[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"learn-\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flegal-land-description-for-mining":3,"learn-related-how-to\u002Flegal-land-description-for-mining":242},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":222,"createdAt":223,"cta":223,"description":224,"extension":225,"icon":223,"industry":226,"keywords":227,"meta":234,"navigation":236,"path":237,"province":238,"relatedPages":223,"section":223,"seo":239,"stem":240,"systems":223,"updatedAt":223,"__hash__":241},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flegal-land-description-for-mining.md","Legal Land Descriptions for Mining - BC, Ontario, and NWT Mineral Claim Guide",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":209},"minimark",[9,14,18,21,26,29,34,42,58,62,65,72,76,79,82,86,89,141,145,148,159,171,179,183,193],[10,11,13],"h1",{"id":12},"legal-land-descriptions-for-mining-in-bc-ontario-and-nwt","Legal Land Descriptions for Mining in BC, Ontario, and NWT",[15,16,17],"p",{},"You're staking a mineral claim in northern British Columbia and need to reference the correct NTS map sheet cells on your BC Mineral Titles Online application. Or you're an exploration geologist filing a prospecting licence in the Northwest Territories and need GPS coordinates for the claim corners listed in NTS notation. In each case, the legal land description is the link between your target ground and every regulatory system that governs it.",[15,19,20],{},"Mining and mineral exploration in Canada rely on geographic grid systems - primarily the National Topographic System (NTS) - to define where claims, leases, and permits apply. Getting the grid reference wrong means staking the wrong ground, and in a competitive staking rush, that mistake can cost a project.",[22,23,25],"h2",{"id":24},"how-mining-uses-legal-land-descriptions-across-jurisdictions","How Mining Uses Legal Land Descriptions Across Jurisdictions",[15,27,28],{},"Each Canadian mining jurisdiction defines mineral tenure using a specific survey grid. The grid system determines how claims are registered, how boundaries are described in permit applications, and how regulators track what ground is held.",[30,31,33],"h3",{"id":32},"british-columbia-nts-cell-based-tenure","British Columbia - NTS Cell-Based Tenure",[15,35,36,37,41],{},"BC's mineral tenure system is built entirely on the NTS grid. When you register a mineral claim through BC Mineral Titles Online (MTO), you select cells on the NTS grid - not freehand polygons or metes-and-bounds descriptions. A cell claim in the Omineca Mining Division might reference cells within NTS map sheet ",[38,39,40],"strong",{},"093N\u002F01",", placing the claim approximately 50 km north of Prince George in a region with active gold-copper exploration.",[15,43,44,45,48,49,51,52,57],{},"The NTS hierarchy matters here. A 1:250,000 series reference like ",[38,46,47],{},"093N"," identifies a broad area. The 1:50,000 subdivision ",[38,50,40],{}," narrows it to a specific map sheet. Within that sheet, the MTO grid divides the ground into individual cells that you select for staking. Understanding which level of the NTS hierarchy a reference points to prevents filing errors. For a detailed breakdown of how NTS references work in BC, see ",[53,54,56],"a",{"href":55},"\u002Fblog\u002Fbc-nts-grid-references-convert-gps-field-work","BC NTS Grid References: How to Read Them and Convert to GPS",".",[30,59,61],{"id":60},"northwest-territories-and-nunavut-nts-with-federal-oversight","Northwest Territories and Nunavut - NTS with Federal Oversight",[15,63,64],{},"Mineral claims in the NWT and Nunavut are administered by Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) under the Canada Mining Regulations. Claims are staked by NTS grid reference, and the recording process requires the NTS map sheet number and the coordinates of the claim posts.",[15,66,67,68,71],{},"An exploration company staking ground near Yellowknife might reference NTS sheet ",[38,69,70],{},"085J\u002F07"," - a 1:50,000 map sheet in the Slave Geological Province, one of Canada's most productive gold and diamond districts. Converting that reference to GPS coordinates is