Appendix C

Inventory Questionnaire

Inventory Name:

Owner Agency:

Contact:

General Inventory Information:

1. What are the overall objectives of the inventory (what is it intended to do)?
2. When was the inventory initiated (year)?
3. Why was the inventory initiated (for what purpose)?
4. How frequently is the inventory data maintained/updated (periodic, ongoing, annually...)?
5. How recently was it last updated (year)?
6. How complete is the information in the inventory (percentage complete in meeting objectives)?
7. Is there a legislated mandate for the collection of inventory data?
8. Is the information in the inventory confidential and/or subject to restricted access? Please explain?
9. Is this inventory used for "referrals" decision-making? (used to make regulatory decisions?)
10. 10. Who are the main users of the inventory (percentage use by user category - i.e. 50% Ministry staff; 50% industry)

Inventory System

11. What geographic area(s) is the inventory expected to cover (all of B.C., coastal areas, Vancouver Island etc.)? How complete is the current coverage?
12. Provide a general description of the structure of the inventory program (GIS, Database...)
13. What inventory program hardware is used (i.e. IBM/AT-compatible, Macintosh, Unix workstation, or other).
14. What type of data is used in the inventory (points, lines, polygons, images)?
15. What categories of information are recorded in the inventory (types, units of measurement)?
16. What map scale is used for data capture?
17. Are the data represented precisely or in summary form (i.e. are there "statistical units" like census tracts or is the location of each data point/object recorded)?
18. Do you have documentation/manuals describing the system?
19. What geographic inventory data format is used (i.e. PAMAP, AutoCad, Terrasoft, ARC/INFO etc.)?
20. Is this inventory linked to any other inventories? Explain?
21. Provide a general description (assessment of the flexibility of your inventory system to accommodate changes/additions.
22. What quality control/verification measures are in place to ensure the integrity/accuracy of the inventory?

Operations

23. Describe the procedures used to collect inventory data (sources of info, who does what)?
24. Describe the types of data output produced by the system (reports, maps, summaries, charts etc.).
25. Who uses the output?
26. How much did the inventory system cost to develop (dollars, staff time)?
27. How much does the inventory system cost to operate annually (dollars/staff FTEs)?
28. Please provide a general assessment of the user friendliness of the system.
29. Describe any problems, shortcomings or negative features of the inventory.

Technical Issues (Optional)

30. Describe the type of system used (i.e. GIS, CAD, Database with digital coordinate of standardized place names).
31. What is the map base (or other control) used to georeference data (i.e. based on TRIM -Terrain Resource Information Management System...new Crown Land 1:20,000 map system being developed as the provincial standard)?
32. Is the cartographic representation of data abstracted (i.e. are areas represented as point locations versus specific site markings)?
33. Is the inventory currently being used to derive statistical results?
34. Is it possible to identify the source or any specific information in the inventory?
35. Describe the format of "attribute" or "tabular" inventory data (i.e. Oracle, DBase, Paradox, ASCII flat files etc.).
36. What data exchange formats are supported (i.e. many GIS/Cad/Database systems have priority formats)?
37. Is it NAD83 or NAD27? (North American Data 1983 or 1987 - Many maps based on surveyors information collected during the 1800's. Since 1983 the coordinate grids of latitude and longitude lines have been corrected to be more accurate).
38. What map projection is used?
39. What coordinate system is used (i.e. UTM, latitude/longitude, or other. UTM Universal Transverse Mercator)?
40. What type of data model is used (i.e. arc-node, raster/quadree, polygon, "spaghetti" or ad-hoc)?