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best source for landforms (eskers, terraces, drainage)."},{"id":"L07","name":"CanElevation LiDAR point clouds","publisher":"Natural Resources Canada","schema":"Land","block":"Terrain & access","provides":"Classified LiDAR point clouds (COPC/LAZ)","targets":["gravel","engineering","agriculture"],"coverage":"Canada (project areas)","format":"COPC / LAZ","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Canada","update_frequency":"Ongoing additions","ingestion":"HTTP range reads / S3","url":"https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/7069387e-9986-4297-9f55-0288e9676947","url_verified":true,"priority":"P2","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"L08","name":"Open Data Areas Alberta LiDAR","publisher":"Government of Alberta","schema":"Land","block":"Terrain & access","provides":"LiDAR and derivatives for selected areas","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Selected Alberta areas","format":"LAZ, DEM","access":"Free","licence":"ODAA Data User License","update_frequency":"Irregular","ingestion":"Download via GeoDiscover","url":"https://geodiscover.alberta.ca/geoportal/","url_verified":true,"priority":"P3","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"L09","name":"Sentinel-2 imagery","publisher":"ESA / Copernicus","schema":"Land","block":"Terrain & access","provides":"10 m multispectral imagery, ~5-day revisit","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Global","format":"COG / SAFE","access":"Free","licence":"Copernicus open licence","update_frequency":"Every ~5 days","ingestion":"STAC API","url":"https://dataspace.copernicus.eu","url_verified":true,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"L10","name":"Landsat archive","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","schema":"Land","block":"Terrain & access","provides":"30 m multispectral imagery since the 1980s (change history)","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Global","format":"COG","access":"Free","licence":"Public domain","update_frequency":"Every ~8 days","ingestion":"STAC API","url":"https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov","url_verified":true,"priority":"P3","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"L11","name":"OPERA DISP-S1 surface displacement","publisher":"NASA JPL / ASF DAAC","schema":"Land","block":"Terrain & access","provides":"InSAR ground-motion time series from 2016, 30 m","targets":["ccs","geothermal","engineering"],"coverage":"North America (Canada only within ~200 km of US border)","format":"HDF5","access":"Free","licence":"Public domain","update_frequency":"Every 6–24 days","ingestion":"Earthdata API / AWS","url":"https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/data/catalog/asf-opera-l3-disp-s1-v1-1","url_verified":true,"priority":"P3","status":"Not started","notes":"Does NOT cover the Edmonton region; southern Alberta only."},{"id":"L12","name":"Alberta Satellite Land Cover","publisher":"Government of Alberta","schema":"Land","block":"Terrain & access","provides":"Provincial land-cover classification","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Alberta","format":"Raster","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Alberta","update_frequency":"Irregular","ingestion":"Bulk download","url":"https://open.alberta.ca/opendata/gda-f4c86e0b-be22-4b94-a6a3-754d17518e9d","url_verified":true,"priority":"P3","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"L13","name":"AGS Open Data Portal (surficial and bedrock geology)","publisher":"Alberta Geological Survey","schema":"Land","block":"Geology","provides":"Surficial deposits, bedrock units, geological models, hydrogeology layers","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Alberta","format":"GIS (ArcGIS Hub)","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Alberta","update_frequency":"Ongoing","ingestion":"ArcGIS REST / download","url":"https://geology-ags-aer.opendata.arcgis.com","url_verified":true,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":"Surficial geology is key for gravel and shallow groundwater."},{"id":"L14","name":"GSC geological maps (GEOSCAN)","publisher":"Geological Survey of Canada","schema":"Land","block":"Geology","provides":"Federal geological maps and reports","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Canada","format":"PDF, GIS","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Canada","update_frequency":"Ongoing","ingestion":"Manual/search","url":"https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca","url_verified":true,"priority":"P3","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"L15","name":"Agricultural Regions of Alberta Soil Inventory Database (AGRASID)","publisher":"Alberta Agriculture","schema":"Land","block":"Soils","provides":"Soil polygons for Alberta's agricultural area","targets":["agriculture","engineering","gravel"],"coverage":"Alberta agricultural zone","format":"GIS","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Alberta","update_frequency":"Static (v4.1)","ingestion":"Bulk download","url":"https://soil.agric.gov.ab.ca/agrasidviewer/","url_verified":false,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"L16","name":"Soil Landscapes of Canada","publisher":"Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada","schema":"Land","block":"Soils","provides":"National soil landscape polygons","targets":["agriculture"],"coverage":"Canada","format":"GIS","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Canada","update_frequency":"Static","ingestion":"Bulk download","url":"https://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/slc/","url_verified":false,"priority":"P3","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"L17","name":"Alberta Merged Wetland Inventory","publisher":"Government of Alberta","schema":"Land","block":"Constraints & noise","provides":"Wetland polygons","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Alberta","format":"GIS","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Alberta","update_frequency":"Irregular","ingestion":"Bulk download","url":"https://open.alberta.ca/opendata","url_verified":false,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":"Wetlands constrain access and development; search the Alberta open-data portal."