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Guidance Material on How to Support Spatial Data Infrastructure for New Zealand

Author: John Forne
25 March 2010

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NEWS: In David Swann's last blog, he mentioned that "the New Zealand Geospatial Office will provide guidelines for agencies that will explain how best to connect existing systems and programmes of work into emerging SDI". Well here it is... read more

SDI: How We Get There

Author: David Swann
Date: 22 February 2010

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NEWS: In previous blog posts, I've covered what Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) is and what some of the impacts will be for agencies wanting to participate in it. Now, let's take a look at what we've been doing to establish SDI, how it might function, and what a roadmap for a healthy SDI looks like. read more

SDI: What it Means for Agencies

Author: David Swann
Date: 18 February 2010

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NEWS: In this post, I want to talk about some of the effects that implementing a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) will have for agencies. Specifically, the costs and value of SDI to an agency, and the standards needed for an agency to participate in it. read more

SDI: An Introduction

Author: David Swann
Date: 16 February 2010 2 Comments

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NEWS: This is the first in a series of three blog posts introducing what I've been doing with the New Zealand Geospatial Office (NZGO) to start work on a Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) for New Zealand. First up, in this post I give a brief explanation of what SDI is and how it fits in the current New Zealand context. read more

David Swann to Help Get SDI Underway

Author: Adam Cooper
Date: 3 December 2009

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NEWS: The New Zealand Geospatial Office (NZGO) welcomes David Swann, who will be working with us over the next few months. read more