Bridging The Road Safety Gap

Dec 10, 2020 12:33:24 PM / by Andrew Smith

 

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Smart routing and navigation to alleviate our 'dilapidated' road woes

Nov 19, 2020 11:58:51 AM / by Andrew Smith

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The critical importance of geospatial data that is truly “fit-for purpose”

Nov 3, 2020 12:32:04 PM / by Andrew Smith

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Wellington’s 30 year spatial plan & the value of one authoritative dataset

Oct 15, 2020 2:46:44 PM / by Andrew Smith

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Speed Limit Changes, Productivity and Routing

Sep 15, 2020 11:43:39 AM / by Andrew Smith

 

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Why the legal status of a road matters for insurance

Jul 23, 2020 9:25:53 AM / by Andrew Smith

The above image visualises the legal status of the roads around Cardrona ski field - a number of which are not legally defined as "public roads". 

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It’s always made sense to “buy local” when it comes to procuring accurate GIS data

Jul 3, 2020 10:17:06 AM / by Derek Love, Data Lead

The ongoing development at Auckland's Panmure bus interchange – left showing previous layout, on previously available aerial photos and right the new layout on the latest satellite imagery

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Forbes sees AI & location intelligence as guiding the future of business

Jun 25, 2020 1:48:22 PM / by Andrew Smith

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The last mile...

May 6, 2020 3:49:42 PM / by Derek Love, Data Lead

Here at NationalMap, we pride ourselves on getting things right and we’ve been doing this for 30 years.

Quality is our focus; it’s there to provide our customers with confidence and assurance that any analyses or tasks they undertake are underpinned by data they can trust.

Routing can be a complicated beast, but at its simplest level, it comes down to:

  • Address point location and proximity to roads; and
  • Linking said address point to the most appropriate location or roadlink.
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How the private sector adds value to government data

Mar 20, 2020 2:51:54 PM / by Andrew Smith

Many New Zealand Local and Central Government agencies are doing a great job of providing free public access to the data they collect and create. For example, The Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) Data Service (LDS) has over 2,100 datasets available for free download in various geospatial formats.

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