Arctic SDI catalogue
Shoreline mapping vector data in regions along Canada's east, west and north coasts, based on low-altitude helicopter videography in support of environmental emergency preparedness efforts
With the changing climate conditions, marine traffic along Canada’s coastal regions has increased over the past couple of decades and the need to improve our state of preparedness for oil-spill-related emergencies is critical. Baseline coastal information, such as shoreline form, substrate, and vegetation type, is required for prioritizing operations, coordinating onsite spill response activities (i.e. Shoreline Cleanup Assessment Technique [SCAT]), and providing information for wildlife and ecosystem management.
Between 2010 and 2017, georeferenced high-definition videography and photos were collected for various study sites across coastal Canada. The study areas include Beaufort Sea, Mackenzie Delta channels and Banks Island in the western Canadian Arctic; James Bay, Hudson Bay, Nunavik, Resolute Bay, Victoria Strait, Baffin Island and Coronation Gulf in the eastern Canadian Arctic; Labrador, Bay of Fundy and Chedabucto Bay in Atlantic Canada and Kitimat, Haida Gwaii and Burrard Inlet in the northern Pacific.
Data was collected during ice-free and low tide conditions (where applicable) between July and September. Low-altitude helicopter surveys were conducted at each study site to capture video of the shoreline characteristics. In addition to acquiring videography, ground-based observations were recorded in several locations for validation.
Shoreline segmentation was then carried out by manual interpretation of the oblique videography and the photos aided by ancillary data. This involved splitting and classifying the shoreline vectors based on homogeneity of the upper intertidal zone. Detailed geomorphological information (i.e. shoreline type, substrate, slope, height, accessibility etc.) describing the upper intertidal, lower intertidal, supratidal and backshore zones was extracted from the video and entered into a geospatial database using a customized data collection form. In addition, biological characteristics like biobands, water features, fauna, human use etc. observed along the coast were recorded.
The data was also validated through ground samples (when available) and a second interpreter QA (quality analysis) was performed on each dataset (excluding Nunavik) to ensure high quality and consistency.
The final dataset contains segments ranging in length from 150 metres to 2500 metres. In total, from 2010 to 2017, within the 14 study sites, about 26,150 km of shoreline were mapped.
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- Date ( RI_367 )
- 2020-08-15
- Date ( RI_366 )
- 2020-08-13
- Status
- onGoing; enContinue RI_596
- Maintenance and update frequency
- irregular; irrégulier RI_541
- Keywords ( RI_528 )
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- Canadian Arctic, shorelines, oil spill, emergency preparedness, sensitivity mapping, shoreline segmentation, videography, Beaufort Sea, Banks Island, Mackenzie Delta channels, Kitimat, Haida Gwaii, Hudson Bay, James Bay, Nunavik, Bay of Fundy, Chedabucto Bay, Victoria Strait, Baffin Island, Coronation Gulf, Burrard Inlet, Resolute Bay, Labrador, coastal management, coastal studies
- Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( Theme )
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- Environmental emergencies
- Environmental protection
- Use limitation
- Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
- Access constraints
- license; licence RI_606
- Use constraints
- license; licence RI_606
- Spatial representation type
- vector; vecteur RI_635
- Metadata language
- eng; CAN
- Topic category
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- Environment
- Begin date
- 2010-06-01
- End date
- 2017-09-01
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- Reference system identifier
- http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:3978 /
- Distribution format
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CSV
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unknown
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CSV
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unknown
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https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html
- OnLine resource
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WMS
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OGC:WMS
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Web Service;WMS;eng
- OnLine resource
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WMS
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OGC:WMS
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Web Service;WMS;fra
- OnLine resource
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Shoreline Mapping - ESRI REST
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ESRI REST: Map Server
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Web Service;ESRI REST;eng
- OnLine resource
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Shoreline Mapping - ESRI REST
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ESRI REST: Map Server
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Web Service;ESRI REST;fra
- OnLine resource
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View ECCC Data Mart (English)
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HTTP
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Web Service;HTML;eng
- OnLine resource
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View ECCC Data Mart (French)
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HTTP
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Web Service;HTML;fra
- OnLine resource
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FGDB_ChampsNomsDefinitions.csv
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;CSV;fra
- OnLine resource
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SHP_ChampsNomsDefinitions.csv
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;CSV;fra
- OnLine resource
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FGDB_FieldNamesDefinitions.pdf
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;PDF;eng
- OnLine resource
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SHP_FieldNamesDefinitions.pdf
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;PDF;eng
- OnLine resource
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SHP__MappedCoastalRegions_RegionsCotieresCartographiees.zip
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HTTP
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Dataset;ZIP;eng,fra
- OnLine resource
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FGDB_ChampsNomsDefinitions.pdf
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;PDF;fra
- OnLine resource
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README_Shoreline_mapping_vector_data.txt
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;TXT;eng
- OnLine resource
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SHP_ChampsNomsDefinitions.pdf
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;PDF;fra
- OnLine resource
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LISEZMOI_Donnees_vectorielles_de_cartographie_du_littoral.pdf
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;PDF;fra
- OnLine resource
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README_Shoreline_mapping_vector_data.pdf
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;PDF;eng
- OnLine resource
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LISEZMOI_Donnees_vectorielles_de_cartographie_du_littoral.txt
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;TXT;fra
- OnLine resource
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FGDB__MappedCoastalRegions_RegionsCotieresCartographiees.zip
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HTTP
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Dataset;ZIP;eng,fra
- OnLine resource
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SHP_FieldNamesDefinitions.csv
(
HTTP
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Supporting Document;CSV;eng
- OnLine resource
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FGDB_FieldNamesDefinitions.csv
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HTTP
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Supporting Document;CSV;eng
- OnLine resource
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Symbologie_de_legende.zip
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HTTP
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Dataset;ZIP;fra
- OnLine resource
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Symbology_for_Legend.zip
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HTTP
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Dataset;ZIP;eng
- File identifier
- a7dcb3a3-7519-497a-8d38-ef2376298f4f XML
- Metadata language
- eng; CAN
- Character set
- utf8; utf8 RI_458
- Hierarchy level
- dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
- Date stamp
- 2020-11-02T20:16:07
- Metadata standard name
- North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
- Metadata standard version
- CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
819-994-1412
https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change.html
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