Abstract: The Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest Inventory was initiated in 1949 and completed by 1956. The Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest Inventory included all publicly owned forested lands in the province except Indian lands, national parks, and an area known as the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve. The Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest Inventory was used to define lands suitable for agriculture, to determine timber harvest levels and plan forest protection and timber and industrial development. Through aerial photo interpretation, land was classified as productive, potentially productive, or non-productive. On productive forest land, homogeneous groups of trees were classified by "cover types". Cover types included crown density, height and tree species. Burned, harvested or cultivated land was identified as potentially productive. Non-productive lands included areas with organic soils, barren rock and lakes. No ages or site classes are associated with the polygons. The minimum polygon size was 65 ha. These maps are not available as geo-referenced rectified images or GIS-ready data.
Metadata:
File identifier:
30656B61-36CA-472B-8F00-63419442CEA5
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Metadata author:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Date stamp:
2019-11-27
Metadata standard name:
NAP - Metadata
Metadata standard version:
1.2
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
74 - Historical Forest Inventory - Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps
Date:
Date:
Date:
2003-09-01
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Resource Analysis, Forest Management Branch, Forestry Division
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804225229
Facsimile:
7804270084
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
8th Floor, Great West Life Building
Delivery point:
9920 - 108 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2M4
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AF.FMB-GIS@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30, Monday to Friday
Contact instructions:
This is the point of contact regarding the creation of, and characteristics of, the data set.
Queries about the creation and/or characteristics of the data set submitted through facsimile or
electronic mail must include the salutation "Attention: Forest Analysis Section, Forest
Management Branch, Forestry Division; Product: Historical Forest Inventory - Phase 1 (Broad
Scale) Maps". For Distribution Information contact instructions, refer to the Distribution
Information section of this metadata record. For Metadata Information contact instructions,
refer to the Metadata Reference Information section of this metadata record.
Role:
Role code:
originator
Presentation form:
Presentation form code:
mapHardcopy
Abstract:
The Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest Inventory was initiated in 1949 and completed by 1956. The Phase 1 (Broad
Scale) Forest Inventory included all publicly owned forested lands in the province except Indian lands,
national parks, and an area known as the Rocky Mountains Forest Reserve. The Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest
Inventory was used to define lands suitable for agriculture, to determine timber harvest levels and plan
forest protection and timber and industrial development. Through aerial photo interpretation, land was
classified as productive, potentially productive, or non-productive. On productive forest land, homogeneous
groups of trees were classified by "cover types". Cover types included crown density, height and tree
species. Burned, harvested or cultivated land was identified as potentially productive. Non-productive lands
included areas with organic soils, barren rock and lakes. No ages or site classes are associated with the
polygons. The minimum polygon size was 65 ha. These maps are not available as geo-referenced rectified
images or GIS-ready data.
Purpose:
This historical map series consists of the Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest Inventory printed monochrome maps
named using the National Topographic System (NTS) map sheet identifier within Alberta.
Status:
Progress code:
completed
Point of contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Resource Analysis, Forest Management Branch, Forestry Division
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804225229
Facsimile:
7804270084
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
8th Floor, Great West Life Building
Delivery point:
9920 - 108 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2M4
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AF.FMB-GIS@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30, Monday to Friday
Contact instructions:
This is the point of contact regarding the creation of, and characteristics of, the data set. Queries
about the creation and/or characteristics of the data set submitted through facsimile or electronic
mail must include the salutation "Attention: Forest Analysis Section, Forest Management Branch,
Forestry Division; Product: Historical Forest Inventory - Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps". For
Distribution Information contact instructions, refer to the Distribution Information section of this
metadata record. For Metadata Information contact instructions, refer to the Metadata Reference
Information section of this metadata record.
Role:
Role code:
pointOfContact
Resource maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
notPlanned
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Alberta, Canada
Type:
Keyword type code:
place
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Forestry
Keyword:
Forest Cover Types
Keyword:
Vegetation
Keyword:
Historical
Keyword:
Monochrome
Keyword:
Broad Scale
Keyword:
NTS
Keyword:
National Topographic System
Keyword:
1:40 000 scale maps
Type:
Keyword type code:
theme
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Static Map Images
Thesaurus name: uuidref: 723f6998-058e-11dc-8314-0800200c9a66
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints:
Restriction code:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints:
To access the data you must agree to the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta found at
http://open.alberta.ca/licence
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use constraints:
Restriction code:
license
Other constraints:
Your use of this information will be governed by the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, in
force as of the date you accessed the information , found at http://open.alberta.ca/licence
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use limitation:
Distribution Liability: Under the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, the Information is
licensed as is, and the Information Provider excludes all representations, warranties, obligations, and
liabilities, whether express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Information
Provider is not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information, and will not under any
circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss,
injury or damage caused by its use or otherwise arising in connection with this licence or the
Information, even if specifically advised of the possibility of such loss, injury or damage.
