Alberta Provincial Resource Access Maps at 1:50,000 Scale
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Description
83M 50K Map - Provincial Resource Access Map Series is a collection of 764 cartographic quality printed maps covering Alberta at a 1:50,000 scale. The maps are produced by the Government of Alberta and display features like the Alberta Township System, hydrography, municipalities, roads, pipelines, and geo-administrative boundaries. The series is not updated regularly and may contain a range of publication dates.
Use Cases
Land parcel identification based on the Alberta Township System (ATS) grid
Resource infrastructure planning based on displayed pipelines, powerlines, and railways
Administrative boundary analysis based on geo-administrative features like parks and reserves
Transportation network mapping based on road and railway data
Hydrographic feature analysis based on displayed water features
Strengths
764 individual maps provide coverage of the entire provincial extent of Alberta
Cartographic quality printed maps at a standardized 1:50,000 scale
Maps are organized and named using the National Topographic System (NTS) map sheet identifier
Limitations
Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
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