Auckland GIS Forum - News about GIS software, GPS systems, Spatial Analysis, Geodata, GIS Apps, Programming of GIS oriented solutions, NZ projects, NZ Start-Ups and much more.

1. WELCOME
at the 3rd meeting
April 16, 2015Melanie Langlotz Jaroslav Polacek
Augview GeoSystems

2. Auckland GIS Forum is all about YOU.
We are interested in your GIS projects, ideas, experience, stories and GIS news.
Share and discuss any news about GIS software, GPS systems, Spatial analysis,
Geodata, GIS apps, Programming of GIS oriented solutions, NZ projects or NZ
Start-Ups. The most interesting topics will be presented to the Auckland GIS
Community members at Auckland GIS Forum meetings.
Our VISION is to create a collaborative GIS Community in Auckland.
Frequency of meetings: 1x/month
Duration: 2-3 hours
GIS News and Job Opportunities, Presentations, Networking, …

3. GIS Technician (Full Time, 5 May 2015)
http://www.seek.co.nz/job/28485691
2+ years experience with ArcGIS, CAD, customer care.
Geospatial Analyst - GIS (Contract)
http://www.seek.co.nz/job/28490577
3-5 years experience in cartographic mapping, spatial
and visual data analysis, data capture, presentation and
editing using ArcGIS.
Hydraulic Modeller (Contract/Temp, Mar 22, 2015)
http://www.seek.co.nz/job/28481975
Experience with GIS platforms, understanding of DB

4. New Zealand Police Awarded for Smart
Client-Based Real Time Mapping Solution
New Zealand Police were honoured for their real
time mapping solutions based on Geomedia
Smart Client. They won the 2014 Asia Pacific
Spatial Excellence Award (APSEA), Spatial
Enablement category.
Smart Client is used for geospatial intelligence by
integrating data from New Zealand Police’s
communications centres into real-time
interactive maps, displaying information required
by officers on and off field.
http://blog.hexagongeospatial.com/new-zealand-police-awarded-for-real-time-mapping-solution/

5. Help map damage in Vanuatu with Tomnod
DigitalGlobe's Tomnod program is now asking its crowdsourcing volunteers to
map the damage from cyclone Pam. Users can switch between pre-event and
post-event imagery to help determine whether damage has occurred.
DigitalGlobe has made available the satellite imagery from the region.
http://geospatialworld.net/News/View.aspx?id=31966_Article

6. Animated map of Super Cyclone Pam
Cameron Beccario (Software Engineer at Indeed Tokyo) created a visualization
of global weather conditions (wind, waves). Wind and ocean waves updated
every three hours by supercomputers. Weather and ocean data are
generated from numerical models.
http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-180.96,-33.15,2048

7. MyGeoData Converter!
Free cloud-based application that
enables to convert about 60 vector
formats, 126 raster formats and
3,000 coordinate systems (incl.
NZTM, NZ Map Grid).
1,170 possible format conversions.
GIS data management, sharing and
publishing. The application uses
artificial intelligence.
http://converter.mygeodata.eu/

8. The Oldest Surviving Aerial Photograph…
…was taken in Boston, United States.
The father of aerial photography was French
balloonist Gaspard-Félix Tournachon, who
photographed Paris from a hot air balloon way back
in 1858. Unfortunately, none of his work remains
today.
Titled “Boston, as the Eagle and the Wild Goose
See It” the photo was taken by photographer
James Wallace Black in October of 1860 from an
altitude of about 600 meters.

9. Grape Disease and Leaf Wetness Modelling in New Zealand
Fatthy Amir - Auckland University of Technology
Geovisualization in MS Reporting Tools
Catherine Thwaites - Database Developer
Semantic Web and Geosemantics
Reza Kalbasi - GIS Specialist at Auckland Council