»ADNT Spatial Query Tool

Client:	Athabasca Denesuline Negotiation Team / Prince Albert Grand Council

Product: ArcView GIS Extension

Date: 2003 / 2004

Services: Custom Programming / GIS Data Compilation / Digital Data Conversion

Victory Point FX provided GIS and programming services for the development of a spatial query tool to assist ADNT with the review of land use applications by automatically analyzing spatial impacts and relationships for a proposed land use activity. The Spatial Query Tool, distributed as an ArcView GIS Extension, performs spatial analysis on a proponent’s application footprint against a series of thematic spatial layers (e.g., watersheds, ecoregions, soils, vegetation, timber, wildlife habitat, and bedrock geology). Predefined spatial rules, customized by the user, determine the type and amount of spatial analysis to be done. Spatial relationships used in the analysis include containment, proximity, and adjacency. Based on the results for a proposed site, a detailed report and a series of impact maps are automatically generated for the user and saved under the application name.