},{"id":"L18","name":"Alberta Water Well Information Database (AWWID)","publisher":"Alberta Environment and Protected Areas","schema":"Land","block":"Existing data","provides":"~500,000 water-well drilling reports: lithology, depth, water level, yield, pump tests","targets":["groundwater","gravel","engineering"],"coverage":"Alberta","format":"Web app, bulk ZIP","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Alberta","update_frequency":"~5,000 new records/yr","ingestion":"Bulk ZIP download","url":"https://groundwater.alberta.ca/WaterWells/d/","url_verified":true,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":"Bulk file: groundwater.alberta.ca/WaterWells/Downloads/Well_Reports.zip. 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Areas Database (CPCAD)","publisher":"Environment and Climate Change Canada","schema":"Land","block":"Constraints & noise","provides":"Protected and conserved areas, including OECMs","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Canada","format":"GIS","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Canada","update_frequency":"Annual","ingestion":"Bulk download","url":"https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/6c343726-1e92-451a-876a-76e17d398a1c","url_verified":true,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"L31","name":"Alberta Listing of Historic Resources","publisher":"Alberta Arts, Culture and Status of Women","schema":"Land","block":"Constraints & noise","provides":"Lands with historic resource values requiring clearance","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Alberta","format":"Tables by ATS","access":"Free","licence":"Government of Alberta terms","update_frequency":"Semi-annual","ingestion":"Download","url":"https://www.alberta.ca","url_verified":false,"priority":"P2","status":"Not started","notes":"Required check before ground disturbance."},{"id":"L32","name":"Fisheries and Wildlife Management Information System (FWMIS)","publisher":"Government of Alberta","schema":"Land","block":"Constraints & noise","provides":"Wildlife and fish sensitivity data","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Alberta","format":"Web map, requests","access":"Free","licence":"Government of Alberta terms","update_frequency":"Ongoing","ingestion":"Manual lookup","url":"https://www.alberta.ca","url_verified":false,"priority":"P3","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"L33","name":"AER pipeline data","publisher":"Alberta Energy Regulator","schema":"Land","block":"Constraints & noise","provides":"Pipeline locations and status","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Alberta","format":"GIS","access":"Mixed","licence":"AER terms (verify fees)","update_frequency":"Periodic","ingestion":"Download / licensed","url":"https://www.aer.ca","url_verified":false,"priority":"P2","status":"Not started","notes":"Needed for ground-disturbance safety and EM noise."},{"id":"L34","name":"Canadian climate normals and daily data","publisher":"Environment and Climate Change Canada","schema":"Land","block":"Terrain & access","provides":"Temperature, precipitation, frost; seasonal survey windows","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Canada","format":"CSV, API","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Canada","update_frequency":"Daily","ingestion":"API","url":"https://climate.weather.gc.ca","url_verified":true,"priority":"P2","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"M01","name":"EPA Environmental Geophysics: methods and decision-support tools","publisher":"U.S. EPA (with USGS)","schema":"Method","block":"Capabilities","provides":"Method descriptions; Excel method-selection tools (fractured rock, groundwater–surface water, remediation)","targets":["groundwater","engineering"],"coverage":"General","format":"HTML, XLSX","access":"Free","licence":"Public domain","update_frequency":"Static","ingestion":"Manual curation","url":"https://www.epa.gov/environmental-geophysics/decision-support","url_verified":true,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":"Closest existing analogue of the method-selection logic."},{"id":"M02","name":"Application of Geophysical Methods to Highway Related Problems (FHWA-IF-04-021)","publisher":"Federal Highway Administration","schema":"Method","block":"Capabilities","provides":"Comparative method reference: physical basis, depth, resolution, limitations","targets":["engineering","groundwater","gravel"],"coverage":"General","format":"PDF / web tool","access":"Free","licence":"Public domain","update_frequency":"Static (2003)","ingestion":"Manual curation","url":"https://trid.trb.org/View/778594","url_verified":true,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":"Best single source for populating depth/resolution/failure-mode fields."},{"id":"M03","name":"SEG Wiki","publisher":"Society of Exploration Geophysicists","schema":"Method","block":"Capabilities","provides":"Method theory and practice reference","targets":["all"],"coverage":"General","format":"HTML","access":"Free","licence":"CC BY-SA","update_frequency":"Ongoing","ingestion":"Reference","url":"https://wiki.seg.org","url_verified":true,"priority":"P3","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"M04","name":"USGS Geophysical Survey (GS) data standard and GSPy","publisher":"U.S. Geological Survey","schema":"Method","block":"Output","provides":"NetCDF-based standard and Python toolbox for storing survey data","targets":["all"],"coverage":"General","format":"NetCDF, Python","access":"Free","licence":"CC0","update_frequency":"Ongoing","ingestion":"Adopt as Observation storage format","url":"https://www.usgs.gov/special-topics/year-of-open-science/news/geophysical-survey-gs-data-standard-and-open-source-python","url_verified":true,"priority":"P2","status":"Not started","notes":"Use for the Observation record rather than inventing a format."