necessary for planning the ground reconnaissance and for marking claim post locations with a handheld GPS unit.",[30,73,75],{"id":74},"ontario-claim-maps-and-the-mining-act","Ontario - Claim Maps and the Mining Act",[15,77,78],{},"Ontario's mining claim system uses a provincial claim map grid rather than NTS, but NTS references still appear in federal geological survey reports, geophysical datasets, and cross-jurisdictional environmental assessments that reference Ontario ground. Exploration geologists working with Geological Survey of Canada data in Ontario frequently need to convert NTS references to GPS to locate geophysical survey lines and sample sites described in federal publications.",[15,80,81],{},"Ontario's Mining Act reforms moved claim registration online through the Mining Lands Administration System (MLAS), which uses a cell-based map staking system similar to BC's approach. Prospectors and exploration companies select cells on a provincial grid and register claims electronically.",[22,83,85],{"id":84},"mineral-claim-staking-workflow","Mineral Claim Staking Workflow",[15,87,88],{},"A typical mineral claim staking workflow in BC illustrates how NTS references connect to every step:",[90,91,92,103,109,123,129,135],"ol",{},[93,94,95,98,99,102],"li",{},[38,96,97],{},"Target identification",": Regional geochemical data flags a copper-gold anomaly within NTS sheet ",[38,100,101],{},"093E\u002F04"," - the Quesnel Trough area of central BC, a belt known for porphyry copper deposits.",[93,104,105,108],{},[38,106,107],{},"Ground availability check",": On MTO, the geologist checks which NTS grid cells within 093E\u002F04 are open for staking. Cells already held by other parties are shaded on the map.",[93,110,111,114,115,117,118,122],{},[38,112,113],{},"NTS to GPS conversion",": The geologist enters ",[38,116,101],{}," into ",[53,119,121],{"href":120},"\u002F","Township Canada"," to get GPS coordinates for the map sheet boundaries. This positions the target area on the team's planning map and provides waypoints for the helicopter reconnaissance.",[93,124,125,128],{},[38,126,127],{},"Field reconnaissance",": The exploration crew navigates to the target using the GPS coordinates. Soil samples, rock chips, and GPS-tagged field observations are collected and referenced back to the NTS cells.",[93,130,131,134],{},[38,132,133],{},"Claim registration",": Back at the office, the geologist selects the target NTS cells on MTO and completes the online staking. The legal land description of the claim is the set of NTS cells selected.",[93,136,137,140],{},[38,138,139],{},"Permit application",": When the project advances to drilling, the exploration permit references the NTS map sheets and includes GPS coordinates for each proposed drill collar - converted from the NTS grid positions.",[22,142,144],{"id":143},"converting-nts-references-for-mining-field-work","Converting NTS References for Mining Field Work",[15,146,147],{},"Accurate NTS-to-GPS conversion matters at every stage of a mining project. Reconnaissance crews need waypoints. Drill plans need collar coordinates. Regulatory filings need both the NTS grid reference and the corresponding GPS position.",[15,149,150,151,153,154,158],{},"Enter any NTS map sheet reference into ",[53,152,121],{"href":120}," to get GPS coordinates for the sheet boundaries and internal grid lines. The ",[53,155,157],{"href":156},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fnts-to-gps-converter","NTS to GPS converter"," handles all levels of the NTS hierarchy - from the broad 1:250,000 series down to individual map sheet subdivisions.",[15,160,161,162,166,167,57],{},"For projects that span multiple NTS sheets - common in regional exploration programmes - the ",[53,163,165],{"href":164},"\u002Fapp\u002Fbatch","batch converter"," processes a full list of NTS references in one operation. Upload a CSV of map sheet references and download GPS coordinates for every entry. This is available on the ",[53,168,170],{"href":169},"\u002Fpricing","Business plan",[15,172,173,174,178],{},"When a mining project also involves DLS-described ground - common in northeastern BC and Alberta where coal and mineral rights overlap with