Contour

This dataset contains all of the 1:20 000 scale contour information converted from the Provincial Digital Base Mapping Project. These contour arcs are a cartographic product and they do not have any elevation values attributed to the spatial features. These contours require the use of elevation text to properly interpret the elevation value of a specific contour. There are two major types of contours, index contours and intermediate contours. Index contours are identified every 5th contour line. For Alberta, the index contour intervals occur every 50 metres in relatively flat terrain and every 100 metres in mountainous terrain. Intermediate contours are contour lines that occur between the index contours. For Alberta, the intermediate contour intervals are every 10 metres in relatively flat terrain and every 20 metres in mountainous terrain. Where elevation change is sudden, intermediate contours may be deleted and only index contours are shown. Currently, no contour information exists for Banff, Jasper and Wood Buffalo National Parks and also for the extreme north east portion of the province. See the Completeness Report in this metadata record for details regarding coverage.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2000-04-07
Date ( RI_366 )
2000-04-07
RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Environment and Parks - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
continual; continue RI_532
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • -CANADA
  • ALBERTA
  • CONTOUR-LINE
  • DEM
  • DIGITAL-ELEVATION-MODEL
  • DIGITAL-TERRAIN-MODEL
  • DTM
  • ELEVATION
  • HYPSOGRAPHY
  • INDEX-CONTOUR
  • INTERMEDIATE-CONTOUR
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Government information
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Alberta (https://open.alberta.ca/licence)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Metadata language
fra; CAN
Topic category
  • Geoscientific information
Begin date
1981-09-11
End date
1994-06-19
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Reference system identifier
unknown / unknown / unknown
Distribution format
  • ESRI REST ( unknown )

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  • other ( unknown )

RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Environment and Parks - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
OnLine resource
elevation/provincial_elevation (MapServer) (From Alberta Geodiscover Portal metadata) ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
elevation/provincial_elevation (MapServer) (From Alberta Geodiscover Portal metadata) ( ESRI REST: Map Service )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Contour - (HTML) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Original metadata (https://open.alberta.ca/opendata) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;HTML;eng

OnLine resource
Contour - (XML) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;XML;eng

OnLine resource
Contour - (Others) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;other;eng

File identifier
e34abc53-b26d-408c-a43b-87e2eb5d96ad XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2025-08-26
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
HNAP ISO:19115 - 2003
RI_414
  Government of Alberta; Government of Alberta; Environment and Parks - ( )
https://open.alberta.ca/opendata
 
 

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