The document discusses Koordinates, a New Zealand-based startup that launched in 2007 to provide a platform for storing, discovering, and distributing geodata online. Koordinates allows over 1,000 public layers and 8,000 users across 100 countries to access over 200 GB of geospatial data monthly. It also manages the New Zealand Land Information data service, making government geospatial data available to the public. Koordinates offers free and commercial tools for organizations and developers to host, share, and access mapped information and datasets.

1. the one place for geodata
koordinates.com
Hamish Campbell
Business Development
Cybera Summit, 6th October 2011
hamish.campbell@koordinates.com
WEHUB Sessions - Building an industry on open data +64 9 966 0433

2. New Zealand based technology start up
Launched Koordinates.com in November 2007
Over 1,000 public layers, 8 000 users in 100 countries downloading
more than 200 GB in raw data per month
Launched LINZ Data Service June 2011
Land Information New Zealand maintains and regulates Crown and
private property rights in New Zealand
Survey and title, trig stations and geodetic marks, topological maps and hydrographic
charts, ortho-photography…
ABOUT KOORDINATES

3. Data delivery is difficult*

4. Understanding Distribution
Aggregators
Organisation
Data
Analysts
Business Processes Users
Desktop Software
Casual
Developers
Internal Standards Users
Data

5. Koordinates empowers
organisations and users

6. store
Supply data in the format & projection
you use, from your preferred source
discover
Manage data with groups, user
permissions, license and pricing tools
distribute

7. store
Find data with search engine optimized
pages, automatic geo-tagging, flexible
search tools, catalogue publication
discover
Appraise data with layer previews,
attribute queries, metadata and
attachment downloads
distribute

8. store
Distribute with direct downloads, OGC
web services, developer APIs
discover
Share layer view links, create collections,
embed into 3rd party websites
distribute

9. Koordinates.com
Free data distribution service. E-commerce enabled shop-front.
Wellington City Council make GIS data available for free (or very low cost) via
koordinates.com/maps/wcc/
Koordinates Warehouse
Branded portal hosted on Koordinates cloud infrastructure
User, group and access management
Northland District Council publishes a wealth of biodiversity information through their
portal at http://biodiversitynorthland.org.nz/
Koordinates Enterprise
Multi-server installation for data supply and delivery with high availability,
reliability and performance
Land Information New Zealand commission the LINZ Data Service to make key LINZ datasets
available to industry and the public for free: data.linz.govt.nz
KOORDINATES PLATFORM

10. Koordinates.com
hamish.campbell@koordinates.com
info@koordinates.com
+ 64 9 966 0433 (19 hours in the future!)
support.koordinates.com
THANKS!