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Metadata presentations online
Author: Geoff O'Malley
Date: 11 June 2010
Presentations from the Metadata Australia 2010 Sharing data, sharing ideas conference held in Canberra on 26-27 June are now avaliable. read more
Authoritative and Open - Part Two
Author: Kevin Sweeney
Date: 4 June 2010
In my previous blog entry I posed the question of how an authoritative source for geospatial information could properly retain authoritative status, faced with a user-controlled, open data environment of an SDI. In this entry I propose that not only can that status be retained but it can actually be enhanced within such a user community. read more
Authoritative and Open - Part One
Author: Kevin Sweeney
Date: 2 June 2010
As the NZ Geospatial Office continues to facilitate a national SDI, the issues that arise also continue to change and evolve. An initial focus has been the technical specifications of the delivery mechanism and associated standards. Work to implement provider and catalogue nodes, here at LINZ and at other agencies, continues to generate productive discussions. read more
Request for Comment: ANZLIC Metadata Profile
Author: Geoff O'Malley
Date: 15 April 2010
NEWS: Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and the State Services Commission (SSC) are seeking comment on a proposal to replace the existing e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) geospatial metadata standard. read more
LINZ Develops Real-Time Position Data
Author: Dave Collett
Date: 26 March 2010
NEWS: LINZ is currently developing real-time provision of position data from a number of its PositioNZ stations. PositioNZ is a country-wide network of 33 continuously operating global navigation satellite system (GNSS) stations. read more
Guidance Material on How to Support Spatial Data Infrastructure for New Zealand
Author: John Forne
25 March 2010
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
Collating New Zealand’s LiDAR Data
Author: Stephen Bensberg
Date: 8 March 2010
NEWS: Over the last five to six years local and central government agencies have increasingly turned to remote sensing technologies such as Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) to obtain data about ground elevations. read more
SDI: How We Get There
Author: David Swann
Date: 22 February 2010
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
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
Help LINZ Improve its Bulk Data
Author: Kerri Osborne
Date: 16 February 2010
NEWS: At Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), we're keen to unlock the value of our geospatial data. As part of this, we've created an online questionnaire that asks how we can improve our survey and title bulk data products and services. read more
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