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• Privacy policy for the Geodetic Marks app

  As a New Zealand government agency, Toitū Te Whenua is subject to the Privacy Act 2020. This page outlines the type and extent of information that we may gather when you interact with the LINZ Geodetic Marks application and what the information may be…
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• Convergence, scale factors and declination

  When coordinates are transformed from a curved surface to a flat map, some of the accuracy in the coordinate is lost because all projections have some degree of distortion. Convergence, scale factors and declination can reduce the distortion and give a…
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• PositioNZ-PP RINEX file format

  PositioNZ Post Processing Service (PositioNZ-PP) uses RINEX (receiver independent exchange format) files for input and output. The input file must be at least 60 minutes in length with accurate and complete metadata. Find out more about the RINEX data…
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• Australasian Satellite-based Augmentation System (SBAS) test-bed trial

  Toitū Te Whenua and Geoscience Australia explored the feasibility of SouthPAN in an 18-month trial focused on 10 sectors in Australia and New Zealand. The trial confirmed the benefits, including improved GPS accuracy, improved signal integrity, and…
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• SouthPAN benefits

  New Zealand and Australia have jointly confirmed the feasibility of SouthPAN. Between 2017 and 2019, a trial established that SouthPAN improved GPS accuracy, improved signal integrity, and reduced commercial costs.
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• SouthPAN Early Open Services are now available

  Early Open Services are available now for applications that do not require high reliability.
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• New SouthPAN satellite service announced

  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.
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• Deanna Teao - Geospatial careers profile

  Deanna is a Master of Science in Remote Sensing student at Massey University (Turitea Campus, Palmerston North).
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• Scholarship options for tertiary GIS studies

  The following is a list of links to information about possible scholarship options for students doing, or thinking of doing, Geographic Information Science (GIS) studies at New Zealand tertiary institutions.
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• Local tie surveys in New Zealand

  Local tie surveys combine four space geodesy techniques to define the International Terrestrial Reference Frame that provides the basis for global positioning.
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• Spencer Han - Geospatial careers profile

  Spencer is a Data Wrangler at Stats NZ.
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• Kelly Hayhurst - Geospatial careers profile

  Kelly Hayhurst is a Graduate Ecologist at Auckland Council
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• Surveys for post-earthquake geodetic control

  Following a major earthquake, there is often an urgent need for geodetic coordinates, particularly heights, to help re-establish critical infrastructure such as stormwater and wastewater systems.
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• Hamish Kingsbury - Geospatial careers profile

  Hamish Kingsbury is a Senior Spatial Data Specialist at Abley.
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• Richard Law - Geospatial careers profile

  Richard Law is a GIS Developer employed at MetOcean Solutions.
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• Amit Kokje – Geospatial careers profile

  Amit is a Senior Specialist (Geospatial Platform and Support) at Auckland Council.
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• PositioNZ - Real Time Service

  The Toitū Te Whenua PositioNZ Real Time Service (PositioNZ-RT) streams GNSS (including GPS and GLONASS) data in real time. This free service allows users of real-time GNSS equipment to obtain positions in terms of New Zealand Geodetic Datum 2000 (NZGD2000…
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• Taipuni Ruakere - Geospatial careers profile

  Taipuni is a Postgraduate Diploma in arts (Geospatial Science) student via distance learning at Massey University
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• Will Jones - Geospatial graduate profile

  Will Jones is a geospatial developer at Orbica.
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• Emma Burge - Geospatial careers profile

  Emma Burge is a GIS analyst at the Environmental Protection Agency.
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• Jennifer Coppola - Geospatial careers profile

  Jennifer is a Hydrographic Surveyor at Toitū Te Whenua Land Information New Zealand and is studying part-time for a PGDip in Arts (Geospatial Sciences) via distance learning at Massey University.
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• Trish Merz – Representation Planning Manager at ANZ bank

  Profile - Trish Merz
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• South Island coordinate update

  Landonline has now been updated to reflect the movements that occurred in the four major Christchurch earthquakes and four major Fiordland earthquakes since 2000.
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• Geodetic survey control network

  As a consequence of the earthquakes across Canterbury since 2010, geodetic control marks and cadastral marks throughout the region have been subject to varying amounts of movement. Updated Landonline spatial data is available.
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• January 2018 NZGD2000 coordinate update

  On Sunday 14 January 2018, LINZ updated the coordinates in Landonline of the large area affected by the Kaikoura earthquake.
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• Geospatial capability

  Every day, people use location information to make important decisions. Demand for people with geospatial capabilities is growing both in New Zealand and overseas.
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• Applications for SouthPAN

  Wherever industry relies on accurate positioning information, SouthPAN will make a difference. It will support innovation in sectors as diverse as primary production, transport, construction, forestry and aviation.
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• Compatibility and configuration

  Signals from SouthPAN L1 SBAS can be tracked and processed by many GNSS receivers compatible with WAAS, EGNOS and other SBAS.
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• Service definition

  GNSS equipment manufacturers, solution providers and end users should use the SouthPAN service definition documents to implement the early Open Services from SouthPAN on their devices.
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• Connect to the PositioNZ Real Time service

  This page provides information required to connect to the PositioNZ Real Time Service. Access to the network is free, but users need to register.
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• New Zealand Vertical Datum 2009 - LINZG25705

  This factsheet describes the New Zealand Vertical Datum 2009 (NZVD2009) that is based on the New Zealand Quasigeoid 2009 (NZGeoid2009).
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• Coordinate Accuracy - LINZG25706

  This fact sheet covers how LINZ describes the accuracy of coordinate data. It explains the terms network and local accuracy and shows how they have been implemented in LINZ to give coordinate accuracy classifications called orders.
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