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FOSS4G Conference - Free & Open Source Software for Geospatial
Author: Ian Harrison
Date: 4 November 2009
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
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
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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
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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
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
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
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
LINZ coordinates geospatial metadata workshops and provides ongoing support for users
Author: Geoff O'Malley
Date: 2 September 2009
NEWS: Three ANZLIC (Australia New Zealand Land Information Council) workshops related to geospatial metadata were held in Wellington, Christchurch and Auckland in early August 2009. read more
Launch event a great success - thank you
Author: Adam Cooper
Date: 26 August 2009
NEWS: I'd like to pass on my sincere thanks to all the people that worked hard to make the event last night such a success. read more
LINZ media release - Spatial information adds hundreds of millions to New Zealand's economy
Date: 25 August 2009
NEWS: Innovative use of spatial information pumped more than $1 billion into the New Zealand economy in 2008 - and better access to data could see that figure soar, according to a report into the value of spatial information. Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), the Department of Conservation (DOC) and the Ministry for Economic Development (MED) recently commissioned a report to uncover the contribution spatial information makes to the economy. read more
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