Centre of Geographic Sciences

The Centre of Geographic Sciences is located in the village of Lawrencetown, Nova Scotia.HistoryCOGS traces its history to 1948 when the Nova Scotia Land Survey Institute was established by Major J.A.H. Church as a training institution for survey and map production. NSLSI became a world leader in geomatics education during the 1970s and 1980s as it evolved into incorporating then-revolutionary technologies such as remote sensing and geographic information systems . The institute moved into its current campus during this period in the 1970s.In 1986, NSLSI was renamed the College of Geographic Sciences as a publicly funded training college under an act of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. The name was considered to better reflect the diversity of geographic sciences taught at the NSLSI. The COGS name became synonymous with geomatics training excellence nationally and internationally.In 1988, the provincial government undertook a much-needed reform to its training colleges and created the Nova Scotia Community College system the following year. While still a separate college, COGS was administratively placed within the NSCC umbrella.In 1998 NSCC created the Annapolis Valley Campus by administratively combining the geographically separate campuses at Lawrencetown and Middleton. All geomatics advanced diploma programs were grouped under the Centre of Geographic Sciences, of which the majority are delivered at the Lawrencetown site .