Abstract: This data comprises the polygon features from AGS Map 213, 'Quaternary Geology, Central Alberta', compiled by I. Shetsen. Field work was conducted between 1981 and 1983, and the map was published in 1987 at 1:500,000 scale. See AGS Map 213 for data sources used in the compilation.
Metadata: 
  File identifier: 
      DIG_2007_0018.xml
  Language: 
      eng; CAN
  Character set: 
    Character set code: 
      utf8
  Hierarchy level: 
    Scope code: 
      dataset
  Metadata author: 
    Responsible party: 
      Organisation name: 
          Alberta Geological Survey
      Position name: 
          AGS Information Manager
      Contact info: 
        Contact: 
          Phone: 
            Telephone: 
              Voice: 
                  (780) 638-4491
              Facsimile: 
                  (780) 422-1918
          Address: 
            Address: 
              Delivery point: 
                  Alberta Energy Regulator
              Delivery point: 
                  4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
              Delivery point: 
                  4999-98 Avenue NW
              City: 
                  Edmonton
              Administrative area: 
                  Alberta
              Postal code: 
                  T6B 2X3
              Country: 
                  Canada
              Electronic mail address: 
                  AGS-Info@aer.ca
          Hours of service: 
              8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
      Role: 
        Role code: 
          pointOfContact
  Date stamp: 

      2016-03-29
  Metadata standard name: 
      North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata (NAP-Metadata)
  Metadata standard version: 
      ISO 19115-1.1
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Spatial representation info:

Vector spatial representation: Geometric objects: Geometric objects: Geometric object type: Geometric object type code: complex Geometric object count: 3376
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Spatial representation info:

Grid spatial representation: Number of dimensions: 2 Axis Dimension Properties: Dimension: Dimension name: Dimension name type code: column Dimension size: unknown Resolution: uom: decimalDegrees 0.000000 Axis Dimension Properties: Dimension: Dimension name: Dimension name type code: row Dimension size: unknown Resolution: uom: decimalDegrees 0.000000 Cell geometry: Cell geometry code: Transformation parameter availability: false
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Reference system info:

Reference system:
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Reference system info:

Reference system: Reference system identifier: RS Identifier: Code: EPSG:4269 Code Space: http://www.epsg-registry.org/ Version: 8.4.1
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Reference system info:

xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/65f8b220-95ed-11e0-aa80-0800200c9a66 title: North American Datum 1983
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Reference system info:

xlink: https://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/docucomp/c3895520-95ed-11e0-aa80-0800200c9a66 title: Geodetic Reference System 1980
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Identification info:

Data identification: Citation: Citation: Title: Quaternary Geology of Central Alberta - Deposits (GIS data, polygon features) Date: Date: Date: 2002-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: v.2 Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Shetsen, I. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2007-0018 Abstract: This data comprises the polygon features from AGS Map 213, 'Quaternary Geology, Central Alberta', compiled by I. Shetsen. Field work was conducted between 1981 and 1983, and the map was published in 1987 at 1:500,000 scale. See AGS Map 213 for data sources used in the compilation. Purpose: To provide an interpretation of quaternary geology at a regional scale, and for use in a geographic information system. Credit: GISmo Solutions Ltd. carrried out the digitization of the hard copy map. Status: Progress code: completed Point of contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Position name: AGS Information Manager Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: (780) 638-4491 Facsimile: (780) 422-1918 Address: Address: Delivery point: Alberta Energy Regulator Delivery point: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building Delivery point: 4999-98 Avenue NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T6B 2X3 Country: Canada Electronic mail address: AGS-Info@aer.ca Hours of service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Role: Role code: pointOfContact Resource maintenance: Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: Maintenance frequency code: notPlanned Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: geology Keyword: gis data Keyword: moraines Keyword: quaternary geology Keyword: surficial deposits Keyword: surficial geology Type: Keyword type code: theme Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: none Date: unknown Descriptive keywords: Keywords: Keyword: 73d Keyword: 73e Keyword: 73l Keyword: 83a Keyword: 83b Keyword: 83g Keyword: 83h Keyword: 83i Keyword: 83j Keyword: alberta Keyword: canada Keyword: central alberta Type: Keyword type code: place Thesaurus name: Citation: Title: Date: unknown Resource constraints: Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Use constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Access Constraints: Public Use Constraints: Acknowledgement of the Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey as the originator/source of this information is required as described in the Open Government License - Alberta. Distribution Liability: The Alberta Energy Regulator/Alberta Geological Survey (AER/AGS) licenses this information under the Open Government License - Alberta. Any references to proprietary software in our documentation, and/or any use of proprietary data formats in our releases, do not constitute endorsement by the AER/AGS of any manufacturer's product. Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Quaternary Geology, Central Alberta Date: Date: Date: 1990-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Research Council Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Shetsen, I. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Research Council Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: http://ags.aer.ca/ Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Map Issue identification: MAP 213 Other citation details: Scale 1:500000. Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Quaternary Geology of Central Alberta - Areas modified by glacial lakes and streams, and lacustrine veneer (GIS data, polygon overlay features) Date: Date: Date: 2007-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: v.2 Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Shetsen, I. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: http://ags.aer.ca/ Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2007-0022 Other citation details: Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Quaternary Geology of Central Alberta (GIS data, point features) Date: Date: Date: 2007-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: v2 Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Shetsen, I. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: http://ags.aer.ca/ Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2007-0023 Other citation details: Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Quaternary Geology of Central Alberta - Linear landform features (GIS data, line features) Date: Date: Date: 2007-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: v.2 Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Shetsen, I. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: http://ags.aer.ca/ Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2007-0024 Other citation details: Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Aggregation Info: AggregateInformation: Aggregate Data Set Name: Citation: Title: Quaternary Geology of Central Alberta - Meltwater deltas and fans (GIS data, polygon overlay features) Date: Date: Date: 2007-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: v.2 Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Shetsen, I. Role: Role code: originator Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Contact info: Contact: Address: Address: City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta, Canada Online Resource: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: http://ags.aer.ca/ Role: Role code: publisher Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Digital Data Issue identification: DIG 2007-0025 Other citation details: Association Type: Association type code: crossReference Spatial representation type: Spatial representation type code: vector Language: eng; CAN Topic category: Topic category code: geoscientificInformation Extent: Extent: Geographic element: Geographic bounding box: West bound longitude: -116 East bound longitude: -110 South bound latitude: 52 North bound latitude: 55 Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time instant: Description: ground condition Time position: 1986-01-01 Supplemental Information: In English.
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Content info:

