Digital Basin User Manual - Columbia Basin Rural Development
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1. Best practice rs to tum one layer on at a time NOTE Layer diuplay takes time as the data is cornptex and covers the entwe region If there is no check box by a layer zoom into the map until one is splayed or click on the eye icon to zoom to a warble scale er CULTURAL SOCIAL map with your mouse by holding your lef mouse button down e Table of Contents TOC is used to tum map layers on and off Beat practice is to tum one layer on at a time NOTE Layer display takes time as the data is complex and covers the entire repon tf there is no check box by a layer zoom imta the map until one is displayed or click on the eye icon to zoom to a visible scale Click on the Legend tad to see a legend of layers that are weible e Cick on the Legend tab to see a legend of layers that are visible ou are here Home State of the Basin Digital Basin Portal Portal Map Tools Selection Coordinates 124 680 53 449 H E RDI Areas Admin Boundaries RDI Analysis H E Cadastral Fabric i Economic Pillar 3 Infrastructure Business Climate amp Sectors Gl Workforce H Housing Environmental Piltar Social Pillar Cultural Pillar Basic Map Navigation Terminology There is mapping terminology in this document that may be unfamiliar to users Extent A mapping extent is the area that is currently being viewed Layer This portal shows many different datasets When a dataset is turned on it is drawn onto th2. the Community dropdown The data that is searched is within that dataset only and does not cross over to other datasets e Searching for parcels for municipalities that are listed in the Location dropdown o For example if you want to find parcels for say Trail and include areas within 2 Km outside of Trail you have to do two queries One with Location Trail searches the Trail data set then another one with Location RDKB Community Trail Within Km 2 The second search locates parcels within 2 Km of Trail and excludes Trail o Municipalities in this category are Revelstoke Golden Valemount Sparwood Fernie Kimberley Cranbrook Radium Hot Springs Elkford Castlegar Trail e Searching for parcels for municipalities that are NOT listed in the Location dropdown o Ifyou want to search for say Nelson including 2Km outside of Nelson you only need to do one search because Nelson is included in the RDCK data set You select Location RDCK Community Nelson Within Km 2 Community Dropdown and Distance Setting This dropdown is available when you search for parcels within a Regional District You can set a distance to search for parcels within and surrounding a community Unless it is one of the communities listed above Zoning If zoning data is available for the dataset then the Zoning dropdown will be available The zones listed are general zones To find zoning codes associated wit
3. COLUMBIA BASIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT IMSS TITLE yy Digital Basin User Manual Contents AE OCCT ION achecactearatersestarcnsenienauaaetaredteesetsemacte bacertactsudotasndsnciokatuccter A nadeatontesartensadentceteancionnadesdeteee 2 GINS a NS A AE A E E E A emer E EE T E E E A A OA EE 2 View Data by Research Pillar or Geographical Location cccccccesseccecensecceeesececeeeceeeauecesseneceseeeneeetes 2 Basic Map WaW le allo inana cat ravivereranstonmnrtnerins aercnerne inane aaneeeoaneeinetei eee 3 MT NON SY aes cg nesses ences E pion one Soe daennincedaenvgecdaostssniaase eee 3 Usine the Map TOMS sgeucdccecatesacsiserssencndvestaecindaiecadusatesicsedgeeoad vse Godan ianbesiunateduandatenuiwontecemneaseondveatueagieraes 4 SUS CIS VCs WO ao arearce crete cu sae send nsec EA 5 Gene The bce e a COMEN pee nn ne nner ceo ne cna etc ante ens eS een eee one 5 pA TEM UT a cael al cad E21 ed 9 0 Pee ee Cent ore Se tere coe een ena ee ee ee Ce eee eer 6 Changing the Base Map esse cacsannrsectesnarsonen cavercteieseaaseudsaiee savvnndaaaecese sea vcuGesensossunereoatinienoeeensissscaneneeanereresie 6 Usine the Data VV OWN aeons hee sats ts cst rein T adie snoseicwesnannsonteeeeosmisten T 8 PUD SSC NO ace saree centre tye cen eee E seu tevsta E E cate se EE A E E AE 8 TAS SOC CO r EEE E E E E E A devas AE EE E E E E E E 8 R SOA e E T E E A 8 REDONS SCLC aE A 9 nteracune WATNE dala sarsar EA 9 interacting with thevisual data mi tic