the DLS grid - Township Canada handles both NTS and DLS conversions without switching tools. See the ",[53,175,177],{"href":176},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fdls-to-gps-converter","DLS to GPS converter"," for DLS-specific workflows.",[22,180,182],{"id":181},"try-it-with-a-mineral-exploration-location","Try It with a Mineral Exploration Location",[15,184,185,186,188,189,192],{},"Enter ",[38,187,101],{}," into the ",[53,190,191],{"href":120},"Township Canada converter"," to see an NTS map sheet in the Quesnel Trough of central BC - a region with decades of porphyry copper-gold exploration. The result shows the map sheet boundary on the NTS grid with GPS coordinates for the corners, ready for field planning or permit submissions.",[15,194,195,196,198,199,203,204,206,207,57],{},"For NTS conversions, use the ",[53,197,157],{"href":156},". For BC-specific NTS grid explanations, see ",[53,200,202],{"href":201},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fbc-nts-grid-explained","BC NTS Grid Explained",". For bulk NTS reference processing across a regional exploration programme, the ",[53,205,165],{"href":164}," handles large lists on a ",[53,208,170],{"href":169},{"title":210,"searchDepth":211,"depth":211,"links":212},"",2,[213,219,220,221],{"id":24,"depth":211,"text":25,"children":214},[215,217,218],{"id":32,"depth":216,"text":33},3,{"id":60,"depth":216,"text":61},{"id":74,"depth":216,"text":75},{"id":84,"depth":211,"text":85},{"id":143,"depth":211,"text":144},{"id":181,"depth":211,"text":182},"how-to",null,"How exploration geologists and mine surveyors use NTS and DLS legal land descriptions to stake mineral claims and file permits in BC, Ontario, and NWT.","md","mining",[228,229,230,231,232,233],"mining legal land description bc","mineral claim nts grid","mining exploration legal land","bc mineral titles nts","nwt mineral claim staking","ontario mining claim legal description",{"system":235},"nts",true,"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flegal-land-description-for-mining","british-columbia",{"title":5,"description":224},"learn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flegal-land-description-for-mining","CE5VOfuqmOALU6zfYch-s156Dh_Jb7jKd1vsr2Y0AVU",[243,440,686],{"id":244,"title":245,"body":246,"category":223,"createdAt":223,"cta":423,"description":425,"extension":225,"icon":223,"industry":426,"keywords":427,"meta":433,"navigation":236,"path":434,"province":223,"relatedPages":223,"section":222,"seo":435,"stem":436,"systems":437,"updatedAt":223,"__hash__":439},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faafc-crop-history-quarter-section.md","AAFC Crop History: Look Up 5 Years of What's Been Grown on Any Quarter Section",{"type":7,"value":247,"toc":416},[248,252,255,259,267,294,297,301,307,313,323,329,333,336,358,362,381,384,388],[10,249,251],{"id":250},"aafc-crop-history-per-quarter-section","AAFC Crop History per Quarter Section",[15,253,254],{},"Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) publishes a national raster called the Annual Crop Inventory (ACI). Each ~30m pixel carries an integer crop class - canola, spring wheat, soybean, fallow, etc. - for each growing season from 2009 onward. Township Canada aggregates the most recent five years to a per-cell summary and surfaces it on every parcel report.",[22,256,258],{"id":257},"what-the-summary-returns","What the summary returns",[15,260,261,262,266],{},"For any quarter section in Alberta or Saskatchewan, the AAFC crop summary card on ",[263,264,265],"code",{},"\u002Fapp\u002Freport\u002F\u003Clld>\u002Fpdf"," returns:",[268,269,270,276,282,288],"ul",{},[93,271,272,275],{},[38,273,274],{},"Dominant crop"," - the crop class that occupies the most acres across the 5-year window",[93,277,278,281],{},[38,279,280],{},"Rotation"," - the year-by-year sequence of dominant crops (e.g., Canola → Wheat → Canola → Lentil → Canola)",[93,283,284,287],{},[38,285,286],{},"Shannon diversity index"," - a 0-1 measure of how varied the rotation is (0 = monoculture, ~1 = even mix of several crops)",[93,289,290,293],{},[38,291,292],{},"Years covered"," - which years are included in the aggregate",[15,295,296],{},"The pipeline