Abstract: Please note that this is the v1.0 version of DEP; a new version (v2.0) supercedes this dataset. The Derived Ecosite Phase (DEP) is a digital and spatial representation of ecological sites and phases in those areas of Alberta where both Alberta Vegetation Inventory (AVI) and LiDAR are available. The AVI is an imagery-based digital inventory developed to identify the type, extent and conditions of vegetation, where it exists and what changes are occurring. The most up-to-date ecological site phases can be found in the Plant Community Guides. Guides are broken into individual Natural Subregions. See the Cross Reference Section for additional information. This dataset is produced for the Government of Alberta and is available to the general public. Please consult the Distribution Information of this metadata for the appropriate contact to acquire this dataset.This dataset covers the areas of Alberta where there is both AVI and LiDAR coverage (mainly in the Green Area). AVIE and LiDAR-derived slope position were created by the Forest Resource Analysis Section, Forest Management Branch, Agriculture and Forestry. Rules used to classify the data were developed by the Range Resource Stewardship Section, Land Policy Branch, Environment and Parks.
Metadata:
File identifier:
00B21D9E-9428-47E6-BAA3-08D57A6B95A0
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Metadata author:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Resource Analysis Section, Forest Management Branch, Senior Resource Analyst
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
780-422-5229
Facsimile:
780-427-0085
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
3rd Floor, JG O'Donoghue Building, 7000 113 Street
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
AB
Postal code:
T6H 5T6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AF.DEP@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
0815 to 1630 Monday to Friday
Contact instructions:
This is the point of contact regarding the creation of, and characteristics of, the metadata. Email
anytime or phone during hours of operation.
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Date stamp:
2017-08-25
Metadata standard name:
NAP - Metadata
Metadata standard version:
1.2
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Vector spatial representation:
Topology level:
Topology level code:
geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Geometric objects:
Geometric object type:
Geometric object type code:
composite
Geometric object count:
443872
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Reference system:
Reference system identifier:
RS Identifier:
Code:
3400
Code Space:
EPSG
Version:
8.6.2
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Derived Ecosite Phase v1.0
Alternate title:
DEP v1.0
Date:
Date:
Date:
2017-07-18
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2017-07-21
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Resource Analysis Section, Forest Management Branch, Senior Resource Analyst
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
780-422-5229
Facsimile:
780-427-0085
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
8th Floor, Great West Life Building, 9920 - 108 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
AB
Postal code:
T5K 2M4
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AF.DEP@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
0815 to 1630 Monday to Friday
Contact instructions:
This is the point of contact regarding the creation of, and characteristics of, the dataset. Email
anytime or phone during hours of operation.
Role:
Role code:
originator
Presentation form:
Presentation form code:
mapDigital
Abstract:
Please note that this is the v1.0 version of DEP; a new version (v2.0) supercedes this dataset. The Derived
Ecosite Phase (DEP) is a digital and spatial representation of ecological sites and phases in those areas of
Alberta where both Alberta Vegetation Inventory (AVI) and LiDAR are available. The AVI is an imagery-based
digital inventory developed to identify the type, extent and conditions of vegetation, where it exists and
what changes are occurring. The most up-to-date ecological site phases can be found in the Plant Community
Guides. Guides are broken into individual Natural Subregions. See the Cross Reference Section for additional
information. This dataset is produced for the Government of Alberta and is available to the general public.
Please consult the Distribution Information of this metadata for the appropriate contact to acquire this
dataset.This dataset covers the areas of Alberta where there is both AVI and LiDAR coverage (mainly in the
Green Area). AVIE and LiDAR-derived slope position were created by the Forest Resource Analysis Section,
Forest Management Branch, Agriculture and Forestry. Rules used to classify the data were developed by the
Range Resource Stewardship Section, Land Policy Branch, Environment and Parks.
Purpose:
The Derived Ecosite Phase (DEP) dataset will support the understanding and management of land-related issues
in Alberta that have AVI and LiDAR derived products. The DEP will provide a spatial ecologically based
vegetation inventory for the forested subregions of the province. DEP will assist in decision making for
land management, wildfire management, forest health, fish and wildlife management, forest management as well
as land use planning. This inventory will also provide support to future challenges dealing with
biodiversity, climate change and balanced economic, social and environmental decision making.
