Geothermal Resource Areas in Nova Scotia
DP ME 53, Version 2, 2006. Digital Version of Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources Open File Map ME 2000-8, Geothermal Resource Areas in the Province of Nova Scotia, Scale 1:500 000, Compiled by B. E. Fisher, I. M. MacLellan and A. S. Wenning, 2000
Abstract
The information contained in this digital product was acquired from the Mineral Rights Registry database and represents geothermal resource areas. A Geothermal Resource Area is an area which has been designated, pursuant to Sections 2(h) and 2(ha), the Mineral Resources Act, c. 18, SNS 1990, to allow for the exploration and possible exploitation of geothermal resources. A geothermal resource means a substance, including steam, water and water vapour, that is found anywhere below the surface and derives an added value from the natural heat of the earth present in, resulting from or created by the earth.The digital product contains a layer for the geothermal resource areas.
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Format
Portable Document Format (PDF), ArcInfo Interchange Format (E00), DXF/DBF, ArcView 3.2a shape files (SHP) and TXT files compressed in self-extracting EXE/ZIP files (more information on data formats)
Size
PDF - 1.1 MB (compressed), 1.1 MB (uncompressed)
E00 - 0.2 MB (compressed), 0.6 MB (uncompressed)
DXF/DBF - 0.1 MB (compressed), 0.5 MB (uncompressed)
SHP - 0.3 MB (compressed), 1.2 MB (uncompressed)
Projection
The data is in six-degree Universal Transverse Mercator (UTM) projection, Zone 20, Central Meridian 63° 00' West using the North American Datum of 1983 (NAD83).
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