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Part 3

Prepared by Range Branch

Ministry of Forests and Range

June 2010

Invasive Alien Plant Program

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Invasive Alien Plant Program Reference Guide Part III - Table of Contents

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PART 3 - INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................... 3

MODULE 3.1 .................................................................................................................................. 5

ABOUT THE IAPP APPLICATION MAP DISPLAY ......................................................................................... 5 Purpose of the IAPP Application Map Display Module ..................................................................................... 6 Accessing the IAPP Map Display Module .......................................................................................................... 7

For members of the general public: ............................................................................................................................... 7 For IAPP Data Entry users: .............................................................................................................................................. 7

Before You Begin .............................................................................................................................................. 8 Cautions .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8 Protected Data ............................................................................................................................................................... 8 Historical or "Legacy" Data ............................................................................................................................................. 9

MODULE 3.2: ................................................................................................................................ 10

THE MAP DISPLAY INTERFACE ............................................................................................................. 10 Using the Menu Tabs ...................................................................................................................................... 11 Using Folders and Layers ................................................................................................................................ 13 The Invasive Alien Plant Program Layers ........................................................................................................ 15

The three IAPP treatment layers .................................................................................................................................. 15 About the Tool Groups ................................................................................................................................... 16

MODULE 3.3: ................................................................................................................................ 21

USING THE IAPP SPECIFIC TOOLS ......................................................................................................... 21 Show IAPP Map Label Legend ......................................................................................................................... 21 Containment Line Control ............................................................................................................................... 21 The Interactive Searches: IAPP Highlight Queries.......................................................................................... 22

MODULE 3.4: ................................................................................................................................ 26

USING THE REPORT-A-WEED WIZARD .................................................................................................. 26 About Report-A-Weed .................................................................................................................................... 26 Submitting an Invasive Plant Sighting ............................................................................................................. 26

Invasive Alien Plant Program Reference Guide Part III - Introduction

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PART 3 - INTRODUCTION

Part 2 of the Invasive Alien Plant Program

Reference Guide is devoted exclusively to the

IAPP Map display application.

Recall that there are four parts to this reference

guide:

Part 1: Understanding the business of invasive plant management;

Part 2: Using the Invasive Alien Plant Program (IAPP) application Data Entry module;

Part 3: Using the IAPP application Map Display module; and

Part 4: Appendices.

PA RT 1 deals with details on the general

management of invasive plants and the

accompanying activities that take place in the field,

whereas PA R T 2 explains and illustrates the tasks

required to enter the gathered field data into the

IAPP Data Entry application. This ensures the

consistent entry of data in the IAPP database,

which may then be viewed spatially in the IAPP Map Display module.

PA RT 3 is intended for individuals

who want to examine spatial data

that are relevant to invasive plant

management in B.C. This part of the

reference guide explains how to

optimize information gathering and

obtain maximum benefit when using

the IAPP application Map Display

module and its built-in Report-A-

Weed tool. Part 3 focuses on:

Invasive Alien Plant Program Reference Guide Part III - Introduction

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• access to the general public via the internet;

• instructions on the use of the Map Display features to display various

layers and data;

• instructions on the use of the Report-A-Weed tool;

• explanation of data that are displayed or otherwise available; and

• explanation of the program's tools, including the highlight query

abilities.

Spatial data are displayed in a geographic context through the use of points,

lines, and areas (polygons) on a map. The invasive plant data are taken, and

refreshed daily, from the IAPP Data Entry module described in Part 2 of this

guide. Users of the IAPP Map Display module should first be familiar with

Parts 1 and 2.

PA RT 4 contains a set of appendices that include:

• Useful code tables,

• Forms,

• Additional reference materials.

