Historical Resource Base Series: Alberta Road and Access Maps 1982-1997

The Historical Resource Base Series maps are a collection of printed monochrome road and access maps created by the Government of Alberta between 1982 and 1997. They depict features such as roads, railways, pipelines, trails, transmission lines, airfields, municipalities, bodies of water, and natural resource sites within Alberta, using National Topographic System identifiers. The maps are available as non-georeferenced PDF files and TIFF files on request.

Use Cases

• Analyze historical transportation network evolution based on roads and railways features.
• Map historical resource extraction sites based on natural resource sites and pipeline features.
• Study historical settlement patterns based on municipality and airfield features.
• Reconstruct historical landscape features based on bodies of water and trail features.
• Compare historical and modern infrastructure based on the 1982-1997 time range.

Strengths

• Clear temporal coverage spanning 15 years from 1982 to 1997.
• Contains multiple specific physical features listed in the description, including roads, railways, and natural resource sites.
• Published by an authoritative source, the Government of Alberta.
• Available in multiple file formats: PDF and TIFF on request.

Limitations

• Data is non-georeferenced, limiting direct integration with modern GIS systems.
• 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

Collection Method

Created as printed monochrome maps.

Time Range

1982 to 1997

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-17 14:47:27.294540; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Alberta, Canada