https://open.alberta.ca/feeds/custom.atom?tags=CANADA&license_id=OGLAOpen Government - Custom query2024-03-29T10:45:25.820180+00:00Alberta Open Governmentpython-feedgenRecently created or updated datasets on Open Government. Custom query: ''https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/375222d9-9466-45f8-aed5-05334ac9832bAnnual Land Disturbance Classification Results in the Cold Lake Oil Sands Area Derived from 2012-2013 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format)2024-03-29T02:50:29.020294+00:00The Cold Lake oil sands area - Township 56 to 69, Range 1 to 11, west of the 4th Meridian, falls within the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP). As part of Alberta's Land-use Framework, LARP was developed in 2012 to set the stage for robust growth, vibrant communities and a healthy environment within the region. One of its implementation objectives is to balance the economic development of oil sands and impacts on the ecosystem and environment. This is to be achieved through enhanced science-based monitoring for improved characterization of the environment and to collect the information necessary to understand cumulative effects. Landsat multispectral imagery for 2012 and 2013 and land use and land cover classification data derived from 2013 were used to produce this dataset. The land use and land cover changes include vegetation loss from anthropogenic disturbances, such as infrastructure related to oil and gas exploration, forestry and agriculture, and vegetation recovery from these disturbances. This digital data release contains the vegetation loss data from 2012 to 2013, classified into 9 classes: 1 - exposed land/cut blocks/harvested areas, 3 - transitional bare surfaces, 4 - mixed developed areas, 5 - developed areas, 6 - shoal, 7 - shrub land, 8 - grassland and 9 - agricultural areas. These categories can be used as baseline data for planning, managing and monitoring surface infrastructure needs and impacts.2020-04-30T04:11:14.743222+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/14f882d3-93b0-41b9-8e07-f77f5786909fQuality Evaluation Dataset of the Cold Lake Oil Sands Area Derived from 2006 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format)2024-03-29T02:50:29.084591+00:00The Cold Lake oil sands area - Township 56 to 69, Range 1 to 11, west of the 4th Meridian, falls within the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP). As part of Alberta's Land-use Framework, LARP was developed in 2012 to set the stage for robust growth, vibrant communities and a healthy environment within the region. One of its implementation objectives is to balance the economic development of oil sands and impacts on the ecosystem and environment. This is to be achieved through an enhanced science-based monitoring for improved characterization of the environment and to collect the information necessary to understand cumulative effects. This quality evaluation dataset was produced for 2006 Landsat data to identify possible misclassified areas due to sensor noise, cloud, haze, and cloud shadow. These areas are assigned to 'bad pixels' or value '1' in the quality evaluation dataset.2020-04-30T04:11:16.722284+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/da6574ec-9714-4644-ab76-af6d88f2f917Quality Evaluation Dataset of the Cold Lake Oil Sands Area Derived from 2007 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format)2024-03-29T02:50:29.166083+00:00The Cold Lake oil sands area - Township 56 to 69, Range 1 to 11, west of the 4th Meridian, falls within the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP). As part of Alberta's Land-use Framework, LARP was developed in 2012 to set the stage for robust growth, vibrant communities and a healthy environment within the region. One of its implementation objectives is to balance the economic development of oil sands and impacts on the ecosystem and environment. This is to be achieved through an enhanced science-based monitoring for improved characterization of the environment and to collect the information necessary to understand cumulative effects. This quality evaluation dataset was produced for 2007 Landsat data to identify possible misclassified areas due to sensor noise, cloud, haze, and cloud shadow. These areas are assigned to 'bad pixels' or value '1' in the quality evaluation dataset.2020-04-30T04:11:18.783886+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/f86fa530-f722-44db-8091-e1280f94935fQuality Evaluation Dataset of the Cold Lake Oil Sands Area Derived from 2008 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format)2024-03-29T02:50:29.236712+00:00The Cold Lake oil sands area - Township 56 to 69, Range 1 to 11, west of the 4th Meridian, falls within the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP). As part of Alberta's Land-use Framework, LARP was developed in 2012 to set the stage for robust growth, vibrant communities and a healthy environment within the region. One of its implementation objectives is to balance the economic development of oil sands and impacts on the ecosystem and environment. This is to be achieved through an enhanced science-based monitoring for improved characterization of the environment and to collect the information necessary to understand cumulative effects. This quality evaluation dataset was produced for 2008 Landsat data to identify possible misclassified areas due to sensor noise, cloud, haze, and cloud shadow. These areas are assigned to 'bad pixels' or value '1' in the quality evaluation