| Data | Use | Processing Technique |
| Freshwater Atlas Wetlands | Preserve and determine the proportion of wetlands overlapping with proposed developments. | Intersect with Major Projects Inventory and create Euclidean Distance raster for MCE |
| Major Projects Inventory | Use to determine area of overlap with wetland and avoid in MCE. | MCE |
| BC Major Cities Points 1:2,000,000 | Buffer and avoid in MCE. | MCE |
| BC Transport Lines 1:2,000,000 | Buffer and avoid in MCE. | MCE |
| Soil Landscapes of Canada | Prioritize soils most similar to wetlands (poorly drained) | MCE |
| Major Road Networks | Avoid impervious surfaces. | MCE |
| Groundwater | Prioritize shallow groundwater. | Use Kriging to interpolate a continuous raster surface for use in MCE
– Reprojected to BC Albers – Clipped to BC boundary |
| BC SPOT Elevation Points 1:2,000,000 | Use in interpolation of groundwater (co-kriging). | Use as input for co-kriging as 2nd surface to help interpolate the first surface. |
| Digital Elevation Model | Used to derive slope raster which will subsequently be used to prioritize areas with low slope.
CDEM is available at a resolution of approximately 79 m |
MCE
– Reprojected DEM to BC Albers using Bilinear interpolation – Clipped raster to BC boundary – Converted to slope |
| Freshwater Stream Network | Prioritize close proximity to streams. | MCE |
| BC River, Lake and Wetland Polygons 1:2,000,000 | Select by attributes (TAG = Lake) and use in MCE to avoid major lakes. | MCE |
| ALC ALR Polygons | Use in MCE model to prioritize agricultural land. | MCE |
| Groundwater Wells and Aquifers | Use in MCE to prioritize shallow groundwater. | MCE |