4. Filter ax EXPORT 21 Alien Species records found Distinct Map Extent Invasive Subzone Code Zone Name Subzone Name Species Website within Subzone ESSFdcp Engelmann Spruce Subalpine pry Cold Parkland 0 ESSFdcw Spruce Subalpine Dry Cold Woodland 0 ESSFdku a Spruce Subalpine Dry Cool Woodland and Parkland 0 How to Filter by Location When searching for specific records in the data table there is an option to filter results by a location Click the checkbox by Filter by Location and then click the Search button Doing so will only return records from that area in the table but it will still display all records on the map If you do not choose a location to filter by the automatic filter is map extent which is the current map extent Selecting a location To filter data by a location you must first zoom to your area of interest in the map or select a community or sub corridor to filter by In the Table of Contents TOC tab of the layers window select the arrow beside either Communities or Trading Sub corridors A list of the communities or sub corridors will open under the Tables tab in the data window on the bottom of the screen The default location filter is the current map extent To replace the default location filter with a community or sub corridor as a filter click the left arrow symbol in the Add Filter column next to the location of your ch
5. aries ll RDI Analysis i Cadastral Fabric Gl Infrastructure Gi Business Climate amp Sectors i Workforce m Housing 2011 Vacancy Rate Arts Gi Culture ll Heritage Gi Recreation Energy Use 2010 Single Family Dwellings D Dwellings Occ Usual Res Renting Households Viewing the Legend To view the legend of a selected layer simply click the Legend tab of the layers window This will only work if you have a layer selected E v LAYERS Changing the Base Map The default base map is the RDI base map but you can select any one of eleven different base maps Changing the base map could increase or decrease the visibility of certain layers but can add an interesting and visually appealing aspect to the map For example in the images below the community forests layer is turned on both maps but contrasts more with the light grey canvas base map so it draws much more of a focus than it does on the RDI base map To select a new base map click on the base maps tab of the layers window and click the directional arrows until you see a base map you want Hover your mouse over the base map and a yellow box will COLUMBIA BASIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT INS TITLE 2 appear around the image along with the name of the base map When this yellow box appears you can click on the base map to turn it on Map Tools Selection Coordinates 119 324 50 775 Radium Hot Sprin
6. ation You could run the query again without the grade calculation to get the 150 parcels Then you can try filtering the parcels much more to limit the result to 20 or fewer Executing the Tool Once the query criteria are selected click on the Search button the initiate the tool execution You will see a message that it is executing with a spinner indicating it is running Results Once the tool completes the parcels that meet the criteria are displayed in a table The parcel data set that is chosen by the location tool is returned Each dataset has its own format so the fields displayed vary greatly RD FOLIO Group Ho PID Zone Class OCP Class Area Ha Zoom To 2100 Confirm 2 03 Click on the Zoom To icon in the table to zoom to the selected parcel It will show up as a highlighted polygon on the map At this point you can choose to turn on the Parcel and Zoning layers or any other layers of interest while exploring the results on the map 16 MBIA Community Min Size Ha Max Svc Dist Km Max Hwy Dist Km Grade Within Km Max Size Ha _ Developed Max Transit Dist Km Area w in Grade ed Rz B 17
7. cation filter while searching for records click the X symbol on the left hand side off the data window under location filter Clear filter Using the Site Selector Tool Introduction The Site Selector Tool was developed in response to an Employment Lands study of the Columbia Basin Boundary Region which included pulling together into a single database a complete inventory of Cadastral data for the region in order to assess the availability of potential income producing lands This beta version of the Site Selector Tool searches the entire Columbia Basin Boundary Region for parcels that meet a complex query criteria including e Location Zoning choose one of 7 major zoning types Developed has building or land improvements or undeveloped e Transportation distance to major highway transit Services distance to power and water Minimum and Maximum Parcel Sizes e Grade minimum of area of parcel under a certain grade 12 er BASIN 2L eS TOT LITE O Slope Classifications 0 3 3 10 10 20 gt 20 Locating the Tool In the TOC open the Cadastral Fabric folder and click the symbol next to the Parcels layer This will open data window a Ww co L gt tL E ll RDI Areas Admin Boundaries Cadastral Fabric i Zoning O Parcels lt gt Buildings lt gt Ownership D gt L H Infrastructure The Info tab gives a brief descriptio