The Reference Guide is structured to be a useful

"on-the-job" resource. All the parts and modules

of the Reference Guide are available for

download as a PDF document from the Ministry

of Forests and Range Invasive Alien Plant Program

home page:

http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/Plants/application.htm

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Invasive Alien Plant Program Reference Guide Part III - Module 3.1

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MODULE 3.1 ABOUT THE IAPP APPLICATION MAP DISPLAY

IAPP Map Display is a web-based, interactive mapping and reporting tool

that is designed to assist land management agencies, non-government

organizations, and the general public in developing and delivering effective

invasive plant management programs throughout B.C. It displays invasive

plant inventory and treatment information that has been entered into the

IAPP Data Entry module by representatives of a wide variety of agencies and

non-profit organizations around the province.

NOTE: IAPP MAP DISPLAY IS UPDATED FROM THE IAPP DATA ENTRY MODULE

EVERY 24 HOURS TO GIVE USERS ACCESS TO THE MOST CURRENT DATA

AVAILABLE.

Users with GIS and mapping capability may download the IAPP site layer at

no cost from the GeoBC Geographic Data Discovery Service at:

http://geobc.gov.bc.ca/. All that is required is a valid BCeID (for non-

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government users) or an IDIR (for provincial government users). The

process, at time of publications of this manual, is as follows:

• Once on the GeoBC site, click the Featured Links menu item.

• Click the 4th link under Quick Links for the Geographic Data Discovery

Service

• Log in with your BCeID / IDIR

• Enter IAPP Site in the search field and hit Search

• In the resulting webpage, put a checkmark in front of Invasive Alien

Plant Site

• Click Order

IF THE IAPP LAYER OR RELATED IAPP DATA ARE PUBLISHED IN

REPORTS, PRINTED ON MAPS, OR PLACED ON A WEBSITE, IAPP

MUST BE CREDITED AS THE SOURCE, AND THE DATE OF DOWNLOAD

MUST BE PROVIDED TO INDICATE THE DATE TO WHICH THE

INFORMATION IS CURRENT.

PURPOSE OF THE IAPP APPLICATION MAP DISPLAY

MODULE The IAPP application Map Display module:

• includes a large variety of general purpose layers, such as roads, rivers,

and administrative boundaries;

• includes orthophotos;

• shows the location of invasive plant sites in B.C.;

• shows sites where biological, chemical, and mechanical treatments have

been used;

• shows the extent and direction of biological agent dispersals; and

• provides a number of geo-spatial attributes of the site or area that was

queried.

The module has five different, easy-to-use interactive tools

that allow users to query the data in IAPP and display the

results in various highlight colours. As well, IAPP version 1.6,

launched in 2009, includes a unique and technically innovative

"REP ORT-A-WEED" feature integrated into the Map Display

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The "Report-A-Weed Wizard" allows anyone to report a suspected new

sighting of an invasive alien plant species in B.C. Once completed, the report

is compared to known locations of the invasive plant species in the IAPP

application, and then is sent directly to a provincial invasive plant specialist

for that area. The specialist may then share this information with the local

Invasive Plant (Weed) Committee coordinator for notification of the agency

or landowner responsible for the reported infestation.

ACCESSING THE IAPP MAP DISPLAY MODULE

FOR MEMBERS OF THE G EN ERAL PUB LIC: Whereas the IAPP Data Entry module (hereinafter referred to as IAPP) can

be accessed by authorized users only, the Map Display module can be

accessed, at no cost, by anyone with internet access. No username or

password is required—simply click the Enter the IAPP Map Display module

link on the IAPP home page:

http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hra/Plants/application.htm.

FOR IAPP DATA ENTRY USERS: Map Display may also be

accessed through the Map link

on the Site Details page of any

IAPP site that was entered at

least 24 hours earlier.

NOTE: IF THERE IS NO Map LINK ON A SITE DETAILS PAGE, IT MEANS THE

SITE WAS CREATED RECENTLY, AFTER THE LATEST REFRESH PROCEDURE

(USUALLY AROUND 01:00 AM EVERY DAY).

When navigating to Map Display this way, the location of the IAPP site (site

ID 246266 in the illustration above) is highlighted as a yellow dot or polygon,

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centred on the map and buffered by approximately 200 m. Zooming in too

closely to the site, however, may cause the polygon to fill the entire screen.

