MapInfo Users Group of New Zealand

By HANK SCHOUTEN - The Dominion Post | Tuesday, 06 May 2008

Government agencies and local authorities have signed up for a private United States satellite service that will provide images of New Zealand clear enough to show every building, road marking and bush.

By Randal Jackson Wellington | Tuesday, 6 May, 2008

Jos Kunnen has joined location intelligence specialist Critchlow as chief executive officer. Kunnen was CIO of Contact Energy from 2004 to 2006. Before that, he was HP's Australasian general manager of consulting and systems integration. Former Critchlow CEO Kirsty Coombe resigned to spend more time with her family in the Coromandel. She remains on the company’s board.

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Hi Folks,

Liz Kolster, Mairead Deroiste, Catherine O'Shaugnessy  and I have volunteered to help Karl Majorhazi organise a NZ woman's branch of the Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI - http://www.spatialsciences.org.au/) similar to the "Woman In Spatial"  (WIS) group in Australia Meetings (http://www.spatialsciences.org.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=59)  
 

 
We would like to invite any woman who is interested in geospatial sciences to our first get together at the Brewery Bar (http://www.thebrewerybar.co.nz/), on the corner of Taranaki and Cable Streets on the Waterfront in Wellington; Monday, March 31st @ 5:30pm. (Would you please pass this email onto anyone who you think might be keen to come along.)

The 2008 Annual Pattern is now available for download from Statistics NZ website in NZMG or NZTM:
http://www.stats.govt.nz/statistics-by-area/regional-statistics/geography-mapping/download-digital-boundaries.htm

The 2008 Annual Pattern includes - Meshblock, Area Unit, TA, Regional Council, Urban Area and General and Maori Electoral Districts (for the 2008 General Election) and Wards (2007 Local Body Elections).

StreetLink is also now available for download:
http://www.stats.govt.nz/statistics-by-area/regional-statistics/geography-mapping/streetlink.htm

StreetLink is made up of 2 parts - Streets File and an Areas File:
1. The Streets files is an electronic list of address ranges and street names that fall within meshblocks - this is updated monthly
2. The 2008 Annual Areas File - this concordance file relates to the 2008 Digital Boundaries

Company Continues to Expand Internationally with Acquisition of Australian-based Software and Data Provider in High-Growth Natural Resources Industry

Sydney, Australia—December 17, 2007 — Pitney Bowes MapInfo, a company within the software division of Pitney Bowes Inc, and the global leading provider of location intelligence, today announces the acquisition of Encom Technology, a leading innovator and major supplier of specialist software, data and services to the global mineral exploration and petroleum industries.