Description: This dataset shows the suitability of sites for agriculturebased on six variables. These include Agricultural capacity mapping, climate parameters, access to communities, access to electric power, slope aspect, and terrain slope angle, For more information about the model please refer to the study reportreferenced on the NWT Agricultural Potential Web Viewer website.
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Saanichton, BC
Canada V8M 2C2
250 652 9268
Description: This feature class presents the suitability of climate for agrcultural endeavours within the study area for the NWT Agricultural Potential project. It was created by merging temperature and snowmelt data. It has been reclassed into 4 classes to aid in the identification of areas suitable for agriculture within the study area. This data represents the climate variable of the NWT Agricultural Potential Model. This model is part of the NWT Agricultural Potential Model and Viewer project. The model brings together and weights six spatial datasets with the key objective to identify locations of suitability for agriculture. The model will be used to inform future agricultural management decisions. This feature data set was created specifically for the NWT agricultural Potential project and is intended for use as one of 6 variables within the Agricultural Suitability Model.
Copyright Text: Caslys Consulting Unit 10 626782 Veyaness Road
Saanichton, BC
Canada V8M 2C2
250 652 9268
Description: This dataset results from the combination of NWT Soil Capacity mapping completed through various mapping initiatives with data gaps filled using a national land cover dataset developed from AVHRR satellite imagery. This model is part of the NWT Agricultural Potential Model and Viewer project. The model brings together and weights six spatial datasets with the key objective to identify locations of suitability for agriculture. The model will be used to inform future agricultural management decisions. Landcover was created reclassed with the ArcGIS reclassify tool and the categories were based on an existing feature dataset NTSSEP_AgricultureCapacity.
Copyright Text: Caslys Consulting Unit 10 626782 Veyaness Road
Saanichton, BC
Canada V8M 2C2
250 652 9268
Description: This dataset can assist in determining relative ease of travel to communities taking into account terrain, hydrography and the road network. The data was modeled using theArcGIS Cost Distance tool. It is intended for use within the NWT Agricultrual Potential Map Viewer website. For more information please refer to the associated project report.
Copyright Text: Caslys Consulting Unit 10 626782 Veyaness Road
Saanichton, BC
Canada V8M 2C2
250 652 9268
Description: This datasetcan assist in determining the relative ease of connecting to the power grid takign into accoutn distance to the current power grid. The data was modeled using theArcGIS Cost Distance tool. It is intended for use within the NWT Agricultrual Potential Map Viewer website. For more information please refer to the associated project report.
Copyright Text: Caslys Consulting Unit 10 626782 Veyaness Road
Saanichton, BC
Canada V8M 2C2
250 652 9268
Description: This feature classrepresents slope aspectclassified into distinct classes. It is calculated using the ArcGISs aspecttool and the Next Map World 10m DEM. The result were resampled to 150m. It is one of six inputs to the NWT Agricultural Potential Model and Viewer project. The model brings together and weights six spatial datasets with the key objective to identify locations of suitability for agriculture. The model will be used to inform future agricultural management decisions.
Copyright Text: Caslys Consulting Unit 10 626782 Veyaness Road
Saanichton, BC
Canada V8M 2C2
250 652 9268
Description: This raster-based polygonaldataset represents classified terrain slope. It has been calculated using the ArcGIS slope tool and the Next Map World 10m DEM. The result were resampled to 150m.It is one of 6 inputs to the NWT Agricultural Potential Modeland Viewer project. The model brings together and weights six spatial datasets with the key objective to identify locations of suitability for agriculture. The model will be used to inform future agricultural management decisions.
Copyright Text: Caslys Consulting Unit 10 626782 Veyaness Road
Saanichton, BC
Canada V8M 2C2
250 652 9268
Description: This layer combines six agricultural factors that were used as inputs to the NWT Agricultural Potential Index, a modeled dataset displayed in the NWT Agricultural Potential Viewer (ArcGIS Online web application). Agricultural factors represented in this dataset include: slope, aspect, roads (cost distance), power (cost distance), climate, and landcover/soil. Areas determined to be unsuitable for agriculture (i.e., restricted areas) have been erased from this dataset. For more information, please see the NWT Agricultural Potential Model report (Caslys Consulting Ltd., 2019). This dataset has been prepared specifically for use in the custom filter tool (query widget) in the NWT Agricultural Potential Viewer.
Copyright Text: Caslys Consulting Unit 10 626782 Veyaness Road
Saanichton, BC
Canada V8M 2C2
250 652 9268
Description: In the fall of 2005, the Northwest Territories Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment (ITI), retained EcoDynamics Consulting to compile, digitize, and where possible, enhance the existing soil survey information covering over 4.3M ha of land in the southern Northwest Territories (Figure 1). The overall purpose of the project was to ensure that this existing map coverage is available in a digital form to support agricultural planning and management in the NWT. Funding for the project was from the Canada - NWT Agricultural Policy Framework Program (Agriculture and Agri-foods Canada) and the Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT).The resulting digital map set provides soil and agricultural land capability information for over 4M ha of the southern Northwest Territories based on compilation of a variety of soil surveys conducted during the 1960s and 1970s. Digital versions of these historical paper maps were produced using various computer-based techniques including raster scanning, raster-to-vector conversion, georeferencing and conflation. Various soil and soil capability for agriculture attributes were then attached to each digital map polygon using the built-in database structure of ArcMap. Revised map legends and soil descriptions were also prepared based on current Canadian soil taxonomy and terminology. A reconnaissance level field program was also undertaken to gain familiarity with the soils of the study area and to assess the general reliability of the existing information.
Copyright Text: Prepared For:
Department of Industry, Tourism and Investment,
Government of Northwest Territories
Prepared By:
EcoDynamics Consulting Inc.
Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
July 31, 2008