Land Use and Land Cover Classifications for Alberta Energy Pilot Region

Alberta, Canada's Play-Based Regulation pilot area is covered by a land-use classification dataset derived from 2005 Landsat imagery. The Alberta Energy Regulator created this dataset to assess surface change from energy exploration. It contains 13 distinct land cover classes.

Use Cases

• Analyze land cover change by comparing the 13 classification categories (e.g., 'coniferous forest', 'developed areas') against newer imagery.
• Model surface infrastructure impacts by correlating land cover classes like 'exposed land/cut blocks' with energy development locations.
• Establish a baseline for regional planning using the classified areas of townships, ranges, and towns like Edson and Whitecourt.
• Train computer vision models for land cover recognition using the provided 13-class labeled TIFF imagery.

Strengths

• Contains 13 distinct land cover classes for detailed analysis.
• Covers a defined geographic area spanning multiple townships and towns.
• Serves as a documented baseline for a specific regulatory pilot project.

Limitations

• Imagery source is from 2005, making the data temporally stale for current analysis.
• Spatial coverage is limited to a specific pilot area in Alberta, not representative of broader regions.
• The 'unclassified' class (0) may represent missing or low-confidence data.

Provenance

Source

Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), Government of Alberta.

Collection Method

Derived from 2005 Landsat multispectral imagery.

Time Range

2005 (imagery source).

Freshness

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Geography

Play-Based Regulation pilot area in Alberta, Canada, covering townships 52 to 70 and towns including Edson, Fox Creek, Mayerthorpe, Whitecourt, Swan Hills, and Valleyview.