Obtaining Dominion Land Survey Township Option Data
Canadian users have the ability to purchase an option From Dynamic Survey Solutions which provides access to the Alberta and Saskatchewan Dominion Land Survey (DLS) systems, as well as the
British Columbia Petroleum and National Gas grid system (PNG). The DLS/PNG township option for GPSeismic allows the user to determine from within various applications which section/unit a
point is contained in or which corner a point is nearest to. Also, maps can be created for any region which depict the sections/units, and where applicable, road allowance and legal
divisions.
Obtaining the Data
After purchasing the DLS/PNG option from Dynamic Survey Solutions, you must obtain the desired data for Alberta, Saskatchewan or BC.
For Alberta, the data is free from AltaLis:
AltaLIS Ltd.
AGENT FOR SPATIAL DATA WAREHOUSE
2500 Dome Tower, 333 - 7th Avenue, S.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 2Z1
PHONE: (403) 716-3490 | FAX: (403) 716-3494
email:info@altalis.com
http://www.altalis.com
For Saskatchewan, the data can be purchased from Information Services Corporation in either NAD27 geographics or NAD83 UTM zone 13 grid coordinates.
Information Services Corp. of SK
Map & Photo Library
#260 - 10 Research Dr.
Regina, SK, S4P 3V7
Ph: 306-787-2799
Fax: 306-787-3335
email:saskmaps@isc.ca
http://www.isc.ca/
For British Columbia, you want the unit level data 'U83' files. There are 151 lettered quad files in UTM83 which are about 4MB each uncompressed. The current contact for this free data is as
follows:
Registry Data Section
Surveyor General Branch
Ministry of Sustainable Resource Management
PO Box 9375 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria BC V8W 9M5
http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/sstu/portal