The Office Of Spatial Data Management

The following links are provided as a resource to access information, from around Australia and internationally, about spatial data policy and coordination bodies, sources of spatial data, initiatives that demonstrate application of spatial data and related technologies. This is provided for information only.

• Australian Government spatial data & related resources
• Spatial policy coordination in Australia & New Zealand
• National representative bodies in Australia
• Other Australian groups & initiatives 
• International groups & initiatives
• Glossaries

Australian Government spatial data & related resources

• Atlas of Australian Marine Fishing and Coastal Communities
• Australian Antarctic Data Centre
• Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Australian Electoral Commission - Electoral Divisions Profiles and Maps
• Australian Fisheries Management Authority - Fisheries Maps
• Australian Government Environment Portal - Resources
• Australian Hydrographic Service - Products and Services
• Australian Natural Resources Atlas
• Australian Natural Resources Data Library
• Australian Soil Resource Information System (ASRIS)
• Australian Spatial Data Directory (ASDD)
• Australian Weather Watch Radar Network
• Bioenergy Atlas of Australia
• Bureau of Meteorology - Products and Services
• Bureau of Rural Sciences - Data and Tools
• CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research - Data Centre
• CSIRO Mathematical and Information Services - Mathematics for Mapping and Monitoring
• Defence Navy Meteorology and Oceanography - Online Data and Services
• Department of the Environment and Water Resources - Discover Information Geographically
• Geoscience Portal
• Geoscience Australia - recent earthquakes
• Geoscience Australia - maps images, data and publications
• Geoscience Australia - online mapping and databases
• Integrated Vegetation Information for NAP and NRM Regions
• Interactive Social Atlas
• Land Use Mapping for Australia
• MapConnect
• Murray-Darling Basin Commission - maps and GIS data 
• National Land and Water Resources Audit
• National Native Title Tribunal
• Place Name Search
• Plantation Information Network
• Sentinel (bushfire mapping)

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Spatial policy coordination bodies in Australia & New Zealand

• AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT - Office of Spatial Data Management (OSDM)
• NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT - Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)
• ACT - ACT Land Information Group (ALIG) 
• NSW - Board of Surveying and Spatial Information (BOSSI)
• NT - Land Information Management Coordination Group
• QLD - Queensland Spatial Information Council (QSIC)
• SA - Spatial Information Committee (SICOM)
• TASMANIA - Land Information Coordination Committee (LICC)
• VICTORIA - Victorian Government Spatial Committee (VGSC)
• WA - Western Australian Land Information System (WALIS)

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National representative bodies in Australia

• ANZLIC - the Spatial Information Council
• Australian Spatial Consortium (ASC)
• Australian Spatial Information Business Association (ASIBA)
• Australian Spatial Information Education and Research Association (ASIERA)
• Cooperative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI)
• Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM)
• Open Geospatial Consortium Australasia (OGCA)
• PSMA (Public Sector Mapping Agencies) Australia Limited
• Spatial Sciences Institute (SSI)

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Other Australian groups & initiatives

• AuScope: an organisaiton for a National Earth Science Infrstructure Program
• Australia's Spatial Industry Portal
• BlueNet Project
• Centre for Spatial Data Infrastructures and Land Administration
• Community Access to Natural Resource Information (CANRI)
• Local Government Spatial Information Management Toolkit (version 2.0)
• Natural Resources Information Management Toolkit (version 1.0)
• Spatially Enabled Government
• Solid Earth and Environment GRID (SEE GRID) community website
• Water Resources Observation Network (WRON)

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International groups & initiatives

• Arctic Resource Consortium of the United States (ARCUS) - Arctic GIS
• Canadian Federation of Earth Sciences (CFES)
• Canadian Geospatial Data Infrastructure (CGDI)
• Central American Geographic Information Project (PROCIG)
• CGIAR Consortium for Spatial Information (CGIAR-CSI)
• Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
• Digital Earth
• Directions Media (subscription)
• Earth Observation Magazine (EOM)
• European Commission GI & GIS Web Portal (EC-GI&GIS)
• EURopean Umbrella Organisation for Geographic Information (EUROGI)
• GeoBase (an initiative of the Canadian Council on Geomatics)
• GeoConnections - Canada
• Geographic Information Systems in Sustainable Development
• Geospatial Information & Technology Association (GITA)
• Geospatial Resource Portal
• GeoNetwork opensource Community website
• Gigateway
• Global Disaster Information Network (GDIN)
• Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)
• Global Environment Monitoring Unit (GEM)
• Global Land Cover Facility (GLCF)
• Global Resource Information Database (GRID)
• Global Spatial Data Infrastructure (GSDI) Association
• Global Water Information Network (GLOBWINET)
• INfrastructure for SPatial Information in Europe (INSPIRE)
• Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
• International Council for Science: Committee on Data for Science and Technology (CODATA)
• International Federation of Surveyors (FIG)
• International Geosphere - Biosphere Program (IGBP)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• International Steering Committee for Global Mapping (ISCGM)
• ISO Technical Committee for Geographic information/Geomatics (ISO/TC 211)
• Joint Committee on Antarctic Data Management (JCADM)
• Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)
• NASA World Wind
• Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
• Open Source Geospatial Foundation (OSGeo)
• Pan American Institute for Geography and History (PAIGH)
• Permanent Committee on GIS Infrastructure for Asia and the Pacific (PCGIAP)
• Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI) initiatives - Global, Regional, National & Local
• Standing Committee on Antarctic Geographic Information (SC-AGI)
• United Kingdom Ordnance Survey
• United Nations Geographic Information Working Group (UNGIWG)
• United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
• United Nations System-wide Earthwatch
• United States Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
• United States National Biological Information Infrastructure (NBII)
• Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA)
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

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Glossaries

• Informational and Educational Technology: Glossary
• Interoperability Clearinghouse Glossary of Terms
• ISO/TC211 Multi-lingual Glossary of Terms
• Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) Glossary of Terms
• University of Illinois Administrative Information Technology Services Glossary

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