GIS Resources

Spatial and Numeric Data Services guide to GIS data available at the University of Calgary.

Images Data

Alberta Digital air photos:

Bow River, 2005 flood | flightlines and images
Bow River, Carseland area, 2013 | flightlines and images
Calgary area, 1970s oblique images
Calgary area, 2010 | flightline and images
Fish Creek, 2013 | flightline and images
Fort McMurray, 2003 | flightline and images
Hwy 1 & 1A from Banff park boundary to Horseshoe Falls, 2013 | flightline and images
Kananaskis, 2008 | flightlines and images
Kananaskis, 2013 | flightlines and images
Oldman River Dam, 2013 | flightlines and images
Southern Alberta, 2009 | flightlines and images

Digital orthophotos:

What is a digital orthophoto? USGS

Calgary

Calgary Historic Orthophotos (select years from 1924 to 1997 -- contact SANDS)
Calgary, 1999
Calgary and surrounding quarter townships, 2001
Calgary, 2003
Calgary, 2005 & 2013 floods (contact SANDS)
Calgary 2005 - 2021 (contact SANDS)
Calgary Regional Partnership Calgary incl Chestermere 2017, 1m (at SANDS)
City of Calgary June 22, 2013 orthophotos, (flooded areas) by section, tiff format, 1m
City of Calgary: Calgary Map - Now vs. 1924
City of Calgary Map Gallery Calgary Imagery
- city wide images, current and historic (from 1924), also oblique option

Alberta

Canmore 2003, .15m download
Orthophotos By Township (download images via app interface)
- Elbow River 1998, 1m
- MD Rockyview 1998, 1m
- MD Foothills 2000, 1m
- Southern AB 2012
- Southern AB 2015
Alberta Geospatial Services Platform
- 2013 flood and post flood imagery, 2018/2019 southern Alberta imagery, 2014/2015 miscellaneous Alberta imagery
Alberta Municipal Data Partnership
- orthophotos of southern Alberta municipalities, registration required
ABMI Historical Orthophotos of Alberta 1949-51, 1961-63
Alberta Historical Air Photo Mosaics from the University of Lethbridge, 700+ digital mosaics from 1949-51 air photos

Canada

Satellite images:

Satellite Data and Imagery from SANDS Maps remote sensing LibGuide