BC Economic Atlas User Guide
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1. Crown Tenures by Purpose 847659 Crown Tenures by Purpose 158970 Crown Tenures by Purpose 804414 Crown Tenures by Purpose 887390 w Crown Tenures by Purpose 903562 7 Crown Tenures by Purpose 158266 A Crown Tenures by Purpose 842164 Crown Tenures by Purpose 847654 A A Ta iiid 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 w BRITISH COLUMBIA Economic Atlas 15 Page BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour 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 5 a c The Save Project and Open Project icons appear in the left corner of all the toolbars E E Navigation M Save project Lb Fan Foint Rectangle Identify Identify Core Tools Save as Project File To save a map session as a Project File click Save Project and then name and save the file in the appropriate hard drive or network folder The file extension for all BCEA files is gvsp This saved project file gvsp can be emailed to colleagues to share a BCEA map session To open saved files click on t2. 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 5 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 6 want to Menu A menu of shortcuts to add data show layers or to access the Welcome Panel 7 Map The map window is where you interact with the map by zooming panning annotating or right clicking to get more information 8 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 9 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 10 Toolbar Icon Shows or hides the toolbar when clicked 4 Page Cun Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour 11 Show Layers Tab Click here to show list of data layers currently open available in map 12 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
3. planned or underway in British Columbia These are projects with a capita cost of at least 20 million each within the Lower Mainland and projects valued at 15 million or more apiece in the rest of B C his is a point layer Major Projects Inventory Mining and Oil amp Gas The Major Projects Inventory MPI which ts published quarterly lists all major projects that are proposed planned or underway in British Columbia These are projects with a capita cost of at least 20 million each within the Lower Mainland and projects valued at 15 million or more apiece in the rest of B C This is a point layer Major Projects Inventory Other Services The Major Projects Inventory MPI which is published quarterly lists all major projects that are proposed planned or underway in British Columbia These are projects with a capita cost of at least 20 million each within the Lower Mainland and projects valued at 15 million or more apiece in the rest of B C This is a point layer Major Projects Inventory Public Services m Filter Layers Show layer descriptions AN 7 8 9 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Selected Lay rs Major Projects Ihventory Manufacturin Major Projects Inventory Mining and Oil amp Gas Major Projects Inventory Other Services Major Projects Inventory Public Services Major Projects Inventory Residential Commercial Major Projects Inventor
4. BC Economic Atlas User Guide BRA BC Economic Atlas September 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour TABLE OF CONTENTS Ss ga CCl ON acer E acts sewer ae E E E TE E AR E E A A 3 2 Getting Started With the Map VIeWer e essssssseesssrerssrreserrrrssrrrresrrrrsserressrrrssreresererssreresererssrereserersseeree 3 3 Adding Data tothe Map VC i s ccnnsscsisarancseiia inr ee ote yess ota E 6 3 1 Options Tor Lading Data Ramee renee renee nner nnn em aE E N 6 3 2 Loading and Deleting Data using the BC Economic Data Layer Me Nnu cccccssssseeeseceneseeeneeseees 7 3 3 Loading Data Using the BC Geographic Warehouse Catalogue ccccccccssssccsessseeececeeeseeeneeeeees 9 3 4 Loading ArcGIS WMS Map Service Data cccccssscceccccccccseeeeeeeeceeeseseseeeecececeseeeeeeeueueeeeeneeeeeess 10 3 5 Loading KML CSV and Shapefile Data ccccccccccsssccccessececsenececeeeeccceeesececsunecessensceeeeuecessugess 11 3 6 STS VS DA eraa E E E 12 4 Accessing and Understanding the Toolbalr s cccccsssccccsssecccessececcesececeesececeesececeueeceeseneeeesausecesseness 12 5 Identifying Data Features in the Map ViCWEL cccccssscccccssececcenecceeeesececeuececeeeeceesenseceseuecesseneceesees 13 6 Saving Printing and Sharing OptiOnS sessesesseesessressrrrs
5. C Economic Atlas y of Jobs Tourism y m sre and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Welcome to the BC Economic Atlas Fwant to as nw Pm ch C Econo L The purpose of the BC Ecanomk Allas is to suppon economic Launch the OC Economic Layer Menu opportunity KienSfication business case analysis and investment decision making in British Cotuenbia Add BC Geograph Warehouse Dats B Agd an Arc GiS WMs Server Layer How to Load Data S5 Add KML Fie Load data by clicking on I want to in the Add e CSV Fite map window a Add Shapefiie Primary methods to icad data intide A Show Welcome Penei Show Layers BC Economic Layer Menu Open menu that afows you to e nomy fram a preconfigures tst of x Showhde sdvanced toolber BC Geographic Warehouse Catalogue whic Click on the data layer icon below to wiew the list of Ccurrendy loaded data layers To access more icols click on the toolbar icon located in x the upper right area of the map window 7 For more heip cick the help ican in of the browser above the map window For more information and to provide feedback please visit Ihe 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 istry of Jobs Tourism BC Economic Atlas and Skills Training and Re i 5 Navigation Meps amp OstsSources Markup amp Printing Ana
6. Guide Sept 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Map Layers Layer Catalog Layers Grown Tenures by Purpose Tenure Purpose Al other values By Acricucture J ALL SEASONS RESORT I Avene skine I Acuacutture COMMERCIAL E COMMERCIAL RECREATION E conmunicanion D communrry I ENERGY PRODUCTION BB ENVIRONMENT CONSERVATION amp I First nations E ousTRIAL E stitutionar BB MISCELLANEOUS LAND USES OCEAN ENERGY j ouarrvinc B RESIDENTIAL Show Layers ite aeaaea Once selected the features that have been identified will be captured and displayed as Results in the Information Panel aw A And a left click on any of the captured features in the Information Panel will open up the Data Attribute Table where more detailed information on the selected feature is available we 14 Page BRITISH COLUMBIA Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 2014 BC Economic Atlas Results 1 lt lt View History Crown Tenures by Purpose 242162 Ww Octaits Fieis Name internal Interest identifer Attrputes Tenure Stage TENURE Tenure Status DISPOSITION IN GOOD STANDING Tenure Type LICENCE Tenure Subtype LICENCE OF OCCUPATION Tenure Purpose COMMERCIAL RECREATION Tenure Subpurpose Crown Lands File Number Tenure Document Number Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour y of Jobs T
7. Layers Results and 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 13 Scale The current scale of the map 14 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 15 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 we 5 Page BRITISH C AAE Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 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 I want to drop down menu 6 in Figure 1 B
8. ble 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 Individual 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 a set 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 exc
9. e Sept 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 saad To remove data layers 1 To remove individual data layers in the right Selected Layers column click on the X button beside each data layer 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 econo
10. ed Many of these elements are hidden at start up but are easily displayed as required we 3 Page BRITISH CcouMba B Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour Figure 1 BCEA Map Viewer Screen Navigation Elements and Features t a ZpS 7 BC Economic Atl xs y joba Tot rium and Skc ls Trai wags oer Veg Ora Scores Vor A pa er a an a 7 gt x y fers Fes i i ams eee ve Welcome to the BC oomcentc Afiss re g Ai fo Ms Le Se Steere X l f mene The purpose of De OC Diono Adee n O OOT of N f 1 e os rey Gera gor CN OM Pe aa a nair ads a a gt ca A Aa P a ha re J How te Load Dets ff Ray ma p gt nas eS Cate by checking on 1eme do P te i L S a Aee e ie A he j FAA eof ale e SASKATCI h Mayet Se BRITI R ALITATA f fi fi ip 37 3841 i y J gt th E 2 13 14 15 Number Screen Element 1 Viewer Title Bar Displays the title of the application 2 Toolbar The toolbar contains numerous tools that are grouped into tabs by function 3 Toolbar Tabs The toolbar consists of tabs that categorize the tools into high level groups Navigation Maps amp Data Sources Markup amp Printing Analysis 4 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
11. el 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 BC Economic Layer Menu saa iittala nd investment To load data using the BC Economic Data Layer Menu oe first launch the menu using either of the two Add Data options described in Section 4 1 and the following window will appear in the map browser with the instructions to Se ect a Layer Group to Begin Figure 2 describes the various elements and features within 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 we 7 Page BRITISH COLUMBIA p Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 2014 Figure 2 BC Economic Data Layer Menu Elements and Features 1 BC Economic Layer Menu Layer Gi oups Employm nt and Investment Major Projects Natural Gas amp Oil Tourism Mining Energy Agriculture Forestry Infrastructure First Nations Conservation L Show group descriptions 4N 2 3 Major Projects Add all Major Projects Inventory Ma iufacturing The Major Projects Inventory N81 which is published quarterly lists all major projects that are proposed
