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| April 4, 2013 |
The NSCAF and Data Locator server maintenance complete. Both the NSCAF and Data Locator server maintenance has been completed and both applications are back on line. Please notify geoinfo@gov.ns.ca if you encounter any issues with these applications. |
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| April 8, 2013 |
Nova Scotia High Precision Network (NSHNPN) monument data and sketches are now available through DataLocator. This new online service will provide users with greater access to coordinate data from your office and in the field. http://gis8.nsgc.gov.ns.ca/DataLocator31ASP/Search.aspx?typeofaction=login |
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| March 28, 2013 |
Application Disruption
DataLocator will go offline at 1:00PM on Thursday, April 4, 2013 and will be unavailable for a few hours due to maintenance. The maintenance is expected to take less than 5 hours. We are sorry for any inconvenience this outage may cause.
Please contact gisservice@gov.ns.ca for any assistance during that time. |
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| March 13, 2013 |
Job Opportunity
Geographic Information System (GIS) Officer 1A - 2C (Halifax) (Permanent) position with Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal |
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| February 15, 2013 |
Halifax police launch interactive crime map
To learn more click on the following link:http://maps.halifax.ca/crimemapping/ |
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| February 1, 2013 |
The Survey Monuments layer of DataLocator now includes Point Scale Factor attribute (“Point_SF”) information. The information can be accessed in the usual way by zooming in on the monument of interest and selecting it to reveal its attributes. http://gis8.nsgc.gov.ns.ca/DataLocator31ASP/Search.aspx?typeofaction=login |
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| January 10, 2013 |
Archives Bring Historic Aerial Views of Nova Scotia Communities Online. A new online exhibit by the Nova Scotia Archives will allow Nova Scotians to explore unique historic views of the province. Click on the following link to learn more: http://www.gov.ns.ca/nsarm/virtual/mccully/ |
| 2012 |
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| Oct 31, 2012 |
Nova Scotia Coordinate Referencing System Modernization Project - Vendor Consultation Process Meeting, Tuesday November 20, 2012. |
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| Sept 4, 2012 |
The Amherst Land Registration Office on Havelock Street Amherst has re-opened. |
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| Aug 30, 2012 |
Amherst Land Registration Office, closed until Tuesday, September 4th.
The Amherst Land Registration Office on Havelock Street Amherst will be closed until Tuesday, September 4th as a result of a fire in the vicinity of that building.
As a result, Land Registration staff will work from the Access Nova Scotia Office located at the Superstore plaza at 126 South Albion Street, Amherst. Document drop off should be reverted to that location until 4:30pm on Friday. Credit and debit card services are not available for in-person Land Registration transactions until the office on Havelock St reopens. Cash, cheques and money orders are accepted.
The Land Registration office on Havelock Street is expected to re-open on Tuesday, September 4th.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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| Aug 29, 2012 |
Amherst Land Registration Office Closed Today.
The Amherst Land Registration Office on Havelock Street Amherst will be closed on Wednesday, August 29th due to smoke damage caused by a fire in the vicinity of the office. The Amherst LRO will be closed again tomorrow so restoration specialists can prepare the site for re-opening on Thursday.
As a result, Land Registration staff will work from the Access Nova Scotia Office located at the Superstore plaza at 126 South Albion Street, Amherst. Document drop off should be reverted to that location until 4:30 pm on Wednesday. Credit and debit card services are not available for in-person Land Registration transactions until the office on Havelock St reopens. Cash, cheques and money orders are accepted.
The Land Registration office on Havelock Street is expected to re-open on Thursday.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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| Aug 28, 2012 |
Amherst GIS Operations Office (NSGC Building) -- Re-opened.
The Amherst GIS Operations Office (NSGC) building has re-opened this morning.
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| Aug 28, 2012 |
Amherst Land Registration Office closed today, Tuesday August 28th
The Amherst Land Registration Office will be closed today due to smoke damage. As a result, Land Registration staff will work from the Access Nova Scotia Office located at the Superstore plaza at 126 South Albion Street, Amherst. Document drop off should be reverted to that location for the remainder of the day. The Land Registration office on Havelock Street is expected to re-open tomorrow.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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| Aug 28, 2012 |
Job Opportunity -- Geologist 4 (Coastal Geologist) position with the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
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| Aug 27, 2012 |
Office Closures: Amherst Land Registration Office and Amherst GIS Operations Office (NSGC Building)
The Amherst Land Registration Office on Havelock Street Amherst will be closed today, Monday, August 27th due to a fire in the vicinity of the office. As a result, Land Registration staff will work from the Access Nova Scotia Office located at the Superstore plaza at 126 South Albion Street, Amherst. Document drop off should be reverted to that location for the remainder of the day. The Land Registration office on Havelock Street is expected to re-open tomorrow.
