Road Atlas of BC Packages

· Restricted Applications: 9-1-1 Dispatch (please refer these directly to GIS Innovations)

· Supported Projections and Formats: any Datum and Projection, the default format is ESRI-Shape but also MapInfo-TAB and most others.

Name Attributes Schema Details

Road Class	Freeway, Arterial, Collector, Local, Strata, Lane, Restricted, Resource, Recreation, Ferry
Road/Alias Name	Road names are managed in a structured table containing separate fields for: Feat_id, pre-type, dir-prefix, name, type, dir-suffix, and a "structure" field. Normally the format of the Road Name is matched to the core GIS technology delivered, such as for MapInfo or ArcView. Upon request, the parsed Name_Table is available for users who need to specially parse or change the naming conventions used. Road type mostly conform to Canada Post, with some BC extensions like FSR.
Hwy_Rte	The "Numbered Highways" field lists the routes in order, e.g. "1A+99A"
Exit_Num	The exit number/name along Highways e.g. "29A"

Geocode Attributes Schema Details
The Geocode Package includes the Name & Geocode Attributes

Addressing	Addressed by the 4-corners, From-Left, To-Left, From-Right, To-Right.
Single Address	For roads where all the residents share one civic address, such as in a strata road.
Addressed L & R	A series of codes describing the addressing as Even, Odd, Continuous, Special or None
City, L & R	The colloquial name used. Not the official name as people who live just outside a community limit still refer to that community as their address. The official name is in progress.
Regional District L&R	Regional District left and right.

Navigation Attributes Schema Details
The Navigation Package includes the Name & Geocode & Navigation Attributes

Speed	In kph as: 10, 15, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110
Travel Direction	Both ways, OneWay Forward-Reverse, Divided Forward-Reverse
Surface	Paved, Loose, Rough, Boat
Lanes L & R	Lanes are separately recorded for both directions of travel, based upon the vector direction. The codes are: R = very restrictive, N = narrow (shared), and 0,1,2,3,4.
From & To Stops	Travel impedance: Stop, Yield, Light, Cul de sac, Roundabout, Underpass, Overpass, and more
Truck Limits	The maximum truck Height (m), Width (m), & Weight (T)
Restricted Access Road	Codes for road restrictions, private usage and so forth
Turn Restrictions	At both the From & To ends, recorded for each of: NO Left, Right or Straight, recorded as per days as: Mon-Fri, Mon-Sat, Sun-Sat.
Turn Times	Recorded as AM, PM, both AM-PM, all day, and always.

Network Topology Attributes Schema Details These are available upon request

Network Topology

From & To Nodes, entry & exit angles, segment length

Metadata Attributes Schema Details

PositionBy	the primary source of the roadway positioning, e.g. GPS or TRIM
UpdateZone	Which Road Atlas maintenance area of BC is the road in

Core Basemap	Intelligent Hydrography (shore, rivers, lakes)
Extended Basemap	Parks, First Nations Reserves, Topograhic Features (Rail, Transmission, buildings, etc)

Last Revised: 13 June 2006
Last Updated: 17 March 2004