For easier orientation it is recommended to zoom out to a scale where a

road, city, or other landmark is displayed on the map.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

CAUTIONS There are a few things to keep in mind when using

any web-based application, including Map Display:

• It is best not to try to open other websites from

within documents or email while you are using

Map Display. The site may open in the same

window where Map Display is running.

• The Back and Forward arrows on the web

browser navigation bar are not compatible with Map Display. Instead,

use the tools within Map Display to find your way around. These tools

are described in detail later.

• Computer monitor sizes and settings differ. If you have difficulty seeing

the maps, you may need to select the "Full Screen" option by pressing

the F11 key on your keyboard. Press F11 again to return to normal

screen mode.

PROTECTED DATA Some data in Map Display have

restrictions applied to them

because they are confidential or

sensitive. These data consist of

specific biological agent or

research information, which, in

IAPP, is considered to be

protected. A protected site is

shown in Map Display as a large

green circle that covers

approximately 20 ha. This means

that the actual site location lies

somewhere within this 20-ha area, not necessarily in the centre.

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• UTM co-ordinates;

• slope, elevation, and aspect; and

• the biological agent that was released/monitored/dispersed on the site.

Protected sites are displayed to ensure they are recognized as such and

treated with caution. For example, a protected site within an area planned

for road construction requires first contacting the Ministry of Forests and

Range, Biological Control Development Program for more specific

information.

HISTORICAL OR "LEG ACY" DATA Legacy data refers to data that existed in another application before the

introduction of IAPP in 2005. Records that were imported from older

databases may not have included data in fields that are mandatory in IAPP.

Wherever this was the case, a default entry was made to alerts users to the

fact that these data are "unknown." The defaults include:

• Date: 1900-01-01 (displays in Map Display as: 1899-12-31)

• Estimated Area: -1

• Area Treated: -1

If these kinds of data appear in the Information Display Panel, it means this

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MODULE 3.2: THE MAP DISPLAY INTERFACE

Below is an illustration of the various components of the Map Display

interface as it displays after log-on via the Go to the IAPP Map Display

module link on the IAPP home page. The map opens to a provincial

overview at a scale of approximately 1:8,500,000.

Use an appropriate scale to view a map with the amount of detail required.

To see local data in an overview mode, try setting the scale to 1:1,000,000.

Scale numbers can be typed directly into the text box at the bottom left

corner of the screen. Then click Go or press Enter.

How the map displays will depend on the size of the browser window and

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USING THE MENU TABS The menu tabs help you create a map for the location or area in which you

are interested. The following describes the function of the nine menu tabs:

AB O U T:

• Clicking this tab displays the IAPP – Map Display welcome screen,

including the version number, in the Information Display Panel.

LAY E RS:

• Clicking this tab displays all the available layers in the Information

Display Panel. Layers are like transparencies: each layer displays lines,

dots, or polygons that pertain to a specific type of feature—e.g., roads,

rivers, lakes, contours, parks, elevation, mapsheets. The available layers

are grouped in a number of categories, which are contained in folders.

By default, all these folders—with the exception of the Invasive Alien

Plant Program—are closed. To see their contents, simply click on a

folder to expand it.

LE GEN D:

• Clicking the Legend tab displays the legend for all the layers you

currently have turned on, in the Information Display Panel. The legend

identifies what the various symbols and colours on the map represent—

e.g., one shade of blue for a river/stream and another for a lake.

FIN D LO CAT IO N:

• Clicking this tab displays the Find Location

box in the Information Display Panel. Click

the location option of your choice (for

example: Zoom to Mapsheet or Find Place

Name). A new box appears in the

information panel. Enter your criterion in

the input box and press Enter. The map then

zooms to the selected location.

NOTE TH E LARG E N U MBER OF CH OICES

A VA ILA BLE FOR F IN DING A LOCA TI ON .


