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2010 NS Civic Addressing Strategy Civic Addressing Base Business Download (225.37 KB)
2011 GNBC Principles & Procedures Place Names Base Standards Download (1.61 MB)
2014 Geomatics Strategy GeoNOVA Base Business Download (1.83 MB)
Adding Civic Points Quick Guide Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (477.91 KB)
Adding New Street Names Quick Guide Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (426.36 KB)
Adding New Streets Quick Guide Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (449 KB)
Best Practice for the Maintenance of Spatial Civic Address Data Civic Addressing Base Standards Download (1012.42 KB)
Best Practice Guidelines for the Addressing of Rails, Trails & Pipelines Civic Addressing Base Standards Download (570.73 KB)
Best Practices for GNSS NRTK Service Providers 2016 Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (2.33 MB)
Civic Address User's Guide Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (1.2 MB)
Civic Address User's Guide - Appendix A "Civic Address File Schema" Civic Addressing Base Specifications Download (1.71 MB)
Civic Address User's Guide - Appendix B "Nova Scotia Road Network (NSRN) " Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (619.78 KB)
Client & Stakeholder Engagement - NS Base Mapping GeoNOVA Base Business Download (1000.14 KB)
Commission de toponymie du Canada - Plan stratégique 2014 Place Names Base Business Download (265.95 KB)
Data Distribution Strategy Client Services Base Business Download (56.95 KB)
Editing Civic Points Quick Guide Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (646.06 KB)
Editing Street Names Quick Guide Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (489.21 KB)
Enabling High Accuracy, Position Monitoring of Sable Island Through the Nova Scotia Coordinate Referencing System Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (1.98 MB)
Enabling Innovation Through Geodetic Technologies: A Provincial Perspective Spatial Referencing Location Media Download (771.37 KB)
Geographical Names Board of Canada - Strategic Plan 2014 Place Names Base Business Download (255.63 KB)
GeoPulse Spring 2015 GeoNOVA GeoAwareness Media Download (820.06 KB)
GIS Official Price List Client Services Base Business Download (198.39 KB)
Guide Sign Installation at Intersections (Civic) Provincial Transportation (TIR) Transportation Standards Download (4.29 MB)
Large Scale Mapping Policy for Nova Scotia Base Mapping Base Business Download (51.21 KB)
LIDAR Strategic Directions Report Base Mapping Base Business Download (6.48 MB)
Location Based Address Standard (CIO) Civic Addressing Base Business Download (383.05 KB)
Modernization of the NS Coordinate Referencing System Through Active Control Technology Spatial Referencing Location Media Download (1.68 MB)
Nova Scotia Geographic Metadata Catalogue Profile GeoNOVA All Themes Standards Download (329.91 KB)
Nova Scotia Land Use Classification System - User's Guide GeoNOVA All Themes Standards Download (6.45 MB)
Nova Scotia Metadata Repository - Abbreviated Profile GeoNOVA All Themes Standards Download (201.91 KB)
NS Aerial Photography Collections Brochure Base Mapping Base Media Download (2.08 MB)
NS Civic Address Finder Guide (Public) Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (686.36 KB)
NS Civic Address Finder Guide (Secure) Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (1007.59 KB)
NS Civic Addressing - FAQs Civic Addressing Base FAQs Download (245.44 KB)
NS Civic Addressing Brochure Civic Addressing Base Media Download (1.44 MB)
NS Geographic Name Change Application Form Place Names Base Business Download (139.44 KB)
NS Geographic Naming Process Place Names Base Business Download (575.6 KB)
NS Geospatial Infrastructure Theme Categories GeoNOVA All Themes Business Download (122.1 KB)
NS Place Names Brochure Place Names Base Media Download (3.32 MB)
NSCAF Download Utility Guide Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (1.49 MB)
NSCAF Web Editor Guide Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (1.83 MB)
NSCRS Update April 2016 Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (291.12 KB)
NSCRS Tech Support TS_000_10: LOCALIZATION Spatial Referencing Location FAQs Download (501.27 KB)
NSCRS Tech Support TS_0001: VERTICAL REFERENCE SYSTEMS Spatial Referencing Location FAQs Download (462.82 KB)
NSCRS Tech Support TS_0002: NS ACTIVE CONTROL STATIONS NETWORK Spatial Referencing Location FAQs Download (803.81 KB)
NSCRS Tech Support TS_0003: SABLE ISLAND Spatial Referencing Location FAQs Download (514.69 KB)
NSCRS Tech Support TS_0004: PROJECTIONS IN NOVA SCOTIA Spatial Referencing Location FAQs Download (547.3 KB)
NSCRS Tech Support TS_0005: DATA SUBMISSIONS Spatial Referencing Location FAQs Download (617.17 KB)
NSCRS Tech Support TS_0006: SCALE FACTORS Spatial Referencing Location FAQs Download (750.04 KB)
NSCRS Tech Support TS_0007: NAD83 (CSRS) Spatial Referencing Location FAQs Download (792.76 KB)
NSCRS Tech Support TS_0008: GNSS PERFORMANCE ISSUES Spatial Referencing Location FAQs Download (379.95 KB)
NSCRS Tech Support TS_0009: GRID SHIFT FILES Spatial Referencing Location FAQs Download (498.23 KB)
NSCRS Update December 2015 Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (200.53 KB)
NSCRS Update December 2016 Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (362.38 KB)
NSCRS Update January 2016 Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (149.93 KB)
NSCRS Update May 2016 Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (195.07 KB)
NSCRS Update October 2016 Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (307.12 KB)
NSCRS Updates - Spring 2021 Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (231.14 KB)
Orthophotography Brochure Base Mapping Base Media Download (4.33 MB)
Policy Guide Signing at Intersections (Civic) Provincial Transportation (TIR) Transportation Standards Download (40.11 KB)
Protection of Nova Scotia Control Monuments Spatial Referencing Location Guides Download (294.1 KB)
Provincially Owned Road Naming Policy (Civic) Provincial Transportation (TIR) Transportation Standards Download (28.38 KB)
Provincially Owned Road Naming Procedure (Civic) Provincial Transportation (TIR) Transportation Standards Download (31.16 KB)
Provincially Owned Road Naming Process & Civic Addressing (2016) Civic Addressing Base Business Download (1.05 MB)
Qualifications for Contributing to NSCRS Maintenance - Policy 2016 Spatial Referencing Location Guides Download (289.54 KB)
Spatial Referencing Brochure Spatial Referencing Base Media Download (2.25 MB)
Spatial Referencing FAQs Spatial Referencing Base FAQs Download (416.49 KB)
Spatial Referencing Policy (2011) Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (898.08 KB)
Spatial Referencing Policy for Nova Scotia (1995) Spatial Referencing Base Business Download (66.93 KB)
Spatial Referencing Policy for Nova Scotia (2006) Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (113.71 KB)
Street Name Change Quick Guide Civic Addressing Base Guides Download (459.75 KB)
Technical Considerations for Modernizing Nova Scotia's Coordinate Referencing System Spatial Referencing Location Media Download (847.23 KB)
The Evolution of Nova Scotia Coordinate Referencing Systems Spatial Referencing Location Media Download (1.25 MB)
Topographic Base Mapping Brochure Base Mapping Base Media Download (3.98 MB)
Topographic Mapping Strategy Base Mapping Base Business Download (5.35 MB)
Who Provides NCACS NRTK Services in Nova Scotia Spatial Referencing Location Business Download (298.7 KB)