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Old 08-17-2019, 02:30 PM
Jordan G Jordan G is offline
 
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Default Alberta forest fire data

Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone has a good resource for past alberta forest fire data? preferably a downloadable wms or tms file would be great, but if not no big deal. An interactive map with satellite view of old burns would be ideal to. I just can't seem to find what i'm looking for on google. Help! haha
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Old 08-17-2019, 03:02 PM
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Government wildfire website has a downloadable shapefile of fire boundaries going back decades that provides the mapped fire perimeter. Not sure if that is of help. https://wildfire.alberta.ca/resource...fire-data.aspx
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Old 08-17-2019, 04:36 PM
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You could maybe try using Google Earth Engine Timelapse. You do not need google earth. Timelapse has satellite imagery from 1984 to 2018 that is put in motion over the area you are looking at. Hard to explain but just find the place you want to go and zoom in . Then you can click on each year at the bottom or click on the years linked. It really is a neat tool. Neat to look over how cities have grown and definitely where forests have burnt or been logged off. Use the map layer to find the place and then click on the satellite image in upper right hand box to put it to satellite..

https://earthengine.google.com/timelapse/
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Old 08-17-2019, 04:36 PM
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I checked it out, but I didn't actually see a map. Just a csv file with hundreds of coordinates, along with a bunch of files I wasn't able to open
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Old 08-17-2019, 04:39 PM
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that's super cool with the google earth thing. Thanks
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Old 08-17-2019, 04:39 PM
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It’s a terrific resource however it’s not easy to categorize different shape files year-by-year.


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Old 08-17-2019, 08:05 PM
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Check out this website.
https://maps.alberta.ca/genesis/rest/services

There is a layer called historical fires and you can download a online file that you can view the data in google earth. You select the log in as anonymous option



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