General Publications

This section lists the geodetic publications that are available from LINZ.

Where in the World Are We?

For a beginners guide to datums and projections in New Zealand, download Where in the World Are We? (pdf 1.1MB). (Second edition, published 2007.)

IUGG National Reports

New Zealand is a member of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). LINZ coordinates the production of a national report on behalf of the Geosciences Standing Committee of the Royal Society of New Zealand for presentation at the four-yearly IUGG general assemblies.

• New Zealand Geodesy 2003-2006 (pdf 1.2MB), presented at the 2007 IUGG General Assembly, Perugia, Italy
• New Zealand Geodetic Operations 1999-2002, presented at the 2003 IUGG General Assembly, Sapporo, Japan
• New Zealand Geodetic Operations 1995-98 (pdf 443 KB), presented at the 1999 IUGG General Assembly, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Articles on the New Zealand Geodetic System

This series of eight articles, to be published by LINZ between 2009–2011 in Survey Quarterly magazine, explains the New Zealand geodetic system.

Available articles:

• Part one: Introduction and overview or download the extract from Survey Quarterly (PDF 1.1MB)
• Part two: Control system surveying and maintenance or download the extract from Survey Quarterly (PDF 352KB)

Upcoming articles:

• Part three: Protection of control marks
• Part four: Control system data and Landonline
• Part five: Survey control networks
• Part six: PositioNZ network
• Part seven: The geodetic system and the cadastre
• Part eight: Future developments