Linear Disturbance Features for the Livingstone-Porcupine Hills Region

Alberta's Livingstone-Porcupine Hills region contains a geospatial dataset of linear disturbances categorized into five types. The Government of Alberta created this dataset in 2017 to support an ecological review of linear disturbances. It is a legacy dataset that will not be updated.

Use Cases

• Analyze the spatial distribution of paved roads, gravel roads, and unimproved roads to assess road network density.
• Map the locations of pipelines and powerlines for environmental risk assessment and planning.
• Identify areas with high concentrations of cutlines and trails to study habitat fragmentation.
• Compare the extent of different disturbance categories (e.g., truck trails vs. unclassified roads) across the region.

Strengths

• Data categorizes all linear features into five specific groups: paved roads, gravel roads, unimproved/unclassified roads/truck trails, pipelines/powerlines, and cutlines/trails.
• Created to support a formal government report on potential ecological responses, indicating a defined analytical purpose.

Limitations

• Dataset is a legacy product from 2017 and will not receive updates, making it temporally stale for current analyses.
• Specific quantitative metrics like total row/feature count and spatial resolution are not provided in the available metadata.

Provenance

Source

Government of Alberta, Alberta Environment and Parks.

Collection Method

Created by grouping linear disturbances from input data sources into five defined categories.

Time Range

2017

Freshness

Legacy dataset from 2017; last platform update was 2026-03-04 but data itself is not updated.

Geography

Livingstone-Porcupine Hills region of Alberta, Canada.