BC Economic Atlas User Guide
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1. 6 SAVING PRINTING AND SHARING OPTIONS There are several tools built into the BCEA that enable the user to save print and share map products and sessions To access these tools first launch the toolbar see Section 4 T The Save Project and Open Project icons appear in the left corner of all the toolbars 7 There are two options for saving a map session in BCEA Both are accessed by clicking on the arrow beside the Save icon S fe Navigation i Save Project a Save Project As Pa j Save Project File oh T L Option 1 Save as Web URL BCEA allows users to save their map session as a weblink that can be shared with others When opened the saved session will open the map to the same scale and location with the same data layers that were loaded when saved and will include all editing and markup that was made To save your map session as a weblink select Save Project As and the following window will appear for users to add a project name author and description 14 Page Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Save Project Please specify a name and other information for your project Project Name BCEA User Guide Project Example Created By Admin Description Demonstrates how to save as URL Thumbnail Once the form is filled out click OK and the window will refresh to conf2. Jump to a map bookmark Lat Long UTM Help What s Identify identify Layer Menu Extent Extent Coordinate This gation Took f RA Zoom T i Navigat information amp Actions 7 Hel VITTE E gt EUTRE 5 4 Topographic ey amp Ky CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA ALBERTA MANITd SASKATCHEWAN NECHAKO FLATEAU 11 Page C Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour The toolbar contains numerous tools that are grouped into four tabs by function Four of the most often used icons i e Pan Point Identify Rectangle Identify Launch BC Economic Data Layer Menu are present on the left side of each toolbar tab so they are readily available any time the toolbar is open during a map session The two help icons are also present on each toolbar tab Toolbar Tab Toolbar Description and Functions Navigation The Navigation toolbar has tool icons for navigating within the map screen including zooming in and out of the map at different scales zooming to a specific map scale setting spatial bookmarks and zooming to specific lat long or UTM coordinates Maps amp Data The Maps amp Data Sources toolbar has tool icons for adding different data types to the Sources Map Viewer see Section 3 1 reordering map layers in the map screen querying and filtering data features and launching Google and Bing external maps Markup amp The Markup amp
3. Printing toolbar has tool icons for printing and exporting maps see Section Printing 6 viewing selected data features and markup tools such as inserting editing and deleting various shapes lines points and text boxes Analysis The Analysis toolbar has toolbar icons for identifying features see Section 5 measuring distance and area and plotting Lat Long or other coordinates This is only a cursory snapshot of the toolbar functions within the BCEA More detailed information on how the tools work can be found online by clicking here 5 IDENTIFYING DATA FEATURES IN THE MAP VIEWER An important feature of the BC Economic Atlas is the ability to identify what you seeing on the map along with any associated information that may need to be considered There are a number of ways to identify features within the Map Viewer 1 Right Click on map when hovering over a feature of interest and select What s Here this method is most useful for identifying specific point features such as business opportunities Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and fexpons f BC Economic Atlas 12 Page C Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Once selected the features that have been identified will be captured and displayed as Results in the Information Panel BC Economic Atlas And a left click on any of the captured features in the Informati
4. abc Atlas BC Economic Atlas and Skith Training smj Beano W he papma d fa OC trys ERE aA Pa a aeran pereon Tum n rnigi Tumia Haw be Laad Cati Barman EOLUMAILA ALETE TA BECHARD PLATTAN Fx g s Tey my TER Or 2 Opening the Maps and Data Sources Toolbar by first clicking on the Toolbar Icon 11 in Figure 1 and then selecting Maps and Data Sources Toolbar Tab Jobs Tourism BC Economic Atlas and Skills Training and Responsible for checking on Acd Gata in map Primary methods fo toad data include BC Economic Layer Menu URI TISI COLUMIA ALBERTA BC Geographic Warehouse SASKATCHE NECHAKO FLATEAU e PRA see paat E caig gt WASHINGTON i IRE GON lt x Potland t K7 8 bd 5 Page WC Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour There are six options available for loading data within the BC Economic Atlas Data Option Description Source of Data BC Economic Customized data menu that allows users to select Majority of data sourced from BC Layer Menu data relevant to the BC economy and investment Geographic Warehouse individually and or by theme group BC The BC Geographic Warehouse Catalogue provides Encompasses data from a wide Geographic access to public spatial data that is managed and range of government agencies Warehouse maintained primarily by the BC government Ind
