Powerful new resource provides online access to important environmental data
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- Latest post made by jforne at 2010 Aug 30 11:16 NZST
Hi all, I thought some might be interested in this. Landcare Research have just launched their new Land Resources Information System portal, using Koordinates. It's at http://lris.scinfo.org.nz<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LandcareResearch/05e1e15001/4321750d6d/d5f5e4e973> and is made of awesome. I'm not sure if/how it's providing data feeds/APIs, but Chris McDowall or Ed may be able to clarify that.
Julian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Landcare Research <email obscured>> Date: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:02 AM Subject: Powerful new resource provides online access to important environmental data To: <email obscured> [image: Announcment from Landcare Research] 24th August 2010 Dear Colleague, Landcare Research is pleased to announce the release of a new online web resource, the Land Resource Information System (LRIS) Portal, which is being launched today (24th August 2010). Details about the Portal can be found at the end of this email or go to http://lris.scinfo.org.nz<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LandcareResearch/05e1e15001/4321750d6d/d5f5e4e973>to access the Portal itself. Please do forward this email<http://oi.vresp.com/f2af/v4/send_to_friend.html?ch=05e1e15001&lid=1609002637&ldh=4321750d6d>to friends or colleagues who may be interested in the LRIS portal. Best regards, Dr David Medyckyj-Scott Informatics Team; Landcare Research Powerful new resource provides online access to important environmental data [image: LRIS screenshot] New Zealand has a powerful new online resource to assist people in understanding its diverse natural environments and resources. With the launch of the Land Resource Information System (LRIS) Portal ( http://lris.scinfo.org.nz<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LandcareResearch/05e1e15001/4321750d6d/fa57d7ed6e>), individuals working in regional and central government, industry, research and education now have quick and easy access to environment data held by Landcare Research. These geospatial datasets, many of which are considered of national significance, can be used for creating maps, analysis, modelling and generally for finding out about New Zealands environments and land resources. The information available includes records from the New Zealand land resource inventory, data underpinning the land environments NZ (LENZ) data set, fundamental soils layers, regional soil databases and digital elevation models. These data can be used in a diverse range of applications. Examples include catchment and resource management, national monitoring of carbon sources and sinks, studies of climate change, and preparation of farm plans for land managers. Built using software provided by Koordinates Limited (http://koordinates.com<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LandcareResearch/05e1e15001/4321750d6d/6023a75411>), the LRIS Portal marks a major shift to free on-line access to geospatial information facilitated by Backbone funding from the Foundation for Science Research and Technology. Making data collected and managed by Landcare Research available to a wider audience through an easy-to-use facility is an important first step by Landcare Research to support New Zealands government-wide programme to open and reuse government data, says David Medyckyj-Scott, LRIS Portal Project Leader. Designed to make the data usable as well as accessible, each data layer comes with metadata (data about data), supporting documents and easy-to-understand data use licenses. Users can select from a variety of data formats and, using a map-based interface, sub-set the geographic extent of the data so they only download data for the area they are interested in. This means users no longer need to store large datasets themselves, they just take the bits they need when they need them. The amount and type of data available in the portal will be added to significantly in the future. We have a list of data we have indentified that can be added to the portal in the coming months says James Barringer, who manages the data in the portal. Many of these datasets havent been available publically before but we know they will be of considerable value. The portal is part of greater efforts to create a new repository of authoritative New Zealand science datasets and information. Contact: *About using the portal: * <email obscured> *About this announcement:* Dr David Medyckyj-Scott Landcare Research, Palmerston North P: 06-353-4979 E: <email obscured> Tom Fraser Media Communications Manager Landcare Research P: 03-321-9719 / 027-277-6183 E: <email obscured> ------------------------------ Click to view this email in a browser<http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/231341/05e1e15001/1609002637/4321750d6d/> If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe <http://cts.vresp.com/u?05e1e15001/4321750d6d/mlpftw> ------------------------------ Landcare Research PO Box 40 Lincoln, 7640 Read <http://www.verticalresponse.com/content/pm_policy.html> the VerticalResponse marketing policy. [image: Try Email Marketing with VerticalResponse!] <http://www.verticalresponse.com/landing/ef/?mm//05e1e15001> -- Julian Carver Seradigm Limited PO Box 30042 Christchurch 021 684 147 03 982 1105 www.seradigm.co.nz
