Alberta is covered by a cartographic quality series of 1:1,000,000 scale colour maps. The primary map displays the Alberta Township System, hydrographic features, municipalities, roads, railways, and geoadministrative features like parks and reserves. The series includes various thematic overlays and individual map sheets are provided in Adobe PDF format.
Use Cases
- Create thematic maps for land-use planning based on the overlay themes.
- Analyze spatial relationships between infrastructure and administrative boundaries based on the base map features.
- Generate reference maps for regional studies based on the Alberta Township System and hydrographic data.
Strengths
- Cartographic quality series at a consistent 1:1,000,000 scale.
- Includes multiple thematic overlays on a detailed provincial base map.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to open_canada.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 14:47:00.962490; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Alberta, Canada