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Metadata for rasterbc collections
Description
This file contains a summary of metadata about the available datasets in rasterbc. The script ('metadata_bc.R') used to generate this file can be found in the subdirectory rasterbc/data-raw/ (last updated November 09, 2023).
Usage
metadata_bc
Format
Nested list containing metadata and URLs for all of the files available as rasterbc collections
- bgcz
BC biogeoclimatic zone from BC Ministry of Forests
- borders
Geographical coordinates grid from Natural Resources Canada
- cutblocks
Consolidated cutblocks, 2001-2018, from BC Ministry of Forests
- dem
Digital elevation model from Natural Resources Canada
- fids
Forest insect and disease survey, 2001-2018, from BC Ministry of Forests
- gfc
Forest extent and change, 2001-2019 from Hansen et al. (2013)
- nfdb
Canadian national fire database, 2001-2018, from Natural Resources Canada
- pine
Interpolated forest attributes, 2001, 2011, from Beaudoin et al. (2017) (DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2017-0184)
Details
Relevant contents of the file can be accessed dataframe using the function listdata_bc.
The rasterbc collection is published as a data publication with associated DOI for permanence and easy referencing. For a more complete description, along with instructions on downloading the collections from their sources and reproducing the collection, see the rasterbc_src github repository.
All were downloaded from sources and processed in the years 2018-2020, then stored as raster tiles in the standard BC Albers projection, and hosted on FRDR.
Source
Original data sources were published by the Canadian Journal of Forest Research and various Canadian government environment ministries, and are described in full at rasterbc_src