Dr Nick Hedley was a guest on National Radio's Saturday Morning with Kim Hill - 9:45 a.m. July 9

As you know, LINZ is an important member of The Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI). The CRCSI has had the pleasure of hosting a two week visit from Dr Nick Hedley, from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Nick is a key part of the success of SFU's Spatial Interface Research Lab and has been meeting with many organisations in Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland to share his work and to learn more about the geospatial revolution happening here in New Zealand. We look forward to utilising Nick's expertise in future CRCSI research and development projects.

Nick shared with Kim Hill the technology advancements in 3-D and 4-D modelling of environmental hazards such as tsunami simulations and avalanche hazards. These technologies are most useful for disaster management planning, understanding human exposure to environmental hazards and importantly, how this type of technology can be used for evidence-based decision making.

An entertaining and passionate speaker, Nick is able to take a complex, highly scientific topic and make it interesting to everyone. In fact, Nick was the hired by Lucasfilm/Boston Museum of Science to design and create the augmented reality exhibit seen in the popular museum exhibit Star Wars: Where Science Meets Imagination - which toured North America between 2005-2008, and in Australia in 2009.

To find out more about Nick, go to http://spatialinterfaceresearchlab.org/4.html

Hear the interview from Saturday Morning with Kim Hill and Nick Hedley below.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday

Enjoy!

Mary Sue