Please be aware: License agreements restrict the use of Academic Data Centre resources to Faculty, Staff and
Students of the University of Calgary. Use is restricted to teaching and non-commercial research at the University of Calgary.
Use of the data for income-generating projects or consulting is prohibited. Copies of data resources may not be distributed in
whole or in part outside the University of Calgary.
The following is a list of the data and software that are available for use on the specialized workstations
at
MADGIC:
GIS Resources
ArcCanada CD-ROM
Alberta
Canadian Census boundary files
Census of Agriculture boundary files
City of Calgary Data (Academic use license restrictions)
City of Calgary Imagery
(Academic use license restrictions)
* Spot panchromatic 2.5 metre imagery, 2003 - Geotiff format
Digital Orthophotos
City of Calgary area, colour photos
Elbow River basin (7 townships), 1998, panchromatic, 1 m pixel resolution
M.D. Rockyview, 1998, panchromatic, 1 m pixel resolution
M.D. Foothills, 2000, panchromatic, 1 m pixel resolution
DMTI Academic License: includes
CanMap Streetfiles, CanMap Route Logistics, Canadian Atlas Map Bundle,
Postal Geography file, GeoPinpoint Geocoding Software, CanMap Parks, CanMap Rail
Digital Elevation Models (30 and 90 metre), Census Boundary Files
Ensight Info: (Academic License) covers Alberta only, includes:
Alberta pipelines and wells;
Base layers: roads, streams, lakes, municipal boundaries, parks, township grid
Contact MADGIC for access - (Academic use license restrictions).
GEODE: includes the following files for Southern Alberta:
ATS Linework and Base
Features, Cadastral, Digital Topographic Base, DEM,
Vegetation
Inventory; Federal Census boundary files (1996), Landsat7
Geology of Alberta - also available on CD-ROM at MADGIC
Global GIS Database on CD-ROM
includes small scale data (1:1 million scale or 1 Km resolution) for various themes
available on seven CD-ROM's
organized by regions of
the world
Health Regions Boundary Files: CD-ROM (2000) and Statistics Canada (2003)
Landsat Scenes
Natural Resources
Canada Digital Products - Restricted Access
-
Canada Digital Elevation Data (Freely available on GEOBASE)
-
CDED consist of an ordered array of ground elevations at regularly spaced intervals. They are derived from the National
Topographic Data Base (NTDB) digital files at the 1:50 000 and 1:250 000 scales, based on the divisions of the National
Topographic System (NTS).
- CanImage
(Restricted
access)
- CanImage is an image composed of three spectral bands originating from resampled Landsat 7 orthoimages. They are chosen by
the user based on the National Topographic System (NTS) at the 1:50 000 scale. This product is distributed in GeoTIFF. The
spectral bands have a pixel size of 15 m.
- CanMatrix
(Restricted
access)
- CanMatrix is composed of raster data from scanned maps of Canada at the 1:50000 and 1:250 000 scales. The files are
geocoded according to the North American Datum of 1983.
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National Topographic Data Base (Restricted access)
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The National Topographic Data Base (NTDB) is a digital data base developed by Geomatics Canada. It covers the entire Canadian
landmass and contains the features normally found on topographic maps at the scales of 1:50 000 and 1:250 000.
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National Road Network (NRN) (Freely available on GEOBASE)
- The NRN contains continuous accurate centreline data for all non-restricted use roads in Canada
Data Resources
Canadian Census (demographic and socio-economic attribute data)
Census of Agriculture 2001 (Also on CD-ROM at MADGIC)
Climate Data - ASCII data by weather stations
Health
Indicator data tables Health region level
data
HYDAT - Canadian hydrometric data
Postal Code Conversion File
Canadian Census Postal Code Analyser - Available through CHASS at U of T
Software
ArcGIS v.9
ArcView 3.2 + extensions Spatial Analyst, 3D Analyst, Network Analyst (all computers in the Information
Commons)
MapInfo v.7
PCI Geomatica v.9