Lavan1

This data covers the Langley/Vancouver area of the Lower Mainland (see Soils of the Langley-Vancouver Map Area. Volume 1).  
Map sheets: 92g01a, 92g01b, 92g01c, 92g01d, 92g01e, 92g01f, 92g01g, 92g01h, 
	92g02a, 92g02b, 92g02c, 92g02d, 92g02e, 92g02f, 92g02g, 92g02h, 
	92g03a, 92g03b, 92g03g, 92g03h,
	92g07a, 92g07b, 92g08d 
Mapped Scale 1 : 25,000

Data_cart: use files soilcart.dbf, sc_layr1.dbf and sc_layr2.dbf to link with the soils attribute table.  They can be brought into ArcView as .dbf files under tables and then linked by the "key" field.  These files will display all the soil data collected in the field for that particular entry.  Due to limitations of DBase the one database had to be divided into three.  See SoilCart.gif.  Explaination of the three files is as follows:

Soilcart.dbf (soil cartographic file)
Is used to code non-depth data for every unique combination of soil name, association and soil phase(s) in the project area, including non soils.  The purpose of the cartographic file is to store attribute data describing the range of chemical and physical properties associated with each soil in the project area.

Sc_layer1.dbf
Is used to code depth data and to store attribute data describing texture and parent material properties associated with each soil in the project area.

Sc_layer2.dbf
Is used to code depth data and to store attribute information describing chemical properties associated with each soil in the project area.


Data Specifications:
Kenk, E. and Sondheim, M.W. 1997. Data Entry and Validation Procedures for Soil, Agriculture Capability, Surficial Geology and the All Purpose Entity, CAPAMP Volume 1.  British Columbia Ministry of Environment and Parks Thematic Mapping Geographic Information System (MOEP Manual, ISSN 0835-9180;10).

TRANSLATION INFORMATION

Source Data: Translation from IGDS files to ArcInfo coverages.  PAMAP GIS used in the translation process.

Working files contain, Lavan1_a.dbf and Lavan1_b.dbf which are structure files that created Lavan1_a.dbf and Lavan1_b.dbf. Loadsc1.prg is the program used on these files to create the  linking files.  

Pamap: contain all the pamap files that where converted from IGDS.  The joined map sheets are in the lavan1a1.hdr file. These mapsheets that were already joined in Pamap will show some offset in to the newly imported mapsheets and the vectors will not overlay properly, these problems could not be fixed as the base information was not found. Check file to discover which mapsheets are affected. Some DBase programs and Dbase files (.dbf) are also in this file which where used to manipulate the database associated with map tags.

Arc_data: contains ArcInfo files. The agricultural capability is lavan1_ac, soils classifictaion is lavan_p and lavan1_vt is the vector file.  

Raw data: is the .dat files from the Capamp disc and are unaltered.

Created By: Karen Moores, Boyd Porteous and Darrin Grund  January, 2001
Land Reserve Commission.  133-4940 Canada Way, Burnaby, B.C.