2010 Meridian AwardsGet the recognition you deserve. Enter by March 14th! The Meridian Awards honor the people who are contributing to the success of their organization, aiding their customers or driving innovation with Pitney Bowes Business Insight solutions. Are you at the leading edge of your industry? Get the recognition you deserve. Polar Holiday at Geographic South PoleMany of our MUGNZ members will have travelled over this past summer holiday break, but I'm picking that few would have been where new MUGNZ Committee member Stephen Barlow has been this summer...
Stephen even removed his main coat to show off his MUGNZ "polar" fleece at the Geographic South Pole! No mean feat with the outside temperature at -30 degrees C and wind chill at -38 degrees C! True dedication! MUGNZ Conference Winners 2009Congratulations to this years MUGNZ Conference Competition Winners... Registration and trip to PBBI User Conference in Miami Florida to Bernie Haar from McKenzie District Council
MUGNZ Trophy for excellence in Cartograhy to Noel Sevilla from OnTrack Critchlow Cup for GIS Projects to Andrew Hare from Waimate District Council
Enterprise Geospatial Solutions SummitEnterprise Geospatial Solutions Summit 22 February 2010, Duxton Hotel, Wellington Capitalise on your mapping, location and access information to enhance your capital asset and infrastructure management Join geospatial practitioners with responsibility for maintaining, operating and protecting infrastructure across water utilities, telecommunications, electric and gas utilities, local government, oil/gas pipeline and many more. Engage 3D and MapBasic TrainingAre you attending the MUGNZ conference in Wellington? Critchlow are pleased to offer two training opportunities on the following Wednesday and Thursday. These include: • Engage 3D Pro - a one day workshop on 11 Nov, and • MapBasic course - 11-12 Nov New licence improves access to environmental dataTwo major environmental databases are set to become more accessible and easier to use following the re-release of these digital maps by the Ministry for the Environment.
The Land Cover Database and the Land Environments New Zealand classification layers, widely used by agencies in environmental and resource management planning, will now be issued online with a Creative Commons Attribution licence. Ministry for the Environment’s Len Brown says this will promote the free exchange of environmental data, allowing more people access, use and benefit from the data. “Improving access to the Government’s spatial information is a goal of the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy, one that the Ministry is committed to supporting.” |

