The ILRR provides a single source of reliable information on over 260 different legal interests on Crown land (tenures, regulated uses, land and resource use restrictions and reservations) from 19 partner ministries and agencies that is visually represented on a map and is available to the public using a standard Web browser. The ILRR also contains information on Crown land parcels, private land parcels (where available), administrative boundaries (e.g. forest districts, electoral boundaries) and base map information (topography, grids, etc).
The ILRR:
The ILRR allows you to access comprehensive current land and resource information in minutes, instead of days or weeks. A real-time acquirer takes Crown land, forest, oil/gas, mineral interests and requests and registers them in the ILRR (target within 30 minutes) allowing you to immediately view and status those interests. Some interests change less frequently (e.g. Guide Outfitter areas) and are bulk-loaded on a scheduled basis.
Additional real-time acquirers are being built to capture Crown land data that is currently bulk-loaded. Private land information will be added as it becomes available from the Integrated Cadastral Information Society or municipalities.
The Integrated Land Management Bureau Discovery Services provides information on each type of record in the ILRR (description, custodian, date of data, update cycle, purpose [intended use] and presentation form).
There are over 700,000 interests registered in the ILRR and that data was obtained directly from operational data sets. The ILRR focuses on a common schema for all Crown lands information:
The ILRR is committed to providing private land information where it is available. However, there is currently no seamless private land survey fabric for the province and no plan exists to create a single reconciled fabric in the immediate future.
There are currently 3 different sources for private land survey fabric information:
In much of the province the private cadastre is viewable in the map viewer. The ILRR partnered with ILMB’s Base Mapping to reconcile the Crown survey fabric and the private survey fabric in the Northeast and users can search by legal description, Crown parcel identifiers (PIN), private parcel identifiers (PID) and in some cases BC Assessment’s JUROLS (BC Assessment unique identifiers). Further work is planned for other parts of the province.
External Business and Government Users can use the Custom Status link in the ILRR Main Menu to select a parcel type (primary, Crown Subdivision, Land Title subdivision or right-of-way) to search results showing the parcel information, legal description and ownership.
View the private parcel data available by Regional District through the Integrated Cadastral Fabric Status link.
Use BC OnLine to access these private and public sector databases:
Public (Guest) Users are limited to the use of the ILRR map viewer. Business BCeID and Government Users have access to all ILRR functionality including generating, saving and sharing reports and PDF maps. However, the ILRR does not support access by non-government users to digital spatial information contained in the ILRR. Due to the fees charged for digital spatial information by other agencies the ILRR cannot provide free access to that data.
Users external to government wanting to access digital base map, survey fabric or other data for analysis purposes can obtain the information directly from the operational agency or by using one of the following sources:
The ILRR is available to the general public (limited access), to external business users (with Business BCeID accounts) and provincial government employees. Everyone can use the ILRR, but you must first acquire a username and password before you can log into the application. The functionality available to you is dependent upon what type of access account you have.
The three levels of access to the ILRR:
Access to sensitive records will be restricted in compliance with the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
Anyone can request a Basic BCeID online (no fee) through the BCeID Web site by choosing a user name and a password, which provides you with a security profile to access the ILRR (limited access). If you are not a government employee and want to have the full functionality of the ILRR you must have a Business BCeID profile. Your business organization’s unique identity must be verified and you must be acting in a business capacity as an authorized representative of the business (i.e. not as an individual). Business BCeIDs may be used by representatives of companies, partnerships, sole proprietorships or organizations including municipalities and not-for-profit societies
To request a Business BCeID, go to the BCeID Web site and follow the steps indicated. You will be asked for the business name/number and BCeID will mail the application form to the address registered for that business. After filling out and returning the form, a BCeID will be created for that business
If you belong to a company that already has a Business BCeID account, contact BCeID to find out who the account administrator for your company is and this person will be able to create a BCeID for you.
The ILRR provides online Web-based training, screen-specific Online Help, Glossary and Definitions, User Reference Guides and Metadata on information contained in the ILRR.
For our new user's convenience, most of the training information can be accessed from the ILRR Training and Reference web page, as well as within the ILRR application.
Our Training Materials:
The ILRR provides a wide variety of information for government and public use, but there may be instances where users may need to purchase digital data. There are a number of sources that provide data including the Land Resource Data Warehouse and the Ministry of Forests and Range.
The ILRR provides status reports and maps showing interests in an area specified by the user; however, the ILRR does not make any determination of whether interests may be in conflict. Seek the advice of the rights granting agencies or legal counsel if advice is required regarding possible interest conflicts.
