Terrain Site Links

• Ministry of Environment - Terrain website
   

• Resource Information Standards Committee (RISC)

• Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management GIS page

• Integrated Land Management Bureau

• Terrain Inventory Mapping: includes Terrain Standards and Manuals:

Terrain Classification System for British Columbia, Version 2 (1997)

A User's Guide to Terrain Maps in British Columbia

1998 Terrain Database Manual Standards For Digital Terrain Capture In British Columbia

Terrain Stability Mapping in BC, A review and suggested methods for Landslide Hazard and risk mapping (1996)

Specifications and Guidelines for Bedrock Mapping in British Columbia

Guidelines and Standards for Terrain Mapping in BC (RISC 1996)

• Mapping and Assessing Terrain Stability Guidebook (Forest Practices Code) (1999)

• Landslide Risk Case Studies in Forest Development Planning and Operations Handbook

• Base Mapping and Geomatic Services

• Geographic Feature Catalogue: includes query site for feature codes

• BC Soils Information System (BCSIS)  BC Soils Home Page

• Geomorphological Processes

• Canadian Soil Information System (CanSIS) from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

National Soil DataBase (NSDB) includes Detailed Soil Surveys with Soil Survey Reports for BC

Soil Landscapes of Canada (SLC)

• International Soil Reference and Information Centre: report and publication links

• Internet Glossary of Soil Science Terms - Soil Science Society of America

• National Soil Survey Center Soil Science Education Website U.S. Department of Agriculture

NASIS: National Soil Information System

• Soil Survey Laboratory Soil Characterization Database National Soil Survey Center (NSSC)

• Just for Kids: Soil Biological Communities

• A Dictionary of Quaternary Acronyms and Abbreviations

• The Nature and Use of a Soil Survey: University of Florida

• The Twelve Soil Orders University of Idaho

• Crown Publications