Case Studies

Case studies of different applications for geospatial information from a wide variety of industries, both in New Zealand and internationally. You can share your case study with us.

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Finding Fires

Date: 9 July 2008

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The NZ Fire Service uses geospatial information in many ways. At fire incidents, the quality and availability of spatial information affect the performance and safety of operational staff.  Road data is used to establish optimal sites for fire stations while demographic data is used to establish relationships between people and incidents (then recorded spatially). read more