About GeoBC

GeoBC provides a window to data and information sources provided by various ministries and agencies from the Natural Resource Sector within the British Columbia Provincial Government. The focus is on spatial and attribute data and associated applications that allow display and interaction with the data.

The Integrated Land Management Bureau (ILMB) has the mandate to provide client-focused, high quality, integrated Crown land and resource management and information services to British Columbians. ILMB is responsible for GeoBC and has developed this site as a first step towards making information accessible to clients without having to go to many different sites to find the source.

Using this Site

To see a brief description of an item, hover your mouse over the item and a description will appear near the bottom of the page.

Items that have a key icon beside indicates that it may require logging in either with a BCeID or an IDIR ID.

The items are presented by category, e.g. Archaeology & Culture, and then by two major types:

1) Interactive Maps

This type provides links to business specific mapping applications that focus on a particular agencies information. Most of these links start up applications that provide a map interface to information. They use a common infrastructure so that the look and feel is similar between them.

A tutorial is available within the applications that explains how to use the interface and describes the various tools. There are a wide range of tools available in the general mapping environment.

NOTE: Each business area chooses which of the tools are relevant for its topic area. Therefore you may see a limited set of tools within some applications even through the tutorial provides information on the full set.

2) Information Sites

This type provides access to broader information sources across the natural resource sector such as portals, websites and documents.

Quick Links

are applications that have been built to reach across many agencies and provide access to their information all together. The following applications are provided:

Data Discovery allows a user to enter search parameters and find out what datasets are available that meet that criterion. It also provides specific information about each dataset such as who the owner is, when it was loaded where it is located, what are the access restrictions, can it be downloaded, etc.

Data Distribution allows a user to select datasets of interest and download them to their computer. The data owners determine the appropriate access and distribution mechanism for a particular dataset.

Base Map Online Store allows you to order and purchase Land and Resource products from the Base Map Online Store. The following products can be ordered using this service:

Map Data - TRIM mapsheets, TRIM Enhanced Basemap mapsheets, TRIM Aerotraingulation Data, MASCOT Geodetic Control Monuments, BCACS GPS Corrections, Gridded DEM, Hillshaded DEM
Imagery - Hard Copy Air Photos, Air Photo Enlargements, Scanned Air Photos, TRIM Orthophotos, TRIM Orthophoto Mosaics, Canned Stereo Model

iMapBC provides spatial viewing access to over 100 datasets from many different agencies. You can add your own lines and text through the use of Markup tools provided in the application. You can also add your own data

Integrated Land and Resource Registry (ILRR) provides a window into a register of legal interests, rights, designations, and administrative boundaries on Crown land.