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Canada Land Inventory - Land Capability for Forestry

Entry ID: CANEMRCCRSLCF

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Summary

Abstract: The mapping of land capability for forestry is based on a national
classification system comparable with the other Canada Land Inventory sectors.
Land is rated according to seven classes on its capability to grow commercial
timber in areas stocked with the optimum number and species of trees. This
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Description: GeoConnections Discovery Portal. Canada's IDN Node.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 60.0

S: 42.0

E: -52.0

W: -128.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: Government of Canada, National Archives of Canada, Visual and Sound Archives Division

Dataset Title: Canada Land Inventory - Land Capability for Forestry

Dataset Series Name: Land Capability Classification for Forestry

Dataset Release Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dataset Publisher: Government of Canada, National Archives of Canada, Visual and Sound Archives Division

Online Resource: http://geogratis.cgdi.gc.ca/CLI/index_forestry.html

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1966-01-01

Stop Date: 1985-11-30

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > Alberta

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST HARVESTING AND ENGINEERING

AGRICULTURE > FOREST SCIENCE > FOREST MANAGEMENT

ISO Topic Category

ELEVATION

GEOSCIENTIFIC INFORMATION

INLAND WATERS

OCEANS

Platform

GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS

FIELD INVESTIGATION

Quality See Readme files in the download files of the child metadata records for details of data quality and equipment down-time.

Note - depths provided in spatial coverage are referenced back to sea level.
The minimum depth asl refers to the height of the ice surface.

Access Constraints Currently data are less than two years old, so is not publicly available.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Ancillary Keywords

AMERY ICE SHELF

AMISOR

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Personnel

IAN ALLISON

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 6226 7648

Fax: +61 3 6226 7650

Email: ian.allison at aad.gov.au

Contact Address:

Australian Antarctic Division

203 Channel Highway

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

MIKE CRAVEN

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 6226 7876

Fax: +61 3 6226 6902

Email: m.craven at utas.edu.au

Contact Address:

203 Channel Highway

Australian Antarctic Division

City: Kingston

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7050

Country: Australia

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2004-10-04

Last DIF Revision Date: 2008-04-10

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