GIS and Cartography Section, Surveys Division, Land Services Branch, Natural Resources, Nova Scotia, Canada
Data Center Description
More Information: http://www.gov.ns.ca/natr/land/surveys/surveys.htm
Mission: To build a better future for Nova Scotians through responsible
natural resource management.
The Surveys Division is responsible for providing coordination and leadership
for the Department's land surveying program; establishing, maintaining, and
monitoring land surveying standards and also equipment standards;
administering orders of survey, boundary line maintenance contracts and
distribution of surveying information; preparing administrative plans and
related cartography; providing digital cadastral input to the forest resources
G.I.S.; maintaining a registry of Crown lands for all departments and agencies;
maintaining and researching records, maps, and title files for interests in
Crown lands; and documenting non-resident land holdings.
