Research Plot Protected

Derived layer to protect plots of land used for research, that are of interest to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), against disturbance activities (for example, prescribed burning, road construction and forest harvesting). The features in this layer are buffered according to prescribed protection criteria.

A derived spatial layer generated from research plot source data identifying features and attributes with active temporal protection requirements within a designated management area or polygon.
The spatial features and attributes in this layer are sourced from the following data classes:

  • Research Point (RESPOINT)
  • Research Line (RESLINE)
  • Research Poly (RESPOLY)

The temporal constraint assesses the active status of source features and facilitates automated lifecycle management of the features included in this derived layer.

Temporal constraint
PROTECTION_END_DATE is greater than the date this layer was generated. The spatial extents of features in this derived layer are based on source feature extents, to which specified buffer distances has been added.

Applied buffer
PROTECTION_BUFFER_DIST field value (meters). 
This layer is regenerated at scheduled intervals, with the previous version of this layer archived and replaced by the newly generated version. 

Status: 
On going: data is continually being updated

Maintenance and Update Frequency:
As required 

Contact
Calvin Julie, Natural Resources Information Unit

Note
Additional features licensed under the Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange (OGDE) Agreement are available to members of the OGDE for professional, non-commercial use only. To find out more about the OGDE visit Geospatial Ontario on Ontario.ca. 

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Last Updated September 3, 2026, 07:43 (UTC)
Created September 3, 2026, 07:43 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title
Title for the Dataset.
Research Plot Protected
Description
A description of the dataset.

Derived layer to protect plots of land used for research, that are of interest to the Ministry of Natural Resources (MNR), against disturbance activities (for example, prescribed burning, road construction and forest harvesting). The features in this layer are buffered according to prescribed protection criteria.

A derived spatial layer generated from research plot source data identifying features and attributes with active temporal protection requirements within a designated management area or polygon.
The spatial features and attributes in this layer are sourced from the following data classes:

  • Research Point (RESPOINT)
  • Research Line (RESLINE)
  • Research Poly (RESPOLY)

The temporal constraint assesses the active status of source features and facilitates automated lifecycle management of the features included in this derived layer.

Temporal constraint
PROTECTION_END_DATE is greater than the date this layer was generated. The spatial extents of features in this derived layer are based on source feature extents, to which specified buffer distances has been added.

Applied buffer
PROTECTION_BUFFER_DIST field value (meters). 
This layer is regenerated at scheduled intervals, with the previous version of this layer archived and replaced by the newly generated version. 

Status: 
On going: data is continually being updated

Maintenance and Update Frequency:
As required 

Contact
Calvin Julie, Natural Resources Information Unit

Note
Additional features licensed under the Ontario Geospatial Data Exchange (OGDE) Agreement are available to members of the OGDE for professional, non-commercial use only. To find out more about the OGDE visit Geospatial Ontario on Ontario.ca. 
Tags / Keywords
Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
0.1
Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
2b4c8a723c684e65afcf594b71e8c417
Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
2026-05-01
Time Period Data Span (start date)
Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date)
End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span
A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.
Field Value
Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
public
License
License used to access the dataset.
Open Government Licence – Ontario
Limits on use
Limits on use of data.
Location
Location of the dataset.
https://ontariogeohub-lio.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/lio::research-plot-protected
Data Service
Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner
Owner of the dataset.
LandInformationOntario
Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
Land Information Ontario
Contact Point Email
The email to contact regarding access?
[email protected]
Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
Land Information Ontario
Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
Author
Author of the dataset.
LandInformationOntario
Author Email
Email of the author.
Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2026-08-31
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
2b4c8a723c684e65afcf594b71e8c417
Language
Language(s) of the dataset
English
Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
https://ontariogeohub-lio.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/lio::research-plot-protected
Persistent Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent identifier.
Globally Unique Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Contains data about individuals
Does the data hold data about individuals?
Contains data about identifiable individuals
Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
Contains Indigenous Data
Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Portal Type
Platform type of the source portal.
Field Value
Version
Version of the datatset
None
Source
Source of the dataset.
None
Version notes
Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset
Link to dataset that it is a version of.
Other versions
Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Natural Resources Information Unit
Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution
Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters
Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.
Field Value
Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
Field Value
Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
10441
Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
69
Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
720429
Number of data relations
If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities
If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties
If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality
Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality
A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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