Oil Handling Facility

Owned by Diego Cesa de Meira (Unlicensed)
Sept 11, 2019
2 min read

Description

Oil Handling Facilities are terminals where ships will berth to load or discharge oil either as cargo or fuel. The oil handling facility must also have an arrangement with a response organization to respond to an oil spill, plus, it must have an oil spill emergency plan that requires the OHF to have equipment and resources on hand at the facility.

In 2014, the Government of Canada announced that they would be strengthening Canada's already robust tanker safety system by adding measures to reinforce marine oil spill prevention, preparedness and response, as well as liability and compensation, through its World‐Class Tanker Safety System Initiative (WCTSS).

Originator

  1. Transport Canada – Marine Safety

Use Cases

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Source(s)

Description

Source

Format

Date

Update Frequency

Metadata

Cost

Link

Remarks

Description

Source

Format

Date

Update Frequency

Metadata

Cost

Link

Remarks

Oil Handling Facilities

Transport Canada-Marine Safety

CSV

2018

N/A

N/A

Free

EGIS Data Folder: Marine_OilHandlingFacility.gdb.zip

-Use preprocessed GDB file as provided.
-Geocoded based on locality

Remarks

  1. Due to inconsistencies, not all location was geocoded correctly, manual edits required.

  2. Each region populate their own dataset, thus inconsistencies in data input.

  3. EGIS Data Folder: \\ncras382\Application Source Files\EGIS\Smartmap Files\

Process for EGIS integration

CSV File Transformation:

  1. In FME, use the Google Geocoder transformer to geocode by facility locale.

  2. Expose the returned Lat/Long value.

  3. Transform the Lat/Long to point.

  4. Output to KML, SHP or GDB as required

  5. Import into EGIS

TC Smart Maps:

  1. Not all GIS applications can consume KML file directly due to its unique data structures such as networklinks, folders, models etc.

  2. Please contact Lawrence Chong, Digital Services Directorate for TC Smart Maps KML dataset and format translation.

  3. TC Smart Maps KML link: \\tc.gc.ca\tcgis\GISData\Google Mashup\Marine-NWP\OilHandlingFacility\OilHandlingFacility.kmz

Customization:

  1. Schema transformation: As required

  2. Denormalization: Not required

  3. Value coding: Not required

  4. Attribute renaming: As required to improve readability

  5. Attribute removal: It is highly recommended as some fields are unnecessary, this will also reduce file size and improve performance

  6. Geoenrichment: Feature symbolization is recommended to improve visualization

  7. Format translation: Not required

  8. Language translation: French version available

  9. Update frequency: As identified