Identification Information:

Citation:

Citation Information:

Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board

Originator: Alberta Geological Survey

Publication Date: 2003

Title: Airborne Geophysical Surveys (GIS data, polygon features)

Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data

Series Information:

Series Name: Digital Data

Issue Identification: DIG 2003-0013

Publication Information:

Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey

Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/DIG/ZIP/DIG_2003_0013.zip

Description:

Abstract:

Stratagex Ltd was contracted by the AGS in 2001 to compile a catalogue of all existing ground and airborne geophysical survey data contained in the archived mining assessment reports of the AGS, supplemented where possible with information on non-exclusive and proprietary surveys from exploration industry and other sources. This data set shows the airborne survey locations and detailed information about the survey including: Type of survey flown [fixed wing or helicopter; barometric (constant elevation) or drape (topographic contour following), Year of data acquisition and contractor, Description of the system flown [any one or combination of magnetics, VLF-EM, radiometrics, time domain electromagnetics (TDEM), frequency domain electromagnetics (FEM)]., Survey specifications (flying height, line direction, line separation, tie line spacing and direction), Location of the survey (corner co-ordinates of the survey area in UTM and latitude and longitude), Outline of the actual survey coverage (plan map of survey block outline on planimetric base), Owner of the data at time of acquisition (and contact person if available), Assessment of data quality (where possible, based on the maps or profiles made available by the Contractor/Mining Company who holds the data), Availability of the data for use or acquisition by the AGS (for compilation, resale, in-house research), Media and format that data is available on (paper, digital images, raw digital data, etc.), Asking price for acquiring the data (if available) and the conditions under which it would be made available.

Purpose:

To provide both private companies and public agencies with a valuable tool for the use in the formulation and assessment of mineral exploration and other geoscience programs. The catalogue is intended to be useful to the any party deciding to commission airborne or ground geophysical surveys for public distribution, by outlining existing survey coverage, the quality of that coverage, and therefore what areas may benefit from a new or better quality survey. The catalogue is also valuable in budgeting for the possible future purchase of existing data that are of interest in terms of regional studies and data compilation projects. Additionally, junior mining companies may benefit from the catalogue as it may indirectly lead to the sharing of data or possible joint venture projects. This implementation of the airborne catalogue makes it possible to view on the Web, in geographic information systems (map) format.

Supplemental Information: In English

Time Period of Content:

Time Period Information:

Single Date/Time:

Calendar Date: 2002

Currentness Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: In work

Maintenance and Update Frequency: Irregular

Spatial Domain:

Bounding Coordinates:

West Bounding Coordinate: -122.340278

East Bounding Coordinate: -109.946513

North Bounding Coordinate: 60.002459

South Bounding Coordinate: 48.8

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme Keyword Thesaurus: none

Theme Keyword: airborne geophysical survey

Theme Keyword: exploration

Place:

Place Keyword Thesaurus: None

Place Keyword: 72e

Place Keyword: 72l

Place Keyword: 72m

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Place Keyword: 84p

Place Keyword: alberta

Place Keyword: canada

Access Constraints: Public

Use Constraints:

Acknowledgement of the Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey as the originator/source of this information is required as described in the Open Government License - Alberta.

Point of Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey

Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor

Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical

Address: Alberta Energy Regulator

Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building

Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW

City: Edmonton

State or Province: Alberta

Postal Code: T6B 2X3

Country: Canada

Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927

Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918

Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca

Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Data Set Credit: E.J.Waters

Native Data Set Environment: Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Se

Data Quality Information:

Logical Consistency Report:

An attempt was made to identify duplicate records and inconsistent data supplied by the contractor. All identified duplicates and inconsistent data were eliminated or corrected. Since the spatial geometry of the data was compiled separately from the attributes, checks were made to ensure the correct geometery was linked to the right attributes.

Completeness Report:

The data comprise airborne surveys performed by industry only (i.e. no government or other agency surveys are included) up until the publication date.

Lineage:

Process Step:

Process Description:

A single shapefile was prepared from text files supplied to AGS of the survey location coordinates (one text file per survey). Attribute information stored in an MS-Access was joined to the shapefile using ArcView 3.2, based on the IssueID field, a unique identifier for the survey.