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NOTE: IF YOU KNOW THE UTM COORDINATES OF THE SITE YOU ARE

LOOKING FOR, YOU CAN LOCATE AND ACCESS BY USING THE ZOOM TO

UTM COORDINATE OPTION IN THE FIND LOCATION TOOL:

SEA RCH BY UTM CO-ORD IN A TES:

• Click the Zoom to UTM Coordinate link in the Find Location panel,

• In the new window that opens, enter the Easting, Northing, and Zone of

the site you are looking for (the Zone field does not require the letter

N).

• Click OK. The map refreshes, centered on the specified UTM co-

ordinates.

• Activate the Identify Tool on the icon toolbar and click on the

displayed site. The information panel on the right of the screen lists

details for the site.

RE F RES H MA P:

• Clicking this tab refreshes your map in the display window.

BO O K M A R K:

• Clicking this tab opens the Zoom to Bookmark tool in

the Information Display Panel. From there, you may

choose a bookmark you have created previously, or

create a new bookmark for the map you have on the

screen.

TU T O R IAL:

• Clicking this tab launches the Internet Mapping Help and Tutorial

System page in a new browser window.

DIS C LA IMER:

• Clicking this tab provides information about ownership of the website’s

material, along with copyright protection and access for permission.

RE P O RT-A-WE ED:

• Clicking this tab displays the Report-A-Weed welcome screen in the

Information Display Panel. This screen briefly describes the function of

the Report-A-Weed Wizard, and displays the REP ORT-A-WEED NOW

button at the bottom of the screen. Clicking the button launches the


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Report-A-Weed Wizard in the Information Display Panel. For a detailed

description of this wizard, see Module 3.4: Using the Report-A-Weed

Wizard.

USING FOLDERS AND LAYERS Spatial data are made of various layers that can

be turned on or off. You can access all the

available layers via the Layers tab. Many layers

are scale-dependent, which means they can be

viewed only at a certain minimum scale and/or

maximum scale (these layers are indicated with a

+ symbol). If these layers are not visible, simply

click the + to zoom to the maximum scale at

which they are visible. The map will refresh to

that scale.

The available layers are grouped according to the

following folders:

• Base Map

• Grids and Images

• Admin Boundaries

• Invasive Alien Plant Program

• Biogeoclimatic

Only a limited number of layers within each category are turned on by

default when the Map Display opens. It is a good idea to experiment with

these folders:

• Expand each folder by clicking on the folder icon.

• Examine which layers are contained in each folder and which ones are

turned on/off by default.

• Turn on an inactive layer by clicking inside the checkbox in front of it.

• Click the Refresh Map button for the layer change to take effect, or

check the Automatically Refresh Map checkbox.

The BA S E MA P folder includes many basic layers that are worth

investigating.

• For example, Cultural Features includes hydro lines, pipelines, houses,

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• The folder also includes several

Transportation layers. The BC layer is

active at a very large scale. It is

automatically replaced, at closer-up views,

with the more detailed Digital Road Atlas

layer, which displays roads, bridges,

overpasses, intersections, etc, and labels

them, provided you are zoomed in close

enough.

The GRID S AN D IMAG ES folder includes

orthophoto and hillshade layers. These are

especially useful in closely zoomed views,

where landscape details further clarify the

terrain.

Orthophoto shows aerial images similar to

Google Earth, while hillshade is a 3D relief

layer.

The AD MIN BOU NDA RI ES folder has a large

number of layers that show a wide variety of

boundaries. This may be helpful in

determining the Jurisdiction field when

entering data in IAPP.

The BIOG EOCLIMA TI C folder offers a choice

between showing the Biogeoclimatic Zone by

itself, or in combination with the

Biogeoclimatic Subzone. When the Zone layer

is turned on, it covers the map with

translucent "dotted" polygons in colours that

are specific to each zone. The zones are also

labelled (e.g., IDF, CWH). The Subzone layer

displays as lines, with the label alongside the

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THE INVASIVE ALIEN PLANT PROGRAM LAYERS The IN V A SIVE ALIEN PLAN T PROG RAM folder contains layers that are

unique to the IAPP application.