The Amherst GIS Operations Office (NSGC Building) will also be closed today and is expected to re-open tomorrow. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
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| Aug 23, 2012 |
Job Opportunity -- GIS IT Manager (Amherst or Halifax) |
| June 20, 2012 |
GeoNOVA Booth Prize Winners - Geomatics Atlantic 2012
We would like to thank all those folks that dropped by our GeoNOVA booth during the recent Geomatics Atlantic Conference and are pleased to announce the following booth prize winners:
- Mr. Colin Fisher, ALLNORTH Consultants Limited.
- Mr. Bernie Connors, Service New Brunswick
- Mr. Gary Pardy, Intregal Geomatics
- Ms. Emily MacDonald, Intregal Geomatics
Congratulations and have a great summer!!
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| April 25, 2012 |
Geomatics Atlantic 2012 at Saint Mary's University
The Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia (GANS) is pleased to announce Geomatics Atlantic 2012. The conference will take place from June 12-14, 2012 at Saint Mary's University Halifax, Nova Scotia. This year's theme is " Looking Back Moving Forward" which celebrates 25 years of successful geomatics conferences in Atlantic Canada. Keynote Speaker at this years event will be Dr. Robert Fournier, Science Columnist, CBC Radio Information Morning. For more details on the conference be sure and check out http://www.geomaticsatlantic.com/ |
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| April 23, 2012 |
As a follow up to the original 'Pothole Plotter' that was released solely in Nova Scotia last year. Landmark Geographic Solutions Inc is now releasing a new version for this years pothole season. This year's exciting new release has now been expanded to allow anyone in Canada and the United States to plot potholes. Check out the site which is located at http://www.geomapix.com/potholes/ |
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| April 17, 2012 |
Final Report Nova Scotia Coordinate Referencing System (NSCRS) Future Policy Strategy is now available on line. |
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| 2011 |
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| Dec 15, 2011 |
Job Opportunity -- Geologist III Position (Geoscience Information Services), Department of Natural Resources, Halifax |
| July 12, 2011 |
Spring into Geomatics, 2011! Presentations and Round Table Feedback Now Available. Thanks to all that attended and contributed to a very successful conference. |
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| Sept 7, 2011 |
Our Amazing World Exhibit First of Its Kind in Canada. The Museum of Natural History is showing the world in a whole new light. Our Amazing World, the museum's newest permanent exhibit uses a computer system, data sets and four projectors to display earth sciences information on a sphere about two metres in diameter. Click on http://museum.gov.ns.ca/mnhnew/en/home/whattoseedo/ouramazingworld.aspx to see photos, video and audio clips. |
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| July 14, 2011 |
Spring into Geomatics, 2011! Presentations and Round Table Feedback Now Available. Thanks to all that attended and contributed to a very successful conference. |
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| April 26, 2011 |
The Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre (NSGC) is in the process of upgrading its systems infrastructure. |
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| April 26, 2011 |
Spring into Geomatics 2011! Let registration begin. Our 1 Day Conference Sponsored by GeoNOVA will take place on May 31, 2011 at the Best Western Glengarry, in beautiful Truro, NS. |
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| March 18, 2011 |
Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre -- Nova Scotia 1:10,000 Topographic Data DVD now available |
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| March 17, 2011 |
Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre - Announces Topographic and Nova Scotia Road Network Updates |
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| 2010 |
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| November 26, 2010 |
Holiday Social |
| November 25, 2010 |
Santa Claus Parade |
| October 12, 2010 |
GeoNOVA Data Download Version 2 |
| September 16, 2010 |
Job Opportunity: Survey Technician 1A (Oxford) |
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| June 28, 2010 |
NSCAF Version 3 -- New URL |
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| June 3, 2010 |
Geomatics Atlantic 2010 Conference October 28th to 29th, 2010. Fredericton, New Brunswick. |
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| May 12, 2010 |
Unveiling of a Reproduction of an 18th Century Map of Acadie |
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| April 12, 2010 |
GIS Officer I-II - Geomatics Centre - Amherst (7 positions) - This competition is now closed |
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| April 8, 2010 |
Spring into Geomatics 2010 |
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| April 7, 2010 |
Computer Services Officer II (Programmer Analyst) - This competition is now closed |
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| March 25, 2010 |
Land Administration Officer (2 positions), Crown Land Information Management Centre - This competition is now closed |
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| February 19, 2010 |
Job Opportunity - GIS Officer 3 (Forest Spatial Database Specialist) (Shubenacadie) - This competition is now closed |
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| January 27, 2010 |
Canada Centre for Remote Sensing Releases a New Website: |
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| January 7, 2010 |
Lost, and found, in Lunenburg |
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| January 6, 2010 |
Notice of Commercial Licence Opportunity - GPS-C |
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| 2009 |
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| December 2, 2009 |
Workshop: Get Geography Working for You: Access and Use Authoritative Geospatial Framework Data |
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| November 25, 2009 |
Geography Awareness Day Prize Winners |
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| November 20, 2009 |
