Ministry of Environment Wildlife

Species Inventory Data System (SPI)

The Species Inventory (SPI) Data System is a provincial database that is designed to facilitate the storage and access of inventory results for wildlife species observations.

For detailed information on the types of data that are included in this dataset, go to the Land Information BC Discovery Service and enter “SPI” in the search criteria.

This dataset can also be queried via Species Inventory Web Explorer (SIWE) to find out which wildlife species inventory projects have been incorporated into the provincial database and what data and/or reports are available for downloading.

The SPI Data System is composed of the following databases and applications:

Databases

• SPI Data Capture Database: Stores the information entered for wildlife inventory projects (E.g. species, UTM coordinates, date, , sampling conditions, sampling effort, wildlife habitat features) and incidental wildlife sightings.
• SPI Operational Database: Stores the wildlife inventory projects migrated from the SPI Data Capture database as well as their associated documents.
• Taxonomy Database: Contains taxonomic classification schemes and codes.

Applications

• SPI Data Capture Application: An application that is used to enter information from a species inventory project directly into the SPI Data Capture Database. This method of submitting data is now only available to government employees. If you are a government employee and would like access to this application please email the SPI Application Manager. If you are not a government employee and would like to submit data please go to Data Contributions.
• Species Inventory Web Explorer (SIWE) Application: A web browser based application available to the public that is used to explore wildlife inventory projects including their associated documents/deliverables that have been entered into the SPI Data System.
• SPI Administration: This application is used by the SPI Data Manager for managing security based on user roles, to maintain reference data or codes, and to maintain the definitions of observation forms.