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On March 23, NSCC-COGS is holding an Industry Expo in Lawrencetown, NS.  Geographic Information Services, Department of Internal Services will be onsite to provide students with information about geomatics in action in the provincial

Ever wonder how a place gets its name? The Province recently honored the memory of Sergeant Kenneth James Power, an RCAF search and rescue techician, by naming a brook in Cape Breton after him. The Commemorative Naming Ceremony took place on June

The College of Geographic Sciences recently hosted its Student Awards Banquet. GeoNOVA sponsored awards were presented to Natasha Fee (James F. Doig Award) and Margie

Proceedings of the 9th Symposium of the International Society for Digital Earth (ISDE) are now available online. GeoNOVA's contribution to the proceedings can be found here:

Lidar mapping in the Province is now available under an open license via Nova Scotia's Open Data Portal. Lidar (Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging) is described as an optical remote sensing

Nova Scotia government  has streamlined the way it seeks input about Harvesting Plans on Crown Land. The public will no longer have to download

The Nova Scotia Provincial Government has launched a state-of-the-art positioning system that provides highly accurate, real-time locations down to the millimetre level.   

Forty, permanent GPS stations have been strategically

Nova Scotians now have free, easy access to a wealth of government data via Nova Scotia Government’s Open Data Portal. The new portal offers more than 130 government data collections that are available to

Congratulations to Paul Illsley, Nova Scotia cartographer, on his newly released interactive online map ExploreNS.ca,

Come join us in our GIS day celebration and discover how the theme of Innovative Geography is being applied across the Provincial Government. Our GIS Day Event Information:

• Date - Wednesday, November 18