Landscan June 2011

Issue 57

In this issue:

An aerial view of Christchurch

The same aerial images of Christchurch taken after the February earthquake that emergency responders used have been publicly released by LINZ.

Open data: a common goal

Keitha Booth, leader of the Open Government Data and Information Programme, discusses some of the work being done to help make government data more available for use and reuse.

Taking on more land

In March this year, 7,700 hectares of State Coal Reserve land was transferred by the Ministry of Economic Development to LINZ to administer. This follows two previous transfers of landholdings to LINZ by other government agencies in 2010.

Uncharted territory: new roles in marine & coastal land

LINZ and the Minister for Land Information have a number of new roles and responsibilities under the new Marine and Coastal Area (Takutai Moana) Act 2011.

Overcoming challenges of scale

The subdivision of 200,000 hectares of forestry land provided LINZ with a few challenges of scale in processing the 23 surveys and approximately 1,000 titles, including setting new parameters for Landonline.

Re-launching Women in Spatial network

A breakfast hosted by LINZ saw the New Zealand Women in Spatial network re-launched and provided an opportunity to recognise some of the excellent work being done by women in the spatial industry.

Innovation in action

This November will see Wellington host the spatial industry event of the year – the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Conference.

Geoff Howard 1955–2011

On 9 May, Geoff Howard, LINZ’s Chief Topographer, died suddenly but peacefully. Geoff will be missed by many in the topographic, cartographic and geospatial communities in New Zealand and around the world.

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