Status:
Progress code:
underDevelopment
Resource maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
DEP
Keyword:
ecology
Keyword:
ecological site classification
Keyword:
subregions
Type:
Keyword type code:
theme
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use limitation:
Under the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, the Information is licensed as is, and the
Information Provider excludes all representations, warranties, obligations, and liabilities, whether
express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Information Provider is not liable for
any errors or omissions in the Information, and will not under any circumstances be liable for any
direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss, injury or damage caused by its use
or otherwise arising in connection with this licence or the Information, even if specifically advised of
the possibility of such loss, injury or damage.
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints:
Restriction code:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints:
To access the data you must agree to the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use constraints:
Restriction code:
license
Other constraints:
Your use of the information will be governed by the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, in
force as of the date you accessed the information.
Resource constraints:
Security constraints:
Classification:
Classification code:
unclassified
User note:
Public/Unrestricted
Classification system:
GOA Data and Information Security Classification
Handling description:
https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/pdf/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification-Standard.pdf
Aggregation Info:
AggregateInformation:
Aggregate Data Set Name:
Citation:
Title:
Range Plant Community Guides & Stocking Rates
Date:
Date:
Date:
2017-02-02
Date type:
Date type code:
revision
Cited responsible party:
missing
Association Type:
Association type code:
crossReference
Spatial representation type:
Spatial representation type code:
vector
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Topic category:
Topic category code:
environment
Topic category:
Topic category code:
biota
Environment description:
Microsoft Windows 7 Version 6.1 (Build 7601) Service Pack 1; Esri ArcGIS 10.3.1.4959
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
West bound longitude:
-115.435255
East bound longitude:
-113.706278
South bound latitude:
49.151649
North bound latitude:
51.002896
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
Extent type code:
true
West bound longitude:
-115.435255
East bound longitude:
-113.706278
South bound latitude:
49.151649
North bound latitude:
51.002896
Extent:
Extent:
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Extent:
Time period:
Begin date:
1987-01-01T00:00:00
End date:
2015-01-01T00:00:00
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Distribution:
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
File Geodatabase Feature Class
Version:
10.3.1
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Resource Analysis Section, Forest Management Branch, Senior Resource Analyst
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
780-422-5229
Facsimile:
780-427-0085
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
8th Floor, Great West Life Building, 9920 - 108 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
AB
Postal code:
T5K 2M4
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AF.DEP@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
0815 to 1630 Monday to Friday
Contact instructions:
This is the point of contact regarding the distribution of the dataset. Email anytime or phone
during hours of operation.
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Units of distribution:
GB
Transfer size:
6
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/environment/DEP/provincial_dep_v1.gdb.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
GDB
Description:
Download site for Derived Ecosite Phase FGDB
Function:
Online function code:
download
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/environment/DEP/SYMB_SUPPORT_LAYERS.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
LYR
Description:
Support layers for DEP
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/environment/DEP/DEP_v1a.pdf
Protocol:
FTP
Description:
Additional Documentation on Derived Ecosite Phase creation and contents
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
Forest Management Branch (FMB) consolidated all available AVI into a single feature class, with a set of
extended attributes (AVIE). Using a LiDAR derived 5m DEM, the landscape was classified into 6 slope
position classes (1=valley, 2=lower slope, 3=flat slope, 4=mid slope, 5=upper slope and 6=ridge).Using
attributes from AVIE (NSR2005, MOIST_REG, SP1, SP2, USP1, NFL, UNFL, ANTH_VEG, UANTH_VEG, ANTH_NON,
UANTH_NON, NAT_NON, UNAT_NON, PCT_CONIF, UPCT_CONIF, MOD1) and a 6-class slope position dataset derived
from a 5m LiDAR DEM (or Base Features 25M DEM), rules were created to derive mapcode and ecosite phase
within the AVI polygons.
Source:
Source:
Description:
Additional Documentation on Derived Ecosite Phase creation and contents
Source citation:
Citation:
Title:
Derived Ecosite Phase
Date:
Date:
Date:
2017-06-01
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2017-07-01
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Edition:
Version 1
Edition date:
2017-07-01
Cited responsible party:
missing
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
notPlanned
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