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The NSCRS has released a Spring 2021 newsletter. Find

A new engagement hub for Nova Scotians to contribute opinions and feedback about place name changes in our province has been released. The names on our maps are important because they help shape our identity by combining heritage, culture, and

Recognizing Women with Canadian Place Names is an interactive map, developed by the Geographical Names Board of Canada (GNBC), that shows geographical features such as lakes, rivers, mountains, islands, parks, and other locations that

The Province is releasing new LiDAR data that covers the majority of Central, Western and South West Nova Scotia including the Minas Basin and Sable Island. This LiDAR data includes LAZ point cloud data and various LiDAR derived products.

The Province is releasing new LiDAR data that covers select parts of Cape Breton Island and Central Nova Scotia. This LiDAR data includes LAS point cloud data and various LiDAR derived products that are available free of charge and available with

The Nova Scotia Hydrographic Network (NSHN) geographic dataset is the authoritative source for Nova Scotia’s inland surface water. The NSHN is now available under an open data license and the shapefile may be downloaded at

The all new Nova Scotia Atlas, seventh edition is now available. The Nova Scotia Atlas contains
rich, detailed maps of Nova Scotia identifying boundaries, lakes, rivers, roads, parks, beaches,
and much more! This new edition includes the

The popular DataLocator – Indexing System has been updated with a more

In 2018 Government collected photography over Pictou County, Antigonish County & the northern portion of Guysborough County and it is now