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Surveying Otago University

Welcome to the School of Surveying's news page

Sea Level Rise Seminar Podcasts

Public lecture series on July 12th organized by the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors Coastal Otago Branch chaired by Professor John Hannah to discuss the implications of sea level rise for the City of Dunedin. Speakers include representatives from the Dunedin City Council, Otago Regional Council, MWH Surveying firm, Methodist Central Mission and a presentation of interactive software from Dr. Abby Smith of the School of Marine Science. To listen to the podcasts follow for the Otago University Website and for iTunes U.

Added: 2^nd August 2011

Surveying School becomes accredited by the Chartered Institute of Civil Engineering Surveyors

On May 10th the School was informed of its accreditation for a period of 5 years for all of its 10 Degree or Certificate programs by the United Kingdom based CICES.

Added: 6^th July 2010

Surveying staff in the news

Professional Practice Fellows Richard Hemi and Fraser Jopson, accompanied by postgrad students Joe Wright and David Shearer, recently completed a project in conjunction with the Department of Conservation and Dr. Ian Barber to scan dendroglyphs (ancient tree carvings on the Chatham Islands. Read about this interesting work in the University of Otago Magazine and listen to a report on it from Radio New Zealand.

Added: 7^th July 2010

Surveying software donation

The School is pleased to announce another generously provided site license fron ProgeCAD that allows our students to learn and use computer assisted design (CAD) software in the Urban Design and Engineering courses in the curriculum.

Added: 6^th July 2010

High School Students enjoy 'Hands on Science' project at the School of Surveying

As part of the University of Otago's annual 'Hands on Science' week (Jan 18-22 2010) for high school students, five budding scientists tried out the Surveying and GIS project. Under the title 'Placing the World at your Fingertips...', the students played with handheld GPS, handheld GIS, Total Stations, single beam echosounders, and all sorts of geospatial software.

Using Trimble Nomads with GPS and ArcPad	Estimating the height of a tree	Rugged up for Dunedin summer weather!
Steering the university craft Tawera using HydroPro software for singlebeam echosounder data collection	Conducting detail survey of Dunedin wharf using Leica Total Station	Using ArcGIS software for tree mapping

Amended: 6^th July 2010

Surveying Paper Codes updated for 2010

Paper codes have been updated for 2010 and now appear on this site and the main university site. Old paper codes can be found here.

Added: 24^th August 2009