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NS Civic Address Finder (Public)

User Guide

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NS CIVIC ADDRESS FINDER (PUBLIC) USER GUIDE

Nova Scotia Department Service Nova Scotia and Internal Services Geomatics Information Services Division

Feb 2020

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Table of Contents Table of Contents ............................................................................................................................................................ i Introduction.................................................................................................................................................................... 1 What’s New .................................................................................................................................................................... 2 Open the NS Civic Address Finder .................................................................................................................................. 3

Step 1 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Step 2 ........................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Screen Overview ............................................................................................................................................................. 3 Navigation ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3

Navigation Short Cuts .................................................................................................................................................. 4 Layers ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4 Civic Addressing .............................................................................................................................................................. 4 Property .......................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Delimiter Boundaries...................................................................................................................................................... 5 10K Orthos ...................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Map Tools ....................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Change Basemap ......................................................................................................................................................... 5 Select ........................................................................................................................................................................... 5 Previous Extent ............................................................................................................................................................ 6 Next Extent .................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Search .......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Measure ....................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Print ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6 Clear Map .................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Legend ......................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Layer List ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6 Help ............................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Search ............................................................................................................................................................................. 7 Measure Tool ............................................................................................................................................................... 11

Measure Distance ...................................................................................................................................................... 11 Measure Area ............................................................................................................................................................ 11 Measure Location ...................................................................................................................................................... 11

Print tool ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Legend .......................................................................................................................................................................... 12

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Introduction This document explains how to view maps and related data for civic addresses, roads, communities, etc. in Nova Scotia using the online Nova Scotia Civic Address Finder Public Viewer. These datasets reside in the Nova Scotia Civic Address File (NSCAF) that is maintained by Department of Service Nova Scotian and Internal Services Geographic Information Services Division in cooperation with its partners, including municipalities, First Nations communities, Emergency Management Office (EMO), and Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (TIR). The data is accessed over the Internet using three applications - the NSCAF Web Editor, the NS Civic Address Finder (Secure) viewer, and the NS Civic Address Finder Public viewer. This guide explains the use of the NS Civic Address Finder Public viewer. This Address Finder provides a simple interface that is accessible to a broad audience but provides less information than what is shown in both the secure viewer and the NSCAF Web Editor. The secure viewer includes additional property information, data related to the type of civic point, and transactional information. The NS Civic Address Finder Public viewer has some similarity to Google Maps, Bing Maps, Yahoo! Maps, and other web-based mapping tools. However, the NS Civic Address Finder Public viewer is more comprehensive, up to date, and more accurate than other available services. It is also integrated with the Nova Scotia Property Records Database (NSPRD) to show property boundaries. The data projection of the map is NAD83(CSRS)v3 UTM Zone 20N, GCVD28. The downloadable data is in NAD83(CSRS)v3, UTM Zone 20N, GCVD28 or NAD83(CSRS)v6 (epoch 2010) UTM Zone 20N, GCVD2013. Questions and/or comments about the Nova Scotia Civic Address Finder Public Viewer may be submitted directly by clicking the Feedback link.

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What’s New The updated Civic Address Viewer has a new modern look and feel which users should be familiar with. It is no longer dependent on a single web browser – it works with the user’s web browser of choice. • New layers and group layers have been added:

o Highway Distance Markers o Nova Scotia GeoNames o Delimiter Boundaries

• Game management Areas • National Historic Sites • Indian Reserves • Military Reserves • Parks and Protected Ares

o Orthophotos • Some datasets are downloadable:

o Civic Addressing (civics addresses, roads, communities) o Nova Scotia GeoNames

• The update contains new functions: o Two options for changing the base map o You can now Search by:

• GeoNames ▪ Towns ▪ Villages ▪ Communities ▪ Lakes, etc.

