Please come along to see Dr. Joreintje Mackenbach-van Es from the Amsterdam UMC present her seminar on the environmental determinants of lifestyle and health. Abstract There is widespread consensus that our environment affects our behaviour and health, but less understanding of how this works. I…
Dr Matthew Hobbs, a researcher in the GeoHealth Laboratory within the GRI at the University of Canterbury, was awarded by The European Association for the Study of Obesity (EASO) the New Investigator Public Health Award, which marks out rising stars of obesity and public health in Europe. He…
Dr John McCarthy is a Principal Technical Specialist within the Health & Disability Intelligence Group at the Ministry of Health (MoH). In this talk John will be discussing the capability and capacity for geospatial analysis at the MoH, and how geospatial evidence contributes to policy…
Kia ora koutou katoa, We are pleased to announce that abstract submissions are now open for the 2019 New Zealand Geospatial Research Conference. We invite you to join us at the Queenstown Memorial Centre in beautiful Queenstown, Otago on 18 September 2019 and present…
Assoc. Prof. Tony Moore – School of Surveying, University of Otago, Dunedin The spatial data that underpin the maps we see are often compromised by the limited space for them in the map. For example, a large amount of features have to be mapped in cities but there is…
Dr David Medyckyj-Scott – Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research 3 May 2019 The collection and analysis of environmental data are critical to us understanding the New Zealand environment of the past, today and to anticipate the future. Conclusions drawn from environmental observations, analysis and models…
The way we interact with the design process is evolving, from how we capture information about the world around us, to how we engage with design tools. This presentation will showcase how we’ve adopted emergent technology into daily workflows at Aurecon, enabling us to perform…
We’re pleased to announce that the NZGRC-2019 will be held in Queenstown on 18 September 2019, in conjunction with the 15th International Conference on GeoComputation. Please see the conference website at https://geospatial.ac.nz/nzgrc-2019/ for further details.
