Canada:Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia, Canada

Latitude : 45.3, Longitude : -63

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Users in Nova Scotia GPS traces Wallpaper: 1024x768, 1280x800 Check Map Features via Query-to-map Check streets with no-names Geohack for OSM with more maps

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Nova Scotia is a province in Canada at latitude 45.3, longitude -63.

OpenStreetMap images (and underlying map data) are freely available under the OpenStreetMap License.

This page contains information relating to mapping activity that is specific to the province of Nova Scotia, Canada

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Contents 1 Best Practices 2 Cities / Towns 3 Transit 4 Ways to Help / Projects 5 See Also

Best Practices

See Map Features for worldwide tagging guidelines.

See Canadian tagging guidelines for those specific to Canada.

How to Tag Nova Scotia's Highways (Proposed)

Tag	Nova Scotia Highways
Motorway	Controlled Access, Twinned sections of 100 series Highways
Trunk	Untwinned sections of Highways 1, 3, 4, 7
Primary	Uncontrolled access, Highways 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 19
Secondary	200 and 300 series Highways
Tertiary	Significant local roads

Cities / Towns

• Halifax

If you would like to help map Halifax, Please contact User:Steve in Halifax, he would be interested in hearing from you

• Bedford
• Dartmouth
• Lower Sackville

If you would like to help map Lower Sackville, User:Dgenge would be interested in setting up Wikiproject Lower Sackville to coordinate mapping activity.

• Sydney
• Truro
• Pictou

Transit

Some bus stops and terminals have been added, but no known routes.

Metro Transit's routes in HRM are available on http://hbus.ca with the latest General Transit Feed Specification (GTFS) data from Metro Transit

Ways to Help / Projects

Take and upload GPS Traces

Add nearby points of interest (restaurants, stores, businesses)

Add details of your University or College (Dalhousie, St. Mary's)

Mark errors with OpenStreetBugs

Provincial/County/Municipal Boundaries - 70% complete by user:macgregor. See relation 390558

See Also

• The Garmin MapSource (Windows) Installer file is available here http://www.mediafire.com/file/ugyndn1qxmz/OSM Routable Nova Scotia 30 April 2010.exe created from the OSM download of the outline of the province from http://downloads.cloudmade.com/north_america/canada/nova_scotia#downloads_breadcrumbs

• You can download the Ibycus Topo which holds the GeoBase Import data which will eventually get imported to OpenStreetMap. here Which is the 011D area of the Geobase Map covering from Halifax to Sheet Harbour.

• As well as the 1 degree x 1 degree OSM tile here from ComputerTeddy's map. It's a zip file, just needs to be unziped. You can use sendmap to get the maps on your GPS device.

• BBBike @ Halifax - a cycle route planner for Halifax

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