QU'APPELLE RIVER VALLEY LAND PLANNING DATA BASE

                  FLYING CREEK PLANNING AREA

                           LANDFORMS

1. Coverage Specifications

   Original Map Scale: 1:50,000

   Resolution        : .000061035 of a degree

   Map Projection    : None, i.e. latitude/longitude co-ordinates

   Datum             : NAD27

   Spheroid          : Clarke 1866

   Units of Measure  : decimal degrees

2. Level I Latitude/Longitude Digital Data

   The Qu'Appelle River Valley land planning data in
   latitude/longitude co-ordinates are intended for GIS
   users who may wish to perform their own vertical integration
   of the various layers and themes, or for GIS users who may
   want to integrate these data with GIS data of their own.

   Thematic data layers are intentionally extended past
   the shoreline and as such does not contain the proper
   definition of shoreline. The data are not projected and
   co-ordinates, areas and perimeters are in decimal degrees.

   DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DERIVE AREA STATISTICS FROM THESE DATA
   UNTIL THEY ARE INTEGRATED WITH A PROPER SHORELINE AND THE
   RESULTS PROJECTED TO A SUITABLE MAP PROJECTION.

   If the above restrictions do not meet your GIS objectives,
   obtain the equivalent Level II UTM data where all data
   themes have been vertically integrated, and where the results
   have been projected to UTM.

3. Attribute Schema (Polygon Attribute Table - PAT.DBF)

 a) Standard ArcInfo Polygon Attribute Table (PAT) variables:

    AREA        Num 13,6    Area, in square degrees
    PERIMETER   Num 13,6    Perimeter, in decimal degrees
    COVER_#     Num 11,0    Standard ArcInfo Polygon Number
    COVER_ID    Num 11,0    Standard ArcInfo User ID

 b) Original Digital Data Classification:

    MAT1       Char 4        Primary Material Type Code
    LAND_F1    Char 2        Primary Landform Type Code
    VAR1       Char 2        Primary Landform Variety Code
    MAT2       Char 4        Secondary Material Type Code
    LAND_F2    Char 2        Secondary Landform Type Code
    VAR2       Char 2        Secondary Landform Variety Code
    MAT3       Char 4        Tertiary Material Type Code
    LAND_F3    Char 2        Tertiary Landform Type Code
    VAR3       Char 2        Tertiary Landform Variety Code

4. Valid Data Domain

   Landform Type Code

     AF - Alluvial fan
     AP - Alluvial floodplain
     AT - Alluvial terrace
     BT - Bedrock terrain
     ED - Eolian dunes
     GK - Glaciofluvial knobs and ridges (kames)
     GO - Glaciofluvial plain (outwash)
     LB - Lacustrine raised
     LD - Lacustrine delta
     LH - Lacustrine hummocky terrain
     LP - Lacustrine floodplain
     ME - End moraine
     MG - Ground moraine
     MH - Hummocky moraine
     OT - Organic terrain
     SE - Slopes of eroded valley and hill sides
     SL - Slopes of slumped valley sides

   Material Type Code

     C    - Highly plastic (heavy) clay
     CM   - Silty clay
     M    - Silt and very fine sand
     MS   - Fine sandy silt
     SM   - Silty fine sand
     S    - Fine and medium sand
     SG   - Sand and fine to medium gravel
     GS   - Sandy gravel
     T    - Till
     V    - Variable textured soil
     SHSS - Shale and sandstone

   Landform Variety Code

     A - Alkaline and saline deposits
     C - Channelled by meltwater
     E - Eroded by running water
     F - Fluted or drumlinized
     K - Kettled topography
     L - Low hummocky relief
     M - Meander features
     S - Superglacial features ("doughnut" and "brain" patterns)
     T - Terraced by running water
     W - Wind modified

5. Narrative Description of Qu'Appelle Landforms Theme

   This Qu'Appelle River Valley theme defines the geology of
   the planning areas in terms of landforms, landform variety
   and material type. The landform classifications are complexed;
   up to three landforms can occur in one polygon.

6. Accreditation

     The Canada Geographic Information System data extraction
     and distribution is managed by:

     The Canada Centre for Remote Sensing
     Natural Resources Canada
     Government of Canada
     Room 650 - 615 Booth Street
     Ottawa, ON, Canada
     K1A 0E9

     Based on significant research and development by:

     The National Archives of Canada
     Statistics Canada
     Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada

     Data processing completed by:

     Spatialanalysis
     Ottawa, Ontario,
     Canada K1Y ON3

     The National Archives of Canada retains
     intellectual property.

     (Copyright) Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 1999.