Saskatchewan GPS Maps: Updates, Versions & Changes

Saskatchewan – VERSION 2023

Release Date: August 2023
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  • Enhanced Saskatchewan road names
  • Refined roads, trails, water features and misc
  • Named an additional 2,450 roads in Saskatchewan
  • 1000+ Lake’s depth
  • 120+ Public service & Transportation services including new gas stations

 

Saskatchewan – VERSION 2022

Release Date: August 2022

  • Refined the routable and non-routable road networks
    • Enhanced existing road names
    • Named an additional 1,050 roads
  • Added new icons for Visitor Centres, Resorts, and Retailers
  • Refined/Updated the Adventure/recreational, geographic and water, and public service points.
    • Added Backcountry Gates
    • Updated and enhanced Public Service Points of Interest
    • Updated and enhanced several Recreation and Geographic Points of Interest
  • Refined Urban area features

 

Saskatchewan – VERSION 2021

Release Date August 2021

  • Refined the routable and non-routable road networks
    • Modified over 2,280 km of old roads
  • Updated the ATV, Multi-Use Trail, Paddling Route & Snowmobile trail systems
    • Enhanced the Saskatchewan Snowmobile Trail system and added 725 km of trails
    • Modified over 1,220 km of Paddling Routes
  • Refined/Updated the Adventure/recreational, geographic and water, and public service points.
    • Enhanced the Park Points of Interest adding area and a new easier to see green and white symbol
    • Updated and enhanced Fishing Points of Interest including adding area, maximum depth and elevation to several hundred points
    • Updated and enhanced Hunting Points of Interest including adding or modifying species such as big game, game birds and other species to most hunting areas
    • Updated and enhanced Paddling Points of Interest including adding difficulty, River Grade and Class, Portage Length to hundreds of points
  • Significant modification to road, trail and other lines for better viewing
  • Modified fishing, hunting and park boundary lines and areas for better viewing
  • Refined Urban area features

 

Saskatchewan – VERSION 2020

Release Date August 2020

  • Now includes Night Mode
  • Enhanced Crown Land visibility through updated colouring
  • Addition of over 440 Hunting areas for specific species and Wildlife Areas
  • Refined the routable and non-routable road networks
  • Addition of over 660 points including our recreational, geographic and water, and public service points of interest. This includes the following additions to our Adventure POI: 
    • 48 Backroad Attractions
    • 443 Hunting Areas
    • 32 Parks (Provincial, Regional & Urban)


Saskatchewan – VERSION 2019

Release Date July 2019

  • Now includes Saskatchewan Agricultural Crown Land, Provincial and Community Pastures and Grazing Reserves
  • Enhanced our Routable Roads with 300+ km of improvements to our backroad network
  • Added close to 1,000 km of new Paddling Routes including close to 15 new access and portage locations
  • Enhanced 740+ new First Nations Reservations
  • Added close to 30 new Waterfalls
  • Added 25 new Backcountry and Canoe Campsites
  • Added close to 5 new Wildlife Viewing points of interest including Scenic Areas and Fire Towers
  • Enhanced our Provincial, National and Urban Parks including 10+ new Campsites, Day Use/Picnic Areas, Recreation Sites and Huts/Shelters
  • Added thousands of mile markers along Railway Corridors
  • Enhanced the Snowmobile Route cartography for improved display


Saskatchewan – VERSION 8.0

Release Date April, 2018

  • Enhanced our Saskatchewan parks and adventures
  • Added 1,530+ km of new Multi-Use Trails including the Trans Canada Trail with 140+ new trailheads
  • Added 415 km of new Paddling Routes including close to 30 new Paddling Access and Portage locations
  • Added 130+ km of new Motorized Trails for ATV’s and Snowmobiles including close to 160 new trailheads and staging areas
  • Added 2,000+ new Water Features
  • Added 220 new Fishing Lakes, Rivers and Streams including 175 new Boat Launches and Marinas
  • Added close to 115 new Wildlife Viewing points of interest including Scenic Areas and Fire Towers
  • Added 50+ new Provincial, National and Urban Parks including 155 new Campsites, Backcountry Campsites, Day Use/Picnic Areas, Recreation Sites and Huts/Shelters
  • Added 30+ new Winter Recreation adventures for cross-country skiing and snowshoeing
  • Added 10+ new Visitor Information locations
  • Enhanced cartography for improved display of Parks, Conservation Areas, Crown Lands, creeks and activity points of interest on GPS units


Saskatchewan – VERSION 7.0

Release Date November 2016

  • 1,000,000+ searchable Saskatchewan Township Range Sections and Quarter Section grid locations.  Includes Quarter Section boundaries.
  • New addition of Lake Bathymetry depth contours for close to 300 fishing lakes, rivers and streams.
  • New cross-country ski trail networks.
  • Close to 20,000 KM of improvements to our backroads network.
  • Close to 900 KM of additional motorized trails for ATV-OHVs and Snowmobiles.
  • 150+ KM of additional multi-use, cross-country ski and Trans-Canada Trails.  Includes 15 additional trailheads.
  • 250+ additional public services.


Saskatchewan – VERSION 6.0

Release Date November, 2015

  • Optimized oil and gas resource facility search ability.
  • 200+ km of additional motorized trails for ATV-OHVs.
  • Close to 125 km of additional paddling routes. Includes 50+ additional paddling routes and access locations.
  • 50+ additional fishing lakes, rivers and streams with stocking and species information. Includes 30+ additional boat launches.
  • 30+ additional wildlife viewing areas.

 

Canadian Prairies– VERSION 5.0

Release Date November, 2014
In addition to extensive resource data updates including industry routable roads and oil and gas facility points-of-interest for Alberta and Saskatchewan, we have added a wealth of multi-use and ATV/OHV trails, paddling routes, portages, winter access roads and more for all the Canadian Prairies provinces!

  • NEW! Oilfield Pipeline right-of-way corridors
  • Updated Reservoir and River sections
  • NEW! Tens of thousands of kms of Industry and Resource routable roads including Oilfield winter access roads
  • MORE! Resource and Oilfield road labels including private and leased roads
  • Up-to-date Urban Street Roads available including residential and Highways
  • NEW! Resource Kilometer posting
  • Thousands of kms of newly discovered multi-use Trails added
  • Thousands of km of ADDITIONAL Snowmobile Trails
  • Thousands of km of NEW ATV/OHV trails
  • ADDITIONAL Paddling routes & updated Portage trails
  • NEW! Hundreds of thousands of kilometers of Oilfield Pipeline corridors
  • NEW! Resource POI locations for Gas Plants, Battery sites, Compressor and Disposal facilities
  • Added Water POI features including Rapids, Rocks and Waterfalls


Saskatchewan – VERSION 5.0

Release Date November, 2014
In addition to extensive resource data updates including industry routable roads and oil and gas facility points-of-interest, we have added a wealth of multi-use and ATV/OHV trails, water features, hunting wildlife management zones and more!

  • NEW! Extensive oil & gas data including compressor stations, gas plants, battery sites, etc.
  • Newly discovered multi-use trails
  • New & updated ATV/OHV trails
  • Updated snowmobile trails, including provincial and community connectors
  • New and updated water features!
  • Updated road names, geometry
  • Updated backcountry and winter roads
  • Updated railway lines, with the addition of stations and operators!
  • NEW park boundaries and parks
  • Up-to-date hunting Wildlife Management Zones (WMZ)
  • Updated POI, including trailheads, campgrounds, attractions, boat launches, shelters, hunting points, and more!

 

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