Uses The primary uses of resources inventory data are for the planning and management of the timber, range and recreation resources. Clients include resource consultants, resource industries and agencies and ministries of the provincial and federal governments. The objective of the FIP file process is to locate and record the status, condition, and potential for timber, range and recreation for planning and analysis purposes. Digital files are in Intergraph IGDS format and can be translated to other CAD and GIS formats. Graphic files also contain cadastral data and other resource boundary information based on data availability.
Most digital files contain ownership.
Operability, range, recreation, biogeoclimatic, and planning information in addition to forest cover data and administrative information. There are 36 TSAs which cover the province. The MapGen data is a snapshot of the Graphic and Attribute files as of the date of the compilation of the MapGen data for that letterblock.