5. amp Data Sources Markup amp Printing Analysis Information Panel This panel lists different kinds of information as you interact with the map For example it displays Map Layers where you can select different layers to hide or show on the map or it displays a list of map features in the Results List when you perform a search or use the Identify tool The filter and icons at the bottom of the panel allow you to control what information to display in the panel Zoom Slider Use this slider to zoom in or out on the map by clicking the or or by dragging the marker up and down Add Data Menu A menu of shortcuts to add data Map The map window is where you interact with the map by zooming panning annotating or right clicking to get more information Search Box You can type in the name of a feature to search for it on the map It is also possible to search published map services e g DataBC published ArcGIS WMS services see table 2 below for description Base Map and Map Theme Menu This menu lists the Base Maps The menu allows you to select different combinations of Base Maps as required Toolbar Icon Shows or hides the toolbar when clicked Show Layers Tab Click here to show list of data layers currently open available in map Information Panel Toolbar Contains icons and a filter that you can use to control the information listed in the Information Panel Clicking different icons changes the information to Map Layers Results a
6. BC Economic Atlas User Guide Economic Atlas January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour TABLE OF CONTENTS SERCO CIC ION serer E E E E 3 2 Getting Started With the Map Viewe r ccccccsssccccssecccsscccsesccceeceeeenecesenceseusceseuecesseeessescessecenaneses 3 3 Adding Data to the Map Viewer sccccsssccssssccscnssccusccecuseceseseneusscteusececseseussscteusseneuseseeseseusesencuess 5 3 1 Options for Loading Data ace iccchacdcastvajuicacones deaxtahiaaslcnneeciacsadedcaxausdenalecnmecacmbaaitexnandeanleancesnimedadcadvedeadteut 5 3 2 Loading and Deleting Data using the BC Economic Data Layer M Nnu ccccceescceeseeseseeenseeeuss 6 3 3 Loading Data Using the BC Geographic Warehouse Catalogue ccccccsssccssescesseceeceeeeestenseeeess 8 3 4 Loading ArcGIS WMS Map Service Data ccccssseesssseeceeccccccceesseeeeeeeueeeeeseeeeeceeececesseeeeeeeeeaaaees 9 3 5 Loading KML CSV and Shapefile Data sseseeusoeseenssseesssrrressreressrrressreresrrressreressererssrereserresseeee 10 3 6 DAUNE Da aae E E ETE ETE 11 4 Accessing and Understanding the Toolbar s cccccsccccssscccesececenececenececesceseecenseceeeeeeseuscessueceneneeees 11 5 Identifying Data Features in the Map ViCWEL ccccccssseccceessececsesececcesecceseesececsua
7. C Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour To add data either select one of the available Map Service layers in the list or enter the specific URL of a known map service Click Next and then add an alias name in the Layer Alias box Add Layer Define an alias for your layer and select a layer from the chosen map service Layer Alias Use Guide Sample Cache Data Click Next again and then click Finish to return the application to the Map Viewer with the map service data now loaded Add Layer Please review your layer details below If you are satisfied click Finish to add the layer to the map or click Back to modify your details Layer Alias albers_cache Host Map Service albers_ cache Layer Preview Back Finish Cancel 3 5 Loading KML CSV and Shapefile Data BCEA allows end users to add their own personal or open source KML CSV and or shapefile data To do this select one of the add KML CSV or shapefile options using either of the two Add Data options described in Section 3 1 When any of these options are selected a file folder window pops up prompting the user to navigate to the location where the CSV KML or shapefiles are stored Once the files are located select the file s click Open and the pop window will close returning to the Map Viewer with the new data loaded ALBERTA SASKATCHE 10 Page BC Economic Atlas User Guide
8. EA you will see the Map Viewer screen In this example many of the navigation elements e g information panel base map menu and overview map are visible so that they can be described Many of these elements are hidden at start up but are easily displayed as required Figure 1 BCEA Map Viewer Screen Navigation Elements and Features 1 4 235 6 7 8 9 10 ninistry of Jobs T vurism BC Economic Atl as and Skills Ti sining and Responsible for Labour e5 7 Navigation Maps amp Data Soules Marup amp Pahing Angsi 2 P Map Scale 17 224 382 1 Zoom F Prenous Laing JTN Ex it Erten Coordinate a 0 UTM Help h ed What s This Add Gata imagery How to Load Data 5 Streets z K Tenar Load data by clicking on Add data in map lt nman windows 3 C amp More map layers A Primary methods to toad data include BC Economic Layer Menu BRITISH COLUMBIA ALBERTA BC Geographic Warehouse SASKATCHE i y NECHAKO FLATEAU 3 Page C Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Number Screen Element 1 2 3 10 11 12 13 14 15 Viewer Title Bar Displays the title of the application Toolbar The toolbar contains numerous tools that are grouped into tabs by function Toolbar Tabs The toolbar consists of tabs that categorize the tools into high level groups Navigation Maps
