Calgary
V・T・E Calgary, Alberta, Canada  |
| latitude: 51.047762, longitude: -114.068985 |
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Calgary is a City in Alberta, Canada at latitude 51°02′51.94″ North, longitude 114°04′08.35″ West.
Getting Started
An excellent way to get familiar with things is to zoom into your local neighbourhood and add as much detail as you can. Don't be afraid of making changes to the map or to this Wiki. Like any city, the Calgary OpenStreetMap (OSM) map has nearly infinite opportunities for improvement and we could use all the help we can get.
Local Community
ResultMaps has a map of users who have edited the Calgary area. Users in Calgary lists some of our local users.
The #osm-ca IRC channel is the most active media of communication.
Please introduce your friends to OpenStreetMap! Reach out to enthusiast communities in orienteering, urban planning, open source and anyone else who may be remotely interested.
Projects
Roads and Infrastructure
Most roads have been mapped and named as of August 2024, either by on-the-ground mapping or by tracing aerial imagery.
Communities
Calgary has 212 neighbourhoods, called "communities" by the government. Only 9 have administrative boundaries in OSM as of September 2024.
| Community | Last Mapped | Notes | User |
| Auburn Bay, SE | April 2010 | Map updated with new developments tracked by GPS. All street names updated. Nearly complete as of December 2021. | MarcPro |
| Mahogany, SE | December 2021 | Building out | Taorenxuan |
| New Brighton, SE | April 2010 | Updated with GPS tracks and street names. | MarcPro |
| Copperfield, SE | December 2021 | Complete, minor portion in SE is under construction. | MarcPro |
| Mackenzie Towne, SE | April 2010 | Updated with GPS tracks and local knowledge. Added bike paths. Completed street names. | MarcPro |
| Evergreen, SW | December 2021 | A majority is complete, pathways and sidewalks need to be mapped. | Jrreid |
| Silverado, SW | September 2013 | Zippanova | |
| Chapparal Valley, SW | July 2008 | Stub roads in north end. Note that access is only off 194th avenue | Jrreid |
| Tuscany, NW | July 2008 | Substantially complete | Jrreid |
| Panorama Hills, NW | June 2008 | Jrreid | |
| Saddleridge, NE | July 2008 | Jrreid & Lofenyy | |
| Evanston, NW | July 2008 | Jrreid | |
| Shawnessy, SW | November 2011 | danboss | |
| Sherwood, NW | June 2008 | Area between the mapped portion and Sarcee Trail expected to open late 2008 | Jrreid |
| Rocky Ridge, NW | July 2008 | NE area undeveloped currently, otherwise complete | Jrreid |
| Royal Oak, NW | June 2008 | Substantially complete | Jrreid |
| Sage Hill, NW | July 2008 | Jrreid | |
| Aspen Woods, SW | June 2008 | Jrreid | |
| Springbank Hill, SW (includes Montreaux) | June 2008 | Jrreid | |
| West Springs, SW | June 2008 | Jrreid | |
| Cranston, SE | April 2010 | About 90% complete, some street without names. Some bike paths added. | MarcPro |
| Legacy, SE | |||
| Hotchkiss, SE | |||
| Walden, SE | |||
| Evanston, NW | |||
| Sage Hill, NW | |||
| Nolan Hill, NW | |||
| Redwood, NE | |||
| Skyview Ranch, NE | |||
| Cityscape, NE |
Buildings
There are 531,062 "private dwellings" in Calgary according to the 2021 census. OpenStreetMap contains only 136,708 building outlines (a ratio of 0.26) as of September 2024, with about 15,000 buildings added each year.
Building Canada 2020 was a community-led initiative with the vision to map all buildings in Canada on OpenStreetMap by the year 2020.
Post Offices
Only 136/606 (22%) post offices in Alberta have been mapped as of November of 2021.
A list of mapped and un-mapped post offices in the Northern Territories and Western provinces can be found here.
See WikiProject Canada Post for more information and tagging guidelines.
Calgary Transit
Wikiproject Calgary Transit aims to completely map out the stops and routes of buses and the CTrain.
