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BC Soils Information System (BCSIS)
Data Warehouse Home
A Data Warehouse for British Columbia's Soils Information
Query database by clicking the appropriate
map sheet above, or by using the Query buttons in the right column.
BCSIS is a central database containing soil and morphological
information for the province of British Columbia.
Until 1988, the Province of BC maintained provincial soils field data
in a mainframe computer application called the "BC Soil Information
System" (BCSIS). At that time, monetary and personnel constraints
forced the system to be archived. Efforts began in 1995 to regain access
to this valuable data set with initial funding provided by the Corporate
Resource Inventory Initiative and later Forest Renewal BC.
To date, all data has been downloaded from the mainframe and imported
into the Ministry's database software "ORACLE". The information
held in BCSIS consists of site descriptions, soil horizon data, and
laboratory analysis results. At the present time, lab analysis results
are not available for download.
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