Abstract: The Public Land Recreation Area dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Public Land Recreation Areas in Alberta. A Public Land Recreation Area is an area of recreation land designated under the authority of Section 179 of the Public Lands Administration Regulation under the Public Lands Act. Public Land Recreation Area was formerly known as Forest Recreation Area under the Forest Recreation Regulation under the Forests Act. No changes to the Forest Recreation Area data layer were made when it was migrated to become the Public Land Recreation Area dataset.
Metadata:
File identifier:
FDA4060D-AD07-486A-B63D-0D088A3A9186
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Metadata author:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Facsimile:
7804220712
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:
PGC.Metadata@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Date stamp:
2024-08-01
Metadata standard name:
NAP - Metadata
Metadata standard version:
1.2
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Vector spatial representation:
Geometric objects:
Geometric objects:
Geometric object type:
Geometric object type code:
complex
Geometric object count:
86
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Reference system:
Reference system identifier:
RS Identifier:
Code:
3400
Code Space:
EPSG
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Public Land Recreation Area
Date:
Date:
Date:
2012-02-15
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2024-03-01
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Date:
Date:
Date:
2023-12-05
Date type:
Date type code:
revision
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Facsimile:
7804220712
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:
PGC.Metadata@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
custodian
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Planning Branch, Lands Division
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
3rd Floor, Petroleum Plaza South Tower
Delivery point:
9915 - 108 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2G8
Country:
Country:
CA
Role:
Role code:
owner
Abstract:
The Public Land Recreation Area dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Public Land Recreation
Areas in Alberta. A Public Land Recreation Area is an area of recreation land designated under the authority
of Section 179 of the Public Lands Administration Regulation under the Public Lands Act. Public Land
Recreation Area was formerly known as Forest Recreation Area under the Forest Recreation Regulation under
the Forests Act. No changes to the Forest Recreation Area data layer were made when it was migrated to
become the Public Land Recreation Area dataset.
Purpose:
The Public Land Recreation Area dataset provides users with GIS ready polygonal representation of all Public
Land Recreation Areas in the province of Alberta, and is suitable for indexing or analysis purposes.
Status:
Progress code:
completed
Point of contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
7804277374
Facsimile:
7804220712
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:
PGC.Metadata@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
pointOfContact
Resource maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Alberta, Canada
Type:
Keyword type code:
place
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Public land
Keyword:
Recreation area
Type:
Keyword type code:
theme
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
https://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 https://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:
Government of Alberta Data and Information Security Classification
Handling description:
https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/Pages/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification.aspx
Spatial representation type:
Spatial representation type code:
vector
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Topic category:
Topic category code:
boundaries
Environment description:
Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.4000
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
Extent type code:
true
West bound longitude:
-121
East bound longitude:
-109
South bound latitude:
48
North bound latitude:
61
Supplemental Information:
The defining document is Alberta Regulation 187/2011 Public Lands Act, Public Lands Administration Regulation
Schedule 5 Public Land Recreation Areas which can be viewed at
https://kings-printer.alberta.ca/1266.cfm?page=2011_187.cfm&leg_type=Regs&isbncln=9780779760190&display=html&CFID=197786199&CFTOKEN=72b6492e0c24f1ef-9EC7576E-A217-C155-943711DF9E608768
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Distribution:
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
Enterprise Geodatabase Feature Class
Version:
3.0
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
Shapefile
Version:
3.0
Specification:
SHP
File decompression technique:
ZIP
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
File Geodatabase
Version:
3.0
Specification:
FGDB
File decompression technique:
ZIP
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Altalis Ltd.
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
4037163490
Facsimile:
4037163494
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Suite 1550, 635 - 8 Avenue SW
City:
Calgary
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T2P 3M3
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
support@altalis.com
Hours of service:
08:00 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Contact instructions:
The layer is a part of the Base Features product which can be accessed and downloaded via the Open
Data option from Altalis: https://www.altalis.com
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/base/land_use_management_10tm_nad83_aep/MapServer
Protocol:
REST
Name:
base/land_use_management_10tm_nad83_aep (MapServer)
Description:
Web service including Public Land Recreation Area dataset
Function:
Online function code:
webService
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Report:
Conceptual consistency:
Measure description:
For each recreation area captured, exterior road allowances are excluded but interior road allowances are
included. In the renaming exercise, migrating Forest Recreation Area to Public Land Recreation Area; the
overlap issue of Cardinal River with Indian Reserve Cardinal River No. 234 still exists. A review of the
spatial data layer and PLAR is required to ensure alignment and appropriate updating occurs. This has
not been completed to date. In the renaming exercise, an additional item field named 'TYPE' has been
added to the polygon attribute table, to identify the designated public land use type as defined in the
Public Land Acts, Public Land Administration Regulation (PLAR).