• Location: ▪ XY ▪ Decimal Degrees ▪ Degrees Minutes Seconds

o Additional Measure tools: • Measure by distance • Measure by area • Measure by location (LAT/LONG)

• The update also contains: o Legend o Layer List

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Open the NS Civic Address Finder Step 1 Connect to the Internet by double clicking on the browser of your choice on your Windows desktop, task bar, or Start Menu

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Step 2 Specify the URL of NS Civic Address Finder by typing (https://nsgi.novascotia.ca/civic-address-finder/) in the address window. The Nova Scotia Civic Address Finder (Public) page will appear.

Screen Overview The image below shows the main components of the Nova Scotia Civic Address Finder Public Viewer and identifies the key functions and features available to the user.

Navigation Zoom In/Out will incrementally zoom the map in or out with each click.

Find My Location will place a marker pin on the map at the user's current location. This functionality takes advantage of HTML geolocation. When running on desktops, it uses the browser on the network to detect the location. When running on mobile devices, by default, it uses GPS on the device to determine the user's

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location. The accuracy of the location varies based on the type of browser, device and network.

Default extent sets the map to the default extent (returns to the full map of NS and centres the map in the window.)

Navigation Short Cuts To Pan the map: Click and drag the left mouse button and drag the map to a new place. Zoom In: Shift + Click – Drag This allows the user to draw a zoom in box. Zoom Out: Ctrl + SHIFT - Drag This allows the user to draw a zoom out box. Mouse Wheel: Zooms in and out

Layers The layers listed in the table of contents are all available for display by clicking the check box next to the layer the user wishes to see. Individual layers or all layers in a layer group (e.g. Delimiter Boundaries) can be turned on or off this way. Not all layers are visible at all zoom levels. Some layers are scale dependent and will turn on or off depending on the display scale of the map. The layers listed will change as the map scale changes, with more layers becoming visible as zooming in, less as zooming out.

Clicking the symbol next to each layer will pop up the layer information window.

Clicking the symbol next to the layer will open the Nova Scotia Geographic Data Directory Download page.

Layer Name Description

Civic Addressing

NSCAF Points Points are stored in a customized view of the addressed point geometry with commonly referenced fields from related NSCAF tables incorporated directly into the geometry attribution.

NSCAF Roads Addressed Roads stored a customized view of addressed road geometry with commonly referenced fields from related NSCAF tables incorporated directly into the geometry attribution.

Non-Address Roads Non-addressed roads are unnamed logging roads, trails, and other roads that do not have civic numbers associated with them.

Highway Distance Markers The highway distance markers layer identifies the location of signage along 100 series highways that are used as reference points for emergency response and by Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal (TIR).

GSA Polygons Nova Scotia Community Boundaries theme layer stores polygon geometry for each Nova Scotia NSCAF community.

Building Footprints The perimeter of a building when viewed from above.

Nova Scotia GeoNames

Property

NS Property Mapping Fabric

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Layer Name Description

Delimiter Boundaries

Game Management Areas

National Historical Sites

Indian Reserves Indian Reserves.

Military Reserves Military Reserves.

Parks and Protected Areas Parks and Protected Areas.

10K Orthos

Map Tools

The map tools in the upper right corner of the map allow you to select, move to the previous extent, print, measure, clear map selection, etc. Click on the tool button to activate and the cursor changes to represent each tool type.

Change Basemap

This allows the user to choose between various base maps. The base maps are:

Topo White:

White base map map service of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB).

Topo Colour:

Color base map map service of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB).

The select tool allows the user to select data. Click on the map to select civic addresses, roads, etc. Once selected, information pertaining to the selection set will be displayed to the user in a popup box.

Select

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Previous Extent

The Previous Extent tool lets the user go back to the previous extent of the map after navigation.

Next Extent

Go to Next Extent tool lets the user go forward through a sequence of extent that have been viewed on the map.

Search

The Search tool allows the user search for an area on the map in various ways.

Measure

The Measure tool lets the user draw on the map to measure lines and areas. The user can also get location information when moving the mouse on the map or clicking on the map. When the user clicks the Measure tool, the Measure window appears. This dialog box allows the user to choose whether to measure lines, areas, or location. Measurements are displayed inside the window.

