Alberta's provincial extent is covered by 764 cartographic quality printed maps at a 1:50,000 scale. The maps display township systems, hydrography, roads, pipelines, railways, and geo-administrative features like parks and reserves. The Government of Alberta produced this series, which is not regularly updated and may contain a range of publication dates.
Use Cases
- Plan resource access routes based on displayed roads, cutlines, and pipelines.
- Analyze land parcel boundaries based on the Alberta Township System (ATS) overlay.
- Map infrastructure corridors based on displayed powerlines, railways, and pipelines.
- Identify protected or administrative areas based on select geo-administrative features like parks and reserves.
Strengths
- 764 individual maps covering the provincial extent of Alberta.
- Cartographic quality printed maps at a standardized 1:50,000 scale.
- Maps are grouped for download in 1:250,000 blocks, generally containing up to 16 sheets.
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
- Geography
- Provincial extent of Alberta, Canada.