By default, only the Invasive Plant Sites layer and the corresponding

Invasive Plant Site Map Label legend are turned on.

• All the IAPP layers display as polygons (they often display as "coloured

dots" that look like points, but they are actually very small polygons).

• Each IAPP layer displays in a different colour.

• The layers are translucent, so their respective colour (shown by colour

for each layer below) intensifies when a treatment or site overlaps with

one another:

Biological Treatments

Chemical Treatments

Mechanical Treatments

Biological Dispersals

Biological Monitoring

Invasive Plant sites

Recall that a large, circular green polygon indicates that the site contains

protected biological data, as described in Module 3.1. If the polygon is a red

or blue circle, it relates to a protected site on which a biological treatment

or dispersal was conducted. Somewhere within the polygon, a biological

agent was observed or released; therefore, chemical applications or

activities that disturb the soil and/or vegetation should be avoided inside

this area.

THE THREE IAPP TREATMENT LAYERS Sometimes, older treatments may no longer be important to the invasive

plant site, or you may be planning treatments for an upcoming season and

do not want to treat sites that have recently been treated.

The biological, chemical, and mechanical treatment layers can display all

treatments or only those that occurred during the past two calendar years.

The IN V A SIVE PLA N T SITE MAP LABEL layer shows the two-letter code for

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background, which may sometimes obscure the green dot below it,

depending on the scale at which the map is viewed.

The IN V A SIVE PLA N T SITE ID LA BEL layer shows the unique Site ID for

each site.

NOTE: WHEN YOU HAVE BOTH THIS LAYER AND THE MAP LABEL LAYER

TURNED ON, ONLY THE SITE ID LABEL IS VISIBLE BECAUSE IT IS THE

UPPERMOST LAYER AND OBSCURES THE LAYERS BELOW.

ABOUT THE TOOL GROUPS

-Display entire province

-Zoom in

-Zoom out

-Pan

-Return to previous zoom

-Display index map

-Identify select layer detail

-Identify all active layers details

-Markup a map location

-Clear selections

-Print map (creates PDF file)

-Save session (on server)

-Save session (on client)

-Upload a saved session

-Measure distance

-Show IAPP map label legend

-Containment Line control

-Site ID query

-Biological Treatment query

-Chemical Treatment query

-Invasive Plant(s) query

-REPORT-A-WEED control


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The toolbar is divided into four groups, which contain a total of 23 different

tools that are listed in the illustration above. The final group of seven tools

relate to IAPP-specific data and are explained in detail in Module 3.3: Using

the IAPP Specific Tools and Module 3.4: Using the Report-A-Weed Wizard.

Clicking on any one of the tools on the toolbar activates the tool. The mouse

pointer will assume a different shape, and the icon for the selected tool will

display in the status bar below the Map Display window, right next to the

scale box. The following describes some tools on the toolbar:

PA N:

• The "hand" tool functions as it does in other programs, such as Acrobat

Reader. Click and drag with the mouse to move the map in any direction

while remaining at the same scale.

OV E R V IE W MA P:

• The Overview Map, or Index Map, which

displays in the Information Display Panel, is a

miniature version of the map of B.C. When

you are zoomed in to an area in the Map

Display window but are not sure of its location

in B.C., the Index Map indicates the map’s

location and lets you navigate to a different

location.

PR IN T:

• You can save a PDF version of your final

map. It is recommended you save the map

on your hard drive to be able to send it to

your printer of choice. You can also print

the map without saving to the hard drive,

but once you navigate from the PDF map to

another screen, your map will be lost. The

PDF process allows you to create a map

sized 8.5" x 11" up to 34" x 46". To create a

PDF map:


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• Click the Print tool icon. This launches the Create a PDF Map tool in the

Information Display Panel.

• In the Template drop-down list, select the desired size and orientation

of your map.

• The Scale drop-down list is set to Current extent; there is no other

option.

• Although not mandatory, you should give

your map a title, especially if you intend

to create more than one, so you can find

it later on your computer.

• Click OK. This launches the next screen,

which instructs you how to open and/or save your map.

