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Offshore Map Gallery Metadata *Additional Information Available for Links, Reports and Downloads |
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| Layer Name | Layer Type | Min. Display Range | Max. Display Range | Selectable | Links, Reports and Downloads* |
Petroleum Layers | |||||
| BC petroleum tenure by number | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | reports |
| BC petroleum tenure by owner | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | reports |
| BC petroleum tenure (relinquished) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Canada petroleum tenure by number | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Canada petroleum tenure by owner | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Coastal basins | PolygonLayer | 500000 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Offshore Exploratory wells | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Offshore Exploratory wells with labels | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Petroleum Exploration Potential (QCB) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Petroleum Generation Potential (Whiticar et. al 2003) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Pipeline - Gas | PolylineLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Pipeline - Oil | PolylineLayer | 0 | 15000000 | 1 | none |
| Potential source rocks (onshore) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1500000 | 1 | none |
| Potential oil & gas plays (QCB) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Reservoir Rocks | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1500000 | 1 | none |
| Seismic Lines | PolylineLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | some seismic profiles |
| Seismic Lines with labels | PolylineLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | some seismic profiles |
Geology | |||||
| Aeromag (Shaded) | RasterLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | n/a | none |
| Aeromag (<300K) | RasterLayer | 0 | 300000 | n/a | none |
| Aeromag (<1M) | RasterLayer | 300000 | 1000000 | n/a | none |
| Aeromag | RasterLayer | 1000000 | 64000000 | n/a | none |
| Bedrock geology | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1500000 | 1 | legend reports & downloads |
| Bedrock geology labels | PolygonLayer | 0 | 2000000 | 1 | legend reports |
| Contacts & Faults (<1.5M) | PolylineLayer | 0 | 1500000 | 1 | none |
| Coalfields | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | reports and table downloads |
| Coal Occurrences (MINFILE) | PointLayer | 0 | 500000 | 1 | reports, table downloads & links |
| Earthquakes Canada (last 5 years) (07Apr2006) | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | legend reports and links to data tables |
| Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<8M) | PolygonLayer | 7000000 | 7999999 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<7M) | PolygonLayer | 6000000 | 6999999 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<6M) | PolygonLayer | 4000000 | 5999999 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<2M) | PolygonLayer | 1000000 | 1999999 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<1M) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 999999 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M | PolygonLayer | 8000000 | 20000001 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geology - GSC Tect. Assem. 1:1M (<4M) | PolygonLayer | 2000000 | 3999999 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geology - GSC Canada 1:5M (<8M) | PolygonLayer | 4000000 | 8000000 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geology - GSC Canada 1:5M (<4M) | PolygonLayer | 3000000 | 4000000 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geology - GSC Canada 1:5M (<3M) | PolygonLayer | 2000000 | 3000000 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geology - GSC Canada 1:5M (<2M) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1999999 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geology - GSC Canada 1:5M | PolygonLayer | 8000000 | 20000000 | 0 | reports, downloads and links |
| Geologic Terranes | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Geologic Terranes - labels | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Geothermal boreholes (offshore) | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | reports, downloads & links |
| Geothermal hotsprings | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Geothermal potential | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Gravity | RasterLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | n/a | none |
| Gravity with contours | RasterLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | n/a | none |
| Mineral Occurrences (MINFILE) | PointLayer | 0 | 500000 | 1 | data reports & downloads; links to MINFILE |
| Oil and Gas Seeps (QCI) | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Placer Deposits | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Placer Deposits - Seafloor Ti | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| QCB Tertiary Age Outline | PolylineLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Seafloor Gravel | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Sediment Thickness (NRCan) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Tectonic Assemblages - BC (<4M) | PolygonLayer | 1500000 | 4000000 | 0 | downloads |
| Tectonic plate boundaries | PolylineLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | downloads |
| Tectonic Assemblages - BC | PolygonLayer | 4000000 | 15000000 | 0 | downloads |
| Volcanoes | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
Physical Data | |||||
| Active BC Hydrometric Stations | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | links |
