Documents

The Policy and Standards Section of Land Information Services manages the development and implementation of policies and standards for the collection, maintenance and distribution the provincial land information system (GeoNOVA).

Please note: Our policies are provided here in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), which uses the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader. If you do not have the Reader, you can download the program free of charge.

Policies

• A Spatial Referencing Policy for the Province of Nova Scotia (2006)

• Large Scale Mapping Policy for the Province of Nova Scotia (2005)

• A Coordinate Referencing Policy for the Province of Nova Scotia (1995)

• A Property Records Information Management Policy For The Province Of Nova Scotia (1993)

• A Policy for the Distribution and Pricing of Government Owned Geographic Information for the Province of Nova Scotia (1995)

• A Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB) Management Policy (1995)

Standards

• LiDAR Data Acquisition and Quality Assurance Specifications - April, 11, 2012 - On-Line

• Geographic Information Nova Scotia - Standards Manual - On-Line
  
  
• Land Use Classification System Users Guide - On-Line

Strategies

• Nova Scotia Topographic Database Feature Review Report - April 11, 2012
• LiDAR Strategic Directions Report March 31, 2012
• Nova Scotia Coordinate Referencing System (NSCRS) Future Policy Strategy, November 17, 2011
• Strategic Directions Analysis of the Nova
  Scotia Topographic Database