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Nova Scotia's Geographic Information Standards Manual
Table of Contents
Property Registration
Revision History
Chapter Summaries Onlyor
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Data Schema and Dictionary
Chapter 3: Spatial Reference System
Chapter 4: Data Quality and Accuracy
Chapter 5: Terminology
Glossary Search Engine
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Chapter 6: Feature Definition and Coding
Feature Dictionary Search Engine
Chapter 7: Linkage
Chapter 8: Data Analysis Tools and Communication
Chapter 9: Cartography
Chapter 10: Database Directory and Catalogue
Chapter 11: Data Interchange
Chapter 12: Data Security
Appendix A: Glossary of Terms and Terminology
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Appendix B: Feature Dictionary
Feature Dictionary Search Engine
Appendix C: Sources and Acknowledgements
Appendix D
Appendix E

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Geographic Information Nova Scotia - Standards Manual

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Chapter 4: Data Quality and Accuracy
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4.0	Introduction:

4.1	Topic: Accuracies and Resolutions of Nova Scotia's Base Map Series
4.1.1		Purpose:

4.1.2		Background:

		The Best of a Worst Case
		Accuracy - Relative vs Absolute
		Resolution
		Accuracy vs Resolution
		Horizontal and Vertical Measures
4.1.3		*Standard: Horizontal / Vertical Accuracy / Resolution for Nova Scotia Topographic Database Products*
4.1.4		*Standard: Horizontal / Vertical Accuracy / Resolution for Associated Products*
4.1.5		*Standard: Photo Scales for Nova Scotia Topographic Database Products*

4.2	Topic: Data Accuracy Guidelines for Thematic Data Producers
4.2.1		Purpose:
4.2.2		Background:
4.2.3		*Guideline: Data Accuracy for Thematic Data Producers*

4.3	Topic: Data Accuracy Statements for Digital Cartographic Products
4.3.1		Purpose:
4.3.2		Background:
4.3.3		*Standard: Accuracy of Digital Cartographic Products*

4.4	Topic: Standards for Digital Map Content
4.4.1		Purpose:
4.4.2		Background:
4.4.3		*Standard: Digital Map Content - 1:10 000 scale data*

4.5	Topic: Currency
4.5.1		Introduction:

4.6	Topic: Client Services - A feedback mechanism
4.6.1		Purpose:
4.6.2		Background:
4.6.3		*Guideline: Digital Geographic Data - Client Feedback Form*

4.7	Topic: Currency Documentation
4.7.1		Purpose:
4.7.2		Background:
4.7.3		*Standard: Metadata documentation*

4.8	Topic: Data Currency Statements for Digital and Cartographic Products
4.8.1		Purpose:
4.8.2		Background:
4.8.3		*Standard: Digital data currency*
4.8.4		*Standard: Cartographic Product data currency*

4.9	Topic: User Guides for Digital Products
4.9.1		Purpose:
4.9.2		Background:
4.9.3		*Standard: Primary Data Product Users Guides for Digital Products*
4.9.4		*Guideline: Primary Data Product Users Guides for Digital Products*
4.9.5		*Guideline: Thematic Data Product Users Guides for Digital Products*

4.10	Topic: Lineage
4.10.1		Introduction

4.11	Topic: Element Level Lineage
4.11.1		Purpose:
4.11.2		Background
4.11.3		*Guideline: Element Level Lineage Tagging*
4.11.4		*Standard: Element Level Lineage Information*

4.12	Topic: Theme and Data Set Lineage

4.13	Topic: Feature Cataloguing
4.13.1		Background:
4.13.2		*Standard: Feature Cataloguing*

4.14	Topic: Digital Feature Cataloguing
4.14.1		Background:
4.14.2		*Standard: Client Copies of Feature Catalogues*

4.15	Topic: Completeness
4.15.1		Introduction

4.16	Topic: Completeness - Spatial and Content
4.16.1		Purpose:
4.16.2		Background:
4.16.2.1		Spatial Completeness
4.16.2.2		*Standard: Spatial Completeness*
4.16.2.3		*Standard: Spatial Extent of Data*
4.16.2.4		Content Completeness
4.16.2.5		*Standard: Content Completeness*
4.16.3		*Guidelines: Spatial and Content Completeness Documentation*

4.17	Topic: Topology
4.17.1		Introduction:
4.17.2		Purpose:
4.17.3		Background:
4.17.4		*Standard: Topological Features vs Graphic Features*
4.17.5		*Standard: Levels of Topological Processing*
4.17.6		*Standard: Topological Structuring of NSTDB Data*
4.17.7		*Standard: Assignment of Attributes to Topologically Structured Data*

4.18	Topic: Source Identifiers
4.18.1		Purpose:
4.18.2		Background:
4.18.3		Rationale:

4.19	Topic: Land Use Classification and Coding
4.19.1		Introduction:
4.19.2		Framework and Process for establishing Land Use Codes
4.19.2.1		Purpose:
4.19.2.2		Background:
4.19.2.3		Framework:
4.19.2.4		*Standard: Land Use Classification System*
4.19.2.5		*Standard: Land Use Classification - Application and Dissemination*
4.19.2.6		*Standard: Land Use Classification - Change Application*

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