82I 50K Map: Alberta Provincial Resource Access Map Series

Alberta is covered by a series of 764 cartographic quality printed monochrome maps at a 1:50,000 scale. The maps display the Alberta Township System, hydrographic features, municipalities, roads, pipelines, railways, and select geo-administrative features like parks and reserves. This series is published by the Government of Alberta and is not updated on a regular basis.

Use Cases

• Analyze land parcel boundaries and ownership based on the Alberta Township System (ATS)
• Plan infrastructure routes based on displayed roads, railways, pipelines, and powerlines
• Assess resource access and environmental impact based on hydrographic features and geo-administrative features like parks
• Create regional base maps for planning based on the standardized National Topographic System (NTS) map sheet layout

Strengths

• Contains 764 individually named map sheets covering the provincial extent of Alberta
• Provides cartographic quality at a standardized 1:50,000 scale
• Displays multiple features including township systems, hydrography, municipalities, and various infrastructure

Limitations

• The series is not updated on a regular basis and may contain a range of publication dates
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:47:10.964862; freshness should be verified

Geography

Province of Alberta, Canada