12. for A Welcome to the BC Economic Atlas The purpose of the BC Econcenic Atiss is to support economic opportunity identification business case analysis and P investment decision making in British Columbia Open go J DEHIRNERS VOIST MyGIS gt kmi How to Load Data Organize v Losd dats by clicking on I want to in the map window i Videos Prenary methods to losd data include j Computer BC Economic Layer Menu cm Local Disk B tt y F gt WINDOWS C SP DEHIRNERS AUC E d 20140415 ArcG B F 210416 ArcG amp TRIM Pipeline 20140416 G d My Meetings My Pictures D My Received Fi d MyDocuments MyGIS d PROFILE v KML files kmi 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 X 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
13. he Open Project icon and open the file from the folder where it was saved a B Print Map Export Map The Print and Export Map icons are located on the Markup and Printing toolbar Pins Epon 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 8 5x11 Output Format Pat Resolution Low Map Scale Current Extent Gnd None BC Economie Atlas sample map Datum Create File Cancel we 16 Page BRITISH COLUMBIA Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour 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 we 17 Page BRITISH COLUMBIA Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tour
14. ism 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 BC Economic Atlas A Welcome to the BC Economic Atlas 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 we 18 Page BRITISH COLUMBIA Economic Atlas
15. lysis 20L A gt 8a f Oo W s k 2 Pan Pont Rectangle BC Economic Add Geographie AnGIS Aad Cav Show Layer Bing Googie Hele Whats wennty identty Layer Menu Warehouse Loyer WMS Server Snapefie Fie Fi Layers Drawing Order Maps Maps This id Det bee Externe Map Welcome to the BC Economic Atlas twat to The purpose of the BC Economic Atlas is to support economic opportunity identification business case analysis and investment Geciston making in British Columbias How to Load Data Lond data by clicking on want to in the map window Prenary methods to load data include BC Economic Layer Menu pen a menu that stow toe ALBERTA layer groups BC Geographic Warehouse sum the BC Government Geograph Warehouse gue which provides access to t pstial mapping dataset Click on the data layer con below to view the ist of currently loaded data layers To access more tools cick on the tociber con located in the upper fight area of the map window K 8 For more help click the help icon in the top right comer of the browser above the map window Foe more information and to provide feedback please vist the f nomic Atlas hor TE wR Ph gt a ae 7 d A 260m ut S amia e oO LS 2 l Lon lt A a tom F r Sasa 8 TO R14 w 6 Page BRITISH COLUMBIA Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsi
16. my 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 4 1 and the following window will appear we 9 Page BRITISH COLUMBIA Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 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 layers that you would like to include in the map from the catalog Filter Administrative Boundaries Agricultural Land Reserve ra ALR Boundaries Agricultural Land Reserve _ ALR Polygons Assessment Areas Tantalis BC Timber Sale Areas t Catchment Areas Employment Program of BC Census Boundaries Community Watersheds Community Watersheds Cancelled Conservation Lands t First Nations Treaty Areas First Nations Treaty Lands v Apply 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 No
17. ourism and Skills Training and Resp wT F Crown Tenures by Purpose 842162 Fiski Value 842162 HELI SKI 2407357 239274 a ajaja amp 2 Open the Analysis Toolbar Tab see section 5 above and select one of the 5 options for identifying features Point Rectangle Identify Identify Core Tools BC Economic Layer Menu gt pit Fre Freehand Identity Line Polygon Identify Identity 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 Rectangle Identify tool being used to identify tenure information in and around Squamish ee gees e y ot Jobs Tourism m BC Economic Atlas and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour a a I D Navigation Maps amp sts Sources Markup amp Printing Anatysis K f gt F Az Q o TE pam E e Measurement info Unies Xy l Citcked Coordin isplay for i W j gt a a C Bi w Total Distance 0 00 Fs x a Pen Port BC Economic Simpie Advanced Advanced Freenend Line Polygon Buflered itensty Messwe Messure Metars m Ermer Pict hd Idente Layar Meow Qey Query Fiter identity h wdfy identify Distance Assa x Last Segment 0 0 Coords Coors Core Toos L 7 amp Results 147 Crown Tenures by Purpose 847663
