Conservation Atlas of Wetlands in the St. Lawrence Valley (1993-1994)
The main purpose of the Conservation Atlas of Wetlands is to develop a portrait of the wetlands of the St. Lawrence Valley using innovative mapping methods in order to favor bird conservation by helping land managers to make decisions about land use and bird habitat conservation. Another objective was to develop methods needed to allow a monitoring of the St. Lawrence Valley wetlands and make a link to a potential national mapping project of that type as an indicator on environment quality in Canada.
The Atlas is considered a large-scale project because of the area covered, the great variability in the area’s characteristics and the various types of wetlands encountered. Using Canadian RADARSAT satellite images, along with other sources of information available (e.g., digital hydrological and hypsometric data) and data from Landsat-TM images, the mapping has required certain adjustments and the use of innovative methods. Achieving the objectives set at the start of the project in the spring of 1999 has resulted in the following products:
- A global mosaic of the distribution of wetlands in southern Québec
- A 1:50 000 scale map showing the location of wetlands in each of the area’s MRCs
- Descriptive statistics on wetlands' characteristics (number, category, average area, etc.) to complement the maps,
- Information and links to to sites that promote wetland conservation.
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Metadata Record Information
- File Identifier
- 0d55ca4e-d700-4360-b14c-a8432df02253 XML
- Date Stamp
- 2022-07-06T16:48:17
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fra; CAN
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- UTF8
- Hierarchy Level
- Series
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Data identification
- Date (Publication)
- 2003-01-01
- Date (Creation)
- 2003-01-01
- Status
- Completed
- Metadata language
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fra; CAN
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
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- Imagery base maps earth cover
- Maintenance and Update Frequency
- Not planned
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
(418) 649-6591
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- Hours of Service
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9:00-17:00
Keywords
- Theme
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Wetland
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- Discipline
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RADARSAT
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Landsat
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Classification
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- Place
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Saint Lawrence
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Quebec
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ECCC Information Category EN
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Nature and Biodiversity - Habitat
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Business Functions
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Oversee and Manage Site Conditions
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Information Systems for Site Conditions
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Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus
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Ecosystems
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Branch
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Environmental Stewardship Branch
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Directorate
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Canadian Wildlife Service
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GC Security Level
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Unclassified
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Geography
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Quebec (QC)
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- Use Limitation
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Open Government Licence - Canada ( http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada )
- Access Constraints
- License
- Use Constraints
- License
- Begin Date
- 1993-01-01
- End Date
- 1994-12-31
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Ref. system Reference Systems
- Reference system identifier
- http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
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