Township Canada for Energy
Every well in western Canada has an address — not a postal code, but a legal land description tied to the Dominion Land Survey grid. The Alberta Energy Regulator tracks 672,880+ wells by LSD. Pipeline permits reference section crossings. CCS tenure applications list quarter sections by formation extent. If you work in oil and gas operations, carbon capture, or renewable energy development, legal land descriptions are part of every filing, every field dispatch, and every land record you touch.
The Energy Bundle puts the data layers energy professionals need on one map — AER wells, CCS pore space tenure boundaries, and the full DLS survey grid — alongside batch conversion, route planning, and export tools that turn legal land descriptions into coordinates your field crews, GIS systems, and regulatory submissions require.
The Problem Energy Teams Face
Scattered data, manual conversions
A land technician preparing a regulatory filing opens the AER's OneStop portal to find well locations, a separate DLS viewer to verify quarter sections, and a spreadsheet to manually convert LSDs to GPS coordinates. Three systems, three tabs, no shared context. If the filing covers 200 wells, the conversions alone take most of a day.
Errors that cost field time
A wrong meridian moves a well location by hundreds of kilometres. A transposed range number puts coordinates in a different township. These errors happen when conversions are done under time pressure — and they cost field crews entire days of wasted mobilization when the destination turns out to be an empty quarter section eight kilometres from where they should be.
No single view of energy assets on the DLS grid
Operators need to see wells, tenure boundaries, and survey grids in one view for field planning, regulatory work, and project coordination. Instead, they cross-reference multiple provincial databases and convert locations between systems by hand.
What's in the Energy Bundle
AER Wells Layer
672,880+ Alberta Energy Regulator licensed wells displayed as an interactive map layer on the DLS grid with satellite imagery. Search by UWI (e.g., 100/06-32-048-07W5/00) or by LSD — the well appears as a pin against the survey grid boundary.
Use it for surface lease review, field planning ahead of site visits, and verifying well locations before AER Directive 056 filings. An API endpoint is available for programmatic well lookup by UWI or LSD — useful for enriching permit tables and building internal field planning tools.
CCS / Pore Space Tenure Layer
AER-licensed subsurface pore space tenure zone boundaries overlaid on the DLS grid. Identify which quarter sections fall within or adjacent to a licensed CCS tenure area without cross-referencing the AER registry separately.
For carbon capture developers preparing applications ahead of the AER CCS tenure evaluation window, this layer shows existing licensed zones and potential overlaps before submission. An API endpoint returns GeoJSON boundaries for tenure zones by LSD or quarter section — ready for the shapefiles required in AER CCS submission packages.
See how to identify quarter sections in CCS tenure zones for a step-by-step workflow.
Batch Conversion and Export
Upload a CSV of well locations — hundreds or thousands of LSDs — and get GPS coordinates back in seconds. The converter flags entries that do not resolve, catching data errors before they reach a regulator or a field crew.
Download results as CSV, KML, Shapefile, GeoJSON, DXF, or PDF. That covers the ArcGIS analyst, the AutoCAD engineer, the land technician in Excel, and the regulatory coordinator assembling a Directive 013 submission package.
A pipeline company converting 2,000 well locations for an AER filing gets coordinates for every row in under 30 seconds. The same job done manually takes days. See the batch conversion guide for step-by-step instructions.
Route Planner for Field Crews
Enter wellsite or facility LSDs as stops. The route planner converts each to GPS coordinates, calculates the most efficient driving sequence across township and range roads, and generates turn-by-turn directions. Hand off to Google Maps on mobile for real-time navigation.
An inspector planning 12 stops across three townships in Range 5-7 W5M cuts 45 minutes of backtracking compared to an unoptimized order — time spent on sites instead of roads.
API for Internal Systems
RESTful API with Search, Autocomplete, Batch, and Maps endpoints. Connect directly to SCADA platforms, production databases, and GIS applications. Automate LSD-to-GPS conversions instead of running them by hand.
The Maps API serves vector tiles for the DLS survey grid — township, section, quarter section, and LSD layers — for embedding the grid in custom applications built with Mapbox, MapLibre, Leaflet, or OpenLayers.
Team Management
Centralized billing across your organization with role-based access control. Admin, Member, and Developer roles. SSO via Google and Microsoft. Add seats as your team grows — no minimum seat requirement.
Coming Soon
- Pipeline ROW layer — Pipeline right-of-way boundaries on the DLS grid, sourced from AER pipeline data
- Facility locations — AER-licensed compressor stations, batteries, and processing plants searchable by LSD
- Mineral dispositions — Crown mineral rights dispositions by quarter section
- Asset history — Well operational history including drilling, completions, workovers, and abandonments
Pricing
Business + Energy Bundle: $119 CAD/seat/mo
Everything in the Business plan — unlimited searches, batch conversion, all export formats, route planner, team management, API access, mobile app, priority support, and SLA — plus the energy data layers: AER Wells, CCS Tenure, and upcoming pipeline and facility data.
Single users can start with a standard Business plan ($40/seat/mo) and add the Energy Bundle when they need the data layers. Organizations with 10+ seats qualify for custom pricing.
See full plan comparison.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the Energy Bundle add to the standard Business plan?
The Energy Bundle adds energy-specific data layers — AER wells, CCS pore space tenure boundaries, and upcoming pipeline and facility overlays — on top of the full Business plan. Business without the bundle gives you batch conversion, export, route planning, teams, and API access, but not the energy data layers on the map.
Does the Energy Bundle include API access to wells and CCS data?
Yes. AER Wells and CCS Tenure layers are accessible via API endpoints for programmatic lookup by UWI, LSD, or quarter section. API access is included in the Business tier.
What export formats are available for well and tenure data?
All Business-tier export formats: CSV, KML, Shapefile, GeoJSON, DXF, and PDF.
Is there a minimum number of seats?
No. The Energy Bundle works on a single seat. Add team members as needed with centralized billing.
What survey systems does it support?
DLS (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba), NTS (British Columbia), Geographic Townships (Ontario), and UWI. The energy data layers cover Alberta. The conversion tools cover all supported provinces.
Do you offer a trial?
All plans include a 30-day money back guarantee. Contact sales for a walkthrough.
Start Converting Well Locations
Start with a single seat. Add your team when you are ready. 30-day money back guarantee.