Terrain Stability Mapping

Introduction

The Forest Investment Account (FIA) eligible activity Terrain Stability Mapping activity is part of the Resource Inventories activity area.   Eligible criteria descriptions are given on the Resource Inventories Area Expectations page. FIA Account funding recipients interested in undertaking Terrain Stability Mapping projects are required under their recipient agreement with PricewaterhouseCoopers to adhere to RISC standards or Best Practices standards established by government. The lists below:  (Mandatory Standards, and Project Specific Standards), provide on-line access to those standards.

Also included is a list (Other Related Information)  to access other related documents that the user may reference as they develop their project.

In the event a recipient desires to vary from the standards a request must be submitted to PricewaterhouseCoopers who will then forward that request for approval of the variance.

Terrain Stability Mapping (TSM) and Landslide Inventory (LSI) project managers must contact soilterrain@victoria1.gov.bc.ca to request a unique business area project identification (BAPID) once the FIA project has been approved and a qualified contractor has been selected. The BAPID is a number for each project, to be used for dataset/digital file identification. TSM project managers are also required to submit project deliverables as per the Standard for Digital Terrain Data Capture - Errata 2006-1.1 and FIA’s Information Gathering and Management Component web page: http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hcp/fia/submit_Information_Gathering_and_Management.htm.

Before the commencement of any base mapping project, recipients must complete the Standard Operating Procedure. The purpose of this Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) is to provide direction to government agencies and partners with Government, in the documentation and procedures to be followed during the planning and implementation of mapping projects, inclusive of any aspect that relates to base mapping. The SOP will be applicable to mapping projects which have any component of Government funding for air photos, scanning, ortho photos, aerial triangulation and data exchanges involving such data. http://ilmbwww.gov.bc.ca/bmgs/pba/sop/

Mandatory Standards (For All Projects Within This Eligible Activity)

	•	Guidelines and Standards to Terrain Mapping in BC (1996) (Note: Contact soilterrain@victoria1.gov.bc.ca for current sources of terrain maps and information.)
	•	Terrain Stability Mapping in BC: A review and suggested methods for landslide hazard and risk mapping – final draft (1996)
	•	Terrain Classification System for British Columbia (1997) (Note: Use Standard for Digital Terrain Data –Errata 2006-1.1 for list of valid codes.)
	•	Standard for Digital Terrain Data Capture Errata 2006-1.1 (Accompanies the 1998 RIC Standard and provides information on new digital data formats and data submission requirements.) (PDF 542KB)
	•	Standard for Digital Terrain Data Capture in British Columbia Version 1 (1998) Digital deliverable file formats are superseded by Errata 2006-LBIP1. Contains tables describing allowable terrain codes with their definitions and a list of Feature Codes for terrain features, both of which remain valid except as noted in Errata 2006-1-LBIP.)
	•	Land Based Investment Program Forest Investment Account Data Management Standard - Data Exchange/Submission of Resource Inventories (PDF 45.3KB)

Project Specific Standards

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Landslide Classification and Inventory System for British Columbia with Digital Standards-DRAFT 1, 2007 - available from soilterrain@victoria1.gov.bc.ca

Other Related Information

Please note: Due to government reorganization, Ministry or other agency names, contacts, and website URL's, located within documents listed above may have changed since document publication. If current contacts, URL's, or other information is required, please contact soilterrain@victoria1.gov.bc.ca.