Nova Scotia Topographic Database - Land Cover (Point Layer)

Part of the Nova Scotia Topographic Database (NSTDB), the land cover theme layer is updated and maintained from aerial photography. Land cover is limited to treed areas over 3600m2 in size and over two metres in height. Orchards, nurseries, tree lines, and single landmark trees are also included. Land Cover 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=13

Map service view also available via GeoNova:

https://nsgiwa.novascotia.ca/arcgis/rest/services/BASE/BASE_NSTDB_10k_Land_Cover_UT83/MapServer?f=jsapi

Querying over HTTP

Splitgraph serves as an HTTP API that lets you run SQL queries directly on this data to power Web applications. For example:

curl https://data.splitgraph.com/sql/query/ddn \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d@-<<EOF
{"sql": "
    SELECT *
    FROM \"novascotia-ca/nova-scotia-topographic-database-land-cover-point-xjmb-zxnn\".\"nova_scotia_topographic_database_land_cover_point\"
    LIMIT 100 
"}
EOF

See the Splitgraph documentation for more information.