9. January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour 3 6 Deleting Data Regardless of source or data type all data added to the Map Viewer is deleted using the BCEA Economic Data Layer Menu window When the layer menu is open users can either Remove all data using the Remove All icon in the upper right corner 5 in Figure 2 or remove individual layers by clicking on the X symbol for that layer in the right hand column of the layer menu 13 in Figure 2 HelloBC Approved x Attractions Skiing HelloBC Approved xX Attractions Golf Courses E HelloBC Approved x Attractions Activities industrial Mineral Potential x Once data layers have been removed using either method click Finish to return to the Map Viewer 4 ACCESSING AND UNDERSTANDING THE TOOLBARS Once you are familiar with the functions within the Map Viewer and are comfortable with how to load and delete data the next step is to begin understanding the variety of tools available within BCEA First to open the toolbar click on the Toolbar Icon in the upper right corner of the map screen and the toolbar will open in the Map Viewer Ministry of Jobs Tourism BC Economic Atlas and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour J Navigation Maps amp Data Sources Markup amp Printing Analysis J o Lh E Q Q amp e Map Scale 1 17 224 382 Q iia oint Rectangle BC Economice Zoomin ZoomOut Full Previous
10. c Alias sample map Create File Cancel Click Create File and in the next window click Open File to view the map The Export Map tool enables users to save the current map extent extent including all markup and edits in four different picture file types including BMP JPEG PNG and TIFF To create a picture file click on the Export Map icon and then select the type of image you want to Save Export a Map Image x Select Image Format PNG hi BMF JPEG PNG TIFF Once selected click Create Image and in the next window click Open File to view the picture file 16 Page C Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour 7 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Additional information on how to use the Geocortex Essentials mapping platform that BCEA is hosted on including its numerous navigation analysis editing and sharing tools can be found in this detailed user manual provided by the software developer Latitude Geographics http maps gov bc ca ess sv bcea Help Default htm This more advanced user guide can also be accessed by clicking on the Help Icon in the top hand corner of the BCEA map viewer Questions or comments on this User Guide or anything BCEA related can be sent to bcea gov bc ca Visit the BC Economic Atlas Website www gov bc ca economicatlas ee 17 Page BC Economic Atlas
11. ecssseneeceesaesecetseneees 12 6 Saving Printing and Sharing OptiOnS ssssessssessssrssressrerssrresrrresrersrrresrrsserrsserrssreesrerseereseeeseeesseeeseseeo 14 7 Additional Information sseessssssssereresssssssrstrresssssssrrressssssssetereressssertrreessssesstterresssseeeereesssssseeeeeees 17 2 Page is BC Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour 1 INTRODUCTION Welcome to the BC Economic Atlas The BC Economic Atlas BCEA is a user friendly publically available web based mapping application that integrates and displays spatial economic and natural resource data to support business and investment opportunity identification business case analysis and business and investment decision making in BC The BC Economic Atlas improves the way we e Access spatial information from multiple sources e Identify visualize and promote business opportunities e Conduct project scoping and business case analyses e Facilitate informed business and investment decision conversations This User Guide is meant to provide users with a basic understanding of BCEA including how get started with the Map Viewer add data from multiple sources identify data features access toolbars and print and share map sessions see Section 7 for a link to a more detailed online user guide 2 GETTING STARTED WITH THE MAP VIEWER Upon launch of BC
12. hin the BC Economic Data Layer Menu In this example a layer group has been selected and numerous data layers appear in the middle column while data selected for loading in the map viewer appears in the right hand column s 6 Page BE Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Figure 2 BC Economic Data Layer Menu Elements and Features 1 2 3 4 5 a n i Major Projects Add all Selected Layi rs BC Econamic Layer Menu Layer Gi oups a a Employmbnt and Investment Major Projects Inventory Mafhufacturing Major Projects fhventory X The Major Projects Inventory Nl which is published Manufacturin quarterly lists all major projects that are proposed planned or Major Projects underway in British Columbia These are projects with a capita Maior Proi i cost of at least 20 million each within the Lower Mainland and a pipes x projects valued at 15 million or more apiece in the rest of B C ai Natural Gas amp Oil Thic ic nint lavar his is a point layer Major Projects Inventory X Tourism Major Projects Inventory Mining and Oil amp Gas Other Services The Major Projects Inventory MPI which is published Mining quarterly sts all major projects that are proposed planned or Major Projects Inventory x underway in British Columbia These are projects with a capita Public Services cost of at leas
