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Population centres shapefile accessed from: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/84a9b280-ede5-42df-a98a-62489eb46aa8
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Inland water features shapefile accessed from: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/448ec403-6635-456b-8ced-d3ac24143add
Transportation network shapefile accessed from: ftp.geobc.gov.bc.ca/sections/outgoing/bmgs/DRA_Public
Potential photovoltaic output raster accessed from: https://solargis.com/maps-and-gis-data/overview
Transmission line shapefile accessed from: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-transmission-lines#edc-pow
Outline of BC shapefile accessed from: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/bc-provincial-boundaries-lines-1-2-000-000-digital-baseline-mapping
Land Use shapefile accessed from: https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/parcelmap-bc-parcel-fabric/resource/b3a8efef-d540-412c-9f44-f0ba5d79f575#edc-pow
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