reprojects each year's raster, takes the modal crop class per 1km vector cell, and joins to AAFC's published colour table. Coverage extends across Alberta and Saskatchewan; the layer can be toggled as a full map overlay with the Agriculture Bundle.",[22,298,300],{"id":299},"how-to-use-it","How to use it",[15,302,303,306],{},[38,304,305],{},"For farmers checking a new lease."," Before signing, pull the report on the parcel. If the dominant crop is wheat-monoculture for five straight years, that's relevant - both for understanding what came off and for nitrogen\u002Fdisease pressure planning. If the rotation is canola-wheat-canola-wheat, that's a different signal.",[15,308,309,312],{},[38,310,311],{},"For agronomists prepping visits."," A territory of 20 parcels with dominant crop and diversity already in the report lets the agronomist build the visit list around what's actually growing - soybean visits in one cluster, canola in another.",[15,314,315,318,319,57],{},[38,316,317],{},"For carbon project developers."," The Alberta TIER Conservation Cropping protocol requires historical crop history per parcel. The per-parcel AAFC summary serves this directly without a manual GIS query against AAFC's published rasters. See ",[53,320,322],{"href":321},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Fcarbon-credits-legal-land-descriptions","Alberta carbon credits legal land descriptions",[15,324,325,328],{},[38,326,327],{},"For investors underwriting a portfolio."," Dominant crop and diversity across 60 candidate parcels give a quick read on intensification level - high-canola, low-diversity portfolios behave differently than mixed grain-pulse-oilseed portfolios in price-shock years.",[22,330,332],{"id":331},"whats-not-in-the-summary","What's not in the summary",[15,334,335],{},"A few clarifications:",[268,337,338,345,351],{},[93,339,340,341,344],{},"It's ",[38,342,343],{},"modal per pixel, then aggregated"," - a quarter section that grew canola on 60% and wheat on 40% reports canola as dominant, not \"60% canola \u002F 40% wheat.\" The parcel-level acreage breakdown is in the underlying data; the surfaced summary picks a single dominant.",[93,346,340,347,350],{},[38,348,349],{},"observed, not declared."," AAFC ACI is satellite-derived; what gets reported is what the imagery sees. A canola crop that failed in May and got reseeded to oats may show as oats; an unseeded fallow shows as fallow.",[93,352,353,354,357],{},"The rotation is ",[38,355,356],{},"chronological",", not most-recent-first. Year 5 (oldest) → Year 1 (newest).",[22,359,361],{"id":360},"coverage","Coverage",[268,363,364,370,375],{},[93,365,366,369],{},[38,367,368],{},"Alberta:"," full coverage",[93,371,372,369],{},[38,373,374],{},"Saskatchewan:",[93,376,377,380],{},[38,378,379],{},"Manitoba, BC, Ontario:"," partial; AAFC publishes for the agricultural land base only",[15,382,383],{},"See the AAFC layer reference for the data pipeline.",[22,385,387],{"id":386},"related","Related",[268,389,390,396,405,410],{},[93,391,392],{},[53,393,395],{"href":394},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Flsrs-soil-productivity-score","LSRS Soil Productivity Score",[93,397,398],{},[53,399,401,402],{"href":400},"\u002Fapp\u002Freport\u002FSE-14-29-21-W2\u002Fpdf","Parcel report at ",[263,403,404],{},"\u002Fapp\u002Freport\u002F[lld]\u002Fpdf",[93,406,407],{},[53,408,409],{"href":321},"Alberta Carbon Credits Legal Land Descriptions",[93,411,412],{},[53,413,415],{"href":414},"\u002Fblog\u002Fsaskatchewan-quarter-section-guide-grain-farmers-scic-filers","Saskatchewan Quarter Section Guide for Grain Farmers",{"title":210,"searchDepth":211,"depth":211,"links":417},[418,419,420,421,422],{"id":257,"depth":211,"text":258},{"id":299,"depth":211,"text":300},{"id":331,"depth":211,"text":332},{"id":360,"depth":211,"text":361},{"id":386,"depth":211,"text":387},{"label":424,"href":400},"Pull a parcel report","AAFC's Annual Crop Inventory shows dominant crop per pixel since 2009. Township Canada aggregates it to a 5-year rolling per-quarter summary with rotation and diversity score.","agriculture",[428,429,430,431,432],"aafc crop history","crop history quarter section","what was grown on this