dataset.2020-04-30T04:11:20.781800+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/48543d9c-5ae3-4523-abcd-24820ac4562cQuality Evaluation Dataset of the Cold Lake Oil Sands Area Derived from 2009 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format)2024-03-29T02:50:29.325343+00:00The Cold Lake oil sands area - Township 56 to 69, Range 1 to 11, west of the 4th Meridian, falls within the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP). As part of Alberta's Land-use Framework, LARP was developed in 2012 to set the stage for robust growth, vibrant communities and a healthy environment within the region. One of its implementation objectives is to balance the economic development of oil sands and impacts on the ecosystem and environment. This is to be achieved through an enhanced science-based monitoring for improved characterization of the environment and to collect the information necessary to understand cumulative effects. This quality evaluation dataset was produced for 2009 Landsat data to identify possible misclassified areas due to sensor noise, cloud, haze, and cloud shadow. These areas are assigned to 'bad pixels' or value '1' in the quality evaluation dataset.2020-04-30T04:11:22.837640+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/d88bd554-e7fe-4438-b3ac-a22bae09c5bcQuality Evaluation Dataset of the Cold Lake Oil Sands Area Derived from 2010 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format)2024-03-29T02:50:29.397391+00:00The Cold Lake oil sands area - Township 56 to 69, Range 1 to 11, west of the 4th Meridian, falls within the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP). As part of Alberta's Land-use Framework, LARP was developed in 2012 to set the stage for robust growth, vibrant communities and a healthy environment within the region. One of its implementation objectives is to balance the economic development of oil sands and impacts on the ecosystem and environment. This is to be achieved through an enhanced science-based monitoring for improved characterization of the environment and to collect the information necessary to understand cumulative effects. This quality evaluation dataset was produced for 2010 Landsat data to identify possible misclassified areas due to sensor noise, cloud, haze, and cloud shadow. These areas are assigned to 'bad pixels' or value '1' in the quality evaluation dataset.2020-04-30T04:11:24.855738+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/2b0f2a78-4525-4ec7-bbc2-0e5569aba679Quality Evaluation Dataset of the Cold Lake Oil Sands Area Derived from 2011 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format)2024-03-29T02:50:29.484343+00:00The Cold Lake oil sands area - Township 56 to 69, Range 1 to 11, west of the 4th Meridian, falls within the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP). As part of Alberta's Land-use Framework, LARP was developed in 2012 to set the stage for robust growth, vibrant communities and a healthy environment within the region. One of its implementation objectives is to balance the economic development of oil sands and impacts on the ecosystem and environment. This is to be achieved through an enhanced science-based monitoring for improved characterization of the environment and to collect the information necessary to understand cumulative effects. This quality evaluation dataset was produced for 2011 Landsat data to identify possible misclassified areas due to sensor noise, cloud, haze, and cloud shadow. These areas are assigned to 'bad pixels' or value '1' in the quality evaluation dataset.2020-04-30T04:11:26.955523+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/793e9bb0-6074-4fcb-b1b0-5899d90b98b6Anthropogenic Footprints of the Play-Based Regulation Pilot Study Area from 2005 to 2013 Landsat Imagery (GIS data, polygon features)2024-03-29T02:50:29.584169+00:00In 2014 the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) initiated a Play-Based Regulation (PBR) pilot project as a step towards implementation of the Unconventional Regulatory Framework. One of the goals of the PBR pilot is to encourage companies in the unconventional play area to work together on plans for surface development to minimize the numbers of facilities and surface impacts. This data set is one of a series created using earth observation imagery to assess surface change caused by energy exploration. The PBR area extends from Twp. 52, Rge. 7, W 5th Mer. to Twp. 70, Rge. 5, W 6th Mer., covering the towns of Edson, Fox Creek, Mayerthorpe, Whitecourt, Swan Hills and Valleyview. The anthropogenic footprints shapefile contains a compilation of developed and mixed developed footprint classes extracted from the land-use/land-cover classifications data for the PBR area from 2005 to 2013, published by AGS. They can be used as a baseline for planning, managing and monitoring surface infrastructure needs and impacts.2020-04-30T04:11:28.992919+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/965e816c-4629-4eaa-8ca1-8cdec8213b8bAnthropogenic Footprints of the Cold Lake Oil Sands Area from 2005 to 2013 Landsat Imagery (GIS data, polygon features)2024-03-29T02:50:29.651124+00:00The Cold Lake Oil Sands area, Twp. 56 to 69, Rge. 1 to 11, W 4th Mer., falls within the Lower Athabasca Regional Plan (LARP). As part of Alberta's Land-use Framework, LARP was developed in 2012 to set the stage for robust growth, vibrant communities and a healthy environment within the region. One of its implementation objectives is to balance the economic development of oil sands and impacts on