Identification Information:
Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Shetsen, I.
Publication Date: 2002
Title: Quaternary Geology of Southern Alberta (GIS data, point features)
Edition: v2
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Series Information:
Series Name: Digital Data
Issue Identification: DIG 2007-0016
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/DIG/ZIP/DIG_2007_0016.zip
Description:
Abstract:
Locations of alluvial fans, flute/drumlin centroids and ice-thrust ridges shown on Map 207, Quaternary Geology, Southern Alberta.
Purpose:
To provide the quaternary geology of southern Alberta at a regional scale for use in a geographic information system.
Supplemental Information:
In English. To be used in conjunction with other GIS files that make up the digital version of Map 207, including DIG 2007-0012, -0014, -0015, and -0017.
Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Single Date/Time:
Calendar Date: 2002
Currentness Reference: ground condition
Status:
Progress: Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency: None planned
Spatial Domain:
Bounding Coordinates:
West Bounding Coordinate: -114.955743
East Bounding Coordinate: -110.027988
North Bounding Coordinate: 51.989596
South Bounding Coordinate: 49.004135
Keywords:
Theme:
Theme Keyword Thesaurus: none
Theme Keyword: alluvial fans
Theme Keyword: drumlins
Theme Keyword: flutes
Theme Keyword: geology
Theme Keyword: gis data
Theme Keyword: ice thrust ridges
Theme Keyword: quaternary geology
Place:
Place Keyword Thesaurus: None
Place Keyword: 72e
Place Keyword: 72l
Place Keyword: 72m
Place Keyword: 82g
Place Keyword: 82h
Place Keyword: 82i
Place Keyword: 82j
Place Keyword: 82o
Place Keyword: 82p
Place Keyword: alberta
Place Keyword: canada
Place Keyword: southern alberta
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.
Point of Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact 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.
Data Set Credit: GISmo Solutions Ltd. carrried out the digitization of the hard copy map.
Native Data Set Environment: Microsoft Windows XP Version 5.1 (Build 2600) Service Pack 2; ESRI ArcCatalog 9.0.0.535
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Shetsen, I.
Publication Date: 1987
Title: Quaternary Geology, Southern Alberta
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Series Information:
Series Name: Map
Issue Identification: MAP 207
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Other Citation Details: Scale 1:500000.
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Shetsen, I.
Publication Date: 2002
Title: Quaternary Geology of Southern Alberta - Deposits (GIS data, polygon features)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Series Information:
Series Name: Digital Data
Issue Identification: DIG 2007-0012
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Shetsen, I.
Publication Date: 2002
Title:
Quaternary Geology of Southern Alberta - Areas modified by glacial lakes and streams, and lacustrine veneer (GIS data, polygon overlay features)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Series Information:
Series Name: Digital Data
Issue Identification: DIG 2007-0014
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Shetsen, I.
Publication Date: 2002
Title: Quaternary Geology of Southern Alberta - Linear landform features (GIS data, line features)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Series Information:
Series Name: Digital Data
Issue Identification: DIG 2007-0015
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
Cross Reference:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Shetsen, I.
Publication Date: 2002
Title:
Quaternary Geology of Southern Alberta - Meltwater deltas and fans (GIS data, polygon overlay features)
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: vector digital data
Series Information:
Series Name: Digital Data
Issue Identification: DIG 2007-0017
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey
Online Linkage: http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications
Data Quality Information:
Attribute Accuracy:
Attribute Accuracy Report:
Point attributes were checked against legend information to ensure data was entered correctly and without omission.
Logical Consistency Report:
The flute and drumlin centroids represent the midpoints of those linear features. Locations of the alluvial fans are centers of the fan symbols.
Completeness Report: All features were captured from the original map.
Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
Horizontal Positional Accuracy Report: Error associated with georeferencing is estimated to be less than +/- 250 m.
Lineage:
Source Information:
Source Citation:
Citation Information:
Originator: Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Originator: Alberta Geological Survey
Originator: Shetsen, I.
Publication Date: 1987
Title: Quaternary Geology, Southern Alberta
Geospatial Data Presentation Form: map
Series Information:
Series Name: Map
Issue Identification: MAP 207
Publication Information:
Publication Place: Edmonton, Alberta
Publisher: Alberta Geological Survey, Alberta Energy and Utilities Board
Other Citation Details: Scale 1:500000.
Source Scale Denominator: 500000
Type of Source Media: stable-base material
Source Time Period of Content:
Time Period Information:
Single Date/Time:
Calendar Date: 1987
Source Currentness Reference: source publication date
Source Citation Abbreviation: Map 207
Source Contribution: Point features from map 207
Process Step:
Process Description:

1. Original mylars were scanned as tiff images

2. Tiff images were geo-referenced to 1:250000 digital base in 10TM NAD83 for creating geo-tiff. 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 work of ice-thrust ridges, flutes/drumlins and alluvial fan were extracted into a separate coverage.

5. An Arc/Info AML program was written to convert line work into a point coverage. Process included extracting the 'from' and 'to' node coordinates of each symbol for calculating direction (rotational angle in 360 degrees) and mid-point coordinates to be used for plotting.

6. Feature descriptions were entered as attributes.

7. Point topology was built.

8. Final plot was generated at the scale of 1:500k to check against the original map.

Process Date: 2002
Process Step:
Process Description:
Replaced the field ROTATION with IMBRIC_DIR, and populated it with ice imbrication azimuths for the ice-thrust ridges. Previous values had refered to a rotation angle for a cartographic symbol.
Process Date: 2007
Spatial Data Organization Information:
Direct Spatial Reference Method: Vector
Point and Vector Object Information:
SDTS Terms Description:
SDTS Point and Vector Object Type: Entity point
Point and Vector Object Count: 1047
Spatial Reference Information:
Horizontal Coordinate System Definition:
Geographic:
Geographic Coordinate Units: Decimal degrees
Latitude Resolution: 0.000000
Longitude Resolution: 0.000000
Geodetic Model:
Horizontal Datum Name: North American Datum of 1983
Ellipsoid Name: Geodetic Reference System 80
Semi-Major Axis: 6378137.000000
Denominator of Flattening Ratio: 298.257222
Entity and Attribute Information:
Detailed Description:
Entity Type:
Entity Type Label: surf_pt_ll
Attribute:
Attribute Label: FEATURE
Attribute Definition: Description of the point feature
Attribute Definition Source: AGS
Attribute:
Attribute Label: IMBRIC_DIR
Attribute Definition:
Ice imbrication azimuth (i.e. up-ice direction). Pertains to 'ice-thrust ridge' features only. North = 0 degrees.
Attribute Definition Source: AGS
Attribute Domain Values:
Range Domain:
Range Domain Minimum: 0
Range Domain Maximum: 359
Attribute Units of Measure: degrees
Distribution Information:
Distributor:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact 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.
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.
Metadata Reference Information:
Metadata Date: 20131107
Metadata Contact:
Contact Information:
Contact Organization Primary:
Contact Organization: Alberta Geological Survey
Contact Person: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Position: Publications and Marketing Advisor
Contact Address:
Address Type: mailing and physical
Address: Alberta Energy Regulator
Address: 4th Floor, Twin Atria Building
Address: 4999-98 Avenue NW
City: Edmonton
State or Province: Alberta
Postal Code: T6B 2X3
Country: Canada
Contact Voice Telephone: (780) 422-1927
Contact Facsimile Telephone: (780) 422-1918
Contact 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.
Metadata Standard Name: FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
Metadata Standard Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998
Metadata Time Convention: local time
Metadata Access Constraints: none
Metadata Use Constraints: none