The primary limitation with the data available to the Squamish Nation is its integration capabilities to provide meaningful results at a watershed and sub-watershed level. For example, datasets that are captured at different scales should only be used together at the smallest scale. Much of the data available to the Squamish Nation are at scales too small for watershed and sub-watershed analyses. For the purpose of this project, only data with a scale of 1:25,000 or larger was used for analysis. The actual quality of the data - it's accuracy and completeness - is also a prime consideration to judge its suitability for analysis. Metadata is provided for most of the data available to the Squamish Nation however this source of information does not always provide a complete picture of data quality. Often, the quality of data is revealed through its use and through personal knowledge or ground truthing of the area represented. During our analysis, we came across some inconsistencies with the datasets that bring into question the quality of the data.

Based on our assessment of the data available, we tentatively concluded that GIS-based land use planning was technically feasible for the Squamish if data integration and data quality issues are sufficiently addressed. It still remained however to put this theory to the test through our analysis.