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Greg Laughlin (ANDS)

John Weaver (OSP)

Maurits van der Vlugt (Mercury Project Solutions)

AttributionThe Gazetteer of Australia

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The Gazetteer of Australia:

outline

• What was the Gazetteer?

• Stage 1 redevelopment (now)

• Stage 2 redevelopment (next 6 months)

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What was the Gazetteer?Attribution

Authoritative

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What was the Gazetteer?Attribution

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What was the Gazetteer?Attribution

• limited functionality (e.g. one place at a time)

• no machine-to-machine interface

• fees

• “Greenwell Point” was entered

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Stage 1 redevelopment (now)Attribution

• No fees

• Graphical (map) interface with Open Street Maps

• Downloadable (both user interface and M2M)

http://www.mymaps.gov.au/gazetteer/

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Stage 1 redevelopment (now)Attribution

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Stage 1 redevelopment (now)Attribution

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Stage 1 redevelopment (now)Attribution

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Stage 1 redevelopment (now)Attribution

Simple user case-Greenwell Point noted

in historical report about ship building &

is interested in shipwright technology

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Stage 1 redevelopment (now)Attribution

User defined area – search for historic

sites, brings up the old slip rails

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Stage 1 - issuesAttribution

• The current structure does not have a

harmonised access methodology

- 3rd party clients apps difficult

• Context and content are served

separately

• WFS-G (M2M) different

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Stage 2 redevelopment Attribution

• The new structure will serve all queries

from a single service

• The potential for online real time

updates from custodian and richer

content

• Compliant with WFS-G standards and

UNSDI International Gazetteer project

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Stage 2 redevelopment Attribution

Integration into the mymaps.gov.au environment will:

• seamlessly link to the GeoNetwork Australian Spatial Data

Directory

• allow viewing of research data in an information rich

environment

• upload your own (spreadsheet etc) data to map (Map

Intelligence Express)

• researcher focus: making the most out of a place name(s) to

create new links within and across disciplines