Soil Survey Project Boundaries

Soil Survey Project Boundaries (soil mapping study areas) contains the soil survey project area and attributes describing each project (project level metadata), plus links to the locations of other data associated with the project (e.g., soil survey reports, polygon datasets, plotfiles, scanned maps, legends). Soil Mapping divides the landscape into units according to soil association, name, type, drainage, parent material, and texture. This layer is derived from the STE_TEI_PROJECT_BOUNDARIES_SP layer by filtering on the PROJECT_TYPE attribute. Project types include: SOIL, TIMSOI, and SOILSW. Current version: v11 (published on 2024-10-03) Previous versions: v10 (published on 2023-11-14), v9 (published on 2023-03-01), v8 (published on 2016-09-01) The Soil Survey dataset contains project boundaries as well as the soil survey polygons which are available in a variety of formats including: 1) via the Soil Information Finder Tool Mapping App (interactive app), 2) Soil Survey Spatial data with Soil Name and Layer Files (for download or viewing via iMapBC), or as 3) Soil Mapping Data Packages with geodatabase or shape files, and a data dictionary.

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Additional Info

Field	Value
Last Updated	April 17, 2026, 18:34 (UTC)
Created	April 17, 2026, 18:34 (UTC)
contact_email	TEI_Mail@gov.bc.ca
contact_person	{"en": "Government of British Columbia; Government of British Columbia; Knowledge Management", "fr": "Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique; Gouvernement de la Colombie-Britannique; Knowledge Management"}
criticality_level	[]
data_dictionary	EPSG:3005,EPSG,unknown
geographic_scope	[]
open_canada_collection	fgp
open_canada_date_published	2011-03-09 00:00:00
open_canada_keywords	{"en": ["BGC", "Canada", "DTEIF", "Drainage", "PEM", "SEI", "STE", "STEWI", "TEI", "TEIS", "TEM", "TER", "TSM", "WHR", "biogeoclimatic", "bioterrain", "bioterrain mapping", "describing terrestrial ecosystems", "ecology", "ecosystem", "ecosystem mapping", "ecosystem modelling", "erosion", "landslide", "predictive ecosystem mapping", "sedimentation", "sensitive ecosystem", "sensitive ecosystems inventory", "slope stability", "soil", "terrain", "terrain and ecosystems", "terrain inventory mapping", "terrain mapping", "terrain stability", "terrain stability mapping", "terrestrial ecosystem mapping", "wildlife habitat rating", "wildlife inventory", "Government information"], "fr-t-en": ["BGC", "Canada", "DTEIF", "Drainage", "PEM", "SEI", "SITE", "STEWI", "TEI", "CRAVATE", "ÉQUIPE", "TER", "TSM", "WHR", "biogéoclimatique", "terrain biologique", "cartographie du bioterrain", "description des écosystèmes terrestres", "écologie", "écosystème", "cartographie des écosystèmes", "modélisation des écosystèmes", "érosion", "glissement de terrain", "cartographie prédictive des écosystèmes", "sédimentation", "écosystème sensible", "inventaire des écosystèmes sensibles", "stabilité des pentes", "sol", "terrain", "terrain et écosystèmes", "cartographie de l'inventaire du terrain", "cartographie du terrain", "stabilité du terrain", "cartographie de la stabilité du terrain", "cartographie des écosystèmes terrestres", "évaluation de l'habitat faunique", "inventaire de la faune", "Information gouvernementale"]}
open_canada_subject	["form_descriptors", "nature_and_environment", "science_and_technology"]
sensitivity_level	unrestricted
title_fr
update_frequency	as_needed