Trimble donates new GPS technology to the GRI
On Friday 8 December, Mr Mark Nichols, General Manager of Trimble New Zealand and Board Member of the Geospatial Research Institute Toi Hangarau, presented the University of Canterbury the first two of ten new portable GPS receivers.The device can be attached to an android phone and processes data in real time by the GPS engine inside. […]
GRI hosts Smart City Forum
The Geospatial Research Institute Toi Hangarau, hosted a Smart Cities forum today which included presenters from around the country. The nature of this forum was to provide a collaborative environment for Government, Business and Researchers to gather and share their work progress as well as look at new areas of development in this rapidly growing environment. […]
GRI works with Geography Teachers
[dropcaps style=’square1′ background_color=”]T[/dropcaps]he Geospatial Research Institute Toi Hangarau worked with a group of Secondary School Geography Teachers today, providing some tips and tools for easily deployed spatial data capture using freely available online resources. The day was a success with the rain holding off long enough for all participants to get outside and collect some data before […]
Pro-Vice-Chancellor wins geospatial award
[dropcaps style=’square1′ background_color=”]T[/dropcaps] he University of Canterbury’s College of Science Pro-Vice-Chancellor Professor Wendy Lawson has received national recognition for her longstanding commitment to growing the geospatial sector in New Zealand, advocacy and partnership building. Prof Lawson won the Professional of the Year Award at the New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards (NZSEA) held at Te Papa […]
Daniel Hogg wins CRCSI best PhD award
[dropcaps style=’square1′ background_color=”]L[/dropcaps]ast week, former PhD student Daniel Hogg was awarded the Best PhD research award at the CRCSI Annual Dinner in Sydney. Daniel is also a finalist in the New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards to be announced later in November 2016. Daniel’s PhD used spatial and spatio-temporal analysis techniques to examine when and where […]