The Province of British Columbia, through various ministries and agencies issues leases, licenses and permits that allow various uses of Crown land. The province adheres to a policy of integrated resource use, whereby several activities may occur on the same land base provided they are over a particular area of land. This can become very complex due to factors, including:
Business BCeID account holders can upload ESRI shape files into the ILRR Map Viewer if these files are in the BC Albers NAD 83 projection and are less than 1 MB in size. To successfully add them, you must have a database file (*.dbf) and a shapefile (*. shp ) ready to upload and these must be supported by a shape-dbf link file (*.shx). All three should reside in the same folder when accessed.
BC Albers Projection This projection has since been officially adopted by the BC Government as one of three (BC Albers, Geographics, and UTM) standard projections for spatial data storage and use.
It is based on Albers Equal Area Conic, with parameters of :
Central meridian: -126.0 (126:00:00 West longitude) First standard parallel: 50.0 (50:00:00 North latitude) Second standard parallel: 58.5 (58:30:00 North latitude) Latitude of projection origin: 45.0 (45:00:00 North latitude) False northing: 0.0 False easting: 1000000.0 (one million metres) Datum: NAD83 CNT (Canadian National Transformation Matrix) Ellipsoid: GRS80Units: Meters
To add a shape file (layer) from your computer to the ILRR map viewer:
The map viewer will not zoom to the area where the shape file sits, so you’ll have to use the zoom tool to do so. It is good practice to zoom in to the expected location of your shapefile to verify that it has loaded correctly and has the correct geographic location as there are no error indicators at this time to advise the user if this is not the case.
To select your shapefile as an Area of Interest:
TIPS: 1) If you did not give your shapefile layer a title when you uploaded it, there will be no name for you to select in the drop-down box. Instead, there will be a blank line in the list without a title attributed to it. 2) If you have multiple Areas of Interest, you must pick each one; follow the instructions as above, click on the next area of interest, choose your layer, click OK, then continue until all of your areas are selected.
If your shape file is over 100,000 ha you can perform a query, however you must be in the “Custom Status” window with the appropriate query validation criterion.
Using Custom Status
If you need to run a report again later, create a "Custom Status" query and save it. From the My Queries and Notifications link, you will find the saved query and be able to run the query, change it, share it with others and create a notification based on your query so that the ILRR will send you an email when something changes in your area of interest. View the "Custom Status" Web-based training module, or when in the Custom Status screen click on Help for more information.
Using the Map Viewer
The ILRR map viewer also allows you to create custom query parameters and save them for later use. You can save a session to either a "server" which you specify, or to a "client" (to a folder in your network, or to your PC).
To open a saved session just click on the “Open Session” icon on the toolbar and specify the location of your stored session file (.ssn).
Click on the “Save Session Now” icon to save all the parameters you specify. If you want to share the query parameters with others simply email your saved session to them (it will be sent as an .ssn file). They can save the file on their network or PC, then they can "open saved session" in the ILRR map viewer and import the specific .ssn file.
Create a view for a specific area. For example, if you need to regularly look at information in the Kamloops area, you would zoom into the area of interest and save the session. When you open the session in the ILRR map viewer that map zooms in to the area you defined.
Customize the Layers. The ILRR has a default setting for layers that are turned on and off. You can select the layers required to support your business (e.g. turn on the Land Act, forest roads and parks and protected area layers and the base maps. Have all other information turned off). Click the check box to turn layer on and off.
You're only saving the parameters, not the results when you save a map session or a query, so the most current information will be returned when the session is re-opened or the query is run, and the query results will reflect the access permissions the person running it has.
Sharing a map query result
In you want to share map query results, use the "print to PDF" function.
Sharing report results
To share the results of your custom query, send the report to your email address (reports sent to other's email addresses can't be opened). On the "Generate Report - Display Options Screen" select either the "File" or "Batch" option to output the results in PDF, CSV or RFT file formats. Only Government users have the option to output to GML from the Batch option.
Sharing Custom Status Parameters
Create a "Custom Status" query and save it. Go to the My Queries and Notifications link to run it, change it, share it with others, or create a notification based on your query which will send you an email when something changes in your area of interest. View the "Custom Status" Web-based training module, or click on Help for more information.
Sharing Map Viewer Query Parameters
Option 1
Email your saved session to them (it will be an .ssn file)
They save the file on their network or PC
They log onto the ILRR map viewer and open the .ssn file using "open saved session" feature
Option 2
Save your session to a network server that you both have access to
They log onto the ILRR, open the map viewer and select the "open saved session" feature
They then select the file from the network folder
There are generally two types of errors that can cause your custom query to fail:
There was an error in the individual parameter screens, or
The combination of parameters selected do not conform to certain Query Validation criteria
The Online help for the Custom Query explains the problems which can cause your query to fail.