Power Network Infrastructure
The Alberta power grid uses voltages different from the surrounding provinces and U.S. states. Power networks/Canada/Alberta is a Wikiproject dedicated to mapping of power-related infrastructure in Alberta.
Mapping Guidelines
See Canadian tagging guidelines and Alberta tagging guidelines.
The following guidelines are not authoritative. Consistency is good but do whatever makes sense.
Highways and provincial roads
See Alberta Tagging Guidelines.
Road tagging guidelines
Highways that run through the city are classified as described by Canada:Alberta#The_quick_guide. They should be tagged with their street name (e.g. highway=primary, ref=1A, name=Crowchild Trail NW).
- highway=motorway: Only roads which are freeways: free flowing and have no traffic lights. Have a speed limit of 90-110 km/h (presently Deerfoot Trail, Stoney Trail, Crowchild Trail, and Glenmore Trail)
- highway=primary: Only provincial highways (per Canada:Alberta#The_quick_guide) and related connectors. Presently these include:
- 1A - Crowchild Trail (W city limit to 16 Avenue NW)
- 2A - Macleod Trail (S city limit to Stoney Trail SE)
- 8 - Glenmore Trail (W city limit to Deerfoot Trail SE)
- 22X - Spruce Meadows Trail (W city limit to Macleod Trail SE)
- And these connectors:
- Crowchild Trail NW (24 Ave N to Memorial Drive) - connects 1A to 8
- Sarcee Trail SW - connects 1 to 8 (signed as a 1 to 2 connector)
- highway=secondary: Major arterial roads that are not numbered highways (e.g. Beddington Trail, Bow Trail, 52 Street SE, Country Hills Boulevard). These generally have speed limits of 60 km/h or higher.
- highway=tertiary: Smaller arterial roads, typically with speed limits of 50-60 km/h. These includes major collector roads in residential neighbourhoods.
- highway=residential: Most residential roads (any that aren't considered tertiary). Speed limits are 50 km/h or less.
- highway=unclassified: (sometimes called Minor) Roads that do not qualify as tertiary, but are in commercial or industrial areas. Includes much of the downtown core. Unclassified roads are roughly the same as residential roads, but are outside of residential areas.
- highway=service: Back lanes, driveways, parking aisles, and similar unnamed paved roads. Speed limits usually below 50 km/h (sometimes unofficial). (see service=* for usages)
- highway=track: Unnamed unpaved roads, not suitable for heavy travel. Fire access roads for parks or grasslands (if paved, upgrade to highway=service).
All roads with a classification above highway=service should be named with the street name and quadrant.
Walking and biking trails
Walking paths can be tagged with highway=footway, whether they are paved or gravel paths. If bicycles are allowed (as they normally are), add bicycle=yes. foot=yes is implied and doesn't need to be specified explicitly.
Informal trails/paths (ie. most paths on Nose Hill, unpaved/dirt trails between buildings on the U of C campus) should be tagged with highway=path and also surface=* (usually grass, gravel, dirt, etc.). If bicycles use these paths they can be tagged with bicycle=yes, but be careful about possible legal restrictions (e.g. on the unpaved paths on Nose Hill bicycles are disallowed, but are still a common sight).
Unpaved vehicle tracks (ie. the track running N-S on Nose Hill, along the 24 Street W alignment) should be tagged with highway=track and surface=* (usually surface=grass or surface=dirt)
A path which is exclusive to bicycles (ie. the "no pedestrian" paths along the rivers where bicycles and pedestrians are given separate paths, grade/barrier separated cycle ways) should be tagged with highway=cycleway. Bike lane along a street should be tagged according to the rules outlined in Bicycle
Steps anywhere (e.g. the stairways that access the river walk) should be tagged with highway=steps and incline=up (with the direction of the way pointing uphill).
Normal streets that form part of the cycle path network (ie. have the blue cycle signs) should be given the lcn=yes tag. If the name/reference is known lcn_ref=* should be added instead (as it implies lcn=yes).