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To use the FrontCounter BC Discovery Tool requires Google Earth to be installed on your computer. You need to be familiar with Google Earth and its tutorials, particularly the navigation tutorial.
The FrontCounter BC Discovery Tool is designed to help you view an area of land within the Province of British Columbia to determine basic information on how the land is currently being used. The information can be used to assist you in choosing an appropriate application area for your needs.
For example, privately held lands, Provincial Parks, National Parks or First Nations Reserves are some of the highly constrained lands in their potential for Crown authorizations and will require you to contact FrontCounter BC to determine whether your proposed activity is permissible. Avoiding highly constrained lands when seeking potential candidate areas for your proposed application may improve your likelihood of success.
You can use this tool in a variety of ways:
DISCLAIMER: This tool does not show all interests, you should contact FrontCounter BC to see if other interests exist that may conflict with your application before submitting it. Your saved geomark can be emailed to FrontCounterBC@gov.bc.ca prior to submission for this purpose.
Google Earth (pre-download versions) | Yes |
Google Earth (new browser based version) | No |
Google Earth Pro (all versions, including newest version, which is a free download) | Yes |
If you are unable to view Private and Crown land ownership layers
If this does not resolve the issue, you can also revert to an older version of Google Earth and/or clear your Google Earth cache and load the latest version of the Discovery Tool.
Clearing your Google Earth Cache
Launching the latest version of Discovery Tool