Fill in output with the rest of BC

bcgov / designatedlands

Python script to combine conservation related spatial data from many sources to create a single 'Designated Lands' layer for British Columbia

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Fill in output with the rest of BC #25

Closed smnorris closed 7 years ago

smnorris commented 7 years ago

Filing this as an issue so I don't forget.

Add BC non-conservation lands remainder (with marine and terrestrial designation) to the output layer. Code the areas as NULL or non_conservation or similar.

This will make a few things much easier:

QA (total area)
% calculations for overlay outputs
using the script output for other jobs (harvesting restrictions)

To do this, use the generated bc_boundary layer as the final input to the output layer (rather than intersecting the two).

ateucher commented 7 years ago

Personally I would prefer NULL for areas with no defined designation.

smnorris commented 7 years ago

Agreed.

If the data is shared I would do one of:

strip out all NULLs
give NULLs some other dummy value
make documentation of the NULL records very prominent