Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
Time_Period_Information:
Single_Date/Time:
Calendar_Date: 2000
Source_Citation_Abbreviation: Campbell River Tourism Opportunity Study
Source_Contribution:
Forest and Fisheries Tourism Opportunities Study for Portions of the Campbell River and Port McNeill Forest Districts (prepared by Clover Point Cartographics Ltd.)
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
- Downloaded provincial CRIMS data (2109 records). Reviewed for major gaps, which were found on west coast Vancouver Island and Strait of Georgia. - 1010 Recreational boating routes added for west coast Vancouver Island and Strait of Georgia sourced from Tourism Resource Inventory for Vancouver Island (1996) data (126 route segments) and local mariner guide books (884 route segments). Guide books included:
- Best anchorages of the Inside Passage : British Columbia's south coast from the Gulf Islands to Cape Caution (2006), Anne Vipond, William Kelly. - Gulf Islands & Vancouver Island: Victoria & Sooke to Nanaimo (1998), Anne & Laurence Yeadon-Jones. - Vancouver, Howe Sound & the Sunshine Coast: including Princess Louisa Inlet & Jedediah Island (2003), Anne & Laurence Yeadon-Jones. - Docks and destinations with GPS waypoints: a coastal guide to marinas, fuel and moorage facilities in the Pacific Northwest (2005), Peter Vassilopoulos. - Waggoner cruising guide, 2007: the complete boating reference. Robert Hale & Co., Weatherly Press Division. - Exploring Vancouver Island's west coast: a cruising guide (1994), Don Douglass. - Cruising guide to British Columbia, vol. 1 : Gulf Islands and Vancouver Island from Sooke to Courtenay (1989), Bill Wolferstan. - Cruising guide to British Columbia, vol. 2: Desolation Sound and the Discovery Islands (1987), Bill Wolferstan.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CRIMS, Coastal BC Recreational Craft Cruising Routes
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Vancouver Island Tourism Resource Inventory
Process_Date: October 2008
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Jason Howes
Contact_Organization: Monterey Environmental Services
Contact_Position: Spatial Data Analyst
Contact_Voice_Telephone: (250) 588-0078
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: jhowes@shaw.ca
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
- Removed overlapping content where multiple lines represent the same route. This was mostly the result of overlapping content from the merged CRIMS data and from adding all the Vancouver Island Tourism Resource Inventory data without first removing duplicate lines with existing data. - Added route information from other sources (provincial tourism studies) where the route was not already included in CRIMS (removed overlap from all source data first). Where similar routes existed in the original CRIMS source data and more recent sources, kept the source with the more precise geometry, newer data or most attributes. Data was added by deleting all overlaps then appending datasets to retain attributes. - Central Coast LRMP (2 routes) - Campbell River TOS (1 route) - Nootka TOS (7 routes) - North Coast TOS (14 routes) - Vancouver Island TRI (8 routes retained from previous process step)
- Started with 3119 route segments, with additions noted above and deletions due to overlap, resulted in 3015 route segments. - New routes added by the BCMCA have a B_CRS_R_ID value of 0 - Modified route segments to match CHS coastline as required where source data overlapped land. - added source of route in comment field.
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Central Coast LRMP
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Campbell River Tourism Opportunity Study
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: North Coast Tourism Opportunity Study
Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: Nootka Sound Tourism Opportunity Study
Process_Date: October 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
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Created ID field and assigned a unique four digit FEATURE_ID to each feature. Intersect with Marxan 2km x 2km planning unit (PU) grid. Dissolve on ID (unique feature number) and UNIT_ID (unique PU number). Add field (LENGTH) and calculate geometry (m). Resulting output put into geodatabase - one file wthin the geodatabase for all recreational boating route features.
Process_Date: April 20, 2011
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Carrie Robb
Contact_Organization: Living Oceans Society (for BCMCA)
Contact_Position: GIS Specialist
Process_Step:
Process_Description:
Selected by each unique FEATURE_ID and exported to a shapefile. Added new field using the unique four digit FEATURE_ID as the field name. Populated the new field with the LENGTH value (m) and then joined the feature to a complete PU layer using UNIT_ID as the common field. Repeated steps for each feature. Then selected only PUs that had a value greater than 0 in any of the FEATURE_ID fields and exported data as new shape file. Deleted extraneous fields from joins.
Process_Date: April 1, 2012
Process_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Person_Primary:
Contact_Person: Dave Nicolson
Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
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: G-polygon
Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 8682
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_tourismrec_recreationalboatingroutes_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: AREA
Attribute_Definition: Total area (m2) of the planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 1436
Attribute_Definition:
Field with unique feature number for "Rec boating unassigned" containing the total length of this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 1437
Attribute_Definition:
Field with unique feature number for "Rec boating low" containing the total length of this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 1438
Attribute_Definition:
Field with unique feature number for "Rec boating low to moderate" containing the total length of this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 1439
Attribute_Definition:
Field with unique feature number for "Rec boating moderate" containing the total length of this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 1440
Attribute_Definition:
Field with unique feature number for "Rec boating moderate to high" containing the total length of this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Attribute:
Attribute_Label: 1441
Attribute_Definition:
Field with unique feature number for "Rec boating high" containing the total length of this feature present in the Marxan planning unit.
Attribute_Definition_Source: BCMCA
Distribution_Information:
Distributor:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization:
The British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis (BCMCA), a Tides Canada Initiatives Project
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
Resource_Description: Downloadable Data
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Metadata_Reference_Information:
Metadata_Date: 20120402
Metadata_Contact:
Contact_Information:
Contact_Organization_Primary:
Contact_Organization: British Columbia Marine Conservation Analysis
Contact_Person: Dave Nicolson
Contact_Position: Project Manager
Contact_Address:
Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: info@bcmca.ca
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