Errors in the individual Parameter screens: For your query to be successful, the individual parameters you select must conform to certain Parameter Validation criteria. The ILRR validations help to control the size or runtime for queries. The following is a list of all validation criteria for each of the Custom Status parameters.
Term or other date: validation criteria
The default for this parameter is NO Terms or Other Dates are selected.
You can select one or more date types using the checkboxes.
When you activate a date type by clicking a checkbox, you must enter a corresponding date. You can type in the date using the format yyyy/mm/dd, or choose a date using the calendar function.
Interest Status: validation criteria
The default for this parameter is ALL interest statuses are selected.
At least ONE interest status must be selected.
Interest Type: validation criteria
The default for this parameter is ALL interest types are selected.
At least ONE interest type must be selected.
Interest Agency: validation criteria
The default for this parameter is ALL interest agencies are selected.
At least ONE interest agency must be selected.
Interest Holders: validation criteria
The default for this parameter is NO Interest Holders are selected.
If you activate a radio button (either the Organization or Individual/Partner) and perform a search, you must select one or more checkboxes from the search results list. Otherwise, click the Cancel button.
Location: validation criteria
At least ONE location type must be selected.
For PID and PIN, ILRR first determines whether the PID or PIN is an integer, then performs ONE search: Does the PID or PIN have spatial data associated with it? If it does not, you will receive an error. If you have entered an invalid number for PID or PIN, you will receive the same error message.
Interest Size: validation criteria
The default for this parameter is NO size is defined.
If you activate a radio button, you must enter a size value greater than zero.
Query Validation Criteria
The ILRR validations help to control the size or runtime for queries. When you have finished selecting the parameters for your query and click the Submit button, the system looks at the combination of parameters that you have selected and performs a validation. The parameter Location Type drives this validation.
Online help contains a table that describes the validation rules that ILRR will apply when you click the Submit button on the Custom Query Parameter screen. The site also has examples of valid and invalid combinations.
Query Validation Criteria Table
Location Type:
Area of Interest in Hectares:
User Must Select Parameter:
Parameter Limits:
PIN, PID or Map Viewer
Less than 100,000
No rules
No limits
Between 100,000 & 5 million
Interest Holder
At least one
OR
Between 100,000 & 1 million
At least ONE of the following parameters:
Interest Type
5 Types or less
Interest Agency
5 Agencies or less
Term/Other Dates
A span of 10 years or less
Interest Size
ILRR Approved Area or BC Province
N/A
At least one (?)
At least TWO of the following parameters:
Parameter Combinations: Valid and Invalid
Between 1 & 5 million
3 Interest Holders no other parameters
Pass
selecting at least 1 Interest Holder will pass validation
2 Interest Holders
all Interest Agencies no other parameters
3 Interest Agencies 5 Interest Types no other parameters
Fail
query did not have at least 1 Interest Holder
20 Interest Holders 8 Interest Types Term/Other Dates: range > 10 years no other parameters
13 Interest Types Term/Other Dates: range < 10 years
selecting at least 1 of the parameter limits, (Term/Other Dates: range < 10 years), will pass validation
no parameters selected (you have accepted all the defaults)
query did not have at least 1 Interest Holder, or at least 1 of the remaining parameters (excluding Status)
5 Interest Agencies 11 Interest Types Term/Other Dates: range > 10 Status = active
selecting at least 1 of the parameter limits (5 Interest Agencies) will pass validation
7 Interest Agencies 22 Interest Types Term/Other Dates: range > 10 years
no limits
6 Interest Holders no other parameters selected
9 Interest Holders 6 Interest Types Term/Other Dates: range > 10 Status = suspended
4 Interest Agencies 9 Interest Types Term/Other Dates: range > 10 years
query did not have at least 1 Interest Holder, or at least 2 of the remaining parameters (excluding Status)
3 Interest Types Term/Other Dates: range > 10 Status = suspended 1 Interest Agency
selecting at least 2 parameters (excluding Interest Holder) will pass validation
How can I get Custom Status to work correctly with Windows NT?
Those who use Internet Explorer with a Windows NT operating system may experience problems running a Custom Status - particularly the inability to select distinct parameters (i.e., specific interest type).
To resolve this issue, users must change the Internet Explorer settings.
1. Open Internet Explorer 2. From the menu bar click Tools; Internet Options 3. Under the “General” tab click on Settings in the Temporary Internet files area. 4. Ensure that the radio button for “Every visit to the page” is highlighted. (See graphic below). 5. Click “OK” > Click “OK” again to save the settings 6. Exit Internet Explorer. 7. Open Internet Explorer and continue to the ILRR.
The ILRR has over 260 different registered interests approved by nineteen different interest-granting agencies. Additional interests will be added as they become available in electronic form (e.g. Ministry of Forest and Range silviculture interests).
Click here for a current list of ILRR registered interests
