Exporting Data via a Shopping Cart

Locate the dataset record within the BC Data Catalogue containing the data you wish to export.

1. Open the dataset record.

2. Under Resources (right hand list) look for a card titled ...BC Geographic Warehouse (custom download) you can either:

   1. Select Access/Download on the card, or

   2.  Click the resource title then click the Access/Download from the tool bar

3. A shopping cart will pop up (must enable pop-ups).

4. Next, expand the Set Current Order Details options drop down for final steps.

Then.

• After placing an order, users will receive two emails; one indicating that the data request has been submitted and another providing a link to where the assembled data can be retrieved.

• See What email notifications will I receive? below for examples.

A video tutorial is available - go to Downloading data from within iMapBC.

Use the appropriate link to start iMapBC: Public iMapBC | Secure iMapBC (requires IDIR or Business BCeID)

1. Click the I want to… blue button to select datasets to visualize and/or download.

2. Select the Add Provincial Layers menu option.

3. Navigate and select the check box of desired datasets.

4. Click the Export tab along the top toolbar.

5. Select the Provincial Layer Download option.

   • Toggle off datasets that are not to be downloaded but are added to the map.

   • For datasets that are only visible in iMap but not downloadable they will not show up in the list when the Export tab is clicked.

     • To confirm security always review the metadata record. To get to it from a presentation:

       • On the lower left Layers tab click on the > and scroll down and click Metadata URL or see the iMapBC Training Manual for more information.

6. Click the Prepare Order… button.

7. Next, expand the Set Current Order Details options drop down for final steps.

Then:

• After placing an order, users will receive two emails; one indicating that the data request has been submitted and another providing a link to where the assembled data can be retrieved.

• See What email notifications will I receive? below for examples.

Both the BCDC and iMapBC present a pop-up form into which you need to specify download parameters:

1. Coordinate System
   • Spatial data can be delivered in various map projections
2. Format
   • Output file format can be selected as best suites your needs.
   • Options are Shapefile (.shp), File Geodatabase (.fgdb), CSV, and GeoJSON.
   • Note: CSV will only provide attribute data except for point data files, which will include coordinates in the resulting file.

3. Area of Interest

   • You may wish to set an AOI to a specific project area or be required to set if the resultant dataset will be larger than 2GB (the % of Max: will be set higher than 100% )

     • ​

   • You have the following options to set an AOI :​

   1. Draw a Custom AOI
      • If a feature has too many vertices it will use the bounding box of the area.
      • 
      1. Draw a Custom AOI
         1. Visually  - Draw an area of interest
            1. Click the Draw a Custom AOI and a special tool will open up
            2. Choose a shape to draw an AOI over the map (a rectangle is the simplest)
            3. Click the Next button to take you back to the order page
            4. Proceed to Clipping
         2. Visually - Select a feature from a Provincial dataset out of the BC Geographic Warehouse
            1. Click the Draw a Custom AOI and a special tool will open up
            2. Click on the tool icon on the upper right to expand the toolbar
            3. Click Add Provincial Layers
            4. Search for or navigate to dataset
            5. Check dataset and click OK
            6. Zoom into the area of the feature
            7. Select the point tool and click on the feature
            8. Click Next in the left panel
            9. Check Select an exist polygon from a layer on the map and click next
            10. Click Submit AOI or Remove or Add More Polygons
            11. Proceed to Clipping
      2. ​Zipped Shapefile
         • ​Limit - the number of coordinate pairs or vertices must be less than 2000
           1. Click the Choose file… button
           2. Navigate to the zipped shapefile, should contain files with extensions like, but not limited to: shp, shx, dbf and prj
           3. Click the Okay button
           4. Proceed to Clipping
   2. GeoMark
      • Enter a Geomark
      • See this page for more info.
      • Proceed to Clipping

   3. Mapsheet

      For accepted value examples:

      • If you do not know what mapsheet the area you want to select is in, you can use this direct link to identify the mapsheet number in iMapBC.

        • 82F (a single mapsheet)

        • 82F044 (a single letter block)

        • 82F, 82F (one or more mapsheets and/or letter blocks separated by commas)

      • Proceed to Clipping

4. Clipping: 

   1. On : All data features that overlap the Area of Interest (AOI) will be included, but each will be clipped so that they do not extend outside the AOI.

   2. Off : All data features that overlap the Area of Interest (AOI) will be included, in their entirety. They will not be clipped to the AOI boundary

5. Included Layers

   • If a dataset is no longer desired click the red X and it will be removed from your cart. .

6. Add Email address where to send notification.

7. Check off the Terms and Conditions check box.

8. Click the Submit Order button.

   • This button will not highlight until the email address and Terms and Conditions have been addressed.

9. Click the Continue button.

Data from the BC Geographic Warehouse (BCGW) may be configured in for export from iMapBC, the BC Data Catalogue or both.

• iMapBC only has spatial or geographic data available.

• iMapBC may have datasets that are visible but not exportable.

  • Always review the metadata in the Catalogue for the Visibility and Download security settings. 

  • In iMapBC you can click on a presentation and select View Metadata.

• The Catalogue will have more datasets configured for exporting as it will include non-spatial or tabular data also hosted in the BCGW as well as pre-configured package products.

• iMapBC presentations if they have definition queries will allow just the subset of that query to be exportable.

• An email will be sent that the order has been received by the system.

  • Your order 2093822 has been submitted

• An email will be sent that the order has been assembled once the system has processed the order.

  • Your order 2093822 has been assembled

    • This will have a link to a place to pick up the order.

    • If this order isn’t picked up within a week, then it will be deleted and the order will need to be resubmitted.

    • Some of the datasets in the BCGW include no geometry/spatial features, these will be exported as a csv alongside the format selected.

To group multiple datasets in a single order do not close the pop-up for the first dataset but navigate to the next dataset you wish to add.

When logged in to make an order to download data using this service, those past orders are retained and visible when selecting a new order.

1. Click the Past Orders tab.

2. Click the order details to expand the order details.

3. Click the Reorder button to request a new order with those datasets listed.

From the BC Data Catalogue

• If you are a government employee with an IDIR, log into the Catalogue first as some records are only visible when logged in.

• Business BCeID users can not log into the Catalogue but will be prompted for credentials at time of download, if the security is a requirement.

From iMapBC

• Select to Secure iMapBC application and log in, all available datasets to your account will be visible.

• Not all datasets that are visible in iMapBC are downloadable.

• Always refer to the BC Data Catalogue record for the Visibility and Download Security profiles.

Your email address is collected to provide you notification to confirm your order and send you the data. Data distribution notifications will be sent to you from time to time to keep you up to date with the service. Read the terms and conditions.

What does Open Data mean?

“Open Data is the idea that some data should be freely available to everyone to use and republish as they wish, without restrictions from copyright, patents or other mechanisms of control” - Wikipedia

What does Access Only mean?

For the reproduction of materials found in the BC Data Catalogue, either a licence agreement (as specified in the BC Data Catalogue) will apply, or the materials are Access Only and reproduction is not permitted without written permission.

To request permission, please complete the Copyright Permission Request Form.

If a licence agreement applies, permission is subject to the terms of the specified licence.

What does Crown Copyright mean?

Crown copyright is a form of copyright claim used by the governments of a number of Commonwealth realms. It provides special copyright rules for the Crown, i.e. government departments and (generally) state entities - Wikipedia.

You can find information about Crown Copyright on this BC Government website.

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