Result:
missing
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
The Public Land Recreation Area (former Forest Recreation Area) boundary is built by selecting and putting
available Source Data (described below) into an edit environment of the layer, to assemble the
Geoadministrative Areas (GA) boundary. The GA boundary built uses Base Features (BF) Source Data which
includes arc layers of Alberta Township System (ATS), Hydrography, Hypsography and Access. In cases
where BF Source Data does not exist, Alberta Data Partnerships (ADP) Cadastral Source Data including
block, lot, plan, ownership and right-of-way are used. Legal Subdivision (LSD) arcs supplied by ADP are
also used.
ATS v4.1 data layer is considered to be the foundation by which all other Source Data should be registered
with when the GA boundary layer is compiled. The Cadastral Source Data maintained by ADP is used in the
hierarchy order of block, lot, plan and right-of-way; regardless which version it is. The ADP cadastral
representation of ATS and Hydrography is not used. The ADP LSD arcs are used for boundary segments that
are interpreted as aligning with legal subdivision lines according to the defining document; but the
representation of Section, Quarter Section and Road Allowance are not allowed to be used as these lines
should be derived from the BF ATS Source Data.
If none of the above Source Data is available and the defining document refers a specific elevation or
contour, Hypsography contour data is used. If no source arc for the particular contour or elevation
exists, interpolation of the contours or elevation graphically is obtained by averaging between
successive contours on either side of the range of elevation values. If the defining document describes
a mountain peak, interpretation of the contours to determine the highest point of the peak is determined
or in certain cases a spot height point in the Hypsography cartographic layer is used to identify the
peak. If the defining document describes a boundary segment as Height-of-Land (HOL), HOL data is
captured by digitization or graphical construction.
In cases if the GA boundary is described, but no Source Data is available except from a digital reference
file provided by data authority, with data authority's expressed permission, arcs are copied from the
digital reference file.
Segments of the boundary which adjoin to Provincial Boundary or National Park, arcs are copied from these
2 layers to define the GA boundary so that the layer does conform to these 2 key layers.
Once all the Source Data has been copied and put into the edit environment, Constructed arcs are used to
close polygon in cases where a gap between 2 Source Data arcs exceeds 0.001 meters. If a gap is less
than 0.001 meters, one of the Source Data is extended to close the polygon, in accordance with the
Source Data edit hierarchy i.e. with the highest order of importance to the least importance which is in
the order of ATS, Hydrography, Hypsography, ADP data, Access, Height-of-Land or digitized arcs and
digital reference file.
Spatial relationship of the boundary layer compiled is maintained with the Base Features (BF) Source data
and other Source Data with the geometry of all the Source Data remains unaltered throughout the editing
process. Edit tolerance is set to zero for node snap and arc snap. The GA polygons compiled have all the
linework precisely closed.
Attribute tables are created according to item definition, with only one label point exists per GA polygon.
Clean processes on the Source Data beyond the tolerances specified above is prohibited. Source Data is
edited manually in order to maintain polygon topology using BUILD processes. After polygons are built,
they are attributed according to the Base Features GA Specification table standard i.e. CODE and NAME.
The formatted polygon attribute values are validated with Forest Recreation Area codes and legal names
obtained from the Department.
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Initial compilation
Date and time:
2012-02-15T00:00:00
Processor:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Electronic mail address:
PGC.Metadata@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
processor
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Update: Syncline Cross-Country Skiing is removed based on the Public Lands Administration Regulation
(consolidated up to 57/2017) Schedule 5.Engstrom Remote correction: A piece of land, LSD 5, is
removed. PLRA which have been consumed by Parks but not amended in the Regulation are to remain.
Date and time:
2017-06-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Amend: O.C. 24/2017, A.R. 6/2017 Appendix Public Lands Act Public Lands Administration Amendment
Regulation 'Allison Day Use/Cross Country Ski Staging' Update: Musreau Lake Day Use 'AR
187/2011'..... the west half of legal subdivision 5 not covered by .....' Missing subdivision 5 'of
Section 24' in the Regulation. In the Regulation 'Lake Remote' should be 'Nose Lake Remote'. This
will be addressed in future amendments to the Regulation.
Date and time:
2017-07-01T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Removed 13 superfluous polygons with no attribute information. These were originally present to fill
donut holes in polygons which were necessary for old scripts and data formats, which are now obsolete.
Date and time:
2023-12-21T00:00:00
Source:
Source:
Source citation:
Citation:
Title:
Base Features Source Data includes arc layers of ATS, Hydrography, Hypsography, Access and Master
Height of Land
Date:
missing
Cited responsible party:
missing
Source extent:
missing
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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