1. BOP Regional Council Geospatial Services Michele Hosking & Dave Withington

2. 2 Agenda We can help Local Government datasets –What –How to get them Your data Basic skills of a geospatial professional Dataset run through

3. Provide datasets Provide advice (within reason) Put you in contact with our colleagues in other councils Unable to provide analysis Large format printing at a cost 3

4. Local Govt datasets Wide range of data for many different purposes Most can be provided free of charge Some have restrictions on them 4

5. Datasets available from local govt Catchments Contours District plan zones Land features Vegetation Soils Etc… 5

6. Accessing our datasets At the moment: Send an email to: GeoSpatial.JobRequests@boprc.govt.nz Sign a data licence agreement Planned: Access via a easy to use website 6

7. Your data It would be great if you want share it with us. It could help us make more informed decisions. 7

8. Basic skills of a geospatial professional Data analysis Cartographic skills GPS knowledge Database management Raster and Vector understanding Scripting Understanding Projections and Datums 8

9. Bay of Plenty Regional Council GIS Datasets Data we can supply: –Data created for us –Data created by us –Data freely available Data we can supply: –Data created by other organisations 9

10. Sand Dunes 10

11. High Value Ecological Sites and Biodiversity Sites 11

12. Pre-human Vegetation 12

13. 1840 Vegetation 13

14. Land Cover 14

15. Geology 15 http://www.gns.cri.nz/Home/Our-Science/Energy-Resources/Geological-Mapping/Geological-Maps/1-250-000-QMAP/

16. Soils 16 http://soils.landcareresearch.co.nz

17. Māori Place Names and Marae Locations 17

18. Aerial Photography 18

19. How to get hold of our data 19 Please let us know: –Your area of interest (a map is good!) –What data you are after –Why you would like it –All your contact details