GIS Resources

Courses University of Calgary users have free access to Esri's training courses, which offer self-paced web based courses on specific GIS topics Accessing Esri online training

GIS and cartographic help

• ArcGIS Technical Support
• Esri GeoNet share, chat, and collaborate on all things geo
• Esri Support Center
• Install ArcGIS ArcMap on a student, staff or faculty personal computer UofC Service Now
• Install ArcGIS Pro on a student, staff or faculty personal computer UofC Service Now
• Obtain an Esri Account for access to Esri's online training, ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro UofC Service Now
• GIS Stack Exchange question and answer site for cartographers, geographers and GIS professionals
• HELP Guides and Tutorials OCUL Geospatial Portal
• Cartographic Design and Development  UK Ordnance Survey
• Cartography and Visualization Resources for GIS  Stanford Geospatial Center

National Topographic System (NTS) most Canadian GIS files are organized by a 1:50,000 or 1:250,000 scale grid:

• Atlas of Canada Toporama  enter location, use  tool to find NTS Mapsheet

Canadian Geographic Names Database  provides NTS map sheet grid, ATS location, latitude/longitude

Alberta Township System  (ATS) many Calgary and Alberta GIS files are organized by section-township-range-meridian

• City of Calgary Alberta Township Sections zoom in and click on area of interest; in the popup box information look for ats_section_no; ex. 182415 refers to Section 18 Township 24 Range 1 West of the 5th meridian
• LSD Finder (aka Grid Atlas) zoom and click for ATS, also UTM, latitude/longitude, and address
• GeoDiscover Alberta navigate to your area of interest, then determine NTS or ATS by clicking on the appropriate layer

SANDS Guide to Citing Geospatial Data

What are map projections? Esri

Wikipedia List of map projections

Comparing Map Projections  Kai's Block

Map Projections Future Mapping Company

Commonly used in Canada:

• Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) zone description and map
• Lambert Conformal Conic