ecosystem and environment. This is to be achieved through enhanced science-based monitoring for improved characterization of the environment and collection of the information necessary to understand cumulative effects. The anthropogenic footprints shapefile contains a compilation of developed and mixed developed footprint classes extracted from the land-use/land-cover classifications data from 2005 to 2013, published by Alberta Geological Survey. They can be used as a baseline for planning, managing and monitoring surface infrastructure needs and impacts.2020-04-30T04:11:31.201572+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/eb55e6d8-02e0-45f0-871f-251d29de88c9Surficial Geology of the Carcajou Area (NTS 84F/NW) (GIS data, polygon features)2024-03-29T02:50:29.729746+00:00This GIS dataset depicts the surficial geology of the Carcajou area (NTS 84F/NW) (GIS data, polygon features). The data were created in geodatabase format and output for public distribution in shapefile format. These data comprise the polygon features of Alberta Geological Survey Map 580, Surficial Geology of the Carcajou Area (NTS 84F/NW).2020-04-30T04:11:33.240017+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/3fc079e8-3408-4b54-bb4e-15ea5e24e5e4Surficial Geology of the Carcajou Area (NTS 84F/NW) (GIS data, line features)2024-03-29T02:50:29.806109+00:00This GIS dataset depicts the surficial geology of the Carcajou area (NTS 84F/NW) (GIS data, line features). The data were created in geodatabase format and output for public distribution in shapefile format. These data comprise the line features of Alberta Geological Survey Map 580, Surficial Geology of the Carcajou Area (NTS 84F/NW).2020-04-30T04:11:35.348534+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/0695035a-3ee8-4689-9193-93c437dcfddaSurficial Geology of the Carcajou Area (NTS 84F/NW) (GIS data, permafrost polygon features)2024-03-29T02:50:29.885339+00:00This GIS dataset depicts the surficial geology of the Carcajou area (NTS 84F/NW) (discontinuous permafrost features). The data were created in geodatabase format and output for public distribution in shapefile format. These data comprise the permafrost polygon features of Alberta Geological Survey Map 580, Surficial Geology of the Carcajou Area (NTS 84F/NW).2020-04-30T04:11:37.347283+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/0dff7532-7590-4875-b57c-8d2da241ca10Surficial Geology of the Calgary-Lethbridge Corridor (GIS data, polygon features)2024-03-29T02:50:29.962700+00:00This GIS dataset is a compilation of existing surficial map information for the Calgary-Lethbridge Corridor area tiled into one layer. It is suitable for presentation and use at 1:250 000 scale. The dataset was prepared by appending existing GIS datasets into one layer with a standard attribute table. These datasets were then compared against surficial maps for which GIS data were unavailable. Lastly, polygon boundaries were modified to agree with the surface topography as represented by a digital elevation model (DEM) with a grid cell size of 25 metres. Data sources included published Alberta Geological Survey and Geological Survey of Canada maps and the Agricultural Regions of Alberta Soil Inventory Database Version 4.0. Legend information for each polygon was translated by the author into the standard schema. This dataset contains the polygon features of Alberta Geological Survey Map 579, Surficial Geology of the Calgary-Lethbridge Corridor, and has been exported in shapefile format for public distribution.2020-04-30T04:11:39.313783+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/a5218da0-d3a1-4151-8b75-b024b41717e0Surficial Geology of the Calgary-Lethbridge Corridor (GIS data, line features)2024-03-29T02:50:30.042642+00:00This GIS dataset portrays the distribution of glacial landforms within the Calgary-Lethbridge Corridor area, based on the compilation of existing government survey mapping and research literature, supplemented by new analysis of remote sensing data. The original line features have been modified where necessary for map production at 1:250 000 scale. This dataset contains the line features of Alberta Geological Survey Map 579, Surficial Geology of the Calgary-Lethbridge Corridor, and has been exported in a shapefile format for public distribution.2020-04-30T04:11:41.276758+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/0bd61f19-b1b8-4cde-8f28-e29fa8335e96Surficial Geology of the Slims Creek Area (NTS 84F/SW) (GIS data, polygon features)2024-03-29T02:50:30.116043+00:00This GIS dataset depicts the surficial geology of the Slims Creek area (NTS 84F/SW) (GIS data, polygon features). The data were created in geodatabase format and output for public distribution in shapefile format. These data comprise the polygon features of Alberta Geological Survey Map 581, Surficial Geology of the Slims Creek Area (NTS 84F/SW).2020-04-30T04:11:43.257439+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/ae23c1cf-696e-4236-8eed-a5d20a0cd45bSurficial Geology of the Slims Creek Area (NTS 84F/SW) (GIS data, line features)2024-03-29T02:50:30.203083+00:00This GIS dataset depicts the surficial geology of the Slims Creek area (NTS 84F/SW) (GIS data, line features). The data were created in geodatabase format and output for public distribution in shapefile format. These data comprise the line features of Alberta Geological Survey Map 581, Surficial Geology of the Slims Creek Area (NTS 84F/SW).2020-04-30T04:11:45.260511+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/a0a35819-eb48-4d4f-8dfc-d5873f83ac14Surficial