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| Resource | Subject | Theme | Document Category | Download the file | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 NS Civic Addressing Strategy | Civic Addressing | Base | Business |
 Download (225.37 KB) |
February, 2010 |
| 2011 GNBC Principles & Procedures | Place Names | Base | Standards |
Download (1.61 MB) |
December, 2011 |
| 2014 Geomatics Strategy | GeoNOVA | Base | Business |
Download (1.83 MB) |
January, 2014 |
| Adding Civic Points Quick Guide | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (477.91 KB) |
June, 2013 |
| Adding New Street Names Quick Guide | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (426.36 KB) |
December, 2012 |
| Adding New Streets Quick Guide | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (449 KB) |
October, 2012 |
| Best Practice for the Maintenance of Spatial Civic Address Data | Civic Addressing | Base | Standards |
Download (1012.42 KB) |
June, 2015 |
| Best Practice Guidelines for the Addressing of Rails, Trails & Pipelines | Civic Addressing | Base | Standards |
Download (570.73 KB) |
March, 2008 |
| Best Practices for GNSS NRTK Service Providers 2016 | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (2.33 MB) |
March, 2016 |
| Civic Address User's Guide | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (1.2 MB) |
August, 2016 |
| Civic Address User's Guide - Appendix A "Civic Address File Schema" | Civic Addressing | Base | Specifications |
Download (1.71 MB) |
October, 2016 |
| Civic Address User's Guide - Appendix B "Nova Scotia Road Network (NSRN) " | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (619.78 KB) |
November, 2016 |
| Client & Stakeholder Engagement - NS Base Mapping | GeoNOVA | Base | Business |
Download (1000.14 KB) |
July, 2015 |
| Commission de toponymie du Canada - Plan stratégique 2014 | Place Names | Base | Business |
Download (265.95 KB) |
April, 2015 |
| Data Distribution Strategy | Client Services | Base | Business |
Download (56.95 KB) |
April, 1995 |
| Editing Civic Points Quick Guide | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (646.06 KB) |
January, 2000 |
| Editing Street Names Quick Guide | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (489.21 KB) |
June, 2013 |
| Enabling High Accuracy, Position Monitoring of Sable Island Through the Nova Scotia Coordinate Referencing System | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (1.98 MB) |
July, 2016 |
| Enabling Innovation Through Geodetic Technologies: A Provincial Perspective | Spatial Referencing | Location | Media |
Download (771.37 KB) |
December, 2016 |
| Geographical Names Board of Canada - Strategic Plan 2014 | Place Names | Base | Business |
Download (255.63 KB) |
April, 2015 |
| GeoPulse Spring 2015 | GeoNOVA | GeoAwareness | Media |
Download (820.06 KB) |
May, 2015 |
| GIS Official Price List | Client Services | Base | Business |
Download (401.74 KB) |
January, 2017 |
| Guide Sign Installation at Intersections (Civic) | Provincial Transportation (TIR) | Transportation | Standards |
Download (4.29 MB) |
August, 2012 |
| Large Scale Mapping Policy for Nova Scotia | Base Mapping | Base | Business |
Download (51.21 KB) |
March, 2015 |
| LIDAR Strategic Directions Report | Base Mapping | Base | Business |
Download (6.48 MB) |
March, 2015 |
| Location Based Address Standard (CIO) | Civic Addressing | Base | Business |
Download (383.05 KB) |
April, 2015 |
| Modernization of the NS Coordinate Referencing System Through Active Control Technology | Spatial Referencing | Location | Media |
Download (1.68 MB) |
February, 2016 |
| Nova Scotia Aerial Photography Acquisition (2014) | Base Mapping | Base | Guides |
Download (864.71 KB) |
May, 2015 |
| Nova Scotia Geographic Metadata Catalogue Profile | GeoNOVA | All Themes | Standards |
Download (329.91 KB) |
December, 2005 |
| Nova Scotia Land Use Classification System - User's Guide | GeoNOVA | All Themes | Standards |
Download (6.45 MB) |
March, 1997 |
| Nova Scotia Metadata Repository Abbreviated Profile | GeoNOVA | All Themes | Standards |
Download (201.91 KB) |
December, 2005 |
| NS Aerial Photography Collections Brochure | Base Mapping | Base | Media |
Download (2.08 MB) |
May, 2015 |
| NS Civic Address Finder Guide (Public) | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (686.36 KB) |
March, 2014 |
| NS Civic Address Finder Guide (Secure) | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (1007.59 KB) |
March, 2014 |
| NS Civic Addressing - FAQs | Civic Addressing | Base | FAQs |
Download (181.79 KB) |
April, 2015 |
| NS Civic Addressing Brochure | Civic Addressing | Base | Media |
Download (1.44 MB) |
April, 2015 |
| NS Geographic Name Change Application Form | Place Names | Base | Business |
Download (1.58 MB) |
July, 2016 |
| NS Geographic Naming Process | Place Names | Base | Business |
