- Identification Information:
- Citation:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, N.
- Originator: Pawley, S.
- Publication Date: 2015
- Title: Surficial Geology of the Sturgeon Lake Area (NTS 83N/SW) (GIS data, line features)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0026
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/DIG/ZIP/DIG_2015_0026.zip
- Description:
- Abstract:
This GIS dataset depicts the surficial geology of the Sturgeon Lake area (NTS 83N/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 577, Surficial Geology of the Sturgeon Lake area (NTS 83N/SW).
- Purpose:
For query and analysis of the surficial geology of the Sturgeon Lake area (NTS 83N/SW) in GIS format.
- Supplemental Information: In English.
- Time Period of Content:
- Time Period Information:
- Range of Dates/Times:
- Beginning Date: 2013
- Ending Date: 2015
- Currentness Reference: ground condition
- Status:
- Progress: Complete
- Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned
- Spatial Domain:
- Bounding Coordinates:
- West Bounding Coordinate: -118
- East Bounding Coordinate: -117.000769
- North Bounding Coordinate: 55.500063
- South Bounding Coordinate: 54.999998
- Keywords:
- Theme:
- Theme Keyword Thesaurus: None
- Theme Keyword: alluvium
- Theme Keyword: colluvium
- Theme Keyword: gis data
- Theme Keyword: glacial deposits
- Theme Keyword: glaciolacustrine
- Theme Keyword: organic
- Theme Keyword: quaternary geology
- Theme Keyword: surficial geology
- Theme Keyword: surficial mapping
- Theme Keyword: till
- Place:
- Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
- Place Keyword: 83n
- Place Keyword: alberta
- Place Keyword: canada
- Place Keyword: little smoky river
- Place Keyword: puskwaskau lake
- Place Keyword: puskwaskau river
- Place Keyword: simonette river
- Place Keyword: sturgeon creek
- Place Keyword: sturgeon lake
- Place Keyword: valleyview
- 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: AGS Information Manager
- Contact Position: AGS Information Manager
- 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: K. Mckay
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, N.
- Originator: Pawley, S.
- Publication Date: 2015
- Title: Surficial Geology of the Sturgeon Lake Area (NTS 83N/SW)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Map
- Issue Identification: MAP 577
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Other Citation Details: Scale 1:100 000, ISBN: 978-1-4601-0146-9
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Cross Reference:
- Citation Information:
- Originator: Alberta Energy Regulator
- Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
- Originator: Atkinson, N.
- Originator: Pawley, S.
- Publication Date: 2015
- Title: Surficial Geology of the Sturgeon Lake Area (NTS 83N/SW) (GIS data, polygon features)
- Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
- Series Information:
- Series Name: Digital Data
- Issue Identification: DIG 2015-0025
- Publication Information:
- Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
- Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
- Data Quality Information:
- Logical Consistency Report:
The digital vector data are topologically correct lines as built and enforced using ArcGIS software. Due to the availability of high-quality, Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) bare-earth digital elevation model data (unpublished) for NTS 83N/SW, it was possible to delineate polygons and lines that would otherwise be unobservable. Adjacent map areas have not been mapped using LiDAR; therefore, new feature boundaries have been identified in NTS 83N/SW that do not have a corresponding boundary in the adjacent study areas. Consequently, NTS 83N/SW is not fully edge-matched with adjacent areas. Line features intersect only where intended.
- Completeness Report:
The data represent surficial geology interpretations based on LiDAR bare-earth data, orthorectified aerial photographs, and previously published mapping in the area.
- Positional Accuracy:
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
- Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report:
We estimate the accuracy of the surface-feature interpretations to be better than +/- 100 m on the ground, based on informed judgement of the effects of all combined map-production errors. No formal accuracy check verified the interpretation.
- Lineage:
- Process Step:
- Process Description:
Our processes included
1. making a LiDAR imagery mosaic for complete coverage of NTS 83N/SW and relief shading the LiDAR bare-earth digital elevation model (DEM);
2. clipping Landsat-8 scene LC80460212013184LGN00 (courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey) to the map area boundary;
3. performing image classification on the Landsat data, collecting training objects, and classifying peatlands using Landsat spectral properties and LiDAR topographic indices;
4. delineating non-peatland polygons from object-based analysis of a slope image derived from the LiDAR imagery
5. augmenting the classified landforms with digitization of polygons and line features across the LiDAR image of NTS 83N/SW using ArcGIS;
6. labelling spatial features;
7. checking the quality of the digital file; and
8. proofreading the text.
- Process Date: 2015
- Spatial Data Organization Information:
- Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
- Point and Vector Object Information:
- SDTS Terms Description:
- SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: String
- Point and Vector Object Count: 1747
- Spatial Reference Information:
- Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
- Geographic:
- Latitude Resolution: 8.9831528411952133e-009
- Longitude Resolution: 8.9831528411952133e-009
- Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal Degrees
- Geodetic Model:
- Horizontal Datum Name: D North American 1983
- Ellipsoid Name: GRS 1980
- Semi-Major Axis: 6378137.0
- Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222101
- Entity and Attribute Information:
- Detailed Description:
- Entity Type:
- Entity Type Label: surf_ln_ll.dbf
- Entity Type Definition: Line feature attributes
- Entity Type Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
- Attribute:
- Attribute Label: FID
- Attribute Definition: Internal feature number.
- Attribute Definition Source: Esri
- Attribute Domain Values:
- Unrepresentable Domain: Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.
- Attribute:
- Attribute Label: Shape
- Attribute Definition: Feature geometry.
- Attribute Definition Source: Esri
- Attribute Domain Values:
- Unrepresentable Domain: Coordinates defining the features.
- Attribute:
- Attribute Label: TYPE
- Attribute Definition: Description code (internal use)
- Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
- Attribute:
- Attribute Label: DESCRIPTIO
- Attribute Definition: Feature description
- Attribute Definition Source: Alberta Geological Survey
- Distribution Information:
- Distributor:
- Contact Information:
- Contact Organization Primary:
- Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
- Contact Person: AGS Information Manager
- Contact Position: AGS Information Manager
- 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.
- Distribution Liability:
The Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey (AER/AGS) licenses this information under the Open Government License - Alberta. Any references to proprietary software in our documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in our releases, do not constitute endorsement by the AER/AGS of any manufacturer's product.
- Metadata Reference Information:
- Metadata Date: 20150414
- Metadata Contact:
- Contact Information:
- Contact Organization Primary:
- Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
- Contact Person: AGS Information Manager
- Contact Position: AGS Information Manager
- 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 Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
- Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
- Metadata Time Convention: local time
- Metadata Access Constraints: none
- Metadata Use Constraints: none