13. irm the project has been saved A weblink is generated that can then be cut and pasted and shared with others Save Project Jf Your project has been saved To open this project use the Open Project button or copy and paste the following link into your browser http maps gov bc ca ess sv bcea Project ff18c5f5 c 969 4430 82 Note Each time an existing web stored map session is altered and saved a new weblink will be generated Option 2 Save as Project File To save a map session as a Project File select Save Project File and then name and save the file in the appropriate hard drive or network folder The file extension for all BCEA files is gvsp To open saved files click on the Open Project icon and open the file from the folder where it was saved fuel amp Print Map Export M ap The Print and Export Map icons are located on the Markup and Printing toolbar Pirin Expor 15 Page iC Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour The Print tool enables a user to print an 8 5 x11 pdf of the current map extent including all markup and edits To create a printable map click on the Print Map icon and complete the information that appears in the pop up window Create a Printable Map Select Layout Default Landscape 65x11 CHRput Format Pot Resolution Low Map Stale Cunent Ewent Grd Mone BC Economi
14. ividual datasets are managed Catalogue and maintained by various data custodians across agencies ArcGIS WMS Web Map Service WMS is an international DataBC ArcGIS WMS Server Server specification for serving and consuming dynamic published services other published maps on the web through published map services WMS open data sources WMS is useful for making maps available online in an open recognized way across different platforms KML File Keyhole Markup Language KML files specify aset Open data or personal proprietary of features place marks images polygons textual data sources descriptions etc for display in any geospatial software implementing KML encoding such as the BC Economic Atlas or Google Earth CSV File Comma Separated Values CSV is a file format used Open data or personal proprietary to store data in a structured table of lists similar to data sources excel spreadsheets Shapefile A shapefile is a digital vector storage format for Open data or personal proprietary storing geometric location and associated attribute data sources information 3 2 Loading and Deleting Data using the BC Economic Data Layer Menu To load data using the BC Economic Data Layer Menu first launch the menu using either of the two Add Data options described in Section 3 1 and the following window will appear in the map browser with the instructions to Select a Layer Group to Begin Figure 2 describes the various elements and features wit
15. nd any other options configured for the map The Information Panel opens when you click the Show Layers button or when you run a search To open it manually click the arrow to the left of the Want To menu The Show Layers Show Legend button allows you to toggle between the map legend and the map layers in the panel The legend only displays symbols for the layers that are active on the map The legend items change with the scale of the map Scale The current scale of the map Mouse Position The position coordinates of the computer cursor on the current map To hide the mouse position click the small arrow on the right Overview Map Displays a thumbnail of the whole map with the current view shown as a small square on the map The Overview map is an orientation tool to identify which part of the overall map you are currently zoomed in to To hide the Overview map click the arrow in the top left corner BRITISH CELLA 4 Page BE Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour 3 ADDING DATA TO THE MAP VIEWER 3 1 Options for Loading Data Once you are familiar with the Map Viewer the next step is to add data BCEA is a web mapping tool that is able to display information from a range of sources First access a menu for loading data either by 1 Clicking on the Add Data drop down menu 6 in Figure 1 vol Jobs Touren a Eco
16. on Panel will open up the Data Attribute Table where more detailed information on the selected feature is available BC Economic Atlas Tenure Applications by Purpose _ Themed 925561 Tenures by T 42162 LICENCE OF OCCUPATION COMMERCIAL RECREATION 2 Open the Analysis Toolbar Tab see section 4 above and select one of the 5 options for identifying features Point Rectangle BC Economic Freehand Line Polygon Identify Identify Layer Menu Identify Identify Identify Core Tools Location Inform Point identify functions the same as the What s Here option above The other four Identify options Rectangle Freehand Line and Polygon allow the user to do either an area or linear based search of features of interest The following example shows the Polygon Identify tool being used to tenure information in and around Squamish 13 Page Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour ala Sowtes MartupS Prtieg Anaiysis 7 Ag 3 SH Depia for j mre gt 4 c Cicted Cooninsies Comdrate System 2 J gt d Teta D ooo x p coneres Freehand Line ferme bawtty is entity idontty Dat x dan firmaa s Once the features are selected and displayed in the Information Panel the same steps as above can be used to open up the Data Attribute Table where more detailed information on the selected feature is available
