Land Classification

Several scales of land classification are provided. The bio-geoclimatic ecosystem classification, and ecosection classifications include both biological and physical characteristics. The physiographic provinces are based entirely on physical characteristics of the landscape.

Tags: biogeoclimatic, ecosection, land classification, physiographic province

Broad Ecosystem Inventory Classification (BEI Theme)

Broad Ecosystem Inventory Classification provides broad regional information about the distribution of ecosystems throughout the province and the value of these ecosystemsto wildlife. This is done in order to facilitate the use of wildlife information in broad regional land and resource planning initiatives.Broad Ecosystem Units are mapped based on imagery of the provincialland base generally captured at a scale of 1:250,000.

Tags: BC, BC data, BEI, BGC, Biogeoclimatic, All tags... British Columbia, Broad Ecosystem Inventory, Canada, Ecology, Ecosystem Mapping, Ecosystems, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, Wildlife Habitat, biota, Fewer tags

Predictive Ecosystem Mapping (PEM) Detailed Polygons with Short Attribute Table - 1:20,000 Spatial View

PEM_20K contains 1:20,000 PEM polygons with key and amalgamated (concatenated) attributes derived from the Resource Inventory Standards Committee (RISC) standard attributes. PEM divides the landscape into units according to a variety of ecological features including climate, physiography, surficial material, bedrock geology, soils and vegetation. PEM uses a modeling approach to ecosystem mapping, whereby existing knowledge of ecosystem attributes and relationships are used to predict ecosystem representation in the landscape. This layer is derived from the STE_TEI_ATTRIBUTE_POLYS_SP layer by filtering on the PROJECT_TYPE and PROJECT_MAP_SCALE attributes

Tags: BC, BC data, BGC, Biogeoclimatic, Bioterrain, All tags... Bioterrain Mapping, British Columbia, Canada, DTEIF, Describing Terrestrial Ecosystems, Drainage, Ecology, Ecosystem Mapping, Ecosystem Modeling, Ecosystems, Erosion, Landslides, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, PEM, PEM 1:20,000, PEM 20K, Predictive Ecosystem Mapping, SEI, STE, STEWI, Sedimentation, Sensitive Ecosystems, Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory, Slope Stability, Soils, Soils, Terrain and Ecosystems, Soils, Terrain, Ecosystems, Wildlife Inventory, TEIS, TEM, TER, TSM, Terrain Mapping, Terrain Stability, Terrain Stability Mapping, Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping, WHR, Wildlife Habitat Ratings, biota, Fewer tags

Terrain Inventory Mapping (TIM) Detailed Polygons with Short Attribute Table Spatial View

Terrain Inventory Mapping (TIM) contains polygons with key and amalgamated (concatenated) attributes derived from the RISC (Resource Inventory Standards Committee) standard attributes. TIM is multi-purpose and divides the landscape into unit according to surficial material, surface expression and geomorphological process using the Terrain Classification System for British Columbia. Most of the inventory mapping was completed in the 1970's and 1980's on 1:50 000 scale base maps using air photo interpretation with selective field checking, and manual transfer and drafting of paper maps. These maps were later digitized and have been converted from IGDS or CAPAMP to ArcInfo to Geodatabase. This layer is derived from...

Tags: BC, BC data, BGC, Biogeoclimatic, Bioterrain, All tags... Bioterrain Mapping, British Columbia, Canada, DTEIF, Describing Terrestrial Ecosystems, Drainage, Ecology, Ecosystem Mapping, Ecosystem Modeling, Ecosystems, Erosion, Landslides, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, PEM, Predictive Ecosystem Mapping, SEI, STE, STEWI, Sedimentation, Sensitive Ecosystems, Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory, Slope Stability, Soils, Soils, Terrain and Ecosystems, Soils, Terrain, Ecosystems, Wildlife Inventory, TEIS, TEM, TER, TSM, Terrain Inventory Mapping, Terrain Mapping, Terrain Stability, Terrain Stability Mapping, Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping, WHR, Wildlife Habitat Ratings, biota, Fewer tags

Predictive Ecosystem Mapping (PEM) Project Boundaries

PEM_Projects contains Predictive Ecosystem Mapping (PEM) project boundaries (study areas) and attributes describing each project (project level metadata), plus links to the locations of other data associated with the project (e.g., reports, polygon datasets, plotfiles, legends). PEM uses modeling to divide the landscape into units according to a variety of ecological features including climate, physiography, surficial material, bedrock geology, soils and vegetation. This layer is derived from the STE_TEI_PROJECT_BOUNDARIES_SP layer by filtering on the PROJECT_TYPE attribute

Tags: BC, BC data, BGC, Biogeoclimatic, Bioterrain, All tags... Bioterrain Mapping, British Columbia, Canada, DTEIF, Describing Terrestrial Ecosystems, Drainage, Ecology, Ecosystem Mapping, Ecosystem Modeling, Ecosystems, Erosion, Landslides, NPLCC, North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperative, PEM, PEM 1:20,000, PEM 1:50,000, PEM 20K, PEM 50K, Predictive Ecosystem Mapping, SDM, SEI, STE, STEWI, Sedimentation, Sensitive Ecosystems, Sensitive Ecosystems Inventory, Slope Stability, Soils, Soils, Terrain and Ecosystems, Soils, Terrain, Ecosystems, Wildlife Inventory, Species Distribution Modeling, TEIS, TEM, TER, TSM, Terrain Mapping, Terrain Stability, Terrain Stability Mapping, Terrestrial Ecosystem Mapping, WHR, Wildlife Habitat Ratings, biota, Fewer tags