Alberta Provincial Resource Access Maps at 1:50,000 Scale

A series of 764 monochrome cartographic maps covering the provincial extent of Alberta at a 1:50,000 scale. The maps display the Alberta Township System, hydrography, municipalities, roads, pipelines, powerlines, railways, and other geo-administrative features. The Government of Alberta produced this series, which is not regularly updated and may contain a range of publication dates.

Use Cases

• Analyze land access and resource corridors based on displayed roads, cutlines, and pipelines.
• Plan infrastructure projects based on topographic and hydrographic features.
• Conduct regional administrative studies based on municipality and geo-administrative feature boundaries.
• Perform historical geospatial analysis based on the range of publication dates across the map series.

Strengths

• Comprises 764 individual maps for detailed provincial coverage.
• Cartographic quality at a standardized 1:50,000 scale.
• Includes multiple feature layers such as hydrography, roads, railways, and administrative boundaries.

Limitations

• The series is not regularly updated 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 | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Collection Method

Cartographic mapping series produced by a provincial government.

Time Range

Contains a range of publication dates; not regularly updated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:35:48.866317; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Provincial extent of Alberta, Canada.