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Appendix C

Sources Referenced
to Compile the
Geographic Information Nova Scotia - Standards Manual

Source List:

While efforts have been made to include a listing of all sources referenced during the compilation of this manual, personal correspondace has not been referenced. The following, however, is a partial list of sources referenced while compiling this manual:

Atlantic Coastal Zone Information Steering Committee, [n.d]. "Database Inventory". A questionnaire for a coastal zone database catalogue.

Bernhardsen, Tor., [1992] "Geographic Information Systems" VIAK IT and Norwegian Mapping Authority.

Black, H. C. [1968]. "Black's Law Dictionary", Forth Edition. St. Paul, Minnesota. West Publishing Co.

Canadian General Standards Board [1992]. "Canadian Geomatics Interchange Standards: Formal Definition." Catalogue number 171-GP-1P. Prepared by Surveys and Resource Mapping Branch, Ministry of Environment, Land and Parks British Columbia. December 1992.

Canadian General Standards Board [1993]. "Propsed Standard Survey Form for Collecting Directory Information Describing Geo-Referenced Data Sets." A working document for Committee on Geomatics Working Group #4.

Coleman, D. [n.d.] Personal Communications - part of a presentation entitled "Why Standards".

Dale, P.F. and J.D. McLaughlin [1989]. "Land Information Management". Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Energy, Mines and Resources Canada, [1992]. "National Topographic Data Base, Standards and Specifications" Second Edition V2.2. Surveys, Mapping and Remote Sensing Sector.

Environmental System Research Institute Inc., [1992]. "Understanding GIS, The ARC/INFO Method", Redlands CA.

Freedman, A. [1993]. "The Computer Glossary - Sixth Edition." American Management Association, New York, NY.

Horrne, G.J. [1993]. "Evaluation of Desktop Mapping Software." Reprot prepared for the national Sensitivity Mapping Program, Environment Canada, Conservation and Protection. June, 1993.

Krzanowski, R.M. et al. [1992]. "1991-1992 International GIS Sourcebook." GIS World.

Laserna, R. et al. [ 1990]. "Desktop Mapping for Planning and Strategic Decision Making." Strategic Mapping Inc., San Jose, CA.

Longley, D. and M. Shain, [1986]. "Dictionary of Information Technology - Second Edition." Oxford University Press, New York. By permission of Oxford University Press.

LRIS - Alberta, [1991]. "LRIS EDP Standards", Prepared by LRIS EDP Standards Task Group, Edmonton. November 27, 1991.

Microsoft Press, [1994]. "Computer Dictionary - Second Edition." Microsoft Press, Redmond, Washington.

Montgomery, G.E. and H.C. Schuch, [1993]. "GIS Data Conversion Handbook", GIS World Books, Fort Collins Colorado.

Province of Nova Scotia [1989]. "Corporate Land-Related Information Strategy For the Province of Nova Scotia." Project No. SCS 14-013. Prepared by UMA Group, September 1989.

Province of Nova Scotia [1991]. "Information technology Architecture Plan." Prepared by Management Board. Final Report, April 12, 1991.

Province of Nova Scotia, [1992]. "Nova Scotia Land Information Standards Study, Final Report." Prepared by DMR Group Inc. June 30, 1992.

Province of Nova Scotia, [1993]. "A Property Records Information Management Policy For The Province of Nova Scotia." Prepared by the Land Information Systems Advisory Committee, April 15, 1993.

Province of Nova Scotia, [1993]. "Nova Scotia Digital Index of Land Information Inventory Questionnaire." Prepared by LRIS, Amherst.

Robinson, A. et al. [1984]. "Elements of Cartography - Fifth Edition." John Wiley and Sons, New York.

State of Vermont, [1991]. "Policies, Standards, Guidelines and Procedures Handbook"

Acknowledgements:

The Nova Scotia Committee on Standards for Geographic Information wishes to acknowledge the following sources for providing a point of reference for compiling the terminology section of this manual:

Environmental Systems Research institute, Inc., Understanding GIS: The Arc/Info Method. Revision 6. Copyright 1990;1991;1992 Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

"Glossary." From GIS Data Conversion Handbook, Glenn E. Montgomery and Harold C. Schuch. Copyright 1993 by GIS World, Inc. Fort Collins, CO and UGC Consulting, Denver, CO and Toronto, Canada. Reproduced by permission.

Reprinted with permission of the publisher from THE COMPUTER GLOSSARY: THE COMPLETE ILLUSTRATED DESK REFERENCE, 6th EDITION by Alan Freedman, 1993 The Computer Language Company Inc. Published by AMACOM, a Division of the American Management Association. All rights reserved.

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