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9. e map as a new layer The datasets on the portal are also referred to as layers COLUMBIA BASIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT NS TLE Scale The scale of a map is the ratio of a distance on the map to the corresponding distance on the ground Using the Map Tools To zoom to your geographic area of interest click on the zoom bar and pan the map with your mouse by holding your left mouse button down There are map tools that allow you to reset your map go back to a previous extent or pan These tools are made available by selecting the map tools link on the top left of the map bace Home State of the Basin Digital Basin Portal Portal Map Tools Selection s Note that whatever tool is currently on will have a green square highlighting it This tool will stay selected until you change it ResetMap KPan 3 Zoomin Zoom Out E Prev Extent E Next Extent Find Address or Coordinates Enter coordinates or an address here to zoom to that approximate location Note that this address search uses a geocoding system which is not completely accurate so it will only give you an approximation Reset Map This will reset the extent of the map and turn off all layers Zoom In Zoom Out Selecting these tools allows you to create a rectangle which you can zoom in or out to Dem ywtre rere r Cree ewer toe Pew ree G et etree ten ie a x 4 COLUMBIA BASIN ast Sue Sg Pee Previous Extent Next Extent The extent buttons allow
10. electing certain attributes or adding a location filter see How to filter by location Graph Section Some datasets have graphs attached These graphs have been produced by the RDI team of researchers To view a graph click graph tab in the data window then click the name of the graph you are interested in The graph will then open in that window Use the scroll bar on the right to see the whole EA graph or select the symbol to enlarge the data window COLUMBIA BASIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT INES TITLE el Bears Destroyed 2009 2013 Graph of bear attractants Bears Reported destroyed graph mber of Bears Destroyed Reports Section Some datasets have trends analysis briefs attached These reports have been produced by the RDI team of researchers To view a report select the name of the report you are interested in and it will open asa PDF in a new tab Report Name Description Ea Bears Reported destroyed Report about the number of bears reported destroyed from 2009 to 2013 in the Coumbia Basin Interacting with the data On the portal there are two ways to interact with the datasets You can view them visually as layers on the map or as tables in the data window Interacting with the visual data To view a graphic representation of the dataset you are interested in click on the empty box next to the layer name This will turn that layer of the map on as an overlay of the base map If the
11. ferent ways to access the Digital Basin Under the communities tab on the navigation bar select the community you are interested in It will open a new page with information about that community You can then click the indicators button to open up the portal COLUMBIA BASIN RDI RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE UNDERSTAND CONNECT AboutUs Communities Research Areas State of the Basin Resources Connect You are here Home Communities Castlegar Testimonials Af The profiles look great That is CASTLEGAR Selecta Community v an excellent program and thank you for putting them together Castlegar population of 12 466 with surrounding Regional Districts amp J is situated at the confluence of the Flected official A Kootenay and Columbia Rivers This relatively new incorporated in 1966 mill town sits in a valley that is steeped in the heritage and culture of the Doukhobors who migrated here in the early 20th century Residents enjoy access to outdoor recreation and parks Castlegar locals love their city and their sports producing numerous special events and tournaments throughout the year Castlegar Profile Indicators Resources RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE FAQ COPYRIGHT 2014 COLUMBIA BASIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE AND SELKIRK GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH CENTRE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED COLUMBIA BASIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT INES TITLE 9 Another way of accessing the portal is by selecting Digital Basi
12. gs Invermere Kootenay nd Lake Koocanusa Reservoir Coordinates 119 007 51 232 Scale 1 2311162 Banff rev Revelstoke Canmore Calgary Radium Hot Springs e Invermere OMESAH Mordy saad Duncan Reservoir ate Canal Flats Elkford we Kimberley Sparwo od Kootenay Nelson y me Castlegar Casffegar CI Cranbrook Fernie Crar rook 4 lberta Salmo Copyright 2014 Esri DeLorme HERE ZA COLUMBIA i Using the Data Window On the bottom of the portal there is a Data window Just like the layers window it can be hidden by clicking the green tab on the top that says Data On the left side of the data window it will list the layer which is currently selected and the location filter At any time you can maximize the data window by EA clicking the symbol The data window contains four different sections a v WY co wi gt lt x zj RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE FAQ COPYRIGHT 2014 COLUMBIA BASIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE AND SELKIRK GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH CENTRE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Info Section This section contains the metadata for the dataset It contains a description of the dataset data source and data information Table Section EXPORT s button and you will be able to download the original excel file In this section you can filter the datset by The table section displays the tabular data of the dataset To Export simply click the s
