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Early Open Services are available now for applications that do not require high reliability.

A new satellite service for the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) has been confirmed, with services to be broadcast from a new Inmarsat I-8 satellite from 2027.

Tertiary students with an interest in GIS can now apply for a Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) scholarship to further their geospatial studies in 2025.

Our partnership with Geoscience Australia to develop SouthPAN – a satellite-based positioning system – has marked construction starting on SouthPAN infrastructure with an event in Invercargill.  

Applications are now open for Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand external tertiary GIS scholarships aimed at encouraging students into geospatial study.

Hydrographic, surveying and positioning experts from Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) recently returned from Antarctica where they completed work that will contribute to monitoring the impacts of climate change.

A major initiative to improve the accuracy of global positioning services was today announced by Land Information Minister Damien O’Connor.

The first of four satellite dishes in the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) is now in place.

Experts from all over the world have gathered in Wellington to attend a United Nations (UN)-backed meeting of the International Committee on GNSS to discuss satellite-based positioning and navigation matters.

New satellite infrastructure officially opened in Southland is expected to help the New Zealand economy soar by benefiting a range of sectors, particularly aviation.

Achieving high-accuracy mapping while reducing time and costs are just some of the benefits the Central Otago District Council has welcomed following successful testing of the Government’s SouthPAN service.