Alberta Provincial Topographic Maps at 1:250,000 Scale

50 color maps at 1:250,000 scale cover the provincial extent of Alberta. They display the Alberta Township System, contours at 50-meter intervals, hydrographic features, municipalities, roads, railways, and geo-administrative features like parks and reserves. The series was last updated on April 17, 2026.

Use Cases

• Land-use planning based on township boundaries and administrative features.
• Navigation and route analysis based on road and railway networks.
• Hydrological modeling based on major hydrographic features.
• Elevation analysis based on contour lines at 50-meter intervals.
• Creating reference maps for parks and reserves based on geo-administrative features.

Strengths

• 50 individual maps provide coverage for the entire province of Alberta.
• Standardized 1:250,000 scale and National Topographic System (NTS) identifiers ensure consistency.
• Includes multiple layers of geographic information: topography, hydrography, transportation, and administration.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:46:21.747539; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada