Right-of-Way Information

Based on our discussion on Right-of-Way access at our July meeting I approached our Engineering department here in Airdrie. Here is what they had to say:

Utility companies are required to apply for line assignments within City rights of way (i.e.: roads, parks, etc.) They are granted an alignment at which time they typically state on the plans the depth they are going (typically 1 meter deep). I do not receive as-builts from these companies. Most companies do not provide as-built depths because they are reluctant to say they are 3 feet deep when someone may have changed the grades and they are actually only 1.5 feet deep.

Free Data from the City of Vancouver

Greetings Everyone,

You might find this interesting. The City of Vancouver has begun making some of their data available for free. Check it out:

http://data.vancouver.ca/

You can also provide your suggestions for additional data if you want.

New Hydrological Data from AGS

Hi everyone;

As discussed at our last meeting, I am posting a link to the Alberta Geological Survey's free downloadable data holdings:

http://www.ags.gov.ab.ca/publications/pubs.aspx?series=dig

The catalog is searchable, and there are a lot of potentially useful data available - lots related to geology (predictably), but also some good resources for hydrological data, which is something that seems to be lacking for many regions of our province.

Have a terrific day,
greg

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http://www.esri.com/software/arcgis/extensions/gdbt/index.html

Free VB Editor

Here is a link to a free VB script editor from Microsoft

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