[Aust-NZ] NZ geodata on OSGEO?

[Cameron Shorter]

Brent,
This sounds like an excellent idea, and a New Zealand dataset would be a 
good basis for OSGeo workshops at FOSS4G.

I'm CCing Jo Walsh and the osgeo geodata community as I expect they will 
have suggestions on the best way to move forward technically.



Brent Wood wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering about the possibility having OSGEO host an NZ wide dataset of
> topo/cadastral/road centerline/aerial imagery/TLA boundaries, EEZ....
> and use it as a demo with OSGEO tools. 
> (probably PostGIS/mapserver/openlayers/geonetwork?).
>
> I mentioned this to Tyler Mitchell, currently the OSGEO secretary, to get a
> feeling of whether or not OSGEO would be interested, and got back an
> enthusiastic yes. Which doesn't guarantee anything, but is promising.
>
> The advantage we have is that as a small country, a national dataset is
> manageable, in fact smaller than that for some cities (imagery aside). It could
> make a good showcase for OSGEO.
>
>
> So is the Aust-NZ chapter of OSGEO in a position of being able to supply these
> data, and if we are, are we interested as a body in approaching OSGEO formally
> with a proposal?
>
> Is anyone else here able to assist with the development of such a site?
>
>
> Assuming we are interested, I figure we may be able to supply the following
> datasets:
>
> NZTOPO, incl coastlines
> road centrelines
> national cadastre
> maritime boundaries (fishing areas, reserves, territorial sea & EEZ)
> TLA boundaries
> Electoral boundaries
> LINZ ortho imagery (only 40% coverage- is anything better available?)
>
>
> Can anyone confirm being able to provide a reasonably current version of any of
> these, or add any datasets I've missed?
>
> I figure we should ensure we are in a position to provide these data and help
> implement the site before proposing anything formally.
>
>
> Cheers,
>
>   Brent Wood
>
>
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