Annual Land Disturbance Classification Results of the Play-Based Regulation Pilot Study Area Derived from 2011-2012 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format)

Annual Land Disturbance Classification Results of the Play-Based Regulation Pilot Study Area Derived from 2011-2012 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format) In 2014, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) initiated a Play-Based Regulation (PBR) pilot project as a step towards implementation of the Unconventional Regulatory Framework. One of the goals of the PBR pilot is to encourage companies in the unconventional play area to work together on plans for surface development to minimize the numbers of facilities and surface impacts. This dataset is one of a series created using earth observation imagery to assess surface change caused by energy exploration. The PBR area extends from Twp. 52, Rge. 7, W 5th Mer. to Twp. 70, Rge. 5, W 6th Mer., covering the towns of Edson, Fox Creek, Mayerthorpe, Whitecourt, Swan Hills, and Valleyview. Landsat multispectral imagery for 2011 and 2012 and land use and land cover classification data derived from 2012 were used to produce this dataset. The land use and land cover changes include vegetation loss from anthropogenic disturbances, such as infrastructure related to oil and gas exploration, forestry and agriculture, and vegetation recovery from these disturbances. This digital data release contains the vegetation loss data, classified into 9 classes: 1 - exposed land/cut blocks/harvested areas, 3 - transitional bare surfaces, 4 - mixed developed areas, 5 - developed areas, 6 - shoal, 7 - shrub land, 8 - grassland and 9 - agricultural areas. These categories can be used as baseline data for planning, managing and monitoring surface infrastructure needs and impacts. 2024-12-06 Government of Alberta AGS-Info@aer.ca Form DescriptorsNature and EnvironmentScience and Technology83E83F83G83J83K83L83M83N83OALBERTACANADACHANGE-DETECTIONEDSONFOX-CREEKGEOSCIENTIFICINFORMATIONLAND-USELANDSAT-7MAYERTHORPEREMOTE-SENSINGSHALE-GASSWAN-HILLSVALLEYVIEWVEGETATIONWELLSWHITECORTGovernment information Annual Land Disturbance Classification Results of the Play-Based Regulation Pilot Study Area Derived from 2011-2012 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format) - (HTML)HTML https://geodiscover.alberta.ca/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/c307a3b4a17c478fb641adc9dcdd9561/html Original metadata (https://open.alberta.ca/opendata)HTML https://open.alberta.ca/opendata/540feab7-8e10-49e7-9a25-45801048391f Annual Land Disturbance Classification Results of the Play-Based Regulation Pilot Study Area Derived from 2011-2012 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format) - (TIFF)TIFF https://static.ags.aer.ca/files/document/DIG/DIG_2015_0056.zip Annual Land Disturbance Classification Results of the Play-Based Regulation Pilot Study Area Derived from 2011-2012 Landsat Imagery (Image data, Tiff format) - (XML)XML https://geodiscover.alberta.ca/geoportal/rest/metadata/item/c307a3b4a17c478fb641adc9dcdd9561/xml

In 2014, the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) initiated a Play-Based Regulation (PBR) pilot project as a step towards implementation of the Unconventional Regulatory Framework. One of the goals of the PBR pilot is to encourage companies in the unconventional play area to work together on plans for surface development to minimize the numbers of facilities and surface impacts. This dataset is one of a series created using earth observation imagery to assess surface change caused by energy exploration. The PBR area extends from Twp. 52, Rge. 7, W 5th Mer. to Twp. 70, Rge. 5, W 6th Mer., covering the towns of Edson, Fox Creek, Mayerthorpe, Whitecourt, Swan Hills, and Valleyview. Landsat multispectral imagery for 2011 and 2012 and land use and land cover classification data derived from 2012 were used to produce this dataset. The land use and land cover changes include vegetation loss from anthropogenic disturbances, such as infrastructure related to oil and gas exploration, forestry and agriculture, and vegetation recovery from these disturbances. This digital data release contains the vegetation loss data, classified into 9 classes: 1 - exposed land/cut blocks/harvested areas, 3 - transitional bare surfaces, 4 - mixed developed areas, 5 - developed areas, 6 - shoal, 7 - shrub land, 8 - grassland and 9 - agricultural areas. These categories can be used as baseline data for planning, managing and monitoring surface infrastructure needs and impacts.

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