GIS Resources

AltaLIS Alberta Open Data

• topographic base features, shape format, 1:20k NTS
• topographic base features (historic), cad format, 1:20k NTS
• DEMs, ASCII format, 1:20k NTS, contact SANDS for processing instructions
• Alberta Township Survey ATS polygons and coordinates v4.1
• municipal boundaries counties, md’s, special areas, improvement districts, cities, towns, villages, summer villages and hamlets
• topographic small scale, cad format, 1:1m, 1:2m, 1:250,000
• Open Data Areas Alberta, vector and raster layers for Beaver Hills, Fort McMurray, Fox Creek, RMH Sylvan, Taber, Utikuma Lake

AltaLIS Alberta Licensed Data

visit Spatial and Numeric Data Services or use our data catalogue to download the following files:

• Base Features, 1:20k NTS grid description | explore data catalogue 
• Access Features: roads, rail, power lines, trails, and facilities explore data catalogue 
• Urban and Rural Cadastral, cad .dgn format (change .10t to .dgn) description | download
• AltaLIS DEM LiDAR 15m | description
  • TIFF format | Access via web application
  • ASCII format By Township (meridian-range-township) | Contacts SANDS (maps@ucalgary.ca) to obtain.
• AltaLIS 10m | description
  • TIFF format by 250K NTS grid | Access via web application
  • 1:20K NTS Grid, 1:50K NTS grid, and province wide (seamless) | Contacts SANDS (maps@ucalgary.ca) to obtain.
• Urban and Rural Title description | download
• Digital Integrated Dispositions (DID), 1:250k NTS and provincial description | download
• FortisAlberta electrical facility data: poles, conductors, street lights and service territory description | download