SA VE SE SS IO N:

• If you need to interrupt your session, you

can save it in one of two ways:

Save Session to Server: Clicking this

option launches a dialog box that shows a

URL that returns you to the exact stage

and location of your map project. The

URL remains valid for 90 days.

Save Session to Client: This option may be

preferred since it lets you save the file on your

own computer.

ME AS U R E DIS T AN CE:

• This simple "point-and-click" tool lets you calculate distance, in

kilometres, between a beginning and end point. You may click many

times in between the beginning and end (for example, to follow a

curved road). Each point clicked along the way displays in the

Information panel, and the distance from the previous point gets added

to the total.

ME AS U R E AR E A:

• Equally simple is the tool that lets you calculate the area of a polygon

you create by clicking points on the map. The points clicked display in


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the Information panel, and the total area, in square kilometres, is

displayed at the bottom of the panel.

IDE NT IFY:

• This is the first of two Identify tools on

the toolbar that let you display specific

data in the Information Display Panel.

• Click the symbol in front of any layer

to make it the "active layer". This also

activates the Identify tool.

• Navigate to the feature on your map you

wish to know more about and click it.

• The information specific to the feature

of the active layer displays in the

Information panel.

By default, the active layer is the Invasive Plant Site layer. Clicking a site

with the Identify tool displays detailed information about the site, which is

taken from the Site Details and Invasive Plant screens in the IAPP Data Entry

module.

NOTE: CLICKING ON THE More data LINK OPENS THE IAPP

DATA ENTRY MODULE TO THE SITE DETAILS PAGE OF THE SITE, IF

YOU ARE LOGGED ON TO THE MODULE. IF YOU ARE NOT LOGGED

ON BUT ARE AN AUTHORIZED USER OF THE MODULE, CLICKING

THE More data LINK LAUNCHES THE IAPP LOGON SCREEN.

THIS LETS YOU LOG ON TO THE APPLICATION IN YOUR USUAL MANNER, AND

TAKES YOU TO THE SITE DETAILS PAGE OF THE SITE. IF YOU ARE NOT AN

AUTHORIZED USER OF THE IAPP DATA ENTRY MODULE, HOWEVER, YOU WILL

NOT BE ABLE TO SEE ANY MORE DATA AND WILL BE PRESENTED WITH A "NOT

AUTHORIZED" SCREEN.


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IDE NT IFY VI S I BL E:

• Clicking the other Identify tool on a spot on the map

displays details about all the layers you have turned on.

This is useful when trying to determine a site’s

jurisdiction, BEC zone, or other criteria.

PO IN T MA RK U P:

• This tool lets you place a star symbol

on your map to mark up specific

locations. You can choose from five

colours and can add a text label or

Lat/Long co-ordinates below it.

CLE A R SE LEC T I O N:

• Clicking this tool clears any highlights, mark-up symbols, lines, or

polygons that you have added to the map.

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MODULE 3.3: USING THE IAPP SPECIFIC TOOLS

The final section of the toolbar contains tools that are specific to IAPP data.

These tools enable you to query IAPP layers in a variety of ways and display

the results in a highlight colour on the map.

SHOW IAPP MAP LABEL LEGEND

• Clicking the Invasive Plant Map Label Legend icon opens a new

browser window in Acrobat Reader. The document that is generated

(see below) contains all the invasive plant species that are currently

represented in IAPP. Because the plant species are identified on the

map by a unique two-letter code, the map label legend document is

sorted alphabetically by these codes. In addition to the codes, the

document lists each species’ common name, Latin name, and

genus/species code:

CONTAINMENT LINE CONTROL Once an invasive plant has become so well-established over a large area

that it is no longer effective to treat it there, it is often more worthwhile to

focus treatment outside the perimeter of the area to prevent the plant’s

further expansion into surrounding areas. The lines on the map that define

the perimeter of these areas are called containment lines. One hundred

percent of that invasive plant species beyond the containment boundary

will usually be treated, whereas treatment within the area will focus on

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Containment lines can be used to plan treatments and monitoring particular

invasive plant species across B.C. As of the date of publication of this Guide,

there are four sets of containment lines in IAPP: for

Blueweed (ECHI VUL)

Common tansy (TANA VUL)

Field scabious (KNAU ARV)

Marsh plume thistle (CIRS PAL)

• Clicking the Containment Line icon opens the tool in the


• Zoom to the area of interest.

