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Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI)

This dataset is produced for the Government of Alberta and is available to the general public. Please consult the Distribution Information of this metadata on how to acquire this dataset. The Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI) represents the Government of Alberta's comprehensive biophysical, anthropogenic and land-use inventory of the southernmost portion of the province's White Area. The compilation of the inventory commenced in 2006 in the southeast corner of the province using digital colour-infrared stereo photography. Data capture has proceeded north and west. The Grassland Vegetation Inventory is intended as an update to the Native Prairie Vegetation Inventory (NPVI) that was completed circa 1993. The Grassland Vegetation Inventory product is a more comprehensive and detailed geospatial representation of land cover that is intended to meet a multitude of business needs integral to land-use planning and management in Alberta. The Grassland Vegetation Inventory is a biophysical and land-use inventory rather than a purely vegetation inventory. It is comprised of ecological range sites based on soils information for areas of native vegetation and general land use for areas of non-native vegetation, namely those associated with agricultural, industrial, and residential developments. Landscape Polygons are the basic map units in the Grassland Vegetation Inventory digital product. These polygons represent interpretations of relatively uniform biophysical or anthropogenic areas. The characteristics of Landscape Polygons are captured as records in the Sites table. The Grassland Vegetation Inventory site type classification is captured under the Site Types column in the Sites table to a maximum of four site types per Landscape Polygon. The Grassland Vegetation Inventory site types and their associated information plus the data capture methodology are described in the Grassland Vegetation Inventory Specifications. Grassland Vegetation Inventory projects were initially funded under the Base Data Acquisition component of the Land-use Framework program, which represents the Alberta Government's comprehensive and integrated approach to land use planning and management. The primary funding agency is Alberta Environment and Protected Areas. The GVI data, index map, status map, views and specifications documents are available from Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2019-09-30
Date ( RI_366 )
2019-09-30
RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Environment and Parks - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
Status
planned; planifié RI_597
Maintenance and update frequency
irregular; irrégulier RI_541
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • BIOTA
  • GEOSCIENTIFICINFORMATION
  • GRASSLAND
  • INLANDWATERS
  • PLANNINGCADASTRE
  • RANGE
  • SOCIETY
  • VEGETATION
  • WETLAND
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Alberta (https://open.alberta.ca/licence)
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
  • Environment
  • Society
Begin date
2006-07-04
End date
2018-05-14
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RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Environment and Parks - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
OnLine resource
Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI) - (HTML) ( HTTPS )

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OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://open.alberta.ca/opendata) ( HTTPS )

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OnLine resource
Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI) - (XML) ( HTTPS )

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OnLine resource
Grassland Vegetation Inventory (GVI) (From Alberta Geodiscover Portal metadata) ( HTTPS )

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File identifier
80674f56-2912-4019-900d-94588a94d145 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-03-11
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Environment and Parks - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
 
 

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