Resource constraints:
Security constraints:
Classification:
Classification code:
unclassified
User note:
Public/Unrestricted
Classification system:
GOA Data and Information Security Classification
Handling description:
https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/pdf/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification-Standard.pdf
Aggregation Info:
AggregateInformation:
Aggregate Data Set Name:
Citation:
Title:
Alberta Phase 3 Forest Inventory An Overview
Date:
Date:
Date:
1985-01-01
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Agriculture and Forestry, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Forest Resource Analysis, Forest Management Branch, Forestry Division
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
8th Floor, Great West Life Building
Delivery point:
9920 - 108 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2M4
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AF.FMB-GIS@gov.ab.ca
Online Resource:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/HistoricalMaps/Phase3ForestInventory/AB_Phase3ForestInventory_Overview.pdf
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
Alberta Phase 3 Forest Inventory An Overview
Description:
Alberta Phase 3 Forest Inventory An Overview (PDF)
Function:
Online function code:
download
Role:
Role code:
custodian
Other citation details:
RIB# 874; ENR Report No. I/86
ISBN:
0-86499-187-8
Association Type:
Association type code:
crossReference
Aggregation Info:
AggregateInformation:
Aggregate Data Set Name:
Citation:
Title:
Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest Inventory Index Map
Date:
Date:
Date:
2012-11-01
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.GDAMetadata@gov.ab.ca
Online Resource:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/HistoricalMaps/Phase1ForestInventory/AB_Phase1ForestInventory_IndexMap.pdf
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest Inventory Index Map
Description:
Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest Inventory Index Map (PDF)
Function:
Online function code:
download
Role:
Role code:
custodian
Association Type:
Association type code:
crossReference
Spatial resolution:
Resolution:
Equivalent scale:
Representative fraction:
Denominator:
40000
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Topic category:
Topic category code:
biota
Topic category:
Topic category code:
imageryBaseMapsEarthCover
Environment description:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
West bound longitude:
-112
East bound longitude:
-110
South bound latitude:
56
North bound latitude:
60
Extent:
Extent:
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Extent:
Time period:
Begin date:
1949-01-01
End date:
1956-01-01
Supplemental Information:
This product can be viewed on a computer, printed or be plotted in part or in whole. All available maps are
provided in Adobe PDF and Tif format within downloadable WinZip files. This series is not updated and
contains a range of publication dates. To maintain the original map scale (1:40 000) when printing the
entire product, it must be plotted on a plotter that can use paper that is a minimum width of 106.68 cm
(42"). Generally these maps are printed on 91.44 x 106.68 cm (36" x 42") paper size.
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Distribution:
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
PDF
Version:
1.7
Specification:
Adobe PDF Format
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Parks, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.Maps-Alberta@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Distribution Order Process:
Standard order process:
Fees:
This product is fee free under the Open Government Licence - Alberta.
Ordering instructions:
PDF (ZIP) files available as a direct download via FTP. For TIFF versions of the same files, please
contact the distributor.
Turnaround:
Direct download
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Units of distribution:
MB
Transfer size:
44.7
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/HistoricalMaps/Phase1ForestInventory/NTS74/P1Maps74DPdf.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
74D - Historical Forest Inventory - Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps
Description:
74D - Historical Forest Inventory - Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps (ZIP)
Function:
Online function code:
download
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Units of distribution:
MB
Transfer size:
42.4
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/HistoricalMaps/Phase1ForestInventory/NTS74/P1Maps74EPdf.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
74E - Historical Forest Inventory - Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps
Description:
74E - Historical Forest Inventory - Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps (ZIP)
Function:
Online function code:
download
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Units of distribution:
MB
Transfer size:
39.7
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/HistoricalMaps/Phase1ForestInventory/NTS74/P1Maps74LPdf.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
74L - Historical Forest Inventory - Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps
Description:
74L - Historical Forest Inventory - Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps (ZIP)
Function:
Online function code:
download
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Units of distribution:
MB
Transfer size:
41.0
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/imageryBaseMapsEarthCover/HistoricalMaps/Phase1ForestInventory/NTS74/P1Maps74MPdf.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
74M - Historical Forest Inventory - Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps
Description:
74M - Historical Forest Inventory - Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Maps (ZIP)
Function:
Online function code:
download
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
During and shortly after the Second World War the demand for lumber and wood products increased
dramatically. This resulted in concern over lack of knowledge about the extent of the provincial forest
resource, and led to fears that the timber supply could be easily depleted. The Phase 1, or Broad Scale,
Forest Inventory was initiated in 1949 in response to these concerns. The inventory served as the
information base to plan the management of Alberta's forest resource. The Phase 1 (Broad Scale) Forest
Inventory background and methodology are described in the "Alberta Phase 3 Inventory An Overview" (RIB#
874) which is included in the download package.
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
notPlanned
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