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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 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  (139.44 KB) | December, 2024 | 
| NS Geographic Naming Process | Place Names | Base | Business |  Download  (560.7 KB) | August, 2023 | 
| 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 | 
 
						