},{"id":"M05","name":"EMI instrument specifications (Geonics EM31/EM38 and similar)","publisher":"Manufacturers","schema":"Method","block":"Reach & throughput","provides":"Depth of investigation, coil spacing, coverage rates","targets":["agriculture","gravel","groundwater"],"coverage":"General","format":"Datasheets","access":"Free","licence":"Manufacturer","update_frequency":"Per model","ingestion":"Manual curation","url":"http://www.geonics.com","url_verified":false,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"M06","name":"ERT instrument specifications (IRIS, ABEM/Guideline Geo, AGI)","publisher":"Manufacturers","schema":"Method","block":"Reach & throughput","provides":"Electrode counts, depth vs array length, production rates","targets":["gravel","groundwater","engineering"],"coverage":"General","format":"Datasheets","access":"Free","licence":"Manufacturer","update_frequency":"Per model","ingestion":"Manual curation","url":"","url_verified":false,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"M07","name":"GPR instrument specifications (Sensors & Software, GSSI)","publisher":"Manufacturers","schema":"Method","block":"Reach & throughput","provides":"Antenna frequency vs depth, resolution, speed","targets":["gravel","engineering"],"coverage":"General","format":"Datasheets","access":"Free","licence":"Manufacturer","update_frequency":"Per model","ingestion":"Manual curation","url":"","url_verified":false,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":"Record the conductive-clay failure mode explicitly."},{"id":"M08","name":"Magnetometer and seismograph specifications (Geometrics and others)","publisher":"Manufacturers","schema":"Method","block":"Reach & throughput","provides":"Sensitivity, sampling rates, channel counts","targets":["minerals","engineering"],"coverage":"General","format":"Datasheets","access":"Free","licence":"Manufacturer","update_frequency":"Per model","ingestion":"Manual curation","url":"","url_verified":false,"priority":"P2","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"M09","name":"Alberta Purchasing Connection (contract awards)","publisher":"Government of Alberta","schema":"Method","block":"Cost","provides":"Awarded public contracts for surveys, drilling, geotechnical work","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Alberta","format":"Web listings","access":"Free","licence":"Government of Alberta terms","update_frequency":"Continuous","ingestion":"Periodic scrape/manual","url":"https://purchasing.alberta.ca","url_verified":false,"priority":"P2","status":"Not started","notes":"Patchy but real prices."},{"id":"M10","name":"CanadaBuys (federal tenders and awards)","publisher":"Public Services and Procurement Canada","schema":"Method","block":"Cost","provides":"Federal contract awards including geophysical and drilling services","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Canada","format":"Web listings, CSV","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Canada","update_frequency":"Continuous","ingestion":"Periodic download","url":"https://canadabuys.canada.ca","url_verified":true,"priority":"P3","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"M11","name":"Government airborne survey program reports","publisher":"GSC / AGS","schema":"Method","block":"Cost","provides":"Line-km, coverage and sometimes cost figures for airborne surveys","targets":["minerals","geothermal"],"coverage":"Canada","format":"PDF","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Canada","update_frequency":"Per survey","ingestion":"Manual curation","url":"https://geoscan.nrcan.gc.ca","url_verified":true,"priority":"P3","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"M12","name":"AWWID driller records (drilling benchmarks)","publisher":"Alberta Environment and Protected Areas","schema":"Method","block":"Cost","provides":"Driller names, depths, methods — basis for drilling-cost benchmarks and contractor outreach","targets":["groundwater","gravel"],"coverage":"Alberta","format":"Bulk ZIP","access":"Free","licence":"Open Government Licence – Alberta","update_frequency":"~5,000 new records/yr","ingestion":"Derived from L18","url":"https://groundwater.alberta.ca/WaterWells/d/","url_verified":true,"priority":"P2","status":"Not started","notes":""},{"id":"M13","name":"Land Intelligence supplier directory and RFQ quotes","publisher":"landintelligence.online","schema":"Method","block":"Cost","provides":"Contractor rate sheets and quotes for surveys, drilling, excavation","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Edmonton region","format":"Internal database","access":"Internal","licence":"Proprietary","update_frequency":"Continuous","ingestion":"Native (procurement module)","url":"https://landintelligence.online/procurement.html","url_verified":true,"priority":"P1","status":"Not started","notes":"The only reliable source of real local method costs."},{"id":"M14","name":"Survey outcome log (actual cost, time, did-it-work)","publisher":"landintelligence.online","schema":"Method","block":"Performance","provides":"Realized cost, duration and success of each method on each site","targets":["all"],"coverage":"Platform users","format":"Internal database","access":"Internal","licence":"Proprietary","update_frequency":"Per survey","ingestion":"Native (to be built)","url":"","url_verified":false,"priority":"P1","status":"Planned","notes":"Most valuable proprietary dataset over time; design the schema now."}]}