Feature catalogue description: Included with dataset: false Feature catalogue citation: Citation: Title: Entity and Attribute Information Date: Other citation details: Attributes contain the categorized legend information from the original map. Map unit description has been parsed and captured in fields DESCR1, DESCR2, DESCR3, DESCR4, and DESCR5.
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DISTRIBUTION INFO:

Distribution: Distributor: Distributor: Distributor contact: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Position name: AGS Information Manager Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: (780) 638-4491 Facsimile: (780) 422-1918 Address: Address: Delivery point: Alberta Energy Regulator Delivery point: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building Delivery point: 4999-98 Avenue NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T6B 2X3 Country: Canada Electronic mail address: AGS-Info@aer.ca Hours of service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Role: Role code: distributor Transfer options: Digital transfer options: Online: Online Resource: Linkage: URL: https://static.ags.aer.ca/files/document/DIG/DIG_2007_0018.zip Name: SHP
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Data quality info:

Data quality: Scope: Scope: Hierarchy level: Scope code: dataset Report: Absolute external positional accuracy: Name of measure: Horizontal Positional Accuracy Measure description: Evaluation method description: Error associated with georeferencing is estimated to be less than +/- 250 m. Result: Quantitative result: Value unit: Base unit: Identifier: Units system: xlink: http://www.bipm.org/en/si/ Value: Report: Completeness commission: Result: unknown Report: Completeness omission: Evaluation method description: All polygons classified as deposits were captured from the original map. Result: unknown Report: Conceptual consistency: Measure description: Data are contiguous, topologically correct polygons as built and enforced using ArcInfo software. Feature boundaries have been adjusted so they align with like features in the adjacent map area to the south (edgematched). Result: unknown Report: Non quantitative attribute accuracy: Measure description: Polygon attributes were checked against legend information to ensure data was entered correctly and without omission. Result: inapplicable Lineage: Lineage: Statement: All polygons classified as deposits were captured from the original map. Process step: Process step: Description: 1. Original mylars were scanned as tiff images 2. Tiff images were geo-referenced to 1:250000 digital base in 10TM projection, NAD83 to create geo-tiffS. RMS errors were +/- 50m. 3. Geo-tiff images were vectorized and smoothed using the 'Gridline' command in Arc/Info with parameters 'Thin','Filter','Round','0.005 as Dangle' and '0.001 as Weed'. Line coverages were created. 4. Line coverages were combined to create complete polygon boundaries. Remaining linework representing linear surficial features such as channels were extracted to separate line coverages. Point features such as deltas were extracted to create a point coverage. 5. Vertices (line segments) forming polygon boundaries were snapped and un-split to create closed polygons. Sliver polygons and dangles were fixed. Labels were created for each polygon based on legend classification number. 6. Step 5 was repeated several times until all errors were fixed and each deposit was properly labelled. 7. Final polygon topology was built. 8. Polygons identifed as surficial deposits were extracted to a separate coverage. 9. A plot was generated at the scale of 1:500 000 to check against the original map. 10. Polygon coverage was converted to shapefile. Date and time: 2002-01-01T00:00:00 Process step: Process step: Description: Corrected attribute spelling errors and dropped fields used for digitizing from attribute table. Date and time: 2007-01-01T00:00:00 Source: Source: Description: Source Contribution: Surficial geology, central Albertastable-base material Scale: Representative fraction: Denominator: 500000 Source citation: Citation: Title: Quaternary Geology, Central Alberta Alternate title: Surficial geology, central Alberta Date: Date: Date: 1990-01-01 Date type: Date type code: publication Edition: Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Research Council Role: Role code: resourceProvider Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Role: Role code: resourceProvider Cited responsible party: Responsible party: Organisation name: Shetsen, I. Role: Role code: resourceProvider Presentation form: Presentation form code: mapDigital Series: Series: Name: Map Issue identification: MAP 213 Other citation details: Scale 1:500000. Source extent: Extent: Temporal element: Temporal extent: Extent: Time instant: Description: publication date Time position: 1990-01-01
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Metadata constraints:

Legal constraints: Access constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Use constraints: Restriction code: otherRestrictions Other constraints: Metadata Access Constraints: none Metadata Use Constraints: none
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Metadata maintenance:

Maintenance information: Maintenance and update frequency: unknown Maintenance note: This metadata was automatically generated from the FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadatastandard version FGDC-STD-001-1998 using the January 2013 version of the FGDC CSDGM to ISO 19115-2 transform. Metadata author: Responsible party: Organisation name: Alberta Geological Survey Position name: AGS Information Manager Contact info: Contact: Phone: Telephone: Voice: (780) 638-4491 Facsimile: (780) 422-1918 Address: Address: Delivery point: Alberta Energy Regulator Delivery point: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building Delivery point: 4999-98 Avenue NW City: Edmonton Administrative area: Alberta Postal code: T6B 2X3 Country: Canada Electronic mail address: AGS-Info@aer.ca Hours of service: 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Role: Role code: custodian
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