Hi Julian I'm not able to ellaborate on the details... But in terms of the LRIS, on http://www.geospatial.govt.nz/lris-launched-today/ David mentioned that "There are plans that by Christmas 2010 data will be accessible via web services (ISO/OGC compliant) directly from Landcare Research. Through these web services users will also be able to access ANZLIC compliant metadata. And further revisions are planned by mid-next year." For further information about the portal contact: David Medyckyj-Scott P: 06-353-4979 E: <email obscured>
Cheers, John -----Original Message----- From: <email obscured> <email obscured>] On Behalf Of Julian Carver Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 2:27 PM To: <email obscured> Subject: [ninjas] Fwd: Powerful new resource provides online access to important environmental data Hi all, I thought some might be interested in this. Landcare Research have just launched their new Land Resources Information System portal, using Koordinates. It's at http://lris.scinfo.org.nz<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LandcareResearch/05e1e15001/4321750d6d/d5f5e4e973> and is made of awesome. I'm not sure if/how it's providing data feeds/APIs, but Chris McDowall or Ed may be able to clarify that. Julian ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Landcare Research <email obscured>> Date: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 11:02 AM Subject: Powerful new resource provides online access to important environmental data To: <email obscured> [image: Announcment from Landcare Research] 24th August 2010 Dear Colleague, Landcare Research is pleased to announce the release of a new online web resource, the Land Resource Information System (LRIS) Portal, which is being launched today (24th August 2010). Details about the Portal can be found at the end of this email or go to http://lris.scinfo.org.nz<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LandcareResearch/05e1e15001/4321750d6d/d5f5e4e973>to access the Portal itself. Please do forward this email<http://oi.vresp.com/f2af/v4/send_to_friend.html?ch=05e1e15001&lid=1609002637&ldh=4321750d6d>to friends or colleagues who may be interested in the LRIS portal. Best regards, Dr David Medyckyj-Scott Informatics Team; Landcare Research Powerful new resource provides online access to important environmental data [image: LRIS screenshot] New Zealand has a powerful new online resource to assist people in understanding its diverse natural environments and resources. With the launch of the Land Resource Information System (LRIS) Portal ( http://lris.scinfo.org.nz<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LandcareResearch/05e1e15001/4321750d6d/fa57d7ed6e>), individuals working in regional and central government, industry, research and education now have quick and easy access to environment data held by Landcare Research. These geospatial datasets, many of which are considered of national significance, can be used for creating maps, analysis, modelling and generally for finding out about New Zealands environments and land resources. The information available includes records from the New Zealand land resource inventory, data underpinning the land environments NZ (LENZ) data set, fundamental soils layers, regional soil databases and digital elevation models. These data can be used in a diverse range of applications. Examples include catchment and resource management, national monitoring of carbon sources and sinks, studies of climate change, and preparation of farm plans for land managers. Built using software provided by Koordinates Limited (http://koordinates.com<http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LandcareResearch/05e1e15001/4321750d6d/6023a75411>), the LRIS Portal marks a major shift to free on-line access to geospatial information facilitated by Backbone funding from the Foundation for Science Research and Technology. Making data collected and managed by Landcare Research available to a wider audience through an easy-to-use facility is an important first step by Landcare Research to support New Zealands government-wide programme to open and reuse government data, says David Medyckyj-Scott, LRIS Portal Project Leader. Designed to make the data usable as well as accessible, each data layer comes with metadata (data about data), supporting documents and easy-to-understand data use licenses. Users can select from a variety of data formats and, using a map-based interface, sub-set the geographic extent of the data so they only download data for the area they are interested in. This means users no longer need to store large datasets themselves, they just take the bits they need when they need them. The amount and type of data available in the portal will be added to significantly in the future. We have a list of data we have indentified that can be added to the portal in the coming months says James Barringer, who manages the data in the portal. Many of these datasets havent been available publically before but we know they will be of considerable value. The portal is part of greater efforts to create a new repository of authoritative New Zealand science datasets and information. Contact: *About using the portal: * <email obscured> *About this announcement:* Dr David Medyckyj-Scott Landcare Research, Palmerston North P: 06-353-4979 E: <email obscured> Tom Fraser Media Communications Manager Landcare Research P: 03-321-9719 / 027-277-6183 E: <email obscured> ------------------------------ Click to view this email in a browser<http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/231341/05e1e15001/1609002637/4321750d6d/> If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe <http://cts.vresp.com/u?05e1e15001/4321750d6d/mlpftw> ------------------------------ Landcare Research PO Box 40 Lincoln, 7640 Read <http://www.verticalresponse.com/content/pm_policy.html> the VerticalResponse marketing policy. 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