• From the drop-down list, pick the containment line you wish to display

• Click the Refresh Map button. This displays the selected containment

line.

THE INTERACTIVE SEARCHES: IAPP HIGHLIGHT QUERIES There are four types of interactive queries or Highlight Tools available in

IAPP Map Display. Once you have put in your criteria, these tools then

highlight the requested query results in yellow on the map:

HIG H LIG H T A S PECIF IC INV AS IV E P LA NT S ITE

HIG H LIG H T CERTA I N B I OLOG I CA L TREATMEN TS


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HIG H LIG H T CERTA IN CH EMI CA L TREA TMEN TS

HIG H LIG H T AN IN VA SIVE P LA N T SP ECIES LOCA TION

These customized tools allow you to query the latest data in IAPP, and

almost instantly can provide very specific data in a visual format. The

invasive plant sites that are part of the query’s result set are highlighted in

yellow; all other sites remain green.

NOTE: FOR A CLEAR AND UNINTERRUPTED VIEW OF THE

HIGHLIGHTED SITES, IT IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU TURN

OFF BOTH THE SITE ID LABEL LAYER AND THE SITE MAP LABEL LAYER.

BOTH THOSE LAYERS HAVE A WHITE BACKGROUND, WHICH WILL

OBSCURE THE HIGHLIGHTED (YELLOW) DOT ON THE MAP.

HIG H L IG HT SI TE ID

Clicking the Find Invasive Plant Site tool

launches the Feature Search tool in the


• Type the Site ID of the site you want to

find in the input box.

• Click the Search button.

• The map zooms to the new location,

centred on the selected Site ID. If the Site

ID you specified does not exist, you will receive a message indicating

this.

HIG H L IG HT BIO L O G IC AL TREA T MEN T S

Clicking the Find Biological Treatments tool launches the Highlight

Biological Treatment tool in the Information Display Panel. This lets you

highlight invasive plants sites by a variety of criteria.

You can select one or more (or all) invasive plant species that were treated,

or not treated, with one or more biological agents.

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the same function as clicking the Invasive Plant Map Label Legend icon

in the toolbar.

• Navigate to the area on the map you are

interested in.

• Select one or more invasive plant species

from the drop-down list. Hold down the

Ctrl key if you wish to select multiple

species, or click "All Plants" if you want to

see treatments regardless of plant

species.

• Click the appropriate button: Treated

With or Not Treated With. This option is

useful if you are planning treatments for

future biological releases.

• Select one or more of the biological

agents from the next drop-down list. Hold

down the Ctrl key if you wish to select

multiple biological agents.

• Click the Highlight button.

• The map refreshes, highlighting any invasive plant sites that contain the

species and biological agents you selected. You may move the map

around using the Pan tool, which will continue to show highlighted sites

that were previously outside of the map boundary.

• Make sure you click the Clear Highlight button before you progress to

another Highlight query.

HI G H L I G HT CH EM I CA L TR EA T MENT S

Clicking the Find Chemical Treatments tool

launches the Highlight Chemical Treatment tool in the

Information Display Panel. Similar to the Highlight

Biological Treatment tool, this control lets you select

one or more (or all) specific invasive plant species that

were treated or not treated with one or more

herbicides.

Note that there is a link to the Map Label Legend which,

when clicked, has the same function as clicking the

Invasive Plant Map Label Legend icon in the toolbar.


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• Navigate to the area on the map you are interested in.

• Select one or more invasive plant species from the drop-down list. Hold

down the Ctrl key if you wish to select multiple species, or click "All

Plants" if you want to see treatments regardless of plant species.

• Click the appropriate button: Treated With or Not Treated With.

