GeoBC on Google Earth

GeoBC provides access to high quality, integrated Crown land and resource management data and information services to British Columbians.

We have provided the ability to add some of our data layers to Google Earth so users can utilize that environment. The layers are bundled in packages with details of the packages following the links below. Click on one of the titles below to load a package of layers.

We are working on converting more layers to be available for linking to Google Earth as well as other visualization systems such as Virtual Earth, World Wind and ArcGIS Explorer.

NOTE: In order to use Google Earth you must download software from their site, click here to go to the site.

 

Fly Through Presentations on GoogleEarth

General information about the packages

The layers will be listed on the left hand side of the screen under the Places panel.

You can toggle the layers on and off as required.

Some layers will only become viewable when you have zoomed in to a particular level which is identified in the descriptions below. The altitude is displayed in the lower right corner of the image window.

Once you are in an area you can zoom in and the view will change appropriately. However as you Zoom out beyond the original view you selected you will have to use Refresh to redraw the image as it is not automatically updated at this time. The Refresh option is available by right-clicking the layer and selecting Refresh from the menu or by using the shortcut key Ctrl+R .

GeoBC Web Map Services

Provides a package of layers sourced from the Land and Resource Data Warehouse (LRDW).

A description of the contents of this package follows:
Read Me: Explains the optimum use of the system. Please read to learn how to interact with the layers.

Tour of Blackcomb Ski Hill: Takes you on a simulated tour of the Blackcomb area of Whistler (home to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games) with the contour layer turned on. Press the play button at the bottom of the Places panel to activate the tour.

Agricultural Land Reserve Boundaries: The Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR) is a provincial zone in which agriculture is recognized as the priority use.

Hillshade Relief: Hillshade imagery is a simulated cast shadow of sun upon a raised relief map visually representing a digital elevation model (DEM).

Integrated Cadastral Fabric – Lot Lines : (viewable when zoomed in to less than 4 km eye altitude) Shows lot lines for selected areas.

Map Grids: Displays map boundaries for NTS 1:250 000 and BCGS 1:20 000

Parks and Protected Areas: Boundaries for the provincial parks and protected areas.

TRIM and Digital Road Atlas Base Maps: (viewable when zoomed in to less than 6 km eye altitude) Digital Terrain Resource Information Management (TRIM) topographic database at 1:20 000 for the Province of BC.
Contours, Water, Roads, Raster

Vegetated Land Cover-Projected Age: (viewable when zoomed in to less than 7 km eye altitude) A representation of the forest inventory data for the province.

Selected BC Park Profiles

This package contains the Parks and Protected Areas layer as well as links for selected Parks to the web page containing information about that park. You can click on the Tree icon on the image or click on the park name on the layer list to go to the information webpage for that park.