13. h the general zones you can explore the Zoning Layer on the map by clicking the box next to the Zoning layer in the TOC Once the zones are displayed on the map you can click on individual zones to see the zoning code The zoning search is conducted by 14 i COLUMBIA BASIN RURAL CGEVELOPHAENT Ji searching for parcels that have their centroids in a particular zone This works well for a majority of parcels but there are exceptions especially larger parcels that might be in multiple zones In this case it is hit or miss whether the parcel is selected Min and Max Parcel Size Entering values for parcel size can be an effective way to reduce the total number of parcels to be searched for more time consuming items such as distance to services highways transit or calculation of grade Max Service Distance Existence of service data locations of power and water services is spotty throughout the region Itis hoped that future iterations of this tool can account for more detail as the regional district and municipalities are better able to provide this In the meantime several assumptions are made e Distance to water services o Assumptions are that water services are available inside municipal boundaries water service areas and community watersheds While this is not always true the user will need to validate specific search results with the regional district or municipality e Distance to power services o Assumptions are tha
14. n under the State of the Basin tab on the navigation bar From there you can select which community you are most interested in If you want to view the data for the whole region do not select a community and simply hover your mouse over the pillar you are most interested in A list of the themes of datasets available will appear Depending on your selection the portal will open the theme you selected to the extent of the Columbia Basin or to the community you selected DIGITAL BASIN PORTAL DIGITAL BASIN PORTAL Selecta Community Selecta Community Boundary Country Grand Forks Selecta Community v INSTRUCTIONS For best results use latest INSTRUCTIONS its use latest ge Ubrume or s The portal doos internet Explorer versions of Google Chrome elox teowsers The portal does not fully support Internet Exptorer Invermere browsers Radium Hot Springs a To get stated Move your mouse Cranbroo pointer over the pie chart on the lef select an tome of terest and click a highighted item Basic map navigation To zoom to your geographic area of interest WELL click on the zoom bar and pan the ad r Business Climate A Soctors Columbia Valley Canal Fiats Workforce i Move your mouse n k Creston Valle ECON i Elk Valley f ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC CULTURAI SOCIAL map with your mouse by holding your lef mouse button down Tabie of Contents TOC is used to turn map layers on and off
15. n of the tool Click on the Table tab to access the tool itself EA Info Table Graphs Reports it Layer Selection Location Community Min Size Haj MaxSveDist Km Max Hwy Dist Km Parcel Selector Tool ROCK z PRES eta ath A Search akan Fier Foning Within km Max Size Ha _ Developed Max Transit Dist Km Any gt Se SES industrial Any Map Extent Warning and Disclaimer This tool generally takes several minutes to execute If you click on the Search button while the tool is running it will start running again from the beginning Many assumptions are used in executing this tool as described in the following paragraphs In addition the parcel data may not be up to date and thus the user will be responsible for checking the results with the regional district or municipality This tool does not have parcel sale information It is the responsibility of the user to check with a local real estate agent for parcels of interest 13 COLUMBIA BASIN AUF DEVE Di Query Criteria Location Dropdown In order to reduce the amount of time it takes to query the data the user must select a location required The location corresponds to a particular parcel dataset that was obtained from the Regional Districts or a Municipality Not all municipalities have their own GIS data so if they are not listed in the Location dropdown then you must select the regional district as the location then select the municipality from
