RURALROAD_OFFICIAL consists of the Rural Municipal road system in Saskatchewan. The geometry is derived from the National Road Network, and the data is maintained by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure according to NRN standards. The layer is based on Linear Reference System concepts and includes kilometer start/end points and unique identifiers.
Use Cases
- Mapping rural road networks based on the Linear Reference System (LRS) geometry.
- Calculating road segment lengths based on the KM_FROM and KM_TO fields.
- Managing updates to road data based on the National Identifier (NID) field.
- Integrating road data with applications like SURN, NRN, SASK911, and CAR mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Data is officially maintained by the Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure.
- Based on the National Road Network (NRN) standards.
- Includes unique identifiers (NID, RURALROAD_ID) for managing updates.
- Uses a Linear Reference System (LRS) for spatial representation.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified; last updated metadata shows a future date (2026-05-20).
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Saskatchewan
- Collection Method
- Derived from National Road Network data layer.
- Freshness
- Last updated: 2026-05-20 12:00:58.074751
- Geography
- Saskatchewan, Canada