Implementing an SDI
NZGO Team 14 July 2011 (All day)Last week the NZGO took the first steps towards establishing a national spatial data infrastructure (SDI) for New Zealand. The publication, in the form of a cookbook,...
View ArticleLaunch of the University of Canterbury- CRCSI partnership
Kathryn Salm 22 July 2011 (All day)I recently read an interesting article about innovation and collaboration - Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation By Steven Johnston. It...
View ArticleConference Report: Where 2.0, Santa Clara
Andy Coote, ConsultingWhere 4 August 2011 (All day)After four years of attending the conference, I think I’ve finally got my head round one thing - it is about B2C and C2C applications. This...
View ArticleCollecting LiDAR bathymetry data
Stuart Caie 8 December 2011 - 8:17amIn September, the LINZ Hydrography team released a Request for Proposals (RFP) to collect LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) bathymetry data for the Wellington...
View ArticleSituating ourselves in a global context
Kevin Sweeney, Geospatial Custodian 19 April 2012 - 9:04am One of the key elements of leading a national strategic programme is the opportunity to engage with other such programmes around the world....
View ArticleOpen Source GIS Conference 2012 - The Netherlands
John Forne 23 April 2012 - 3:49pmWe received the following invite from Paul Meems that you might be interested in:From Monday, June 25 until Thursday, 28 June 2012 the Open Source GIS conference will...
View ArticleThe impact of earthquakes on health
Simon Kingham, University of Canterbury 18 May 2012 - 3:47pmPh.D. Scholarship available - University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZThere is a Ph.D. scholarship available to study “The impact of...
View ArticleLaunch of the Masters in Geographic Information Science
Kevin Sweeney 21 May 2012 - 9:22amRecently, Victoria University of Wellington joined University of Canterbury in launching their participation in the Master of Geospatial Information Science (MGIS)...
View ArticleThe Promise and Potential of SDI
Kevin Sweeney 8 June 2012 - 1:39pmSDI.Probably one of the most commonly used phrases in my work vocabulary these days. OK, that sounds a bit sad. It definitely marks me as a bonna fide geo-geek.And...
View ArticlePh.D Scholarships available - University of Canterbury, NZ
Simon Kingham, University of Canterbury 23 August 2012 - 2:24pmThe impact of earthquakes on geographical variations in non-injury health outcomesThere is a Ph.D. scholarship available to study “The...
View ArticleSCIRT wins international GIS award
Mary Sue Severn 24 August 2012 - 9:43amCongratulations to the Stronger Christchurch Infrastructure Rebuild Team (SCIRT), a 2012 SAG Award Winner. SKM’s Jeremy Gulson accepted the “Special Achievement...
View ArticleView proposed Christchurch City anchor projects using augmented reality
Mary Sue Severn 4 September 2012 - 2:32pmJason Mill from ZNO Limited contacted me with some exciting news - CCDU AR software for Android went live this week.Production and 3D content was developed by...
View ArticleANZLIC Spatial Data Framework
Mike Judd 30 November 2012 - 3:08pmIt was great to see the release of the ANZLIC “One ANZ Foundation Spatial Data Framework” at the spatial@gov conference in Canberra last week. I strongly support the...
View ArticleUC wins international digital humanities award
Dr James Smithies 27 February 2013 - 2:26pmThe University of Canterbury’s digital archive CEISMIC has won the inaugural international Digital Humanities Award for the best project for public...
View ArticleSpatial Information Research Conference 2013 (GIS and Remote Sensing Research)
Pascal Sirguey 27 May 2013 - 1:42pmSIRC NZ 2013 is the inaugural conference for GIS and remote sensing research in New Zealand. The conference will be held over 2 days at the University of Otago,...
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