The winners of the Great NZ Remix & Mashup competition coordinated by Digital NZ were announced last week. A significant number of the winners and entries use geospatial information!

For example the $10,000 Supreme Mashup winner uses Department of Conservation walking track data in a mapping context. The best geo application for mobile winner is Yachter Mobile for a smartphone, tablet or laptop which gives up-to-date weather conditions for yachties in combination with information from multiple other sources including Land Information New Zealand tidal and nautical data.

The competition was a great demonstration of the use of open government data and also the use of creative commons licences.

For more information about the winners and to download applications go to the following link:

http://www.natlib.govt.nz/about-us/news/10-dec-2010-mix-and-mash-results

Geoff O'Malley

Senior Analyst
New Zealand Geospatial Office