From: Modeling livestock population structure: a geospatial database for Ontario swine farms
GIS data layers | Data source | Categories | Suitability scores |
---|---|---|---|
Road Network (excluding highways) | StatCan | Roads passing through population centers | 0 |
Roads that don’t pass through population centers. | |||
- Within 300 m | 100 | ||
- Between 301 and 500 m | 50 | ||
- Between 501 and 5000 m | 25 | ||
- More than 5 KM | 0 | ||
Agricultural Ecumenea | StatCan | - Intersect | 100 |
- Do not intersect | 10 | ||
Population Centers/Residential Zones | StatCan and DMTI Spatial Inc. | - Within a population center/residential zone | 0 |
- Within a 2 KM buffer around the outer perimeter of a population center | 25 | ||
- Between 2.001 and 15 KM buffer around a population center | 95 | ||
- More than 15 KM away from the outer perimeter of a population center | 50 | ||
Crown Land - MNR Unpatented Land Public | Ontario Land use information, Ministry of Natural resources | - Intersect | 5 |
- Do not intersect | 100 | ||
Camp and Recreation spots | Ontario Land use information, Ministry of Natural resources | - Intersect within 1KM buffer of the outer perimeter | 0 |
- Outside 1KM buffer of the outer perimeter | 100 | ||
Government Institutional Land Use | DMTI Spatial Inc. | - Intersect | 0 |
- Do not intersect | 100 | ||
Resource and Industrial Land Use | DMTI Spatial Inc. | - Intersect | 0 |
- Do not intersect | 100 | ||
Waterbodies – Great Lakes | NOAA | - Intersect within 1KM buffer of the outer perimeter | 0 |
- Outside 1KM buffer of the outer perimeter | 100 | ||
Large Inland Waterbodies | StatCan | Larger waterbodies (e.g. ranking 1, 2 and 3). A geographical reference location: | |
- Intersect within 1KM buffer of the outer perimeter | 0 | ||
- Outside 1KM buffer of the outer perimeter | 100 |