Abstract: The Wetland Inventory Pilot project is part of ongoing efforts to develop innovative wetland mapping methodologies across Alberta, Canada with the objective to refine and establish wetland inventory mapping methodologies using advanced Earth Observation (EO) imagery and machine learning (ML) techniques. Wetland Inventory was developed for four pilot study areas within Alberta for the Boreal 1: South Hay-Zama Lake (7,613 km2), Boreal 2: North Slave Lake (21,215 km2), Grassland located east of Brooks (5,065 km2) and Parkland located east of Red Deer (5,170 km2). These areas were selected to represent the broad diversity of wetlands and land-uses in the province. The Boreal study areas utilized EO sources from Sentinel-1, and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and high-resolution airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR. The Grassland and Parkland study areas contained a comprehensive collection of EO satellite (Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope) imagery, aerial imagery, and high-resolution airborne LiDAR. Training and validation data included photo-interpreted plots, and field validated survey sites and helicopter survey sites. The project developed wetland inventory for each pilot area that identifies and delineates both the wetland class and form of a given wetland, according to the Alberta Wetland Classification System (AWCS) (ESRD 2015) and the Wetland Inventory Mapping Standards (AEP 2020). The four pilot areas were completed in collaboration with Government of Alberta (GOA), Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), and Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) The wetland inventory pilots dataset is not intended to replace site specific or local information to describe wetland type, area and location.
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          Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
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          Water Availability and Partnerships Branch, Water and Circular Economy Division
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                  3rd Floor, South Petroleum Plaza
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                  9915 108 Street
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                  Edmonton
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                  Alberta
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                  T5K 2G8
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                  CA
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                  EPA.Wetlands@gov.ab.ca
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      2024-11-13
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Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: Project Returns for Wetland Inventory Pilots Date: Date: Date: 2024-03-30 Date type: Date type code: creation Date: Date: Date: 2024-10-30 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta Position name: Water Availability and Partnerships Branch, Water and Circular Economy Division Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: Delivery point: 3rd Floor, South Petroleum Plaza Delivery point: 9915 108 Street City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T5K 2G8 Country: Country: CA Electronic mail address: EPA.Wetlands@gov.ab.ca Role: Role code: originator Abstract: The Wetland Inventory Pilot project is part of ongoing efforts to develop innovative wetland mapping methodologies across Alberta, Canada with the objective to refine and establish wetland inventory mapping methodologies using advanced Earth Observation (EO) imagery and machine learning (ML) techniques. Wetland Inventory was developed for four pilot study areas within Alberta for the Boreal 1: South Hay-Zama Lake (7,613 km2), Boreal 2: North Slave Lake (21,215 km2), Grassland located east of Brooks (5,065 km2) and Parkland located east of Red Deer (5,170 km2). These areas were selected to represent the broad diversity of wetlands and land-uses in the province. The Boreal study areas utilized EO sources from Sentinel-1, and Sentinel-2 satellite imagery, Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) and high-resolution airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR. The Grassland and Parkland study areas contained a comprehensive collection of EO satellite (Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2 and PlanetScope) imagery, aerial imagery, and high-resolution airborne LiDAR. Training and validation data included photo-interpreted plots, and field validated survey sites and helicopter survey sites. The project developed wetland inventory for each pilot area that identifies and delineates both the wetland class and form of a given wetland, according to the Alberta Wetland Classification System (AWCS) (ESRD 2015) and the Wetland Inventory Mapping Standards (AEP 2020). The four pilot areas were completed in collaboration with Government of Alberta (GOA), Ducks Unlimited Canada (DUC), and Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute (ABMI) The wetland inventory pilots dataset is not intended to replace site specific or local information to describe wetland type, area and location. Purpose: Wetland inventory was created for four pilot areas in Alberta to classify wetlands to the wetland class and form in the Alberta Wetland Classification System using machine learning a deep learning. Credit: Ducks Unlimited Canada, Alberta Biodiversity Monitoring Institute Status: Progress code: completed Point of contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta Position name: Water Availability and Partnerships Branch, Water and Circular Economy Division Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: Delivery point: 3rd Floor, South Petroleum Plaza Delivery point: 9915 108 Street City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T5K 2G8 Country: Country: CA Electronic mail address: EPA.Wetlands@gov.ab.ca 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: Wetland Keyword: Inventory Keyword: Remote sensing Keyword: Classification Keyword: Earth observation Keyword: Alberta Wetland Classification System Keyword: Grassland Keyword: Parkland Keyword: Boreal 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. 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Distribution: Distribution format: Format: Name: File Geodatabase Version: 3.0 Specification: FGDB File decompression technique: ZIP Distributor: Distributor: Distributor 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, Oxbrige Place Delivery point: 9820 - 106 Street NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T5K 2J6 Country: Country: CA Electronic mail address: PGC.Data@gov.ab.ca Role: Role code: distributor Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Units of distribution: GB Transfer size: 3.5 Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/environment/Wetland/ProjectReturns_WetlandInventoryPilots.zip Protocol: FTP Name: Wetland Inventory Pilots (FGDB) Description: FGDB containing Wetland Inventory Pilots dataset (ZIP) Function: Online function code: download Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Units of distribution: MB Transfer size: 1 Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/environment/Wetland/WetlandInventoryPilots_TechnicalSummary.pdf Protocol: FTP Name: Wetland Inventory Pilots – Technical Summary Description: Technical summary for Wetland Inventory Pilots project Function: Online function code: download
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Data quality info:

Data quality: Scope: Scope: Hierarchy level: Scope code: dataset Lineage: Lineage: Statement: Machine Learning and Deep learning models were used to create wetland inventory for four pilots study areas Boreal 1: South Hay-Zama lake, Boreal 2: North Slave Lake, Grassland and Parkland using multi-temporal and multi-source earth observation data. The datasets used to test different modeling scenarios and included, aerial photography, Planet Scope, Sentinel -1 and Sentinel-2, high-resolution airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) - topographic derivatives and point cloud metrics, and ALOS DEM. The resulting top models for machine learning utilized Object Based Imagery Analysis (OBIA) with eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost). The Deep learning Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) methods were based on U-Net architecture.
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Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: asNeeded
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