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New Zealand Geospatial Office

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Jurisdiction
  
New Zealand

Headquarters
  
Radio New Zealand House, 155 The Terrace, Wellington

Minister responsible
  
Mark Mitchell, Minister for Land Information

Parent agency
  
Land Information New Zealand

New Zealand Geospatial Office is a business unit within the Location Information division of Land Information New Zealand.

Their responsibilities included:

  • supporting the development of an all-of-government Work Programme and the governance structures set up as part of the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy
  • promoting greater accessibility, access and interoperability of geospatial data
  • advising Government on policy for geospatial information
  • facilitating communication between members of the geospatial community.
  • developing the Geodata web site: http://geodata.govt.nz/about-geodata-govt-nz/ (still functioning as of December 2016

    • The NZGO currently sits within the Sector Data Programmes and is composed of four persons working on catalogs, standards, addressing and stewardship. The NZGO is associated with the CRCSI and other organisations.

    References

    New Zealand Geospatial Office Wikipedia
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