Land Cover Classification Map for Alberta Energy Regulation Pilot Area

Alberta Energy Regulator provides a land-use and land-cover classification dataset derived from 2005 Landsat imagery. It contains 13 distinct classes covering a defined pilot area in Alberta, Canada. This dataset serves as baseline data for planning and monitoring surface infrastructure impacts.

Use Cases

• Train a semantic segmentation model to classify Landsat pixels into one of the 13 land-cover classes, such as coniferous forest, water bodies, or developed areas.
• Analyze the spatial distribution of land cover types like agriculture areas, mixed forest, and shrub land to assess baseline environmental conditions.
• Monitor changes in surface features like exposed land or harvested areas over time by comparing this 2005 classification to newer imagery.
• Use the classification categories, including transitional bare surfaces and mixed developed areas, to model and minimize surface impacts from energy exploration.

Strengths

• Classification contains 13 distinct land-cover classes for detailed analysis.
• Covers a specific geographic area defined by township and range coordinates, including several Alberta towns.

Limitations

• Data is derived from 2005 imagery, making it temporally stale for current analysis.
• Specific sample size, row count, and spatial resolution details are unavailable.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta

Collection Method

Derived from 2005 Landsat multispectral imagery.

Time Range

2005

Freshness

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Geography

Alberta, Canada, covering a pilot area from Township 52, Range 7, West 5th Meridian to Township 70, Range 5, West 6th Meridian.