AGRI 435/BREE 533 – Soil and Water Quality Management

Geospatial Data and Maps

Topographic

• GeoGratis Portal
  • GeoBase
  • Atlas of Canada (See Toporama)

• Quebec Topographic Database - Base de données topographiques du Québec (BDTQ)

Land Use and Land Cover

• Canada Land Inventory
• Land Resource Viewer - Canada
• Agro-Pedological Atlas of South Eastern Montreal Plain, Quebec: Interactive Map
• Clutter Data DMTI Spatial (Canadian Landuse Data)

Water

• Atlas of Canada. Freshwater Maps.
• Atlas of Canada. Hydrology Maps.
• Système d'information hydrogéologique (SIH). Quebec (Groundwater Information System. Quebec) (French-only)

Soil

• The Canadian Soil Information Service (CANSIS) - Includes links to Soil Landscapes of Canada and the third edition (1998) of the Canadian System of Soil Classification
• Quebec Soil Survey Reports and Maps
• IRDA Digital Soil Survey Reports (Quebec)- Données pédologiques du Quebec (IRDA)

Crops

• Base de données des cultures généralisées (BDCG) [Generalized crop database - Quebec (BDCG)]
• [Assured Crop database - Quebec (BDCA)] / Base de données des cultures assurées (BDCA)

Related Subject Guides

• Agriculture:

  • Bioresource engineering
  • Soil science

• GIS:

  • Agriculture and soil science
  • Digital elevation models
  • Hydrology, oceanography, and water resources
  • Land use and land cover

Citation and Writing Guides

Suggested Citation Styles:

• Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) Style
• American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Style - see Style Guide for Authors

Citing maps and data:

• ACMLA Recommended Best Practices in Citation of Cartographic Materials
• Ryerson University's Citation Format Examples for Geospatial Map and Data Centre Resources
• ACMLA Recommended Best Practices in Citation of Cartographic Materials

Writing Guides:

• Writing Guidelines for Engineering and Science Students
  • Reports

GIS Software

• Available at various library branches
• To download ARCGIS and obtain access to ESRI online training, GICsupport [at] mcgill [dot] ca (email the GIC)
• For other GIS software training guides, see GIS procedures

For more GIS help:

• Visit the new Geographic Information Centre (GIC) website

For data requests:

• Users are required to fill out a Geospatial Data Request form and sign a Data License Agreement before using the files (most of the data sets in the Geographic Information Centre's collection are licensed to McGill University; use of these data are restricted to students, faculty and staff for academic teaching and research purposes).
• Please note that the waiting period is up to 5 days.