Director of Surveys
The Director of Surveys is an Alberta Land Surveyor employed by the Alberta Government and designated by the Minister of
Alberta Sustainable Resource Development (SRD) to administer Alberta's Surveys Act.
Surveys Act
Under the Surveys Act, the Director of Surveys
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Coordinates the establishment, maintenance and preservation of the provincial land survey system
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Provides the provincial spatial referencing system
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Surveys Act
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Surveys Act Administration
Administration of the Surveys Act is accomplished through the Land Surveys and Geodetic Control programs.
Find news on policy updates, services provided and products available as part of the administration of the Surveys Act:
Dual Registration of Public Land Surveys
The Purpose of this document is to assist staff of the Surveys and Technical Services Section and other stakeholders, primarily
Alberta Land Surveyors to deal with registration of public land surveys in a uniform and consistent manner.
Related links
Listed below are various websites used by the Director of Surveys. This is not an endorsement of the sites.
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Alberta Land Surveyors' Association
The website of the geomatic professionals, Alberta Land Surveyors contains information on the survey profession in Alberta.
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Alberta
Registries' Spatial Information System (SPIN)
SPIN allows province-wide graphic or text-based search for specific types of Government of Alberta land-related information.
This information includes registered survey plans and the Director of Surveys official plan set and official field notes.
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AltaLIS Limited
The agent for Spatial Data Warehouse Ltd., AltaLIS is responsible for making Alberta's base mapping infrastructure more
available, accessible, accurate and affordable.
The Director of Surveys is located within the Surveys and Technical Services Section, Dispositions and Technical Services
Branch, Lands Division, Alberta Sustainable Resource Development.
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Updated: Feb 16, 2011