GIS Resources
Spatial and Numeric Data Services guide to GIS data available at the University of Calgary.
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Alberta
- Alberta Wildfire Resources1931 - present
Includes fire weather data - Impact and Swipe Map of the 2016 Fort McMurray WildfireFrom ESRI, satellite imagery taken before and after the Fort McMurray wildfire in May 2016
British Columbia
- Fire DatasetsFrom the BC Wildfire Service
Includes active and historical data
Canada
- Forest Fire Data TablesFrom the National Forestry Database
- Canadian Wildland Fire Information SystemDaily fire weather and fire behaviour maps year-round and hot spot maps throughout the forest fire season, generally between May and September.
International
- FIRMS - Active Fire DataFrom NASA: Download active fire products from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) for the last 24, 48 hours and 7 days in shapefile, KML, WMS or text file formats.
- FIRMS - Historical Fire Information for Resource Management SystemFrom NASA: Download fire / hotspot information older than the last 7 days as: shapefiles (.shp), comma-separated text files (.csv) or JSON files (.json)
- Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS)The Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) is a joint initiative of the GEO and the Copernicus Work Programs. In the new GEO GWIS work program for the years 2020-2022 , the Global Wildfire Information System (GWIS) aims at bringing together existing information sources at regional and national level in order to provide a comprehensive view and evaluation of fire regimes and fire effects at global level and to provide tools to support operational wildfire management from national to global scales.
- Last Updated: Sep 26, 2023 7:34 AM
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Subjects: Geographic Information Systems, Geography