17. s that you would like to include in the map from the catalog Filter Administrative Boundaries Agricultural Land Reserve ri ALR Boundaries Agricultural Land Reserve _ ALR Polygons Assessment Areas Tantalis BC Timber Sale Areas Catchment Areas Employment Program of BC Census Boundaries Community Watersheds Community Watersheds Cancelled Conservation Lands First Nations Treaty Areas First Nations Treaty Lands vv OK Cancel Once data of interest has been selected click Apply in the lower right hand corner of the catalogue window Click OK to return to Map Viewer with newly selected data loaded Click Cancel to return to Map Viewer with no changes applied Note Data available in the BC Geographic Warehouse Catalogue may also be available through the BCEA Economic Layer Menu When Warehouse data is already loaded in the BCEA Map Viewer either via the BCEA Economic Layer Menu or the BC Geographic Warehouse Catalogue the check box for that data set will be toggled on and the data set cannot be loaded a second time 3 4 Loading ArcGIS WMS Map Service Data To add ArcGIS WMS Service data choose this option using either of the two Add Data options described in Section 3 1 and the following window will appear in the Map Viewer window Add Layer W abers cache 7 LESM Mapa Gia Go fo AE Coli eer Spal Syrom 12130 URL MAp a ee et An ee ee Se Pe ee Mert Cancel 9 Page BE Economic Atlas B
18. t 20 million each within the Lower Mainland and Energy projects valued at 15 million or more apiece in the rest of B C This is a point layer Major Projects Inventory X Residential Commercial Agriculture Major Projects Inventory Other Services The Major Projects Inventory MPI which is published Major Projects Inventory X Forestry quarterly lists all major projects that are proposed planned or Transportation and underway in British Columbia These are projects with a capita Warehousing cost of at least 20 million each within the Lower Mainland and Infrastructure projects valued at 15 million or more apiece in the rest of B C f This is a point layer Major Projects Inventory X Utilities First Nations Major Projects Inventory Public Services Th as Say ea ee ee d Natural Resource Sector X le ENIES EA Major Projects Clean Filter Layers Cleir Energy v v LJ A descriptions W Show X descriptions Finjsh A l 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Screen Element 1 Layer Group List Displays list of available layer group themes for selection 2 Layer List Displays list of available layers for selection within the chosen layer group theme 3 Add All Button Allows users to add all data layers from selected layer group for viewing on map 4 Selected Layers List Displays list of data layers currently selected for viewing on map 5 Remove All Button Allows users to remove all data layers currently selected for viewing on map 6 Show Gro
19. up Descriptions Allows users to toggle on off brief descriptions of layer groups 7 Show Layer Descriptions Allows users to toggle on off brief descriptions of layers 8 Filter Layers Allows users to filter layers in the selected layer group 9 Add Layer Allows users to add individual layers for viewing on map 10 Help Launches a brief tutorial that includes steps for adding deleting and filtering data layers 11 Finish Button Allows users to complete changes in BCEA menu and return to map viewer 12 Cancel Button Allows users to cancel changes in BCEA menu and return to map viewer 13 Remove Layer Allows users to remove individual layers currently selected for viewing on map 7 Page C Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour To add data layers 1 Click on any layer group in left Layer Groups column to view available data layers within that group 2 Select one or more data layers from middle column Use button to add individual data layers or use Add All button to add all layers within selected layer group Selected data layers appear in the right Selected Layers column Add additional data layers of interest from other layer groups 5 Press Finish button Map loads with selected data layers ae To remove data layers 1 To remove individual data layers in the right Selected Layers column click on the X button beside each data la
20. yer to be removed 2 Toremove all data layers on the top of the right Selected Layers column column click on the Remove All button 3 Press Finish button Map reloads without data layers selected for removal To view descriptions of groups and individual layers 1 Toggle on off Show Description checkboxes at bottom of left and middle columns To filter search individual layers 1 Click on any layer group in left Layer Groups column to enable the layer filter text box 2 To filter on all available layers select the All Layers group 3 Toclear the filter click the Clear button 3 3 Loading Data Using the BC Geographic Warehouse Catalogue The BC Economic Data Layer Menu houses a subset of data most relevant to the BC economy However there is a wide range of other data held by the Province that may be of specific use to some BCEA users To access this data using the BC Geographic Warehouse Catalogue first launch the Catalogue using either of the two Add Data options described in Section 3 1 and the following window will appear 8 Page Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide January 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Once the Catalogue is open users can scroll through the various folders to select data sets they are interested in by clicking on the check box beside the data layer s of interest e g selection of ALR boundaries below Layer Catalog Select the layer
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