BEFORE YOU START
Do you have a dataset that you’d like to publish through the DataBC Program? Before your data is published, we will need to gather some information from you. The questions on this page will help the DataBC Data Architecture Services team learn about your requirements and to determine whether the DataBC Program can meet them.
| AUDIENCE |
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| Data Publishers |
DATA PUBLICATION CHANNELS
The DataBC Program makes data available through combinations of several different channels:
- BC Data Catalogue
- Data Distribution Services through the BC Data Catalogue, iMapBC and (coming soon) the Order Fulfiller Interface (OFI) Application Programming Interface (API)
- BC Geographic Warehouse
- Web based Mapping
In addition, other agencies provide mechanisms for accessing DataBC data:
- the Geographic Terminal Servers (GTS - available through dts.gov.bc.ca)
- BCData R package
Hosting data in these products allows for access through these services and/or products Under Construction
| Service | BC Data Catalogue | BC Geographic Warehouse | BC MapHub |
|---|---|---|---|
| Webmapping - iMapBC |  |  | |
| Webmapping - iMapBC - Secure | | | |
| Webmapping - SMK | | | |
| Webmapping - WMS | | | |
| Webmapping - WFS | Not listed at this time | | |
| Webmapping - BC MapHub | | | |
| Direct connect - GTS | | | |
| Direct connect - Layer library | | | |
| Download service - Data Catalogue | | | |
| Download service - iMapBC | | | |
| BC Data Catalogue | | |
There are five options for where data gets stored in the DataBC Program, each with its own benefits and drawbacks:
| BC Geographic Warehouse | BC Data Catalogue | BC MapHub | pub.data.gov.bc.ca | External site | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Security - Public | | | through the public publication request form | | |
| Security - IDIR | for metadata only | | | | |
| Security - Named Users | | | | | |
| Security - Role-based | | in combination with Public, IDIR, Named Users | | | |
| Security - BCeID | | | | | |
| Format | BCGW dataset (Oracle object), ArcGIS Rest, atom, cded, cvs, e00, fgdb, geojson, georss, gft, html, json, kml, kmz, openapi-json, pdf, rdf, shp, tsv, txt, wms, wmts, xls, xlsx, xml, zip, other | Oracle object (spatial and non-spatial) | WMS, WFS, Shapefile, CSV, TXT, GPX, GeoJSON | Any | Any |
| File Size | catalogue file store < 150 MB and datasets configured via Distribution Service: < 2 GB zipped | < 500 MB | > 150 MB | Any | |
| Download - entire dataset | | | for BCGW datasets: re-directed to the BC Data Catalogue for standalone datasets: direct download | | |
| Download - subset dataset | | | | | |
| Spatial data - view in iMap BC | | |  | | |
| Spatial data - view in desktop mapping applications (i.e. ArcGIS, QGIS) | once downloaded | | can open data in ArcGIS via BC MapHub | | |
| Spatial data - view WMS (Web-Map Service) | once downloaded | | | | |
| Spatial data - view WFS (Web Feature Service) | once downloaded | | | | |
| Spatial data - view in BC MapHub | | | | | |
| Non-spatial data (csv) - view preview | | | | | |
| Non-spatial data (csv) - view point data on a map | | | | | |