Finalists for the New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards (NZSEA) have been announced and include a number of businesses associated with forestry. The awards received 34 entries showing various spatial technologies being employed in a number of different areas. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony in Wellington. Source: Timberbiz
The New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards are a joint initiative by Land Information New Zealand (LINZ), Survey and Spatial New Zealand (S+S NZ), and Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA). Each partner contributes its resources and expertise to make sure the awards reach the highest standards of excellence and independence.
The awards seek to give recognition to the best, the high achievers, and the contributors who set the benchmarks that others will follow, becoming the role models for the next generation of the spatial profession.
NZSEA provides a stepping stone for organisations and individuals to be nominated in the Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards (APSEA) – the only awards for the Asia Pacific region that recognise the excellent achievements of both individuals and organisations engaged in the spatial information industry.
Environment & Sustainability
Land Information New Zealand / Marlborough District Council – Marine Magic Mapping of Queen Charlotte Sound/Tōtaranui
Ballance Agri-Nutrients MitAgator
Boffa Miskell 3D Mapping for Wilding Pine Control at Mid Dome
Innovation and Commercialisation
Springload Quake Nation: Te Papa Earthquake Interactive
Ballance Agri-Nutrients MitAgator
Trimble Inc. Trimble SiteVision
People & Community
New Zealand Walking Access Commission Find My Adventure
Digital Navigators Ltd, supported by Land Information New Zealand
Indigenous Mapping Waananga
New Zealand Geographic Information Systems for Emergency Management (NZGIS4EM) Committee NZGIS4EM – The Beginning
Spatial Enablement
Safe Roads Alliance / Beca Limited Exploiting technology to boost road safety across New Zealand
Abley Safer Journeys Risk Assessment Tool (Mega Maps)
Seeka / Critchlow Seeka Maps
Technical Excellence
Abley Safer Journeys Risk Assessment Tool (Mega Maps)
Fox and Associates Ltd Aerial mapping for disease detection in potato crops
Eliot Sinclair Dipping the Ocean – Kaikoura – New Zealand
Professional of the Year
Mark Nichols Trimble Inc.
Duane Wilkins Land Information New Zealand
Young Professional of the Year
Melissa Harrington Trimble Inc.
Hayley Hume-Merry Boffa Miskell
Sam Keast Ministry of Social Development Education & Professional Development
Duane Wilkins Land Information New Zealand
Claire Thurlow Eagle Technology
Student of the Year
Todd Redpath University of Otago
Tingting Xu The University of Auckland
Rosey Harris Victoria University of Wellington
