GIS Resources
Spatial and Numeric Data Services guide to GIS data available at the University of Calgary.
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Soil
Calgary
- Open Calgary Habitat shapefile has some soil information
- Alberta Geological Survey: Surface Geology of the Calgary Urban Area (Moran) PDF and shapefiles. See also this updated PDF.
- Linear landforms (GIS data, line features)
- Veneer material (GIS data, polygon overlay features)
- Geological contacts (GIS data, line features)
- Surface materials of the Calgary urban area (GIS data, polygon features)
- Alberta Agriculture Bulletin no 39: Soil Survey of Blackfoot and Calgary sheets report and maps jpg format
- Alberta Geological Survey: Soil Survey of the Calgary Urban Perimeter (MacMillan): pdf
Alberta
- Alberta Soil Information Viewer
- allows viewing and querying of soils information within the agricultural regions of Alberta
- Alberta Soil Information Centre
- provides digital files, published maps, and reports for soil information
- AGRASID Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database
- Soil Erosion Risk - Displays an assessment of soil erosion risk for the agricultural areas of Alberta
- Wind Erosion Risk
- Current and Historical Alberta Weather Station Data viewer
- includes soil moisture and temperature under Elements tab
British Columbia
- BC Soil Information Finder Tool
- Agriculture Capability Mapping Canada Land Inventory
Canada
- Canada Land Inventory Land Capability for Agriculture
- 1:50,000 download documents and data
- 1:250,000 download documents and data
- CANSIS Canadian Soil Information System includes the National Soil Database, maps, reports, interpretations and other publications
- Soil Landscapes of Canada a series of GIS files showing the major characteristics of soil and land across Canada
- ESRI ArcCanada3 soil layer, Canadian Provinces and Territories (partial) download
International
- Soil Geographic Databases from ISRIC — World Soil information
- Last Updated: Nov 22, 2023 10:42 AM
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Subjects: Geographic Information Systems, Geography