Geodetic System Notices

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2009

1 October 2009:

Important update to map reference converter software

The New Zealand Map Reference Converter (NZMapConv) software has been updated to fix an error in converting coordinates from Topo50 map references to other coordinate systems. more...

30 September 2009:

Meet LINZ National Geodesist

The LINZ geodetic team is a highly specialist technical group led by Graeme Blick, National Geodesist. more...

30 September 2009:

Geodetic annual programme 2009/10

Each year, LINZ out-sources geodetic survey control and mark maintenance to contractors selected through a tendering process via the Government Electronic Tender Services (GETS). more...

30 September 2009:

Impact of the July 2009 earthquake on New Zealand's geodetic system

The July earthquake centred in south-west Fiordland was the biggest since the Hawkes Bay earthquake of 1931. It is also the first earthquake since the introduction of the New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (NZGD2000) to have a significant impact on the geodetic system in populated areas. more...

30 September 2009:

Upcoming Survey Quarterly articles on the geodetic system

LINZ will be publishing a new series of articles in Survey Quarterly, as part of an educational and informative programme on the role and functions of the geodetic system. more...

30 September 2009:

PositioNZ activity round-up

PositioNZ is LINZ's Global Positioning System Active Control Network. more...

30 September 2009:

Technical tip: Distorting Snapplot to improve display

Snapplot is a component of the programme SNAP (Survey Network Adjustment Package). Snapplot provides a map view of geodetic stations and observations, as well as adjustment data and results. more...

30 September 2009:

New Zealand's geodetic system, part one – introduction & overview

The following article on New Zealand's geodetic system was published in the September 2009 edition of Survey Quarterly. more...

23 September 2009:

Sign up to get Geodetic News!

Geodetic News is a new communication from LINZ to inform customers about news and information on geodetic projects and related topics. more...

7 September 2009:

LINZ investigates real-time GNSS data delivery

A LINZ-commissioned report has recommended an upgrade of LINZ’s PositioNZ network to provide real-time Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data. more...

31 August 2009:

LINZ & GNS give a shakedown of the Fiordland quake

LINZ and GNS Science are working together to better understand the impact of the major earthquake that shook the lower South Island in July. more...

24 July 2009:

Help improve our online geodetic services

LINZ is looking at ways to improve the geodetic services we provide online. more...

10 July 2009:

Geodetic VLBI article from Survey Quarterly

The following article on very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) was published in the June 2009 edition of Survey Quarterly. more...

16 April 2009:

LINZ accepts mapping award honour in India

In February this year, LINZ was honoured to accept the award for best national mapping agency at the Map World Forum in Hyderabad, India. more..

30 March 2009:

Surveyor-General bags top trigs

Surveyor-General Don Grant created a little bit of surveying history in December when he reached the summit of Mt Brewster (2515m) in South Westland near Haast Pass. more...

21 January 2009:

LINZ does its share of Antarctic housekeeping

For almost six weeks in late 2008, two data analysts from LINZ were busy completing an annual work programme in Antarctica, with a focus on supporting conservation efforts. more...

2008

24 October 2008:

PositioNZ GPS site at new radio telescope

By Christmas, LINZ will have established a Global Positioning System (GPS) site at the location of New Zealand’s first radio telescope, as part of the PositioNZ network. more...

20 May 2008:

New gauge part of tsunami monitoring network

A sea-level gauge installed at the Port of Tauranga this week will form part of a national network of gauges for monitoring tsunamis, Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) and GNS Science announced today. more...

9 April 2008:

Request for input for 2008/2009 geodetic control programme

LINZ is putting together the 2008/09 geodetic survey programme so that this work can begin in August 2008. more...

2007

15 December 2007:

Surveyors fly high

Surveyors can now fly between geodetic marks at the click of a button thanks to a new application for viewing information on LINZ's geodetic database. more...