parcel","aafc annual crop inventory","5 year crop rotation lookup",{},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faafc-crop-history-quarter-section",{"title":245,"description":425},"learn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faafc-crop-history-quarter-section",[438],"DLS","ncSOXlnlIbLB260x6dxux93Ai-83JNCWwJmvD3dT_C4",{"id":441,"title":442,"body":443,"category":223,"createdAt":223,"cta":670,"description":672,"extension":225,"icon":223,"industry":673,"keywords":674,"meta":679,"navigation":236,"path":680,"province":681,"relatedPages":223,"section":222,"seo":682,"stem":683,"systems":684,"updatedAt":223,"__hash__":685},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faer-facilities-eight-categories.md","AER Facilities Map: 8 Categories from 40+ Petrinex Sub-codes",{"type":7,"value":444,"toc":662},[445,449,452,456,567,574,578,581,584,588,594,600,606,612,616,619,621,634,636],[10,446,448],{"id":447},"aer-facilities-map-8-customer-facing-categories","AER Facilities Map - 8 Customer-Facing Categories",[15,450,451],{},"The AER's ST102 facilities dataset lists every licensed midstream and processing facility in Alberta - batteries, gas plants, compressor stations, disposal wells, custom treaters, terminals, water source wells. The raw dataset uses 40+ Petrinex sub-codes for fine-grained facility typing. Township Canada collapses these into eight customer-facing buckets so the data catalog UI stays readable and the icons mean something visually.",[22,453,455],{"id":454},"the-eight-categories","The eight categories",[457,458,459,475],"table",{},[460,461,462],"thead",{},[463,464,465,469,472],"tr",{},[466,467,468],"th",{},"Category",[466,470,471],{},"Petrinex sub-codes covered",[466,473,474],{},"What it represents",[476,477,478,490,501,512,523,534,545,556],"tbody",{},[463,479,480,484,487],{},[481,482,483],"td",{},"Battery",[481,485,486],{},"Multi-well, single-well, group, oil sands batteries",[481,488,489],{},"Crude\u002Fmultiphase production facility - typically the first downstream point from wells",[463,491,492,495,498],{},[481,493,494],{},"Gas plant",[481,496,497],{},"Gas processing, sweet, sour, dehydration",[481,499,500],{},"Gas treatment \u002F processing",[463,502,503,506,509],{},[481,504,505],{},"Compressor",[481,507,508],{},"Compressor station, booster, gathering compressor",[481,510,511],{},"Pressure-boosting along the gas transport path",[463,513,514,517,520],{},[481,515,516],{},"Disposal",[481,518,519],{},"Acid gas disposal, water disposal, salt cavern, deep well",[481,521,522],{},"Sub-surface disposal of produced water, acid gas, etc.",[463,524,525,528,531],{},[481,526,527],{},"Custom treating",[481,529,530],{},"Custom-treating facility",[481,532,533],{},"Third-party processing for non-operator volumes",[463,535,536,539,542],{},[481,537,538],{},"Terminal",[481,540,541],{},"Pipeline terminal, truck terminal, rail terminal",[481,543,544],{},"Crude\u002Fcondensate transfer and storage",[463,546,547,550,553],{},[481,548,549],{},"Water source",[481,551,552],{},"Water source wells, fresh water facilities",[481,554,555],{},"Source of water for industrial use (frac, injection)",[463,557,558,561,564],{},[481,559,560],{},"Other",[481,562,563],{},"Anything not in the above (typically rare or unusual facility types)",[481,565,566],{},"Catch-all",[15,568,569,570,573],{},"The category mapping lives in ",[263,571,572],{},"app.categorize_facility()"," on the database. Updates land alongside AER ST102 publication cycles.",[22,575,577],{"id":576},"how-the-map-renders","How the map renders",[15,579,580],{},"Each category gets a distinct icon style on the map, sized to be readable at zoom 8 (province scale) without overcrowding. Labels use the facility name; clicking a facility opens a popover with the licensee, status, full Petrinex sub-code, and DLS legal description.",[15,582,583],{},"The layer is part of the Energy Bundle data catalog. Toggle it on alongside AER Wells and AER Pipelines for the full midstream view.",[22,585,587],{"id":586},"use-cases","Use cases",[15,589,590,593],{},[38,591,592],{},"Operators evaluating new tie-in options"," - Batteries and compressors near a proposed wellsite are the candidate destinations for