Geography Awareness Day, Prize Winners Announced -- November 25, 2009 |
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| November 9, 2009 |
Geography Awareness Day, November 18, 2009 |
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| October 7, 2009 |
Job Opportunity - Forest Technician 2A-III (Lawrencetown, Annapolis County - Competition now closed |
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| October 6, 2009 |
Geographic Information System (GIS) Research Assistant, Dalhousie University - Competition now closed
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| July 31, 2009 |
Department of Natural Resources - Mineral Resources Branch Release Notice for July 2009 [ - 117.19 kb] |
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| July 27, 2009 |
HRM Releases Google Transit |
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| July 23, 2009 |
GIS Data Mapping Specialist, Community Counts (Department of Finance) |
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| July 16, 2009 |
Nova Scotia NRN dataset update |
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| July 13, 2009 |
Job Opportunity - Geographic Information System (GIS) Officer, Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal |
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| July 9, 2009 |
Job Posting - Aquaculture GIS and Licensing Officer with NS Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture |
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| July 7, 2009 |
Nova Scotia Topographic Database Strategic Directions Workshops |
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| July 3, 2009 |
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat has established the Standard on Geospatial Data for the Government of Canada |
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| June 26, 2009 |
Job Opportunity - Director, Land Services Renewal, Department of Natural Resources |
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| June 18, 2009 |
Drafting & Illustration Technician III - Senior Property Mapper, Halifax Land Registration Office (Dartmouth) |
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| June 15, 2009 |
Job Opportunity - Manager of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Elections Nova Scotia (Halifax |
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| June 15, 2009 |
Nova Scotia Digital Orthophotomaps Now Available |
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| June 10, 2009 |
Job Opportunity - GIS Officer III - Geomatics Centre (Amherst) |
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| June 9, 2009 |
Director, Land Administration (Halifax) |
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| May 1, 2009 |
Geomatics Atlantic 2009 at Acadia University - Registration is Open |
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| April 17, 2009 |
Announcement of funding opportunity for publishing thematic data for decision-making in priority areas |
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| April 3, 2009 |
Geographic Information Systems Programmer/Analyst position with HRM |
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| April 2, 2009 |
Changes to the Land Registration Act |
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| April 2, 2009 |
Annapolis Digby Economic Development Agency: Test Drive the Community - Calgary Event - New Date: May 7, 2009 |
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| March 24, 2009 |
GeoConnections Program Extended to March 2011 |
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| March 23, 2009 |
Announcement of Funding Opportunity for publishing thematic data for decision-making |
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| March 18, 2009 |
Geomatics Atlantic 2009 - Call for Papers |
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| March 12 2009 |
Metadata Webinar: Land Information Ontario (LIO), Ministry of Natural Resources |
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| February 13, 2009 |
Community Counts Training Session - March 11, 2009 |
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| January 20, 2009 |
CIG Symposium at COGS, Feb 19th and 20th |
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| 2008 |
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| December 23, 2008 |
Education in the Geomatics Sector |
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| December 19, 2008 |
Nova Scotia Geopolitical Boundaries Project |
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| December 1, 2008 |
Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia Christmas Social - Dec 8th |
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| November 24, 2008 |
GeoConnections Releases CGDI Interoperability Pilot Demo Video |
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| October 8, 2008 |
Province Launches Online Wind Power Resource |
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| October 7, 2008 |
Aquaculture GIS and Licensing Officer position |
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| July 25, 2008 |
Job Opportunity: Manager Information Systems, EMO - Competition now closed |
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| July 9, 2008 |
New Community Counts Project on Crime Prevention |
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| June 20, 2008 |
Spring into Geomatics 2008 - Highlights |
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| June 18, 2008 |
Employment Opportunity - Instructor GIS Technician and Planning: Land Information Technology programs — NSCC |
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| April 29, 2008 |
Atlantic Association of Planning Technicians (AAPT), June 11, Lawrencetown Campus, NSCC |
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| April 25, 2008 |
Spring into Geomatics 2008!, May 27 at the Glengarry in Truro |
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| January 11, 2008 |
2007 Announcement of Opportunity for CGDI User Communities - Now Closed |
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| January 7, 2008 |
Planning Technician II (GIS Data Editor) with DNR in Truro - Now Closed |
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| 2007 |
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| December 19, 2007 |
Topographic Mapping Coordinator - NS Geomatics Centre |
