Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB), the buildings theme layer is updated and maintained from aerial photography. Buildings over 30m (one side) are collected as polygons, all others as points. Selected buildings are inspected in the field or interpreted from aerial photography and classified according to use such as hospitals, schools, police stations or community centres. Building feature codes and their descriptions are provided with the download in a NSTDB feature code table. Data download also available via GeoNova: https://nsgi.novascotia.ca/WSF_DDS/DDS.svc/DownloadFile?tkey=fhrTtdnDvfytwLz6&id=20 Map service view also available via GeoNova: https://nsgiwa.novascotia.ca/arcgis/rest/services/BASE/BASE_NSTDB_10k_Buildings_UT83/MapServer?f=jsapi
- Publisher - Current Organization Name: Government of Nova Scotia
- Licence: Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
Data and Resources
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) (CSV)CSVEnglish dataset CSV
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) (CSV Excel)CSVEnglish dataset CSV
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) (CSV Excel (EU))CSVEnglish dataset CSV
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) (Geojson)GEOJSONEnglish dataset GEOJSON
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Nova Scotia original metadata (https://data.novascotia.ca)HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) (TSV)HTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) - Advanced ViewHTMLEnglish dataset HTML
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) (KML)KMLEnglish dataset KML
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) (KMZ)KMZEnglish dataset KMZ
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) (RSS)RSSEnglish dataset RSS
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) (Shapefile)SHPEnglish dataset SHP
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) (RDF)XMLEnglish dataset XML
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Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Buildings (Poly Layer) (XML)XMLEnglish dataset XML