Process Date: 2003

Spatial Data Organization Information:

Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector

Point and Vector Object Information:

SDTS Terms Description:

SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: G-polygon

Point and Vector Object Count: 589

Spatial Reference Information:

Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:

Geographic:

Geographic Coordinate Units: degree

Latitude Resolution: 0.000000

Longitude Resolution: 0.000000

Geodetic Model:

Horizontal Datum Name: North_American_Datum_1983

Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System of 1980

Semi-major Axis: 6378137.000000

Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222

Entity and Attribute Information:

Detailed Description:

Entity Type:

Entity Type Label: airborne_py_ll

Attribute:

Attribute Label: AREA

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PERIMETER

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ID

Attribute Definition: Database unique identifier

Attribute Definition Source: AGS

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ISSUE_ID

Attribute Definition: Issue ID

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TYPE_OF_SU

Attribute Definition:

Type of survey flown [fixed wing or helicopter; barometric (constant elevation) or drape (topographic contour following)]

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: DATE_OF_AC

Attribute Definition: Year of data acquisition

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SURVEY_PLA

Attribute Definition: Survey platform

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: AIRCRAFT

Attribute Definition: Aircraft

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: CONTRACTOR

Attribute Definition: Contractor

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SENSORS

Attribute Definition: Sensors

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: NAVIGATION

Attribute Definition: Navigation

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: FLYING_HEI

Attribute Definition: Flying height

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: LINE_DIREC

Attribute Definition: Line direction

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: LINE_SPACI

Attribute Definition: Line spacing

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TIE_LINE_S

Attribute Definition: Tie line spacing

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TIE_LINE_D

Attribute Definition: Tie line direction

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TOTAL_LINE

Attribute Definition: Total line kilometres

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: MAGNETIC_B

Attribute Definition: Magnetic base station

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PROCESSING

Attribute Definition: Processing

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: NAME_OF_LO

Attribute Definition: Name of location

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: LOCATION_O

Attribute Definition: Location of survey

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: OWNER_OF_D

Attribute Definition: Owner of data at time of acquisition

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: DATA_QUALI

Attribute Definition: Data quality

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: DESCRIPTIO

Attribute Definition: Description of deficiencies in data

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PRIOR_SUBM

Attribute Definition: Prior submission of data to AGS

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: AVAILABILI

Attribute Definition: Availability of data not submitted to AGS

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PAPER_MAPS

Attribute Definition: Paper maps

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: SCALE

Attribute Definition: Scale

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: COMMENTS

Attribute Definition: Comments

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PLOT_FILES

Attribute Definition: Plot files

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: GRID_FILES

Attribute Definition: Grid files

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: RAW__LOCAT

Attribute Definition: Raw (located) data

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: ASKING_PRI

Attribute Definition: Asking price of data and conditions

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: NAME_OF_CO

Attribute Definition: Name of contact person

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: TELEPHONE_

Attribute Definition: Telephone of contact person

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: FAX_OF_CON

Attribute Definition: Fax of contact person

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: EMAIL_OF_C

Attribute Definition: Email of contact person

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: WEB_ADDRES

Attribute Definition: Web address of contact person

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Attribute:

Attribute Label: PDFFILE

Attribute Definition: PDF filename

Attribute Definition Source: Stratagex

Distribution Information:

Distributor:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey

Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor

Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical

Address: Alberta Energy Regulator

Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building

Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW

City: Edmonton

State or Province: Alberta

Postal Code: T6B 2X3

Country: Canada

Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927

Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918

Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca

Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Resource Description: Downloadable Data

Standard Order Process:

Digital Form:

Digital Transfer Information:

Transfer Size: 0.825

Metadata Reference Information:

Metadata Date: 20040922

Metadata Review Date: 20041231

Metadata Future Review Date: 20041231

Metadata Contact:

Contact Information:

Contact Organization Primary:

Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey

Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor

Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor

Contact Address:

Address Type: mailing and physical

Address: Alberta Energy Regulator

Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building

Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW

City: Edmonton

State or Province: Alberta

Postal Code: T6B 2X3

Country: Canada

Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927

Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918

Contact Electronic Mail Address: AGS-Info@aer.ca

Hours of Service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standards for Digital Geospatial Metadata

Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata Time Convention: local time

Metadata Access Constraints: none

Metadata Use Constraints: none