18. sily select data layers YE ALBERTA elevant to the BC Economy from a preconfigured list of A OLUMB D z ETS pS SASKATCHI NECHAKO PRATEAU Seographic Warehouse O 2 ich provides access to hundreds of additional Ss TPN Edmonton asets that may be of interest lt ig TASER PLATE AY es Click on the data layer icon below to view the list of currently loaded data layers gt Zz 2 To access more tools click on the toolbar icon located in O calgary the upper right area of the map window z1 7 a P For more help click the help icon in the top nght corner my ta 3 y g A of the browser above the map window TETEA eg 5 Vancouver For more information and to provide feedback please visit the f BC Economic Atlas home page by e wy 250m Se See A S Q Ei SEU os et iS 500km on WASHINGTON ty R ea aes a A449 A TA NIA 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 se
19. ssrrressreresrrressrresssrerssreresereessreeesereesseeresereesseee 16 7 A ditipnalinrormat oieee oar E hiucshbe N a 18 a 2 Page BRITISH CcouMba B Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 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 publicly 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 8 for a link to a more detailed online user guide 2 GETTING STARTED WITH THE MAP VIEWER Upon launch of BCEA 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 describ
20. te 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 4 1 and the following window will appear in the Map Viewer window Add Layer x Discover a Map Service by entering a URL or search by using keywords URL or Keywords Select a Map Service Found 11 Result s albers_cache Location maps gov be ca ArcGIS MapServer Spatial System 102190 URL http maps gov be ca arcserver rest services Province albers_cache MapServer base Location maps gov bce ca ArcGIS MapServer Spatial System 102190 URL http maps gov bc ca arcserver rest services base base MapServer becha Location maps gov bc ca ArcGIS MapServer Spatial System 102190 URL http maps gov bc ca arcserver rest services bcstats bccha MapServer Next Cancel we 10 Page BRITISH corona B Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 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 en
21. ter the specific URL of a known map service Click Next and then add an alias name in the Layer Alias box Add Layer x 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 x 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 fiortirwest Taartmes Naon Teetitery 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 4 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 wie 11 Page BRITISH COLUMBIA Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour y of Jobs Tourism BC Economic Atlas and Skills Training and Responsible
22. 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 w 12 Page BRITISH COLUMBIA Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User Guide Sept 2014 Ministry of Jobs Tourism and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour 7 a Be ECONOMIC Atlas Ministry of Jobs Tourism eases and Skills Training and Responsible for Labour i a a Navigation Maps amp Data Sources Markup amp Printing Analysis Z T lt xi EH MI J Lb aaaea ff an a nt Fenaa ngle BC Economic Gra Geogra pikes rcGiS dd Add CSV Add KML Show Layer Bing Google Help gies siy denti tify Identify Layer Menu ehouse Layer vias S Server ohpen File File Layers Drawing Order Maps Maps Th C Tool Add Dats Map Layers E Mapping Help i Welcome to the BC Economic Atlas k Topographic W Hide the Wr The purpose of the BC Economic Atlas is to support economic 5 s opportunity identification business case analysis and lt is investment decision making in British Columbia How to Load Data Load data by clicking on Il want to in the 35 map window 7 Primary methods to load data include 2 CAIN A D BC Economic Layer Menu BRITI S Open a menu that allows you to ea
23. tting 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 4 1 reordering map layers in the map screen and launching Google and Bing external maps Markup amp The Markup amp Printing toolbar has tool icons for printing and exporting maps see Section Printing 7 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 6 querying and filtering data features 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 N 13 Page dumn BC Economic Atlas BC Economic Atlas User
24. y Transportation and Warehousing Major Projects Inventory Utilities Natural Resource Sector Major Projects Clean Energy Help Finish AA AN AA x Canc l 10 11 12 13 Screen Element Layer Group List Displays list of available layer group themes for selection Layer List Displays list of available layers for selection within the chosen layer group theme Add All Button Allows users to add all data layers from selected layer group for viewing on map Selected Layers List Displays list of data layers currently selected for viewing on map Show Group Descriptions Allows users to toggle on off brief descriptions of layer groups Show Layer Descriptions Allows users to toggle on off brief descriptions of layers Filter Layers Allows users to filter layers in the selected layer group 1 2 3 4 5 Remove All Button Allows users to remove all data layers currently selected for viewing on map 6 7 8 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 BRITISH COLUMBIA Economic Atlas 8 Page BC Economic Atlas User Guid
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