We Don’t Make Maps! So where are we?

What is Happening in Government in Spatial.

Graham Hammond, IMIA Asia Pacific Conference, November 2015

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ANZLIC FSDF

Spatial Data Frameworks

FOUNDATION

Water

Admin Boundaries

Addressing

Land Parcels

and Property

Land Cover

Transport

WaterEnvironment

Marine

Defence & Border Protection

Resources

Surface and Air

Transport

Emergency Management

Social services

Positioning

ImageryElevation & Bathymetry

Place Names

Need for interactionNeed for provenance

FOUNDATION

User Sectors –

Applications and Data

Products

Public safetyEconomy

Environment

Land Rights and Ownership

Maps are points in timeTime series add value

TandureLakePamamaro

oLake

Lake Menindee

100%85%

41%

Using the time-series graphs to classify features into ISO standards

• Surface water always present -> Perennial • Waterbody dries out (<5% water seen) >2 times in 10 years -> Intermittent• Ephemeral class unable to easily define with these stats

Data.gov, National Map

Maps Australian National Base Map

• http://www.ga.gov.au/gisimg/rest/services/topography/National_Map_Colour_Basemap/MapServer

• Interactive maps, ELvIS

Phone: 02 6249 9661Web: www.ga.gov.auEmail: Graham.Hammond@ga.gov.au

We do make maps and We like to think we know where we are!

Questions?