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GIS at the Ministry of Social Development

Author: Beth-Anne Lee
Date: 24 November 2009

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NEWS: At the Ministry of Social Development we regularly use GIS to analyse, inform and visualise data. GIS is a relatively new tool in the organisation and we are still exploring how to realise its full power and capabilities. read more

NZGO Activity Update

Author: John Forne
23 November 2009

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NEWS: This November update covers our accomplishments since the last update in August and outlines what we've got planned for the next phase of work under the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy. read more

NABIS Rebuilt... NABIS 2009

Author: Juliane Sellars
Date: 16 November 2009

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NEWS: On the 9th of October, after 2 years of hard work from a small but very dedicated team, the Ministry of Fisheries launched a new NABIS website. read more

FOSS4G Conference - Free & Open Source Software for Geospatial

Author: Ian Harrison
Date: 4 November 2009

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NEWS: FOSS4G is an annual conference about open source software for geospatial systems. Each year it is held in a different city around the world, this year it was in Sydney. read more

LINZ - Authoritative & Federated Land & Seabed Information

Author: James Dempsey
Date: 15 October 2009

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NEWS: Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) holds some significant pieces of land information such as our geodetic system, cadastral survey, land register and topographic and hydrographic datasets. read more

Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) New Zealand Region

Author: Karl Majorhazi
Date: 9 October 2009 1 Comments

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NEWS: I'm just back from SSC2009 in Adelaide where it was announced that Wellington would host the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute's (SSSI) next conference in 2011. read more

Geospatial Custodian role filled

Author: Sue Gordon
Date: 29 September 2009 4 Comments

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NEWS: Kevin Sweeney has been appointed as Land Information New Zealand's Geospatial Custodian. read more

Prices for LINZ Bulk Data Products Fall

Author: John Forne
Date: 28 September 2009

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NEWS: Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) has reduced the fees for two of New Zealand's fundamental datasets read more

Geospatial Semantics

Author: John Forne
Date: 10 September 2009

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NEWS: Yesterday's workshop at the Auckland University on Geospatial Semantics run by the Centre for eResearch was very interesting and highlights the need for a co-ordinated approach to achieve interoperability. read more

CRCSI-2 Bid Successful!

Author: John Forne
Date: 4 September 2009

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NEWS: The Australia / New Zealand spatial sector will gain access to new data, technologies and services through the AU$32.2 million funding of a major research program in satellite positioning and remote sensing technologies, announced by the Australian Government in August. read more

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