What is the Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre (NSGC)?
The Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre (NSGC), located in Amherst, provides the base mapping support program for the Province of Nova Scotia. The NSGC is the distribution center for all Geographic Information Services’ corporate data sets and value added products. We also contract-out for mapping services, on average, $1.5m annually. • What are the Province’s Corporate Geographic Data Sets? Corporate data is defined as any data which is or could be used by more than one agency. Therefore any person or agency can generate corporate data. In the case of Geographic Information Services’ corporate databases for the Province of Nova Scotia include the Aerial Photography Database, Nova Scotia Coordinate Referencing System (NSCRS), Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB), and the Nova Scotia Property Records Database (NSPRD). • What goes on at NSGC? The Geomatics Centre is responsible for the production, maintenance & quality control of Corporate Geographic Databases and other related mapping init
