Description
Canada Ports
A port is a maritime commercial facility which may comprise one or more wharves where ships may dock to load and discharge passengers and cargo. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, some ports are many miles inland, with access from the sea via river or canal.
Port Divestiture Programs (PDP) Database is a collection of all ports in Canada with current transfer status such as "Transfer Status" such as Deproclaimed, Transferred, Not Transferred etc and is maintained by the NCR Programs Group, Air and Marine Programs.
Originator
Transport Canada
Use Cases
Source(s)
Description | Source | Format | Date | Update Frequency | Metadata | Cost | Link | Remarks |
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Canada Ports | Programs Group-PDP Database | MS Access MDB | N/A | N/A | N/A | Free | EGIS Data Folder: CanadaPort_pt.gdb.zip | -Use preprocessed GDB file as provided. |
Remarks
Contact: Daniel Coldrey, Manager, Stretegic Program Policy, Air & Marine Programs, Programs Group, NCR.
EGIS Data Folder: \\ncras382\Application Source Files\EGIS\Smartmap Files\
Process for EGIS integration
MDB File Transformation:
In FME, use the Google Geocoder transformer to geocode by port name.
Expose the returned Lat/Long value.
Transform the Lat/Long to point.
Output to KML, SHP or GDB as required
Import into EGIS
TC Smart Maps:
Not all GIS applications can consume KML file directly due to its unique data structures such as networklinks, folders, models etc.
Please contact Lawrence Chong, Digital Services Directorate for TC Smart Maps KML dataset and format translation.
TC Smart Maps KML link: \\tc.gc.ca\tcgis\GISData\Google Mashup\Port\CanadaPort.kmz
Customization:
Schema transformation: As required.
Denormalization: Not required
Value coding: Not required
Attribute renaming: As required to improve readability
Attribute removal: It is highly recommended as some fields are unnecessary, this will also reduce file size and improve performance
Geoenrichment: Feature symbolization using Status theme is recommended to improve visualization
Format translation: Not required
Language translation: French version not available
Update frequency: As identified