Launch event a great success - thank you

Author: Adam Cooper
Date: 26 August 2009

Tags: report, event, speeches, SIBA

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

Tags: productivity, economy, report, LINZ, doc, med,

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

SIBA chairman Steve Critchlow speech at the launch of the Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy report

Date: 25 August 2009

Tags: productivity, economy, report, SIBA, , speeches

NEWS: A transcript of SIBA chairman Steve Critchlow's speech at the launch of the Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy report. read more

LINZ CEO Colin MacDonald speech at the launch of the Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy report

Date: 25 August 2009

Tags: productivity, economy, report, LINZ, siba, sdi, speeches

NEWS: A transcript of LINZ CEO Collin MacDonald's speech at the launch of the Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy report. read more

SIBA media release - Half a billion reasons for urgent action

Date: 25 August 2009

Tags: productivity, economy, report, SIBA

NEWS: Urgent action by Government and industry to organise a national approach to the spatial industry will give the economy a $0.5 billion annual productivity boost, according to the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA). SIBA Chairman Steve Critchlow said this was the clear outtake of a report released today by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) on the impact of the spatial industry on the New Zealand economy. read more

Australian Senator Kate Lundy speech at the launch of the Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy report

Date: 25 August 2009

Tags: productivity, speeches

NEWS: A transcript of Australian Senator Kate Lundy's speech at the launch of the Spatial Information in the New Zealand Economy report. read more

We've made some changes

Author: Adam Cooper
Date: 20 August 2009

Tags: NZGO, Websites

NEWS: You may have noticed that we’ve made some changes to this website. For a starters, we’ve changed its name to focus it more on the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy. The other major change is that we’ve added blog-like functionality, where news, articles, case studies, events and presentations, and project data are published in categories, allowing for unmoderated feedback from the website’s visitors. read more

Help Improve LINZ's Online Geodetic Services

Date: 19 August 2009

NEWS: Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is looking at ways to improve the geodetic services they provide online. To help with this, LINZ has created a quick questionnaire to give anyone who uses these services an opportunity to say why they use them, what they think of them, and how they could be improved. read more

NZGO Activity Update

Date: 19 August 2009

Tags: nzgo update

NEWS: This July update covers our recent involvement in project activity under the Geospatial Strategy, LINZ Planning, coordinating ANZLIC activity, brokering LINZ support for the CRCSI-2 rebid, and communication of LINZ's emerging plans around geospatial. read more

New Licence Improves Access to Environmental Data

Date: 19 August 2009

Tags: MfE, Data, NZ Land Cover Database,

NEWS: There is new lease of life for two fundamental environmental databases. On 1 July 2009, the Ministry for the Environment made Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification available online, for free and with an unrestricted licence. read more