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Description
Waterbody Islands is a digital cartographic dataset from Natural Resources Canada's CanVec product. It contains topographic vector data for land features including islands, shorelines, wooded areas, and landforms. The dataset originates from multiple authoritative sources like the National Topographic Data Base and satellite imagery.
Use Cases
Map island distribution and density within Canadian waterbodies using the Island feature layer.
Analyze shoreline proximity to wooded areas or saturated soil for ecological modeling.
Identify and classify landform features such as eskers or sand formations for geological studies.
Strengths
Data originates from the best available sources covering Canadian territory, including the National Topographic Data Base.
Product complies with international geomatics standards for topographic information.
Multi-source compilation includes data from Mapping the North, Atlas of Canada, GeoBase, and satellite imagery (e.g., Landsat 7, Spot, Radarsat).
Limitations
Specific row count, column details, and spatial extent for the 'Waterbody Islands' subset are unknown.
Data is a subset of a larger product; granularity and completeness for the Yukon region may vary.
Provenance
Source
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) CanVec product, distributed by the Government of Yukon via GeoYukon.
Collection Method
Compiled from multiple digital cartographic sources including NTDB, Mapping the North, Atlas of Canada, GeoBase, and updated with satellite imagery.
Time Range
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Freshness
Last updated March 25, III.
Geography
Canadian territory, with distribution focus via Yukon's GeoYukon platform.
Available in ESRI REST and HTML formats; license is listed as 'yk-oglyk' which requires review for specific use terms.