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Resource Access Roads Geospatial Data
Information Management Plan and Data Management Guide
Barriers
This point layer is designed to store objects related to road access and use restriction.
Barriers are categorized by type (gate, berm, sign, etc) and further described by group
(user defined), year, and responsibility. Road segments that have a use restriction may
have related objects in the barriers layer.
Network Consolidations and Symbolizing Data
Road networks allow one or more road segments to be logically consolidated into a
single object.
Networks allow an opportunity to create special or ‘user defined’ attributes.
Districts may require networks to identify road segments within specific Road Use
Strategies. Parks may want to create networks to define ‘date-last used’ for park roads
(to track the when resource access roads within provincial parks and conservation
reserves were last used or maintained)
Features can also be consolidated for ease in symbolizing features (FMP classes or
categories of Highway, Primary, or Secondary). Features are normally symbolized based
on attributes within the feature table. Roads data is somewhat unique in that business
areas have very broad interests and methods of analysis.
Networks can be created to meet ‘user needs’ for symbolizing roads. Fisheries Branch
may want to select road systems to identify lake access, Wildlife Branch to define road
networks of high hunting pressure or habitat fragmentation and Field Services for road
classification.
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