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Agriculture Capability Mapping

The Agriculture Capability mapping dataset is the digitized equivalent of the legacy [Agriculture Capability Scanned Maps](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/agriculture-capability-scanned-maps), which date from the 1960's to the 1990s. Agriculture Capability mapping is also known as 'Soil Capability for Agriculture' and 'Agricultural Capability' mapping. Agricultural Capability is an interpreted mapping product based on soil and climate information. In general, climate determines the range of crops possible in an area and the soils determine the type and relative level of management practices required. This is legacy data and changes in climate are not reflected. For more information about the classification system see: [Land Capability Classification for Agriculture](http://www.env.gov.bc.ca/wld/documents/techpub/moe1/moem1.pdf). Use caution utilizing these legacy maps as the classifications were based on common land management practices and typical crops of the 1960s-1990s era, and subsequent site specific land management practices (e.g. installation of drainage) may have modified the soil conditions since the mapping was completed. This Agriculture Capability legacy mapping is included in the [Soil Information Finder Tool (SIFT) mapping application](https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content?id=CD4CD7204C2143A1B25695B071AA989A). The SIFT application provides more detailed climate data (e.g. Growing Degree Days, Frost Free Period (5 C), (1960-1990 climate normals). The SIFT 'Soil query tools' may be useful for identifying areas with specific 'growing conditions' of interest based on soils present (soil name), soil texture, drainage, coarse fragment content, slope, elevation, growing degree days and frost free period. Note: This Agriculture Capability Mapping dataset is based on soil mapping at 1:100,000, 1:50,000 or 1:20,000 scale, and is more detailed than the 1:250,000 scale Canada Land Inventory (CLI) Agricultural Capability mapping (available [here](http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/cli/index.html)).

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Date ( RI_367 )
2018-04-27
Date ( RI_366 )
2018-03-06
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Extension and Support Services - ( )
RI_409
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Extension and Support Services - ( )
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • BC Soils
  • agricultural capability
  • agriculture capability
  • soil capability
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - British Columbia (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/data/open-data/open-government-licence-bc)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Farming
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
0001-01-01
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unknown / unknown / unknown
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RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Extension and Support Services - ( )
RI_409
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Extension and Support Services - ( )
OnLine resource
Agriculture Capability Data Dictionary ( HTTP )

Dataset;CSV;eng

OnLine resource
Agriculture Capability Mapping Data Package (File Geodatabase) ( HTTP )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng

OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Agriculture Capability Mapping (KMZ files split by mapsheet) ( HTTP )

Dataset;KMZ;eng

OnLine resource
Agriculture Capability Mapping Data Package (Shapefile) ( HTTP )

Dataset;SHP;eng

OnLine resource
View in the Soil Information Finder Tool (SIFT) mapping application (interactive) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;other;eng

File identifier
582a6147-4e24-468c-a048-762302139afc XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-05-06
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Extension and Support Services - ( )
RI_409
  Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Extension and Support Services - ( )
 
 

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