Management Units and Google Earth

[Slinky Pickle]

I see a lot of folks talking about different management units and such. If you're not aware, there is a file you can download and view in Google Earth that shows all of the management units in B.C.

http://archive.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/dm/fsp/documents/FRPAFSP_Forest_Data_Access_Layers_2010_03_31.kmz

Once you have it saved, just double click on it (assuming you have Google Earth installed) and it should open up in Google Earth. In your "places" list on the left will be "FRPA blah blah blah". Under "Management Objectives" you will find "Wildlife". Under "Wildlife" you will find "Wildlife Management Units". Click the little box beside it to enable it.

You'll have to mess around at various zoom levels to get it to kick in but it's a pretty slick way of viewing them. Be patient too, the map will only refresh if you quit moving around for about 4 seconds.

Also, if the overlay is too hard to see through, right click on the "Wildlife Management Units" heading and then select properties. At the top of the window that appears there is a slider bar that allows you to adjust how transparent the overlay is.

As a bonus, if you look under "Tenure and Cadastre" you will find forest road maps too.

Happy Googleing!!

[Kody94]

That is a very excellent tip. Thanks!

[Steeleco]

Damn Slinky, you d man!! I gotta go play now. Thx

[yukon john]

awesome thanks a lot!

[Brew]

thats great. The best tip I have seen in a while. thanks man

[Bow Walker]

Lots and lots of info in that download ! Thanks for posting.

[NaStY]

Ya nevermind.....

Nice work.... Thanks for the info

[Dadawa70]

Yep. Great tip. Lots of info there. Thanks a bunch.

[BimmerBob]

Thanks Slinky, that was an awesome addition to the toolbox, now if I could just figure out how to get all that into my Garmin too...

[BlacktailStalker]

Nice link, filled tags to you :cool:

Weird the lines are there but its not listed in my places so I cant do anything as per above instructions.
Be very cool if LEH units were on there.

[stanway]

That is great info. Thanks Slinky!

[Slinky Pickle]

Ok, just to twist everyone's noodle just a little more.... there used to be a link to a similar file that just showed only outline of each WMU region and it showed the region number as well. I found it much more useful than the one they make available now. For the life of me I can't find it on the guvment website anymore but my link to their database still works so the file is still there... they just don't know about it (imagine that).

So, I have saved a copy onto my own website and you can download it from there.

Go to www.ospreydesign.ca/files/WMU.zip (http://www.ospreydesign.ca/files/WMU.zip)

That should prompt you to save down a zip file to your computer. Open the zip file and extract the WMU.kmz file to your computer somewhere (and remember where you put it). Now go find the WMU.kmz file and double click on the it. Google Earth should open and you should see a new folder in your "My Places" called "Wildlife Management Units - outlined" If it's not already selected, check the box beside it.

You should now be seeing the WMU outlines as well as the WMU region number inside the outline (depending on how zoomed in you are).

Now go get a beer... cuz you'll be staring at the ol' puter for quite a while!

[Slinky Pickle]

Nice link, filled tags to you :cool:

Weird the lines are there but its not listed in my places so I cant do anything as per above instructions.
Be very cool if LEH units were on there.


Depending on how you downloaded the file, it may be in your "Temporary Places". You can drag it from the there to the "My Places" portion so it will be there next time you start up Google Earth.

[Kody94]

Ok, just to twist everyone's noodle just a little more.... there used to be a link to a similar file that just showed only outline of each WMU region and it showed the region number as well. I found it much more useful than the one they make available now. For the life of me I can't find it on the guvment website anymore but my link to their database still works so the file is still there... they just don't know about it (imagine that).

So, I have saved a copy onto my own website and you can download it from there.

Go to www.ospreydesign.ca/files/WMU.zip (http://www.ospreydesign.ca/files/WMU.zip)

That should prompt you to save down a zip file to your computer. Open the zip file and extract the WMU.kmz file to your computer somewhere (and remember where you put it). Now go find the WMU.kmz file and double click on the it. Google Earth should open and you should see a new folder in your "My Places" called "Wildlife Management Units - outlined" If it's not already selected, check the box beside it.

You should now be seeing the WMU outlines as well as the WMU region number inside the outline (depending on how zoomed in you are).

Now go get a beer... cuz you'll be staring at the ol' puter for quite a while!

Oh yeah, much better!

Thanks!

[BillyBull]

Okay, that last one you posted with the outline and MU-units is great... many thanks.

[mxracer328]

great find and post man, this has already helped me plan out my hunt

[henderson]

Thanks a lot man! i was just looking for something like this!! Great post!

[demlake]

Thanks for the tips!

dl

[Mountain Hunter]

The pics on your website aren't bad either!

[bowhunterbruce]

i have on my goggle earth a series of layers including leh zones that i think i got from the geobc webpage last year.for the life of me i can not remember how i got it but man is it ever awsome and its possible to switch to every regular management unit as well as all different spieces of animals within the leh zone your looking at.
hopefully ya can find it and i wish i can help you out more
goodluck
bruce

[Slinky Pickle]

Here is a current government file that shows the LEH regions. If you combine this with some of other links from this thread you should be good to go!

http://archive.ilmb.gov.bc.ca/dm/wms/kml_files/GeoBC_Web_Map_Services_Library.kmz

[SR80]

thats awsome, thanks for that!

[ufishifish2]

Well Slinky Pickle, you sure seem like a hell of a good addition to this site. Welcome!

The info you've posted above is a hell of a lot better than the "Non-mandatory" joke most put up when joining the site!

[alevins]

sorry if this is stupid, but I get a big X that doesn't go away. am I doing something wrong?

thanks

[rred]

Thanks for the tip

[solanderdog]

sorry if this is stupid, but I get a big X that doesn't go away. am I doing something wrong?

thanks

That happened to me too for a bit, but closing and reopening Google Earth seemed to get rid of the problem.

[Gun Dog]

sorry if this is stupid, but I get a big X that doesn't go away. am I doing something wrong?

thanksThe X indicates that data for a particular layer is unavailable. Kind of annoying since it doesn't say which layer. (On the left side of the window there's a tree list of layers that are displayed. A layer can be "MU boundaries" or "primary roads" and so on.)

[ufishifish2]

I am glad somebody dug this thread back up.
Hey Slinky Pickle, I can't get your link to work???www.ospreydesign.ca/files/WMU.zip (http://www.ospreydesign.ca/files/WMU.zip)
Does it still work??

[sim]

check here ufish http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=53522

[Torch]

the first 2 links don't work...one downloads but wont run...

[Slinky Pickle]

I am glad somebody dug this thread back up.
Hey Slinky Pickle, I can't get your link to work???www.ospreydesign.ca/files/WMU.zip (http://www.ospreydesign.ca/files/WMU.zip)
Does it still work??


As sim pointed out, use this thread instead.

http://www.huntingbc.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=53522

Once I figured out how to attach the file to the thread I removed it from my own website. Download the file on the link above and you should be good to go.