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| December11, 2007 |
GANS Christmas Social - Dec 11th at Halifax Club |
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| November 27, 2007 |
GIS Technologist(s) job opportunity, HRM |
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| November 8, 2007 |
GeoNOVA Program Coordinator job opportunity - now closed |
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| November 6, 2007 |
Putting Dalhousie on the map - Dal presented with award of excellence |
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| November 5, 2007 |
Drafting and Illustration Technician job opportunity with Natural Resources |
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| October 18, 2007 |
Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia Lecture - Cart Tracks and Cartographers, Walking 18th Century Halifax, Danny Dyke |
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| October 17, 2007 |
Planning Technician job in HRM |
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| October 16, 2007 |
Petroleum Administrator (GIS Technician) |
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| October 15, 2007 |
Address Ranges, Street Names and Place Names now available in 2006-2007 edition of the Nova Scotia NRN dataset |
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| October 1, 2007 |
GIS Analyst/Planning Technologist II Position in CBRM - Closed |
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| September 18, 2007 |
Province Offers Wind Atlas, Encourages Local Growth |
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| August 13, 2007 |
Canada's First-ever Public Health Geomatics Conference |
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| June 18, 2007 |
GeoNOVA Launches new Geographic Data Discovery Tools |
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| June 12, 2007 |
2007 Announcement of Opportunity for CGDI User Communities |
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| May 11, 2007 |
GeoNOVA Announces Geographic Data Download application |
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| April 24, 2007 |
GeoNOVA Program Coordinator job opportunity |
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| April 30, 2007 |
SMU and HRM Reach For STARs With Largest Ever GPS Study |
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| April 24, 2007 |
Tourism Marketing Focuses Online |
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| April 13, 2007 |
Maritime Forestry Special Interest Group to meet on May 2, 2007, Truro |
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| April 5, 2007 |
Canada's New Government Provides Free Online Access to Digital Mapping Data
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| March 30, 2007 |
GIS Analyst - Temporary position, Dalhousie University |
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| March 26. 2007 |
Geomatics Association of Nova Scotia AGM on March 27, 2007 |
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| March 20. 2007 |
New GeoConnections Website under Construction |
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| March 16. 2007 |
Geomatics Atlantic 2007 |
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| March 16, 2007 |
Canadian Hydrographic Service and Nautical Data International Agreement |
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| January 11, 2007 |
GIS Job Opportunity with NS Dept. of Natural Resources – Now Closed |
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| 2006 |
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| October
25, 2006 |
GeoNOVA Coordinator Job Opportunity – Now Closed |
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| October
20, 2006 |
New
Digital Mapping Supports Public Safety |
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| October 13, 2006 |
Atlas
of Nova Scotia launched at GeoNOVA.ca |
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| September 29, 2006 |
Back Roads The Best - National guidebook series publishes Nova Scotia edition |
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| Sept. 18, 2006 |
Calgary surveying company opening Nova Scotia office |
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| Sept. 14, 2006 |
GeoNOVA Job Opportunity - Now Closed |
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| Sept. 1, 2006 |
GIS Opportunity with Community Counts - Now Closed |
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| August 29, 2006 |
GeoNOVA Program Analyst Job Opportunity - Now Closed |
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| August 29, 2006 |
Announcement of Opportunity for publishing thematic data for decision-making |
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| August 24, 2006 |
GeoConnections announcement for defining strategic and business plans for use of the CGDI and for defining user requirements for CGDI applications |
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| August 21, 2006 |
Atlases provide definitive guides to Nova Scotia |
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| August 10, 2006 |
Nova Scotia Community College's Centre of Geographic Science Receives Honors for Exceptional Work Using GIS Technology |
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| August 4, 2006 |
GeoConnections Announcement of Opportunity: Developing Regional Atlases for Decision Making |
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| August 4, 2006 |
GeoConnections Announcement of Opportunity for developing geospatial applications for decision making
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| July 12, 2006 |
New GeoConnections funding opportunities on the horizon |
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| July 4, 2006 |
GeoConnections Anticipated schedule of opportunities |
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| June 26, 2006 |
Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre updates popular Data Locator program |
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| June 9, 2006 |
GeoConnections Request for Information: Geoportal technologies
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| May 31, 2006 |
GeoConnections and GeoNOVA hosting Workshop at Geomatics Atlantic 2006
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| May 19, 2006 |
International Ocean Institute
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| May 18, 2006 |