new pipeline. The 8-category breakdown lets you filter to just the relevant facility types in a single click.",[15,595,596,599],{},[38,597,598],{},"Custom treaters and water source operators identifying coverage gaps"," - toggling just the Custom Treating or Water Source categories surfaces the geographic distribution; useful for siting new capacity.",[15,601,602,605],{},[38,603,604],{},"Acid gas disposal planning"," - the Disposal category surfaces existing acid gas disposal wells; new injection projects need to evaluate proximity to existing infrastructure for risk assessment.",[15,607,608,611],{},[38,609,610],{},"Closure obligation analysts"," - facilities follow a similar lifecycle to wells (active, suspended, abandoned, reclamation-certified). The lifecycle filter applies here too.",[22,613,615],{"id":614},"why-the-categorization-is-worth-the-work","Why the categorization is worth the work",[15,617,618],{},"A raw dump of all 40+ Petrinex sub-codes produces an unreadable map - the icon set has too many similar-looking types and customers spend time figuring out what each one means rather than acting on the data. The 8-bucket model maps to how operators actually think about midstream infrastructure: where does the production go (battery), how does it get processed (gas plant, custom treating), how is it moved (compressor, terminal), and what's the disposal pattern (disposal).",[22,620,361],{"id":360},[268,622,623,628],{},[93,624,625,627],{},[38,626,368],{}," full AER ST102 coverage",[93,629,630,633],{},[38,631,632],{},"Saskatchewan, BC:"," not yet - see roadmap",[22,635,387],{"id":386},[268,637,638,644,650,656],{},[93,639,640],{},[53,641,643],{"href":642},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faer-wells-lifecycle-status","AER Wells Lifecycle Status",[93,645,646],{},[53,647,649],{"href":648},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faer-pipelines-map","AER Pipelines Map",[93,651,652],{},[53,653,655],{"href":654},"\u002Ffor\u002Foil-and-gas","Township Canada for Oil and Gas Operators",[93,657,658],{},[53,659,661],{"href":660},"\u002Fuse-cases\u002Fenergy","Energy use case overview",{"title":210,"searchDepth":211,"depth":211,"links":663},[664,665,666,667,668,669],{"id":454,"depth":211,"text":455},{"id":576,"depth":211,"text":577},{"id":586,"depth":211,"text":587},{"id":614,"depth":211,"text":615},{"id":360,"depth":211,"text":361},{"id":386,"depth":211,"text":387},{"label":671,"href":654},"See the Energy Bundle","Township Canada collapses AER ST102 facility sub-codes into 8 clean categories (battery, gas plant, compressor, disposal, etc.) so the catalog UI stays readable across the full Alberta dataset.","oil-and-gas",[675,676,677,678],"aer facilities map alberta","aer st102 facilities","battery gas plant compressor map","alberta oil gas facility types",{},"\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faer-facilities-eight-categories","alberta",{"title":442,"description":672},"learn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faer-facilities-eight-categories",[438],"2uFxZTqMTJqc2rUi6YWZwDBGabjLXx9XFmem7ycLwLg",{"id":687,"title":688,"body":689,"category":223,"createdAt":223,"cta":841,"description":842,"extension":225,"icon":223,"industry":673,"keywords":843,"meta":848,"navigation":236,"path":648,"province":681,"relatedPages":223,"section":222,"seo":849,"stem":850,"systems":851,"updatedAt":223,"__hash__":852},"learn\u002Flearn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faer-pipelines-map.md","AER Pipelines Map: Visualize Alberta Oil and Gas Pipelines on the DLS Grid",{"type":7,"value":690,"toc":834},[691,694,697,701,725,732,736,742,748,754,760,766,770,773,793,795,806,813,815],[10,692,649],{"id":693},"aer-pipelines-map",[15,695,696],{},"Alberta has roughly half a million kilometres of licensed pipeline distributed across natural gas, crude oil, multiphase, water disposal, fuel gas, and CO2 service. Every segment is licensed by the Alberta Energy Regulator and tracked by start\u002Fend DLS legal land descriptions. Township Canada renders the full network as a line layer on the same map as wells, facilities, and parcels.",[22,698,700],{"id":699},"what-the-layer-shows","What the layer