With apologies for the delay in publishing the results – Christmas, New Year and the fire season brought a temporary pause to efforts in getting these to you. We received 66 responses – this is quite a good return in terms of the likely pool, and on behalf of the committee sincere thanks to all …
The 2019 ANZMapS conference, ‘Mapping in Action’, held at the National Library of Australia on 24-25 September, focused on presentations by students about the use of mapping in their research. The $1000 prize for best student presentation was awarded to Robert Streit , a PhD student with the Reef fish ecology and evolution lab at …
Robert Streit wins inaugural student presentation award Read More »
The ANZMapS committee is seeking ways to connect with new audiences, to ensure that existing members get value for their membership and have input into future directions. We have devised a SURVEY to collect your views and hear about your experience of the Society. By completing this 5-10 minute survey, you will help us assess current activities and …
The draft programme for our upcoming conference ‘Mapping in Action’ to be held at the National Library of Australia, Tue 24 & Wed 25 September, is now available. https://anzmaps.org/events/2019-conference-mapping-in-action/ A link to the eventbrite registration is also on the page: tickets are only $20 per day for students and $40 for others, including morning and …
Registration is now open for the special event, “Mapping in Action”, to be held at the National Library of Australia in Canberra, Tue-Wed 24-25 September 2019. Mapping in Action brings together spatial science students, historians and map lovers for this unique ANZMapS event. “Mapping in Action will showcase the latest in spatial information, data visualisation …
ANZMapS’ Mapping In Action special event will be held at the National Library of Australia, Canberra on Tue 24 and Wed 25 September 2019. The Conference Committee is now seeking submissions for presentations. Share with other researchers how maps and spatial science help us interact with, interpret and understand society, the environment, history and science. Call for Presentations Outlines …
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. The pilot is now ready for trialling and comment – http://georekt-test.nla.gov.au/ The data set …
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 and New Zealand
Each year the Society awards the Patricia Alonso Memorial Prize to the best Third Year student in RMIT’s Bachelor of Science (Geospatial Science) degree. The prize consists of a $500 award, plus one year’s membership of ANZMapS. The award is made at the student awards dinner in August of the following year. In 2018, the award …
Patricia Alonso Award 2018 prizewinner: James Embury Read More »
The minutes of the Society’s AGM held at the National Library of New Zealand on Thu 6 September, are now available here.
