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Using CANSIS Soil Surveys Part A

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Viewing and Using Soil Profile Data in ArcView 3.1

General Instructions

  1. Download data from CANSIS
  2. Unzip
  3. Import

Detailed Instructions

The soil survey files are setup as .zip files. To use them, you can use either the built-in Windows unzip utility or a href="http://www.winzip.com/ddchomea.htm">Winzip to first extract the files into a folder. After unzipping the files, using Import71 utility, you will have to decompress the files into the same folder.

  1. Go to CANSIS Web site and scroll down to where it says Query by Geographic Region.
    1. In the drop-down menu, under the heading Geographic Area choose the province for which you wish to view the soil profile, and click the Query button (in this example we are going to view the soil profiles for Ontario).

      Query window (JPG 48kb)

    2. Under the column titled GIS Data find the region for which you wish to view the soil profile (in this example we are going to use Wellington.)

      GIS data window (JPG 74kb)

    3. Click on the link and when prompted, click save and choose a folder to download the file into (it is recommended that you create a new folder.)

      File download window (JPG 17kb)

  2. After downloading the file from the site, navigate to the folder you saved the .zip file into. Right-click and choose Unzip or Extract All and extract the files/folders to where you would like them to be stored.
  3. After the files are completely extracted to a folder, open up the import71 utility (at the desktop choose Start > Program > ArcView 3.1.)
  4. Click Browse beside the Export Filename field, and navigate through the folder where you extracted your files. Select the file soil.e00
  5. In the Output Data Source field, choose the folder where you'd like the decompressed files to be saved in.

    Import71 window (JPG 32kb)

    1. Once all the files are unzipped and decompressed, Open ArcView 3.1.
    2. When prompted, click create a new project With a New View. Click OK.

      Welcome to ArcView window (JPG 19kb)

    3. When prompted to add data, click Yes.
    4. When the Add Theme dialog box appears, navigate to the folder where you extracted and decompressed the soil profile file. Click OK.

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Part B: Adding lots and concessions

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Last updated Aug. 15th, 2007 by J.B. (details)