Geomatics Atlantic 2006 announces Poster Gallery
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| April 25, 2006 |
Geomatics Atlantic 2006 - June 5 - 8th, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS
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| April 18, 2006 |
Canadian Survey Company Maps WWII Shipwrecks for UXO
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| February 8, 2006 |
Researcher monitors fitness via satellite
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| January 9, 2006 |
Nova Scotia road network update on GeoBase
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| January 3, 2006 |
Announcement of Opportunity for a joint Canada-USA spatial data infrastructure project
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| 2005 |
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| December 20, 2005 |
GeoNOVA Conference 2005 Summary |
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| December 13, 2005 |
The Open Geospatial Consortium's Web Map Service (WMS) Approved as International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Standard
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| December 5, 2005 |
Province GANS Christmas Social on December 8, 2005
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| November 21, 2005 |
Province Provides Mapping Data to Improve Emergency Services
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| November 16, 2005 |
James Boxall, Dalhousie GIS Centre on CBC Information Morning
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| November 15, 2005 |
Bert Seely, Nova Scotia Geomatics Centre on CBC Maritime Noon
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| November 8, 2005 |
GeoNOVA Announces Web Feature Services
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| November 4, 2005 |
GeoNOVA Announces Web Map Services
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| October 28, 2005 |
Announcement of Opportunity for developing CGDI applications for communities of practice
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| October 21, 2005 |
Geomatics still largely unknown - Valley Researchers Taking Science to the Streets |
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| October 21, 2005 |
Aliant invests over $100,000 for wireless research and development at NSCC
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| October 19, 2005 |
CBC Mainstreet - Rationalizing street names in the Halifax Regional Municipality (you need Real Player to open) |
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| October 19, 2005 |
Offenders to wear GPS bracelets |
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| October 18, 2005 |
Mining Matters for Nova Scotia 2005, Nov 9 - 10 |
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| October 17, 2005 |
The 12th Canadian Coastal Conference November 6-9, 2005 Dartmouth, Nova Scotia |
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| Sept 30, 2005 |
Conference Expands Knowledge of Geomatics Industry |
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| Sept 23, 2005 |
Cape Breton Island Pathways Association hosts GPS Workshop |
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| Sept 19, 2005 |
GeoNOVA Conference 2005 Agenda, October 3rd and 4th |
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| Sept 8, 2005 |
New Technology To Protect Province's Archeological Sites |
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| August 22, 2005 |
NovaLIS Land Development OfficeT to be Implemented in Horry County, South Carolina |
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| August 15, 2005 |
Davidson County, North Carolina Selects NovaLIS Land Development Office |
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| August 8, 2005 |
NovaLIS User Conference 2005 set for November in South Carolina
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| July 29, 2005 |
GeoNOVA Days Conference Announcement |
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| June 28, 2005 |
CARIS 2005 Mapping a Seamless Society |
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| June 28, 2005 |
ESRI Regional User Conference - Halifax |
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| June 15, 2005 |
Goochland County, Virginia Selects NovaLIS Land Development Office |
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| June 15, 2005 |
Users to drive second phase of GeoConnections |
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| June 14, 2005 |
26th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing: "Managing Resources & Monitoring our Environment" |
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| June 13, 2005 |
AGRG LiDAR Summer Institute 2005 |
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| June 8, 2005 |
ACZISC and GeoConnections build the Atlantic Coastal Information Portal |
| June 7, 2005 |
Applied Geomatics Research Group Summer 2005 Newsletter |
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| June 2, 2005 |
Anoka County, Minnesota Goes Live with NovaLIS Assessment Office |
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| June 1, 2005 |
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada's 4th National Geomatics Workshop |
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| May 18, 2005 |
Multnomah County, Oregon Selects NovaLIS Land Development Office |
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| May 3, 2005 |
ESRI Canada Limited bolsters presence in Atlantic-Canada |
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| May 2, 2005 |
New Application launched at GeoNOVA Portal! |
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| April 22, 2005 |
GANS Annual General meeting |
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| March 14, 2005 |
Hyperspectral Data International teams up with the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation |
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| 2004 |
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| January 5, 2004 |
GeoBase Initiative |
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| June 16, 2004 |
New Website Puts Data on the Map |
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| 2003 |
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GeoConnections Discovery Portal |
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