SAIT belongs to a consortium of Alberta academic institutions that licenses spatial data from AltaLIS to support research and teaching. Access to the data licensed by by the consortium is restricted and coordinated through partner institution contracts. SAIT students and faculty are required to sign an AltaLIS license agreement. Please contact the library or mail LibraryDataRequests@sait.ca for more information
| Data Type | File Extension | Description |
| DEM - 10m | .rrd | Digital elevation model at 10 meter resolution |
| Urban and Rural Cadastral | .dwg, .dgn | Block lines, lot lines, lot numbers, road limits, rights of way, metes and bounds, plan numbers, etc. |
| Uban and Rural Title | .shp | Ownership parcels and LINC numbers of titles property |
| Digital Integrated Dispositions (DID) | .shp | Major types of dispositions on Alberta's public Lands |
| Fortis Alberta Facility Data | .shp | Poles, Conductors, Street Lights, and Service Territory |
AltaLIS manages data and distribution of data on behalf of Alberta Data Partnerships, Ltd. and some of this data is distributed at no cost. Data can be accessed through the AltaLIS platform. Users will be required to create an account with through the platform found at https://www.altalis.com/.
| Data Type | File Extension | Description |
| Access Features | .shp | Features the can be used by vehicle |
| Base Features - GeoAdmin Areas | .shp, .gdb | Boundaries for land administration and land use |
| Base Features - Contour Linework | .shp, .gdb | 10m & 20m countour lines of topography |
| Base Features - Hydography | .shp, .gdb | Water bodies, watercourses and direction of flow |
| DEM (25 m) | ASCII | Digital elevation model at 25 meter resolution |
| ATS Polygons and coordinates | .shp, ascii | Alberta Township system - LSD, quarter sections, sections |
| Municipal Boundaries | .shp | Counties, MDs, Special Areas, Cities, Towns, Villiages, etc. |
| Topographic small scale | .dwg | NTS map sheets 1:250K |
| Source | Description | File Extension | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alberta Geological Survey | Surficial and bedrock geology, sediment thickness, groundwater/hydrogeology, and mineral resources | .pdf, .shp | Access |
| Alberta Environment & Sustainable Resource Development | River basins, runoff, reservoir storage, natural flow, precipitation, snow and air temperature | .pdf, ascii | Access |
| GeoDiscover Alberta | Maps, services and geographic information related to Alberta. Includes Rivers, Streams & Lakes; Imagery; Land Use; Townships, Ranges & Legal Subdivisions; Geological as well as license agreements on select resources | various | Access |
| Agricultural Region of Alberta Soil Inventory Database | Spatial distribution of soils and associated landscapes within the agricultural region of Alberta. | .shp, GSD | Access |
| Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute | species and habitat, land cover, human footprint, imagery data files. | various | Access |
| Calgary Metropolitan Region Open Data | regional growth, utilities, transit and transportation, and regional land use data files. | various | Access |
| Open Data Areas Alberta | Various vector and raster files for: Beaver Hills, Fort McMurray, Fox Creek, RMH Sylvan, Taber, Utikuma Lake | various | Access |
The University of Calgary has a collection of spatial resources organized by theme (e.g., energy, crime, transportation, weather) available online. Most resources are open and accessible to the public. However, resources that state that you must contact SAND to access the file are licensed content and are not available to SAIT students. If that occurs, contact LibraryDataRequests@sait.ca with the organization and file name to determine if it can be accessed via the SAIT Library.