Historical Reconnaissance Vegetation Inventory Maps for Alberta

A series of Reconnaissance Vegetation Inventory and Current Cover maps for wildlife habitat and resource assessment in Alberta's Green and White Areas. The maps depict forestry and agricultural vegetation cover types, including native and introduced species, height, and density, at scales of 1:100,000 and 1:250,000. The Government of Alberta produced these maps, which are provided in PDF and TIFF formats within ZIP files and are not updated.

Use Cases

• Analyzing historical vegetation cover types based on forestry and agricultural classifications.
• Mapping wildlife habitat suitability based on vegetation height and density data.
• Comparing native and introduced plant species distributions across Alberta's Green and White Areas.
• Assessing land cover changes over time using the series of inventory maps.

Strengths

• Maps depict vegetation cover types, height, and density.
• Created at two specific scales: 1:100,000 and 1:250,000.
• Available in two common image formats: PDF and TIFF.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• The series is not updated and contains a range of publication dates.
• Maps are not available as geo-referenced rectified images or GIS-ready data.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:43:43.163231; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada (Green Area and White Area)