| Climate stations (active) | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | links |
| Climate stations (inactive) | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | links |
| High Currents, Shears and Upwelling (Map 28) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Shoreline Type | PolylineLayer | 0 | 300000 | 1 | none |
| Water Quality Stations | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | reports and links |
Biological Resources | |||||
| About Data | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | links |
| Beaked Whales (Map 11) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Bird Colonies and Important Bird Areas (Map 17) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Bird Feeding and Staging (Map 18) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Commercial Clam Fisheries (Map 40) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | Fishery reports |
| Commercial Crab Fisheries (Map 37) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | Crab Fishery reports |
| Commercial Fisheries Summary (Map 45) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | Fishery reports |
| Commercial Geoduck and Scallop Fisheries (Map 44) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | Fishery report |
| Commercial Groundfish Fisheries (Map 38) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | Fishery reports |
| Commercial Herring Fisheries (Map 39) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | Fishery report |
| Commercial Prawn and Shrimp Fisheries (Map 41) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | Fishery report, prawn trap |
| Commercial Sea Cucumber Fisheries (Map 42) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | Fishery report |
| Commercial Urchin Fisheries (Map 43) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | Fishery report |
| Crab Habitat (Map 32) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Dalls Porpoise (Map 8) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Estuaries, Eelgrass, and Salt Marshes (Map 21) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | reports |
| Estuaries (Points) | PointLayer | 500001 | 1000000000000 | 1 | reports |
| Estuaries | PolygonLayer | 0 | 500000 | 1 | reports |
| Fin, Sei, and Blue Whales (Map 4) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Geoduck and Urchin (Map 27) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Grey Whales (Map 1) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Groundfish Habitat (Map 31) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Harbour Porpoise (Map 9) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Harbour Seal (Map 13) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Herring (Map 26) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Herring Spawning (polygon) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 100000 | 0 | none |
| Humback Whales (Map 2) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Intertidal Bivalves (Map 22) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Kelp (Map 25) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Killer Whales (Map 6) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Marbled Murrelet Endangered Species | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Marine Bird Summary (Map 19) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Marine Mammals Summary (Map 16) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Minke Whales (Map 3) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Nearshore and Intertidal Summary (Map 24) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Nearshore/Subtidal Habitat (Map 29) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Northern Fur Seal (Map 14) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| North Pacific Right Whales (Map 5) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Offshore Benthic Habitat (Map 33) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Offshore Pelagic Habitat (Map 34) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Pacific White-sided Dolphin (Map 7) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Salmon and Eulachon Rivers (Map 23) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Salmon Net Fisheries (Map 35) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | reports, downloads & links |
| Salmon Troll Fisheries (Map 36) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | reports, downloads & links |
| Sea Otter (Map 15) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Sperm Whales (Map 10) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Sponge Reefs | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Stellers Sea Lion (Map 12) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
Administrative Boundaries | |||||
| 200 Mile Limit | PolylineLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| BC Border | PolylineLayer | 0 | 25000000 | 0 | none |
| Electoral Boundaries | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000 | 1 | none |
| Land Resource Management Plans (LRMPs) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | links |
| Provincial Regions | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Regional Districts | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Tanker Exclusion Zone | PolylineLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Tanker Exclusion Labels | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Tanker Exclusion Zone_Nov_2_2006 | PolylineLayer | 10000000000 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
Proposed and Protected Areas | |||||
| BC Parks (July 2004) outline | PolygonLayer | 1000001 | 20000000 | 1 | none |
| BC Parks (July 2004) outline (<1M) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000 | 1 | none |