Geology of the Slims Creek Area (NTS 84F/SW) (GIS data, permafrost polygon features)2024-03-29T02:50:30.289170+00:00This GIS dataset depicts the surficial geology of the Slims Creek area (NTS 84F/SW) (discontinuous permafrost features). The data were created in geodatabase format and output for public distribution in shapefile format. These data comprise the permafrost polygon features of Alberta Geological Survey Map 581, Surficial Geology of the Slims Creek Area (NTS 84F/SW).2020-04-30T04:11:47.270221+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/95bae542-767a-4590-8e4c-2078f63a3444Pick Elevations for the Bedrock Topography of the Alberta Plains (tabular data, tab delimited format)2024-03-29T02:50:30.377574+00:00The bedrock topography of Alberta is the surface of the top of Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene bedrock, and reveals geomorphic features created by Paleogene to Recent river systems and Quaternary glaciation. This dataset consists of previously published information from Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) maps and reports, as well as new data for which the quality has been assessed in order to apply a quality-weighting approach prior to modelling the bedrock topography surface. It is the data used to produce AGS Map 602, Bedrock Topography of Alberta. Explanatory notes, references, and data sources appear on a supplementary page to accompany Map 602. These notes describe the distribution of physiographic terrain elements of the bedrock surface across Alberta, and the sources and quality of the data that were used to interpolate this surface.2020-04-30T04:11:49.549602+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/a0231a3d-b478-4a0b-99c8-f48a011b2906Bedrock Topography of Alberta (gridded data, ASCII format)2024-03-29T02:50:30.470192+00:00The bedrock topography of Alberta is the surface of the top of Upper Cretaceous and Paleogene bedrock, and reveals geomorphic features created by Paleogene to Recent river systems and Quaternary glaciation. This grid is a computer-generated geostatistical model of the bedrock topography of Alberta using previously published information from Alberta Geological Survey (AGS) maps and reports, as well as new data. The quality of this data has been assessed and then a quality-weighting approach was applied to the dataset prior to interpolation. The surface was modelled using a 500m x 500m grid cell spacing, and as such should not be used for local scale studies. This grid represents the surface portrayed in AGS Map 602, Bedrock Topography of Alberta, and this grid will continue to be updated as part of the Alberta Geological Framework project. Explanatory notes, references, and data sources appear on a supplementary page to accompany Map 602. These notes describe the distribution of physiographic terrain elements of the bedrock surface across Alberta, and the data sources and geostatistical methods used to interpolate this surface.2020-04-30T04:11:52.256874+00:00https://open.alberta.ca/dataset/29430344-0807-4b40-971d-4ad6f207427bCompilation of In Situ Stress Data from Alberta and Northeastern British Columbia (tabular data, tab delimited)2024-03-29T02:50:30.538880+00:00This digital dataset is the compilation of an analysis of the in situ stress regime in several regions of Alberta and northeastern British Columbia conducted by Dr. Sebastian Bell under a contract with the Alberta Geological Survey from 1999 to 2004. The dataset includes both new and previously published estimates for vertical stress gradients, minimum horizontal stress gradients, and stress orientation. Understanding the state of stress in the subsurface has always been important in the development of energy resources. The recent development of unconventional oil sand and low permeability hydrocarbon deposits, waste fluid disposal, greenhouse gas sequestration, and potential geothermal energy extraction all require knowledge of the state of stress to operate safely and economically. A lack of understanding of the state of stress in a given project area has the potential to negatively affect the economics of such projects and may expose operators to increased liabilities. Regional-scale studies of the stress regime indicate that in southern and central Alberta the vertical stress (Sv) is the largest principal stress. The Sv magnitude is determined from the overburdened load and is calculated by integrating the bulk density log from ground surface to the depth of interest. This dataset contains 724 vertical stress gradient measurements from 126 wells in Alberta. The minimum horizontal stress (Shmin) can be evaluated using a variety of tests. While leak-off tests and fracture breakdown pressures have been used in the past for estimating the magnitude of the Shmin, mini-fracture tests (also known as DFITS) are currently considered a more accurate and consistent method. This dataset includes only mini-fracture test data, consisting of 106 minimum horizontal stress gradient measurements in 83 wells. Alberta was one of the first regions in the world where stress mapping began, originating in the pioneering 'borehole breakout' developments of Dr. Bell from the Geological Survey of Canada in Calgary and Dr. Gough from the University of Alberta. The Shmin orientations can be determined from borehole breakouts, which are spalled cavities that occur on opposite walls of a borehole. This dataset contains 214 stress orientation measurements from 133 wells.2020-04-30T04:11:54.712665+00:00