From 1982 to 1997, the Government of Alberta created a series of printed monochrome road and access maps. These maps depict features such as roads, railways, pipelines, trails, transmission lines, airfields, municipalities, bodies of water, and natural resource sites within Alberta. They are available as non-georeferenced PDF files and TIFF files on request.
Use Cases
- Analyzing historical transportation network evolution based on roads, railways, and trails.
- Mapping historical resource extraction sites based on natural resource site locations.
- Studying historical municipal and infrastructure development based on municipalities and airfields.
- Comparing historical and current pipeline or transmission line routes based on pipeline and transmission line features.
Strengths
- Maps cover a 15-year period from 1982 to 1997.
- Maps contain multiple feature types including roads, railways, pipelines, and natural resource sites.
- Organization is the authoritative Government of Alberta.
Limitations
- Maps are non-georeferenced PDFs, which may complicate digital analysis.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Data may reflect geographic/temporal bias inherent to the source period and region.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta
- Time Range
- 1982-1997
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 14:48:29.993621; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Alberta