Nova Scotia Topographic DataBase - Water Features (Line Layer)
data.novascotia.ca | Last Updated 5 May 2024Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database the Nova Scotia Hydrographic Network (Water Features) is updated and maintained from aerial photography. Lakes, Rivers, Islands and many other features are collected and networked into a seamless relation data base. Toponyms are included in the attribute table for named hydrographic features. Hydrographic 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=18 Map service view also available via GeoNova: https://nsgiwa.novascotia.ca/arcgis/rest/services/BASE/BASE_NSTDB_10k_Water_UT83/MapServer?f=jsapi
This dataset has the following 8 columns:
| Column Name | API Column Name | Data Type | Sample Values |
|---|---|---|---|
| the_geom | the_geom | multiline | view top 100 |
| FEAT_CODE | feat_code | text | WARV50 WALK20 WARV55 WACO20 WARV20 view top 100 |
| FEAT_DESC | feat_desc | text | River - Single Line Lake - Water to the right line River - Single Line Indefinite Coast - Water to the right line Double Line River - Water to the right line view top 100 |
| RIVNAME_1 | rivname_1 | text | Mersey River Salmon River Black Brook LaHave River Little River view top 100 |
| RIVNAME_2 | rivname_2 | text | West Branch North Aspy River North Branch East Branch North Aspy River South Branch Lynds Pool view top 100 |
| ZVALUE | zvalue | number | 9999.0 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.2 view top 100 |
| SHAPE_LEN | shape_len | number | 1.0 2.0 0.142 1.4142135623731 2.23606797749979 view top 100 |
| SHAPE_FID | shape_fid | number | 402086 94051 307049 432788 239028 view top 100 |