shows",[268,702,703,709,719],{},[93,704,705,708],{},[38,706,707],{},"Line geometry"," for every AER-licensed pipeline segment",[93,710,711,714,715,718],{},[38,712,713],{},"Mid-point label points"," computed via ",[263,716,717],{},"ST_LineInterpolatePoint"," - drops the label at the centre of each segment so the line layer stays readable at low zoom",[93,720,721,724],{},[38,722,723],{},"Stack ordering"," with the line beneath label points so the geometry stays visible when labels are toggled",[15,726,727,728,731],{},"The PMTiles for the pipeline layer use ",[263,729,730],{},"--coalesce-densest-as-needed"," to keep southern-Alberta tile sizes manageable. In central-southwest Alberta where the density is highest (5000+ segments per township in a few areas), the PMTiles pipeline collapses adjacent segments at low zoom so the visual stays legible.",[22,733,735],{"id":734},"use-cases-by-role","Use cases by role",[15,737,738,741],{},[38,739,740],{},"Operators planning new gathering infrastructure"," - toggle the pipelines layer to see existing tie-in candidates near a proposed wellsite. Cross-reference with the AER Facilities layer (battery, gas plant, compressor, etc.) to identify the actual destination points.",[15,743,744,747],{},[38,745,746],{},"Integrity teams"," - for a planned ILI (in-line inspection) campaign, the layer shows the segments to schedule against. The mid-point labels make it straightforward to identify named lines from the map view.",[15,749,750,753],{},[38,751,752],{},"Right-of-way planning"," - for a new pipeline corridor, the existing network lets the engineering team identify parallel-routing opportunities (sharing existing ROW corridors saves environmental assessment time) and proximity conflicts.",[15,755,756,759],{},[38,757,758],{},"M&A diligence"," - when evaluating an acquisition target's infrastructure footprint, the pipelines layer plus the AER Wells layer plus the BA licensee snapshot API give a full picture without round-tripping the AER directives portal.",[15,761,762,765],{},[38,763,764],{},"Surface-rights holders"," - when a pipeline crosses your land, knowing the licensee and the line ID is the first step to engaging on integrity, leak history, or right-of-way maintenance.",[22,767,769],{"id":768},"combining-with-other-layers","Combining with other layers",[15,771,772],{},"The pipelines layer is most useful in combination:",[268,774,775,781,787],{},[93,776,777,780],{},[38,778,779],{},"+ Wells layer"," - shows which wells are tied into which lines; especially relevant for shut-in or suspended wells where the gathering infrastructure remains",[93,782,783,786],{},[38,784,785],{},"+ Facilities layer"," - shows the destination batteries, gas plants, and compressors that the lines connect to",[93,788,789,792],{},[38,790,791],{},"+ Crown dispositions overlay (planned)"," - shows the surface dispositions (PIL, LOC) that license the right-of-way",[22,794,361],{"id":360},[268,796,797,802],{},[93,798,799,801],{},[38,800,368],{}," full AER coverage",[93,803,804,633],{},[38,805,632],{},[15,807,808,809,812],{},"The pipeline layer ships as part of the Energy Bundle. See the ",[53,810,811],{"href":660},"Energy use case page"," for the full layer set.",[22,814,387],{"id":386},[268,816,817,821,824,828],{},[93,818,819],{},[53,820,643],{"href":642},[93,822,823],{},"Wells data layer reference",[93,825,826],{},[53,827,655],{"href":654},[93,829,830],{},[53,831,833],{"href":832},"\u002Fblog\u002Fdls-tools-alberta-well-closure","DLS Tools for Alberta Well Closure",{"title":210,"searchDepth":211,"depth":211,"links":835},[836,837,838,839,840],{"id":699,"depth":211,"text":700},{"id":734,"depth":211,"text":735},{"id":768,"depth":211,"text":769},{"id":360,"depth":211,"text":361},{"id":386,"depth":211,"text":387},{"label":671,"href":654},"Township Canada renders every AER-licensed pipeline as a line layer with mid-point labels. For operators, integrity teams, and right-of-way planning.",[844,845,846,847],"aer pipelines map alberta","alberta pipeline gis layer","oil gas pipelines dls","pipeline integrity mapping",{},{"title":688,"description":842},"learn\u002Fhow-to\u002Faer-pipelines-map",[438],"g9nYQWyyyehAtMb3SA_xifhRDSdn9GzwtKr6N4ulwoM"]