Abstract: Compiled by Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd. (ADP), on behalf of the Government of Alberta, the ATS v4.1 Polygons - Township Index polygon layer contains polygons that represent the location of Township polygons, derived from the Master Alberta Township System points file published as ATS Version 4.1, dated March 31, 2005, and clipped to an updated Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd. (ADP) created version of the Alberta provincial boundary. No road allowance segments are included in this layer.
Metadata:
File identifier:
D721F5AD-1EF0-461D-B1B4-C25EFDA21054
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
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
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Date stamp:
2025-03-25
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:
7237
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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:
ATS v4.1 Polygons - Township Index
Date:
Date:
Date:
2020-01-08
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2020-03-13
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
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
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - I06 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
PGC.Metadata@gov.ab.ca
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30, Monday to Friday
Role:
Role code:
originator
Abstract:
Compiled by Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd. (ADP), on behalf of the Government of Alberta, the ATS v4.1
Polygons - Township Index polygon layer contains polygons that represent the location of Township polygons,
derived from the Master Alberta Township System points file published as ATS Version 4.1, dated March 31,
2005, and clipped to an updated Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd. (ADP) created version of the Alberta
provincial boundary. No road allowance segments are included in this layer.
Purpose:
To provide a GIS ready polygonal representation of Township polygons, derived from ATS Version 4.1, dated
March 31, 2005.
Credit:
Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd. (ADP)
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
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
Hours of service:
08:15 to 16:30 Monday to Friday
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:
Township
Keyword:
Range
Keyword:
ATS
Keyword:
Alberta Township System
Keyword:
Grid
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.
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
Aggregation Info:
AggregateInformation:
Aggregate Data Set Name:
Citation:
Title:
ATS v4.1 Polygons - Legal Subdivision (LSD) with Road Allowance
Date:
missing
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Contact info:
missing
Role:
Role code:
originator
Other citation details:
Compiled by Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd. (ADP), on behalf of the Government of Alberta.
Association Type:
Association type code:
crossReference
Aggregation Info:
AggregateInformation:
Aggregate Data Set Name:
Citation:
Title:
ATS v4.1 Polygons - Section with Road Allowance
Date:
missing
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Contact info:
missing
Role:
Role code:
originator
Other citation details:
Compiled by Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd. (ADP), on behalf of the Government of Alberta.
Association Type:
Association type code:
crossReference
Aggregation Info:
AggregateInformation:
Aggregate Data Set Name:
Citation:
Title:
ATS v4.1 Polygons - Quarter Section with Road Allowance
Date:
missing
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Contact info:
missing
Role:
Role code:
originator
Other citation details:
Compiled by Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd. (ADP), on behalf of the Government of Alberta.
Association Type:
Association type code:
crossReference
Spatial representation type:
Spatial representation type code:
vector
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Topic category:
Topic category code:
planningCadastre
Environment description:
Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.2 (Build 3790) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.3.1.3500
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
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Distribution:
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
File Geodatabase
Version:
3.0
Specification:
FGDB
File decompression technique:
ZIP
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
Shapefile
Version:
3.0
Specification:
SHP
File decompression technique:
ZIP
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Altalis Ltd.
Contact info:
Contact:
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
4037163490
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/alberta_township_system/MapServer
Protocol:
REST
Name:
base/alberta_township_system (MapServer)
Description:
Map service for Alberta Township System (ATS) data
Function:
Online function code:
webService
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Report:
Quantitative attribute accuracy:
Measure description:
ATS v4.1 Polygons - Township Index polygons have been created according to the requirements of the Third
System of Surveys and the geographic locations defined in the Master Alberta Township System coordinate
file, ATS Version 4.1, March 31, 2005.
Result:
missing
Report:
Conceptual consistency:
Measure description:
ATS v4.1 Polygons - Township Index polygons are created and quality assured by Alberta Data Partnerships
Ltd. (ADP), on behalf of Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta, to conform to
the defining quarter section points (and other required defining points) in ATS Version 4.1 (Master
Alberta Township System coordinate file published March 31, 2005).
Result:
missing
Report:
Completeness omission:
Measure description:
Polygon and source point coordinate data are created in accordance with the requirements of the Third
System of Surveys. Provincial coverage has been created, attributed, and quality assured by Alberta Data
Partnerships Ltd. (ADP), on behalf of Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta.
Result:
missing
Report:
Absolute external positional accuracy:
Measure description:
Measured and/or calculated locations of the corners of ATS quarter sections and road allowances are
regarded as accurate to 3 metres of true ground location in rural areas of the province and 0.15 metre
in urban areas of the province. However, the polygon corners as derived from these coordinates may be
subject to storage platform data resolution variances of sub millimetre magnitude from the published
MATS coordinates.
Result:
missing
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
Compiled by Alberta Data Partnerships Ltd. (ADP), on behalf of the Government of Alberta.
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Polygons are constructed from point locations in ATS Version 4.1. Projected (10TM) version clipped
with Alberta provincial boundary to correct minor discrepancies between ATS-derived datasets due to
projection transformation.
Date and time:
2020-01-08T00:00:00
Process step:
Process step:
Description:
Projected (10TM) version clipped with Alberta provincial boundary to update due to provincial boundary
update on March 02, 2020
Date and time:
2020-03-02T00:00:00
Source:
Source:
Description:
8th decimal place geographic coordinates for all governing locations required to create ATS Version
4.1 polygons.
Source citation:
Citation:
Title:
ATS Version 4.1
Alternate title:
ATS Version 4.1
Date:
Date:
Date:
2005-03-31
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Contact info:
missing
Role:
Role code:
originator
Source extent:
Extent:
Description:
publication date
Temporal element:
Temporal extent:
Extent:
Time instant:
Time position:
2005-03-31
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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