16. oosing It will now appear on the left side of the data window under Location Filter Once selected Map Tools Selection undefined Coordinates 116 082 49 675 g Vi n i p S S NG z A i ES W AAE a abn F a HN Vy i i Basemaps A y pais E N i Sy z f i N p gt TOC Legend A yer visibility EY RDI Areas Admin Boundaries Trading Corridors Trading Sub corridors Regional Dist Electoral Areas Communites Gl RDI Analysis Cadastral Fabric Economic Piltar 4 ni Fabie Graphs Reports Environmental Piilar Layer Selection as EXPORT 28 Communities records found LI Logging in Community Watersheds Communities Add ic i z T E oosina i Fil Filter Community oom lo Cut Blocks outside Watersheds p gt D _ocation Filter r Farmiand Chg A x 4 Blocks tiv Water s x g Radium Hot Springs Village 1 KA Cut Blocks in Communtiy Watersheds gt nS 5 yen Cut Blocks in Domestic Watersheds p gt Sa Canal Flats Village 1 E Community Forests Ka oy Forest Road Tenures G amp Cranbrook City 5 Private Protecied Lands p lt Femie City Protected Areas gt Fire Histoy Gl Air amp Climate ti al Water you can apply the filter to any layer that you choose to review in the Table tab of the DATA pane Removing a location filter 11 COLUMBIA BASIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT JI To remove the lo
17. re is no box available then the map is zoomed out at too large of an extent Clicking the eye symbol will set the extent of the map close enough that the data will become visible Note that you can turn on multiple layers at once To view the legend of a selected map layer you must click on the Legend tab in the layer window COLUMBIA BASIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT iheS TITLITE Selecting individual map features Once a layer is turned on you can click an individual section or feature of that layer to find out more information N N Registered Voter Turnout 2011 Municipality Valemount Registered Voter Participation 2011 61 htm Incorporated yes Regional District RDFFG Link Valemount Interacting with the tabular data To veiw the orginal data that the layer was created from click the symbol next to the layer This will open the table section of the data window This window is where you can view the data export it search by attributes and see graphs and reports created the the RDI researchers Viewing Searching and exporting data 10 i COLUMBIA BASIN Under the table tab in the data window you can view the orginal dataset To Export the data click the EXPORT be button and you will be able to download the original excel file KA Info Table Graphs Reports tM Layer Selection BEC Zone Engelmann Spruce Subalpine Fir Filter by location AY Search Alien Species Location
18. t power is available within municipalities and along major roads and highways Again this is a rough estimation and the results need to be verified Developed Dropdown If Yes is chosen then the tool further limits the parcels selected to those that have evidence of a building address point or land improvements There are a number of datasets that do not have this type of information In those cases the Developed dropdown will not be displayed Max Highway Distance If a value is entered here the tool will filter the parcels to the selected distance of a major highway Max Transit Distance If a value is entered here the tool will filter the parcels to the selected distance of a transit system Grade and Area This query and calculation is performed last as it is compute intensive and time consuming 3 grade classes have been created for the entire region based on 30 meter elevation data Because of the low resolution of the elevation data this does not work well for very small parcels and should not be used The Area within grade calculation is also not a contiguous area The maximum number of grade calculations that the tool will perform is 20 For example if the rest of the query criteria results in 150 parcel selections you might get 8 that match grade selection out of 20 parcels evaluated for grade 15 A COLUMBIA BASIN RDI The 8 parcels are returned You will also be notified in a popup that you hit this limit
19. you to go back and forth between various extents A R COLUMBIA B Using the Layers Window On the right hand side of the portal there is a Layers window This window contains the table of contents the legend and the base maps available To hide this window click the green tab on the side of the window that says Layers The tab will remain visible so that you can turn the layers window back on at any time RDI Areas Admin Boundaries RDI Analysis Cadastral Fabric Radiurr HotSprings i Arts Culture kl Heritage amp Recreation t Kimberley SE et ae e Re i son i rae See a cat Samo eenwood canal ie Mon yong fi Midi of Jarg slang Forks RETURN TO TOP OF PAGE Using the Table of Contents The Layers window automatically opens to the Table of contents This is a list of the datasets available organized by research pillar and theme To choose a research pillar to explore click on the pillar name and it will open with a list of themes available Clicking the symbol next to a theme will reveal the datasets available Note that because the pillars are stored in an accordion design as you select one pillar the location of the pillars will move up or down but are still visible and available for selection COLUMBIA BASIN RURAL DEVELOPMENT WESTITTE RDI Areas Admin Boundaries RDI Analysis Cadastral Fabric lal RDI Areas Admin Bound
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