[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-\u002Fblog\u002Fproduct-update-april-2026":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":204,"cover":205,"date":206,"description":207,"extension":208,"meta":209,"navigation":210,"path":211,"seo":212,"stem":213,"tags":214,"__hash__":217},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fproduct-update-april-2026.md","Township Canada Product Update - April 2026","Township Canada",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":190},"minimark",[10,14,17,22,27,30,38,41,61,63,67,70,73,80,85,87,91,95,103,131,148,150,154,164,166,170,178,181,183],[11,12,13],"p",{},"Here's what shipped in April 2026. This month was focused on Alberta energy data - specifically the two datasets that O&G professionals most often need to cross-reference against a DLS quarter section: licensed wells and CCS pore space tenure. We also extended the BC parcel API with NTS-based lookup.",[15,16],"hr",{},[18,19,21],"h2",{"id":20},"data-maps","Data & Maps",[23,24,26],"h3",{"id":25},"aer-wells-layer","AER Wells Layer",[11,28,29],{},"Township Canada now displays 672,880+ Alberta Energy Regulator licensed wells as an interactive map layer on the DLS grid.",[11,31,32,33,37],{},"You can search by UWI (e.g., ",[34,35,36],"code",{},"100\u002F06-32-048-07W5\u002F00",") or by LSD and the well appears as a pin against satellite imagery and the DLS survey grid. If you're doing surface lease review, field planning ahead of a site visit, or preparing an AER Directive 056 filing, this replaces the back-and-forth between OneStop and the converter.",[11,39,40],{},"Programmatic API access for well lookup by UWI or LSD - for data teams enriching permit tables or building field planning tools - is on our roadmap.",[11,42,43,47,48,55,56,60],{},[44,45,46],"strong",{},"Available with the Energy Bundle"," ($50\u002Fmo, stacks on Pro or Business). Toggle the AER Wells layer from the map layers panel at ",[49,50,54],"a",{"href":51,"rel":52},"https:\u002F\u002Ftownshipcanada.com\u002Fapp",[53],"nofollow","townshipcanada.com\u002Fapp",". See ",[49,57,59],{"href":58},"\u002Fpricing#bundles","\u002Fpricing"," for plan details.",[15,62],{},[23,64,66],{"id":65},"alberta-ccs-pore-space-tenure-layer","Alberta CCS \u002F Pore Space Tenure Layer",[11,68,69],{},"AER-licensed subsurface pore space tenure zone boundaries are now on the DLS grid map.",[11,71,72],{},"You can identify which quarter sections fall within or adjacent to a licensed CCS tenure area without cross-referencing the AER registry separately. Programmatic API access returning GeoJSON tenure-zone boundaries by LSD or quarter section - for the shapefiles AER CCS submission packages require - is on our roadmap.",[11,74,75,76,79],{},"If you're preparing a tenure proposal ahead of the ",[44,77,78],{},"AER CCS pore space tenure deadline on June 30, 2026",", this layer gives you DLS-indexed tenure boundaries in the same view as your parcel data.",[11,81,82,84],{},[44,83,46],{}," ($50\u002Fmo, stacks on Pro or Business). Toggle the CCS Tenure layer from the map layers panel.",[15,86],{},[18,88,90],{"id":89},"search-api","Search & API",[23,92,94],{"id":93},"nts-parcel-lookup","NTS Parcel Lookup",[11,96,97,98,102],{},"The ",[49,99,101],{"href":100},"\u002Fblog\u002Fparcelmap-bc-parcel-boundaries-map","ParcelMap BC"," layer now supports lookup by NTS grid reference in addition to GPS coordinates, PID, and PIN.",[11,104,105,106,109,110,113,114,117,118,121,122,125,126,130],{},"The new ",[34,107,108],{},"GET \u002Fapi\u002Fparcels\u002Fnts"," endpoint returns all registered BC parcels whose centroids fall within a given NTS map sheet - with PID, plan number, area, centroid, and full boundary polygon (GeoJSON). It accepts the standard NTS map sheet identifier with or without separators - ",[34,111,112],{},"093P\u002F08",", ",[34,115,116],{},"093P-08",", and ",[34,119,120],{},"093P08"," are all parsed the same way. The map sheet is the largest unit in the NTS hierarchy that British Columbia parcel records are reliably aligned to; higher-resolution references (block, unit, or quarter unit) such as ",[34,123,124],{},"A-2-F\u002F93-P-8"," should be resolved through the ",[49,127,129],{"href":128},"\u002Fguides\u002Fsearch-api-guide","Search API"," instead.",[11,132,133,134,113,137,113,140,143,144,147],{},"This is useful in northeast BC, where resource permits and environmental reports often reference both an NTS map sheet and registered parcel boundaries. All three BC parcel endpoints (",[34,135,136],{},"\u002Fnts",[34,138,139],{},"\u002Flookup",[34,141,142],{},"\u002Fsearch",") are now available on ",[44,145,146],{},"Pro plan and above",".",[15,149],{},[18,151,153],{"id":152},"whats-coming","What's Coming",[155,156,157],"ul",{},[158,159,160,163],"li",{},[44,161,162],{},"Pipeline ROW layer"," - Pipeline right-of-way boundaries are on the data layer roadmap, following wells and CCS tenure.",[15,165],{},[18,167,169],{"id":168},"industry-pulse","Industry Pulse",[11,171,172,173,177],{},"Esri ArcGIS Pro 3.7, now released, adds NATRF2022 coordinate systems but still has no native DLS\u002FNTS locator. The Township Canada ",[49,174,176],{"href":175},"\u002Fblog\u002Farcgis-integration-search-canadian-legal-land-descriptions","ArcGIS Pro toolbox"," remains the only way to resolve legal land descriptions inside ArcGIS Pro without switching applications.",[11,179,180],{},"The AER CCS pore space tenure proposal window closes June 30, 2026. If you're working on a tenure application, the CCS layer and its API endpoint are available now.",[15,182],{},[11,184,185,186,147],{},"Questions or feedback? Write to ",[49,187,189],{"href":188},"mailto:hello@townshipcanada.com","hello@townshipcanada.com",{"title":191,"searchDepth":192,"depth":192,"links":193},"",2,[194,199,202,203],{"id":20,"depth":192,"text":21,"children":195},[196,198],{"id":25,"depth":197,"text":26},3,{"id":65,"depth":197,"text":66},{"id":89,"depth":192,"text":90,"children":200},[201],{"id":93,"depth":197,"text":94},{"id":152,"depth":192,"text":153},{"id":168,"depth":192,"text":169},"announcement","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fproduct-update-april-2026\u002Fcover.webp","2026-05-01","April 2026: AER wells on the DLS map, Alberta CCS pore space tenure boundaries, and NTS parcel lookup by grid reference.","md",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fproduct-update-april-2026",{"title":5,"description":207},"blog\u002Fproduct-update-april-2026",[215,216],"Product Update","Announcement","KSR5mEm4vRkJY_zhN7BltXrvFDC65M_bMxI1yw7XzJw"]