Print

The Print button will open the Print / Save Image Tool dialog that will give the client an interface which will let the user print or save the current map view. The client will have the options to save or print in PDF or JPG. Clear Map The Clear Map tool lets the user clear the map of any selection overlay on top of the map view.

Legend

The Legend tool will change the tab focus to the legend.

Layer List

The Layer List tool lets the user view and manage the layer list.

Help

The Help tool lets the user view the help document.

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Search Layers is the default tab that is active when you open the Nova Scotia Civic Address Finder. In order to search, you will have to click on the “Search tool” or on the “Search tab”. From here you can begin to navigate to your area of interest by searching for a civic address or jumping directly to the map.

Once you click on the “Search tab” you are presented with several options to search by. The proceeding sections will look at each search option in greater detail.

Civic Address search is the default search method. It allows the user to enter a valid civic address to locate. If searching for a civic address, type the civic number and street name directly in the text box below “Civic Address Search”.

Enter Civic Number and Street Name

- Possible Matches -Alias Road Names are displayed in Iitalics and light gray in color.

Click the dropdown arrow for more search options

Hint – It is often unnecessary to type the entire street name, since the system will provide a list of possible matches for you.

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When the address appears in the list, click on the address in the list to highlight it on a map. The map zooms to the selected location.

Street Name: If searching for a specific street, select “Street Name” from the “Search for an area of interest by:” drop down. Type the street name in the text box below Street Search.

When the street name appears in the list, click on the street name in the list to display it on a map. In the above example we’ve searched for Albion Ave, Stellarton.

Enter Street Name

Possible Matches

Click on Road Name or Alias Road Name

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Community Name: If searching for a specific community, select “Community Name” from the “Search for an area of interest by:” drop down. Type the community name in the text box below Community Name Search.

When the community name appears in the list, click on the community name in the list to display it on a

map.

Civic Address Drop Down search method uses a progressive set of drop-down lists to select the county,

municipality, community, street name, and civic number. Begin by clicking on the “Civic Search Drop

Down” option from the “Search for an area of interest by:” drop down.

Start be selecting the County, and the Municipality drop

down list will be updated with a list of all municipalities in

that County. In the example below, there is only one

municipality in Halifax County, so we can skip the next menu

and use the Community drop down list to select the

community and then progressing through each menu until

we select the civic number. Once a community has been

selected, the street list will be populated with all unique

street names, including aliases, for that community. Once a

street has been selected, a list of unique civics, including

individual units, is produced for that street within the

specified community.

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GeoName search allows the user to input a place name to locate

(e.g. James Lake, South Mountain, Clear Point, etc.). Once you

start inputting search characters, the autocomplete textbox will

give you a list that you can then select to zoom to the selected

location.

Location allows the user to input a set of coordinate values to locate. The map redraws with the selected

location centered in the map once the Zoom to Location button is clicked. The coordinate values can be

X/Y or latitude and longitude, depending on the Coordinate Type chosen. There are three methods you

can search the map area:

UTM Northing, UTM Easting

Decimal Degrees

Lat Long Coordinates

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Measure Tool

Measure Distance

By default, the distance (line) measurement tool is enabled until the user chooses a different option from the Measure window. Click the Distance button and then sketch the desired line on the map. Double-click when the user wants to end the line and the measurements are displayed on the Measure dialog box.

Measure Area

Click the Area button and then sketch the desired shape on the map. Double-click when the user wants to end, and the measurements are displayed on the Measure dialog box.

Measure Location

Click the Location button and click the mouse on the map to get a Longitude/Latitude value for that location. The Longitude/Latitude is displayed on the Measure dialog box.

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Print tool The Print tool lets the user to create a printout of the

current map view. The user can choose from either PDF or

JPEG output.

Legend

The Legend describes what each colour or symbol on the map represents.

Some layers are scale dependent and will turn on or off, depending on the display scale of the map. The items shown in the Legend will change as the map scale changes, with more layers becoming visible as zooming in, less as zooming out. Features within each layer may as well have scale dependencies and the legend will reflect this.

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