Alberta Provincial Resource Maps at 1:50,000 Scale

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

Use Cases

• Plan infrastructure routes based on displayed roads, railways, pipelines, and powerlines.
• Analyze land administration and ownership based on the Alberta Township System (ATS) overlay.
• Assess environmental and resource proximity based on hydrographic features and geo-administrative boundaries like parks and reserves.
• Create regional base maps for analysis based on the cartographic quality and standardized National Topographic System (NTS) sheet identifiers.

Strengths

• 764 individual maps covering the provincial extent of Alberta.
• Cartographic quality printed maps at a standardized 1:50,000 scale.
• Includes a wide range of features: ATS, hydrography, municipalities, roads, pipelines, powerlines, railways, and geo-administrative features.

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.
• Data may reflect geographic and temporal bias inherent to the source.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta | Gouvernement de l'Alberta

Geography

Alberta, Canada