Soil Landscape of Canada Version 3.1 (.shp)

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Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: Canadian Soil Information System

Publication_Date: February, 2, 2005

Title: Soil Landscape of Canada Version 3.1

Edition: version 3.1

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Publication_Information:

Publication_Place: Ottawa, Canada

Publisher:

Canadian Soil Information System, Agricultural and Agri-Food Canada

Online_Linkage: <http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/slc/intro.html>

Description:

Abstract:

Soil Landscapes of Canada polygons are the most detailed spatial entities within the ecological hierarchy employed in Canada.  The hierarchy is as follows: Ecozones->Ecoprovinces->Ecoregions->Ecodistricts->Soil Landscapes of Canada.  The current ‘Version 1.0” of the Ecological Stratification for Canada was published in 1995, and is exactly nested with the SLCv2.2 coverage for all of Canada.  Exact nesting means that a combination of adjoining SLCv2.2 polygons defines each Ecodistrict, and these in turn define the terrestrial Ecoregions and Ecozones within Canada.

 

SLC polygons represent particular soil and landform features, and many of these boundaries have been spatially refined in SLCv3.1.  The new SLCv3.1 polygon lines have also been adjusted away from shorelines, so that it is fully compatible with the separate 1:1 million scale digital base map hydrology layers.  In some areas, the SLCv3.1 polygons and ecological units have been revised, based on new information from regional ecologists.  Because of these changes, the new SLCv3.1 polygons are slightly revised from their SLCv2.2 counterparts in some areas.  The new SLCv3.1 polygons are intended to serve as the basic nested units for the next “Version 2.0” of the national Ecostratification hierarchy.  Ecodistrict  numbers are embedded within the new SLCv3.1 polygon numbers, to more directly indicate the hierarchical relationship.  The SLCv3.1 coverage is currently available for the agricultural polygons of Canada.  When the coverage is completed for the remaining, non agricultural areas of Canada, it will serve as the framework for the next complete “Version2” of the ecological stratification of Canada.

 

The Soil Landscapes of Canada is an excellent ecological framework for integrating and characterizing the biological, physical, climatic and demographic dimensions of land related information on a national and regional basis.  A common national framework for base maps, soil landscape maps and ecological stratification maps will allow better integration of future environmental modeling and assessment activities at national and regional scales.

 

Purpose:

As a version of the SLC, SLCv3.1 is compiled for National Agri-Environmental Health Analysis and Reporting Program (NAHARP) , National Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting and Verification System (NCGAVS) and other related national programs.

 

Supplemental_Information:

For convenience and an aid to the reader we have included a list of abbreviations used in this document. AAFC - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; NAHARP - National Agri-Environmental Health Analysis and Reporting Program; CanSIS - Canadian Soil Information System; CMP - Component table; SNF - Soil name file; SLF - Soil layer file; NCGAVS - National Carbon and Greenhouse Gas Emission Accounting and Verification System; SLC - Soil Landscapes of Canada; 1:1M - 1 to 1 million scale; 1:250K - 1 to 250 thousand scale

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Theme:

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Theme_Keyword: Soil

Theme_Keyword: Landscape

Theme_Keyword: Earth Science

Theme_Keyword: Envrionment

Theme_Keyword: Agriculture

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: Landscape

Theme:

Theme_Keyword: Soil

Theme_Keyword: Landscape

Theme_Keyword: Environment

Theme_Keyword: Earth Science

Place:

Place_Keyword: Canada

Place_Keyword: North America

Access_Constraints: Free

Use_Constraints: Copyright 2005, Government of Canada

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Canadian Soil Information System, Agricultural and Agri-Food Canada

Contact_Person: Andre Villeneuve

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 613-759-1853

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 613-759-1937

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: VilleneuveA@agr.gc.ca

Hours_of_Service: 7:00am - 3:00pm ET

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Canadian Soil Information System, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

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Citation_Information:

Originator:

Canadian Soil Information System, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

Publication_Date: February 2, 2005

Title: Soil Landscape of Canada Version 3.1

Edition: Version 3.1

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

Data_Quality_Information:

Logical_Consistency_Report:

SLCv3.1 linework is compiled based on 1:million scale base maps. The spatial resolution and accuracy is confined by the source scale. SLCv3.1 component information contains nominal, order and interval gis data types. The information is mainly compiled based on detail soil survey and related SNF and SLF. The data type and precision are related to the source of the information.

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SLCv3.1 contains component information for the agricultural areas of Canada only. The associated SNF, SLF may also be partially completed to meet this data set need.

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Resource_Description:

Downloadable data with ESRI exchange format or ESRI Shapefile including DBF tables format. The download site URL is: <http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/slc/v3.1/zip_files/>

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20050202

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization:

Canadian Soil Information System, Agricultural and Agri-Food Canada

Contact_Person: Xiaoyuan Geng

Contact_Position: GIS Specialist

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Contact_Voice_Telephone: 613-759-1895

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 613-759-1937

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: gengx@agr.gc.ca

Hours_of_Service: 8:00am - 17:00pm ET

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