50 color maps at a 1:250,000 scale cover the provincial extent of Alberta, named using the National Topographic System (NTS) map sheet identifier. The maps display the Alberta Township System (ATS), contours at 50m intervals, major hydrographic features, municipalities, major roads, railways, and select geo-administrative features like parks and reserves. The series is provided by the Government of Alberta and was last updated on April 17, 2026.
Use Cases
- Land-use planning based on geo-administrative features like parks and reserves.
- Terrain analysis based on contour lines at 50-meter intervals.
- Infrastructure routing studies based on road and railway networks.
- Hydrological modeling based on major hydrographic features.
- Cadastral reference based on the Alberta Township System (ATS).
Strengths
- 50 individual maps provide coverage for the entire province of Alberta.
- Standardized 1:250,000 scale and National Topographic System (NTS) naming convention.
- Includes multiple layers of data: topography, hydrography, infrastructure, and administrative boundaries.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to Government of Alberta sources.
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Alberta
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-17 14:49:04.127658; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Provincial extent of Alberta