On 4 March 2004 Terralink announced a South Island aerial-imagery acquisition covering about 42,000 square kilometres. The release describes about 2,500 aerial photographs and approximately 5,500 orthophoto tiles. These figures are the project scale given in the contemporary announcement.
The named participating councils were Waimakariri, Ashburton, Timaru, Waimate, Waitaki and Mackenzie District Councils, together with Environment Canterbury. The stated uses included local-government GIS, consent processing, land-use work, civil defence and asset management. A shared imagery acquisition gave several authorities a common regional base while leaving their internal GIS arrangements distinct.
The announcement identifies participating authorities and their intended uses of the imagery. It gives no details of each council’s internal software or GIS practitioners.
One regional image base
On 4 March 2004 Terralink announced a South Island aerial-imagery acquisition covering about 42,000 square kilometres. The release describes about 2,500 aerial photographs and approximately 5,500 orthophoto tiles. These figures are the project scale given in the contemporary announcement.
The named participating councils were Waimakariri, Ashburton, Timaru, Waimate, Waitaki and Mackenzie District Councils, together with Environment Canterbury. The stated uses included local-government GIS, consent processing, land-use work, civil defence and asset management. A shared imagery acquisition gave several authorities a common regional base while leaving their internal GIS arrangements distinct.
Council use
The announcement identifies participating authorities and their intended uses of the imagery. It gives no details of each council’s internal software or GIS practitioners.