Download (215.79 KB) |
July, 2016 |
| NS Geospatial Infrastructure Theme Categories | GeoNOVA | All Themes | Business |
Download (122.1 KB) |
October, 2020 |
| NS Place Names Brochure | Place Names | Base | Media |
Download (3.32 MB) |
April, 2015 |
| NSCAF Download Utility Guide | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (1.49 MB) |
June, 2012 |
| NSCAF Web Editor Guide | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (1.83 MB) |
March, 2014 |
| NSCRS Update April 2016 | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (291.12 KB) |
April, 2016 |
| NSCRS Tech Support TS_0001: VERTICAL REFERENCE SYSTEMS | Spatial Referencing | Location | FAQs |
Download (462.82 KB) |
January, 2016 |
| NSCRS Tech Support TS_0002: NS ACTIVE CONTROL STATIONS NETWORK | Spatial Referencing | Location | FAQs |
Download (803.81 KB) |
January, 2016 |
| NSCRS Tech Support TS_0003: SABLE ISLAND | Spatial Referencing | Location | FAQs |
Download (514.69 KB) |
January, 2016 |
| NSCRS Tech Support TS_0004: PROJECTIONS IN NOVA SCOTIA | Spatial Referencing | Location | FAQs |
Download (547.3 KB) |
February, 2016 |
| NSCRS Tech Support TS_0005: DATA SUBMISSIONS | Spatial Referencing | Location | FAQs |
Download (617.17 KB) |
January, 2016 |
| NSCRS Tech Support TS_0006: SCALE FACTORS | Spatial Referencing | Location | FAQs |
Download (750.04 KB) |
September, 2016 |
| NSCRS Tech Support TS_0007: NAD83 (CSRS) | Spatial Referencing | Location | FAQs |
Download (792.76 KB) |
January, 2016 |
| NSCRS Tech Support TS_0008: GNSS PERFORMANCE ISSUES | Spatial Referencing | Location | FAQs |
Download (379.95 KB) |
January, 2016 |
| NSCRS Tech Support TS_0009: GRID SHIFT FILES | Spatial Referencing | Location | FAQs |
Download (498.23 KB) |
February, 2016 |
| NSCRS Tech Support TS_000_10: LOCALIZATION | Spatial Referencing | Location | FAQs |
Download (501.27 KB) |
February, 2016 |
| NSCRS Update December 2015 | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (200.53 KB) |
December, 2014 |
| NSCRS Update December 2016 | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (362.38 KB) |
December, 2016 |
| NSCRS Update January 2016 | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (149.93 KB) |
January, 2016 |
| NSCRS Update May 2016 | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (195.07 KB) |
May, 2016 |
| NSCRS Update October 2016 | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (307.12 KB) |
December, 2016 |
| NSCRS Updates - Spring 2021 | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (231.14 KB) |
July, 2021 |
| Orthophotography Brochure | Base Mapping | Base | Media |
Download (4.33 MB) |
March, 2015 |
| Policy Guide Signing at Intersections (Civic) | Provincial Transportation (TIR) | Transportation | Standards |
Download (40.11 KB) |
January, 2006 |
| Protection of Nova Scotia Control Monuments | Spatial Referencing | Location | Guides |
Download (294.1 KB) |
June, 2016 |
| Provincially Owned Road Naming Policy (Civic) | Provincial Transportation (TIR) | Transportation | Standards |
Download (28.38 KB) |
July, 2014 |
| Provincially Owned Road Naming Procedure (Civic) | Provincial Transportation (TIR) | Transportation | Standards |
Download (31.16 KB) |
April, 2011 |
| Provincially Owned Road Naming Process & Civic Addressing (2016) | Civic Addressing | Base | Business |
Download (1.05 MB) |
June, 2016 |
| Qualifications for Contributing to NSCRS Maintenance - Policy 2016 | Spatial Referencing | Location | Guides |
Download (289.54 KB) |
June, 2016 |
| Spatial Referencing Brochure | Spatial Referencing | Base | Media |
Download (2.25 MB) |
April, 2015 |
| Spatial Referencing FAQs | Spatial Referencing | Base | FAQs |
Download (416.49 KB) |
January, 2015 |
| Spatial Referencing Policy (2011) | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (898.08 KB) |
March, 2015 |
| Spatial Referencing Policy for Nova Scotia (1995) | Spatial Referencing | Base | Business |
Download (66.93 KB) |
April, 1995 |
| Spatial Referencing Policy for Nova Scotia (2006) | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (113.71 KB) |
March, 2015 |
| Street Name Change Quick Guide | Civic Addressing | Base | Guides |
Download (459.75 KB) |
January, 2013 |
| Technical Considerations for Modernizing Nova Scotia's Coordinate Referencing System | Spatial Referencing | Location | Media |
Download (847.23 KB) |
September, 2016 |
| The Evolution of Nova Scotia Coordinate Referencing Systems | Spatial Referencing | Location | Media |
Download (1.25 MB) |
February, 2016 |
| Topographic Base Mapping Brochure | Base Mapping | Base | Media |
Download (3.98 MB) |
April, 2015 |
| Topographic Mapping Strategy | Base Mapping | Base | Business |
Download (5.35 MB) |
March, 2015 |
| Who Provides NCACS NRTK Services in Nova Scotia | Spatial Referencing | Location | Business |
Download (298.7 KB) |
August, 2016 |