• Select one or more of the herbicides from the next drop-down list. Hold

down the Ctrl key if you wish to select multiple treatments.



species treated with the herbicide(s) you selected. You may move the

map around using the Pan tool, which will continue to show highlighted

sites that were previously outside of the map boundary.



HIG H L IG HT IN VA S I VE PL AN T S

Clicking the Find Plant Species tool

launches the Highlight Invasive Plants control

in the Information Display Panel. Similar to

the other highlight tools, this control lets you

select one or more invasive plant species for

highlighted display on the map. Note that

there is a link to the Map Label Legend which,

when clicked, has the same function as

clicking the Invasive Plant Map Label Legend

icon in the toolbar.

• Navigate to the area on the map you are

interested in.

• Select one or more invasive plant species from the drop-down list. Hold

down the Ctrl key if you wish to select multiple species.



species you selected. You may move the map around using the Pan tool,

which will continue to show highlighted sites that were previously

outside of the map boundary.




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MODULE 3.4: USING THE REPORT-A-WEED WIZARD

ABOUT REPORT-A-WEED The Report-A-Weed Wizard integrated in Map Display allows any member

of the public to report a suspected new sighting of an invasive alien plant

species in B.C. Once submitted, the report is compared to known locations

of the invasive plant species in IAPP, and then is sent directly to a provincial

invasive plant specialist for that particular area. The specialist may then

share the information with the local Invasive Plant (Weed) Committee

coordinator for notification of the agency or landowner responsible for the

reported infestation.

The Report-A-Weed tool is indicated by the dark blue tab at the end of the

Map Display menu.

SUBMITTING AN INVASIVE PLANT SIGHTING The process of submitting an invasive plant sighting is intuitive and user-

friendly.

• Using the skills and layers

described earlier, navigate to the

area of B.C. where you observed

the invasive plant.

• Click the Report-A-Weed menu

tab. The Report-A-Weed welcome

page appears in the Information

Display Panel.


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• Select the Report-A-Weed icon from the toolbar, and click on the

map the location of the invasive plant you want to report.

• The Report-A-Weed Step 1 of 3 screen appears with the UTM zone,

easting, and northing already entered (see below).

The map refreshes and is now zoomed to the

invasive plant location in the centre of the map,

and the UTM co-ordinates are entered in the

Information panel.


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NOTE: THIS IS THE SIMPLEST, BUT NOT THE ONLY WAY, TO

SUBMIT AN INVASIVE PLANT SIGHTING. IF YOU OBSERVED THE

INVASIVE PLANT IN THE FIELD AND HAD A GPS UNIT WITH YOU,

YOU CAN ENTER THE CO-ORDINATES FROM YOUR GPS UNIT

EITHER IN UTM, OR IN LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE IN THE

HOURS/MINUTE/SECOND FORMAT.

• If you are not certain about the identity of the invasive alien plant you

observed, click the E-Flora website link on this page.

This will open the E-Flora search screen in a separate window, enabling

you to check the characteristics of your plant. You can return to the

Report-A-Weed form by closing the E-Flora window.

• Click the Next button. This displays

the Report-A-Weed Step 2 of 3

screens (at right).

• Enter all remaining information.

Fields marked with an asterisk are

mandatory. The Comments field is

optional. Enter at least your email

address or your phone number so

you can be kept up to date on the

status of your submission.

• If you are satisfied with your entries,

click the Next button. This brings up

the final confirmation screen -

Report-A-Weed Step 3 of 3 - (see next page), which lets you verify your

data. If you want to make changes, click the Back button. If you are

satisfied with the information you entered, click the Submit button.

•


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After you have submitted your report, you will

receive a Thank You message (see below), and

the report will be delivered to the IAPP inbox for

the invasive plant specialist in your area.

The specialist may then decide on a course of

action or forward your report to the local

Invasive Plant (Weed) Committee coordinator

or other official in charge of local invasive plant

management. If you provided an email address,

you will receive updates and/or a final

resolution on your report.

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