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What is the NSTDB used for?

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What is the NSTDB used for?

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The NSTDB is used as the foundation for many other products and services such as the The Nova Scotia Atlas; Coastal Mapping Series; Nova Scotia Property Database (NSPRD); Nova Scotia Civic Address File (NSCAF); Registry 2000; DOTPW Data Warehouse, Forestry Database; Federal GeoBase project –National Road Network (NRN) & National Hydrographic Network (NHN); the GeoPortal Initiative, etc. • What is the Nova Scotia Property Records Database (NSPRD)? The NSPRD consists of land ownership information (graphic and attribute). • What role does the Geomatics Centre play in maintaining NSPRD land ownership information? Digital data is submitted regularly from regional offices to the NSGC for quality control. Quality control routines are applied to the NSPRD graphic component, data is then posted to FTP site for uploading nightly to Property On-line. Data resides in Oracle at NSGC for web services application (e.g. Data Locator, NS Civic Address File etc.). NSPRD data (graphic & attributes) is av