Road Atlas of BC

Maintenance

Monthly Update Releases

GIS Innovations generally releases updates to the Road Atlas monthly.  The target date is the first of each month; but this date is commonly adjusted forward or back one or two days depending upon the work required to completely finish a geographic area.  If we finish all the work in an area early, we will advance the delivery date.  If we need an extra day or two to complete an area, we would rather complete the area and then issue the release instead of keeping to a fixed date and releasing one town or region half updated.  We have discussed this method with most of the key users, and they all agree with the plan to adjust dates for completeness. 

There are really two categories of changes in the Road Atlas: those requiring field verification, and those that do not.  Updates, such as road name changes, changes to address plans, or changes to traffic rules are done on the effective date defined in the notifications we receive or as soon as we otherwise become aware of them.  New roads, road re-alignment and many other changes require us to field verify the changes with our GPS equipped mapping vehicle.  The typical schedule of the mapping vehicle is:

Maintenance Fees

3 Yr Annual

75%

Purchase License Fee

One update per year, for three years

Annual

30%

Purchase License Fee

One update delivered upon request within one year of purchase

Active

50%

Purchase License Fee

Monthly updates, our most current update system.

Maintenance Cycles Map

New Road Capture (Driving) Schedule

Month

GV-FV

S-VI

OKAN

YELL

CARIB

N-VI

KOOT

REMOTE

January

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March

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April

 

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May

 

 

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June

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July

 

 

 

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August

 

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September

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October

 

 

 

 

 

 

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November

 

 

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December

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Geographic Areas Description

Area

Update

Described by

GV-FV

4/yr

Vancouver-Fraser Valley (GVRD, RDSL from Lions Bay to Mt Currie - D’Arcy and RDFV from Abbotsford to Hope, and Hwy 1 to Jackass Mtn, Hwy 3 to Manning Park West Gate, and Hwy 5 to the Orthello Road intersection).

S-VI

3/yr

(Southern Vancouver Island) Victoria to Campbell River, to Port Alberni, circling Cowichan Lake, plus Powell River and the Sunshine Coast.

OKAN

2/yr

(Okanagan) Manning West Gate to Osoyoos to Sicamous, Kamloops within the city limits, to Merrit and Lower Nicola to Orthello Rd on Hwy 5.

YELL

1/yr

(Peace River-Yellowhead) Alaska Hwy km 110 south through Fort St John & Tupper, from Alberta west to Prince Rupert (excluding city of Prince George).

CARIB

1/yr

(Cariboo) SLRD to Lillooet, to Prince George, to Jasper to Cache Creek.

N-VI

1/yr

Vancouver Island north-west of Cambell River, west of Port Alberni (Bamfield, Tofino-Ucluelet), and all Georgia Strait, Northern and Southern Gulf Islands.

KOOT

1/yr

(Kootenay) Areas east of Osoyoos, Big White turnoff, Cherryville, and Sicamous.

REMOTE

3 years

Areas north of Road 258 jcn Alaska Hwy (km 110), north of Fort St James, south of Francois Lake Ferry, north of Kitwankool, west of Fraser River Bridge near Riske Creek, the Nisga Hwy-Valley, the Seton & Bralorne areas, the Central Coast and Queen Charlottes.

SPECIAL

 

A special updates will be considered for noteworthy or significant changes.

last updated: 13 June 2006, bj