New NLA Map Georeferencer

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NLA Maps Georectifier has been designed to georeference and publish a set of historical maps on Open Street Map.  Georectification (or georeferencing), simply means marking recognisable points on both the historical map and another map, in this case Open Street Map....

Australian and New Zealand map collections

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Interactive map locator for Australian and New Zealand map collections Find significant Australian and New Zealand digitised map collections. The locator is now updated to include major government data providers – Online / digital map collections in Australia...

The Geoscience of Where

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The following session of the Australian Geoscience Council Convention (AGCC 2018) to be held in Adelaide 14-18 October 2018 is likely to be of interest to member: Session 4.4.2 The Geoscience of Where The science of accurately measuring and understanding the temporal...

Points, lines and polygons – the art of making maps

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If you are interested in maps, you might like to check out a major exhibition on at the National Library, Wellington. ‘Unfolding the Map’ explores the history and the future of cartography in New Zealand. Also in Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington and the...

2010 Conference report

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The State Library of South Australia on North Terrace hosted the second conference of the now combined Australian and New Zealand map societies. The conference broke new ground in a number of areas. The topicality and importance of climate study saw the conference...