Government

Ministry of Works and Development

Resource and infrastructure work at the Ministry of Works and Development helped establish early computer-based geographic information. The New Zealand Land Resource Inventory brought mapped information about land into a form that could be stored and analysed. Mainframe computing, resource classification and the requirements of government programmes shaped the work.

Sources and further reading · 2

DSIR Physics and Engineering Laboratory, Final Report: Landsat II Investigation Programme No. 28230, Report No. 587
ESCAP GIS workshop report, Keith Carr contribution on New Zealand land/resource information and NZLRI

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From projects to departmentsGovernment GIS
Government GIS was distributedGovernment GIS
Custom GIS developmentDigital land inventories
A national land inventoryDigital land inventories
LADEDADigital land inventories
Mapping forest changeForestry GIS

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Ministry of Works and Development

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Discussed in chapterLand assessment
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Discussed in chapterScientific mapping
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Associated withP. R. van Berkel
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Associated withR. D. Williams
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Mentioned in chapterForestry GIS
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Mentioned in chapterGovernment GIS
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