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The 5M Urban Service Area 1:6,933,486 to 1:3,466,743 layer represents the urban service areas within the Province of Alberta.
The graphic symbolization is determined by a feature class created by Alberta Environment and Parks, Provincial Geospatial Center, Custom and Series Mapping Unit for the 1:5,000,000 base map and is visible between the scales of 1:6,933,486 to 1:3,466,743.
The layer is based on the Alberta Environment and Parks, Provincial Geospatial Center, Geoadministration Unit urban service area feature class.
The Urban Service Area dataset is comprised of all the polygons that represent Urban Service Areas in Alberta. Urban Service Area is a municipality type defined under the authority of the Municipal Government Act. The formation of an Urban Service Area can occur if there is a large unincorporated community within a Specialized Municipality that is recognized as an equivalent to a City by the Government of Alberta. It has a population, public utility services, and other characteristics.
Data Use Limitations
The data used within this layer is licensed to be distributed by AltaLIS Ltd. and is available at no cost under the Open Data License.
Government of Alberta departments and authorized agencies may conditionally use this data for internal business purposes which includes conditional sharing of the data with other third parties (i.e. contractors, stakeholders) if necessary for reasonable use of the data relating to the provision of services to the Crown as represented by each Ministry.
AltaLis Mapping Data: Redistribution of the AltaLis information in whole or in part, whether alone or as part of a value added product, is not permitted without the prior written authorization of AltaLIS Ltd. |