The free public viewer version comes with the large interactive map viewer window (with typical online mapping tools, such as zoom, pan, information and measure), a civic search tool with drop down style selection and also a second search tool with free style selection criteria. They have made the online map really simple to use so that almost anyone in the general public with an Internet connection can make use of it.
After searching for a particular property civic address, the map window gets populated with a zoomed in map of the surrounding area, showing common roads, waterways and properties. The civic centroids are shown as small red squares, with currently selected civic address shown highlighted as a green circle. Using the information tool can then provide the basic public information for that point. One can then print the map they have configured in the browser.
More details on the online tool can be obtained from the Access Nova Scotia web site.
The Nova Scotia Civic Viewer free public version has limited ability to do much more then provide basic information about a civic address but then again that can often be all that one is really looking to achieve sometimes. The civic data within the data base is kept current and pretty accurate.
The information obtained from the simple viewer can then be used to contact a local municipality office to obtain more detailed information about that address such as property information.
You can also use it with other similar Nova Scotia online viewers such as the Nova Scotia’s Online Property Assessment Information online tool to gather more information about it.
Nova Scotia Civic Viewer => https://nscaf1.nsgc.gov.ns.ca/civicviewer/civic.aspx?cmd=tabs&value=map&full=149891,4803002,835742,5240798