| Bowie Seamount Proposed MPA | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | links to reports |
| Candidate Central Coast NMCA | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Gwaii Haanas NMCA | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Parks by type (Aug 99) (>1M) | PolygonLayer | 1000000 | 20000000 | 1 | links |
| Parks by type (Aug 99) (<1M) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000 | 1 | links |
| Sponge Reef Protection Areas | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Scott Group MWA proposal | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
First Nations Layers | |||||
| Aboriginal Communities | PointLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | links |
| First Nations Fisheries Summary (Map 51) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| First Nations Cultural Tourism (Map 58) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Indian Reserves (2) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000 | 1 | none |
| Indian Reserves (3) | PolygonLayer | 1000000 | 64000000000 | 1 | none |
| Statement of Interest Areas | PolygonLayer | 0 | 40000000 | 1 | none |
Cultural & Recreational Layers | |||||
| Archeological Summary (Map 64) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Coastal Cruising (Map 54) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Community Value (Map 69) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Cruise ship routes | PolylineLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Ocean Kayaking (Map 52) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Marine Dependant Activities (Map 55) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Recreational Bivalves Fisheries (Map 47) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Recreational Crab Fisheries (Map 48) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Recreational Finfish Fisheries (Map 46) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Recreational Fisheries Summary (Map 50) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Scuba Diving (Map 53) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Shipwrecks (Map 63) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Special Archeological Value (Map 61) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Tourism and Recreation Summary | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Underwater Archeological Value | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
| Wildlife Viewing (Map 56) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | none |
Water Features | |||||
| Coastline 1:20K (<100K) | PolylineLayer | 0 | 100000 | 1 | downloads |
| Coastline (High water, DFO/CHS) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 100000 | 1 | downloads |
| Lakes 1:6M | PolygonLayer | 6000000 | 64000000 | 1 | downloads |
| Lakes 1:50K (<300K) | PolygonLayer | 100000 | 300000 | 1 | downloads |
| Lakes 1:4M (<6M) | PolygonLayer | 4000000 | 6000000 | 1 | downloads |
| Lakes 1:2M (<4M) | PolygonLayer | 2000000 | 4000000 | 1 | downloads |
| Lakes 1:250K (<2M) | PolygonLayer | 300000 | 2000000 | 1 | downloads |
| Lakes 1:20K (<100K) | PolylineLayer | 0 | 100000 | 1 | downloads |
| Man-made Waterbody (1:50K) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 300000 | 1 | downloads |
| Other water features 1:20K (<100K) | PolylineLayer | 0 | 100000 | 1 | downloads |
| Rivers 1:6M | PolylineLayer | 6000000 | 64000000 | 0 | downloads |
| Rivers 1:50K (<200K) | PolylineLayer | 100000 | 200000 | 1 | downloads |
| Rivers 1:4M (<6M) | PolylineLayer | 4000000 | 6000000 | 0 | downloads |
| Rivers 1:2M (<4M) | PolylineLayer | 2000000 | 4000000 | 0 | downloads |
| Rivers 1:250K (<2M) | PolylineLayer | 200000 | 2000000 | 0 | downloads |
| Rivers 1:20K (<100K) | PolylineLayer | 0 | 100000 | 1 | downloads |
| Rivers with Fisheries Report | PolylineLayer | 0 | 500000 | 1 | downloads |
| Sea | PolygonLayer | 0 | 1000000 | 1 | downloads |
| Sea | PolygonLayer | 1000000 | 20000000 | 1 | downloads |
| Watershed Groups (<600K) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 600000 | 1 | downloads |
| Watershed Group Labels (<600K) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 600000 | 1 | downloads |
| Watersheds 1:50K (<600K) | PolygonLayer | 100000 | 600000 | 1 | downloads |
| Watersheds 1:50K (<100K) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 100000 | 1 | downloads |
| Wetlands (1:50K) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 200000 | 1 | downloads |
Topographic Layers | |||||
| Bathymetry contours (250K) | PolylineLayer | 0 | 1000000 | 1 | downloads |
| Bathymetry contour labels (250K) | PolylineLayer | 0 | 100000 | 1 | downloads |
| Bathymetry | PolylineLayer | 0 | 1000000000000 | 1 | downloads |
| Contours index 1:20K (<1M) | PolylineLayer | 0 | 50000 | 1 | downloads |
| Contours 1:1M (<4M) | PolylineLayer | 2000000 | 4000000 | 1 | downloads |
| Contours 1:250K (<2M) | PolylineLayer | 1000000 | 2000000 | 1 | downloads |
| Contours west 1:20K (<100K) | PolylineLayer | 0 | 100000 | 1 | downloads |
| Contours east 1:20K (<100K) | PolylineLayer | 0 | 100000 | 1 | downloads |
| Contour map in colour (<4M) | PolygonLayer | 0 | 4000000 | 1 | downloads |
| DEM image hillshade (<1M) | RasterLayer | 300000 | 1000000 | n/a | none |
| DEM image hillshade (<300K) | RasterLayer | 0 | 300000 | n/a | none |
| DEM image hillshade | RasterLayer | 1000000 | 14000000 | n/a | none |
| Shaded relief map (Full) | RasterLayer | 0 | 500000 | n/a | none |
| Shaded relief map (75%) | RasterLayer | 500000 | 2000000 | n/a | none |
| Shaded relief map (50%) | RasterLayer | 2000000 | 4000000 | n/a | none |
| Shaded relief map (25%) | RasterLayer | 4000000 | 1000000000000 | n/a | none |
| Shaded Relief Bathymetry (< 4 M) | RasterLayer | 1000000 | 4000000 | ||