EcoZones and Species at Risk

Description

The Species at Risk Act (SARA) (the Act) is a piece of Canadian federal legislation to protect endangered or threatened organisms and their habitats. It also manages species which are not yet threatened, but whose existence or habitat is in jeopardy.

An Ecozone is a large sub-continental geographical division with distinct representative biotic and abiotic features in the ecological unit. It consists of fifteen terrestrial and five marine ecozones in Canada. These are further subdivided into 53 ecoprovinces, 194 ecoregions, and 1021 ecodistricts.

Originator

1. Canada Open Data

2. Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Use Cases

Source(s)

Remarks

Process for EGIS integration

ESRI REST, WMS, SHP and GDB Files:

1. ESRI REST, WMS, SHP and GDB files can be integrated directly 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\EcoMap\EndangeredSpecies\Eco Atlas-Endangered Species.kml

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 for some dataset