Manitoba's Forest Management Units (FMU's): Version 4

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Title: Manitoba's Forest Management Units (FMU's): Version 4
Abstract:
Forest Management Units (FMU's) define a forested area with common forest conditions that are managed in a similar manner. Forest Sections are comprised of FMU's. Forest inventories within Forest Management Units are analysed to determine allowable harvest limits of softwood and hardwood tree species within each Forest Management Unit.Version 3: The southern portion of FMU 67 within the Highrock Forest Section has been adjusted to align with base featurescaptured in 2009.Additionally, a 11 ha portion of the Saskatchewan River Forest Section (FMU 59) has been added to the Highrock Forest Section.Version 4: The northern portion of FMU68 along the Rail Haul within the Highrock Forest Section has been adjust so that the boundary falls within water only.Additionally,version 4 splits the 'White Zone' forest section (FMU 76) by ecozones, creating FMU 76 (Taiga Shield), FMU 77 (Southern Arctic), FMU 78 (Hudson Plain) and FMU 79 (Boreal Shield).
  1. How should this data set be cited?

    , Manitoba's Forest Management Units (FMU's): Version 4.

  2. What geographic area does the data set cover?

    West_Bounding_Coordinate: -102.378157
    East_Bounding_Coordinate: -88.170166
    North_Bounding_Coordinate: 60.065987
    South_Bounding_Coordinate: 48.701275

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  4. Does the data set describe conditions during a particular time period?

  5. What is the general form of this data set?

    Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: vector digital data

  6. How does the data set represent geographic features?

    1. How are geographic features stored in the data set?

      This is a Vector data set. It contains the following vector data types (SDTS terminology):

      • GT-polygon composed of chains (64)

    2. What coordinate system is used to represent geographic features?

      The map projection used is Transverse Mercator.

      Projection parameters:
      Scale_Factor_at_Central_Meridian: 0.9996
      Longitude_of_Central_Meridian: -99.0
      Latitude_of_Projection_Origin: 0.0
      False_Easting: 500000.0
      False_Northing: 0.0

      Planar coordinates are encoded using coordinate pair
      Abscissae (x-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.005
      Ordinates (y-coordinates) are specified to the nearest 0.005

      The horizontal datum used is D North American 1983.
      The ellipsoid used is GRS 1980.
      The semi-major axis of the ellipsoid used is 6378137.0.
      The flattening of the ellipsoid used is 1/298.257222101.

  7. How does the data set describe geographic features?

    BDY_MB_FMU_PY_v4

    OBJECTID
    Internal feature number. (Source: ESRI)

    Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.

    Shape
    Feature geometry. (Source: ESRI)

    Coordinates defining the features.

    MU
    Management Unit (MU) number

    SECTION
    Forest section number

    ValueDefinition
    0Aspen Parkland forest section
    1Mountain forest section
    2Pineland forest section
    3Lake Winnipeg East forest section
    4Interlake forest section
    5Saskatchewan River forest section
    6Highrock forest section (comprised of 4 zones)
    7Churchill River forest section
    8Nelson River forest section
    9Hayes River forest section
    10White Zone (no fight fire zone; no forest inventory information available). Composed of FMU's 76 - 79.

    SEC_NAME
    Forest section name

    Shape_Length
    Length of feature in internal units. (Source: ESRI)

    Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

    Shape_Area
    Area of feature in internal units squared. (Source: ESRI)

    Positive real numbers that are automatically generated.

    Entity_and_Attribute_Overview:
    This feature class represents the boundaries of Manitoba's forest management units. Version 4 is dated February 8, 2013.

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  3. To whom should users address questions about the data?

    Manitoba Land Initiative
    c/o Tony Viveiros
    GIS Database Manager
    200 Saulteaux Crescent
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 3W3
    CA

    204-945-7956 (voice)
    204-948-2671 (FAX)
    antonio.viveiros@gov.mb.ca

Why was the data set created?

This feature class represents the boundaries of Manitoba's forest management units. Version 4 is dated February 8, 2013.

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Access_Constraints: See https://mli.gov.mb.ca//app/register/app/index.php
Use_Constraints: See https://mli.gov.mb.ca//app/register/app/index.php

  1. Who distributes the data set? (Distributor 1 of 1)

    Manitoba Conservation
    c/o Tony Viveiros
    GIS Database Manager
    200 Saulteaux Crescent
    Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 3W3
    ca

    204-945-7956 (voice)
    antonio.viveiros@gov.mb.ca

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    See access and use constraints information.

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Dates:
Last modified: 06-Mar-2013
Metadata author:
Manitoba Conservation
c/o Tony Viveiros
GIS Database Manager
200 Saulteaux Crescent
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3J 3W3
ca

(204) 945-7956 (voice)
(204) 948-2671 (FAX)
antonio.viveiros@gov.mb.ca

Metadata standard:
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata (FGDC-STD-001-1998)

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