The School of Surveying runs a seminar series showcasing projects and results related to the School research themes. Speakers come from within the school, the university, as well as nationally and internationally renowned visitors.
2018 Seminar schedule
The seminar series normally runs weekly during semester time (current slot is Thursdays at 12 noon in the L1 lecture theatre) and are organised by Dr. Crystal Filep.
Semester 1 | |||
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Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
1 March (in L2) | Dave Scott, Mark Chamberlain, Richard Mooney, Carolyn Walker | University of Otago | Student Wellbeing seminar |
8 March (in L2) | Don Townsend | Human Resources | Time management |
15 March | Emily Tidey | School of Surveying | Software tips for producing good assignments |
22 March | Prof Jaap Zevenbergen | Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation, University of Twente | The Global Land Tool Network: leaving no one behind in land administration? |
29 March | Postgraduate Students | School of Surveying | Recent fieldwork undertaken by our Postgraduate students |
5 April | Mid-semester Break | ||
12 April | |||
19 April | |||
26 April | Emily Tidey | School of Surveying | Hydrographic measurements as spatial predictors of marine habitats and processes |
3 May | Lea Schueler-Beck, Aubrey Miller and Dr Greg Leonard | School of Surveying | University of Otago campus mapping: Where we’ve been, where we are and where we are headed |
10 May | Dr David Goodwin and Dr Mick Strack | School of Surveying | NZIS presentations |
17 May | |||
24 May |
School of Surveying
Past seminars
2017
Semester 2 | |||
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Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
13 July | |||
20 July | Jesse Teat | Tussock Innovation | IoT, a product developer's perspective |
27 July | Dr. Mick Strack | School of Surveying | Who should own water and waterways and what should that mean? |
3 August | |||
10 August | |||
17 August | All staff | School of Surveying | Honours project topics |
24 August | Brian Coutts | School of Surveying | Land Surveying: has technology fundamentally changed the profession? |
28 August | Mid-Semester Break | ||
7 September | Dr. Peter Knight | Geomatics N.Z. Ltd | Edminstin vs Sanfords Ltd: An Oyster skipper fights for his rights to intellectual property |
11 September | Pim Kuus | Teledyne Reson, Australasian Hydrographic Society | Understanding shallow water multibeam systems |
14 September | Dr. Mick Strack et al. | School of Surveying | MĀORI THEME RESEARCH AT TE KURA KAIRŪRI |
21 September | Richard Hemi | School of Surveying | The survey of an endangered bird – The Bulford Kiwi |
28 September | Geoff O’Malley | Land Information New Zealand | National Perspectives on Geospatial Capability and Research |
5 October | Justin Farquhar et al. | Library, Divisional Office and the Publications Office | PBRF presentations |
12 October |
2016
2015
Semester 1 | |||
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Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
26 February | Emerson Pratt | Manager, Teaching & Learning Facilities, ITS, University of Otago | An introduction to the University of Otago's new Student Desktop |
5 March | Various | School of Surveying | Summer Bursary Student Presentations |
12 March | Dr. Rob McCaffrey | Portland State University | Inter-‐seismic locking on the Hikurangi subduction zone: Uncertainties from slow-‐slip events |
19 March | Dr. Tony Moore and Marc Russwurm | School of Surveying / Technical University of Munich | Mountains of Work! |
26 March | Dr. Robert Odolinski | School of Surveying | New Zealand’s first results for multi-GNSS single-baseline RTK positioning |
2 April | |||
9 April | Mid-Semester Break | ||
16 April | Gary Chisholm | Trimble | Marine Construction using GNSS |
23 April | |||
30 April | Andrew Burrell | Global Survey | UAV data acquisition, processing and deliverables: allowing technology to do the legwork |
7 May | Dr. Ian Hamling | GNS | A view from above: Satellite Radar Interferometry observations of New Zealand's deforming crust |
14 May | Professor William Cartwright | RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia | NeoCartography: citizen cartographers, GPS, consumer electronics and mapping |
21 May | Dr. David Goodwin | Te Kura Kairūri, School of Surveying | Hybrid solutions to securing land rights in the continuum between customary and formal land tenure |
28 May | Dr. David Goodwin | Te Kura Kairūri, School of Surveying | Surveys to determine the orientation of standing stones on the Hauviri and Taputapuātea maraes on Ra'iatea, and associated issues |
Semester 2 | |||
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Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
9 July | |||
16 July | Various | School of Surveying and Dept. of Geology | Our seas and oceans – still to be explored and charted |
23 July | Dr. Rachel Whitsed | School of Environmental Sciences, Charles Stuart University, NSW, Australia | Modelling vegetation change, human health and wellbeing and zombies! (not all at once) |
30 July | Prof. Christina Hulbe | Te Kura Kairūri, School of Surveying | Flow variability and ongoing margin shifts on Bindschadler and MacAyeal Ice Streams, West Antarctica |
6 August | Various | SURV 453 / 553 Panel Discussion | A future for Princes Street |
13 August | |||
20 August | |||
27 August | Mid-Semester Break | ||
3 September | |||
11 September (Friday, 1 pm) | Andrew McDowell | Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) | Open Source Enabling Technologies for Tenure Governance |
17 September | Various | Te Kura Kairūri, School of Surveying | 200 and 300 level student info session for available electives |
25 September (Friday, 1pm) | Various | SURV 469 - Advanced Stormwater Design Student Presentations | TBC |
1 October | Yong Chien Zheng | PhD Candidate, School of Surveying | The Sunda megathrust deformation process: 15 years of recent great earthquakes |
2014
Semester 1 | |||
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Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
20 March, 5:30 pm in Burns 1 Lecture Theatre | Drs. Pascal Sirguey and Nicolas Cullen | School of Surveying / Geography Department | The changing height of Aoraki / Mt Cook |
27 March, 5:30 pm in Burns 1 Lecture Theatre | Dr. Ted Scambos | U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Center | Antarctica in the Palm of Your Hand: A Science Tour of the Ice Sheet |
3 April | Prof. Bill Cartwright | RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia | The Geography of World War 1 Cartoons: Gallipoli |
10 April | Auckland Islands: Part I | School of Surveying + Depts. of Geology and Marine Science | What were they doing down there?! |
17 April | Dr. Pascal Sirguey and Dr. Nicolas Cullen | School of Surveying / Department of Geography | Creating a new elevation model of Kilimanjaro from very high resolution GeoEye-1 images and assessing ice volume of the Northern Ice Field of Kilimanjaro: the photogrammetry strikes back |
24 April | Mid-Semester Break | ||
1 May | Surveying Selfie Challenge | Surveying Selfie Challenge Poster | |
8 May | Dan Wallace | GeoSystems | Technologies that will transform Surveying |
15 May | Kambiz Borna | PhD candidate, School of Surveying | A Vector Agent Approach to classify satellite images |
Wed, 21 May, 4 pm | Dr. Sigrun Hreinsdottir | GNS Science | The 2010 Eyjafjallajökull and 2011 Grímsvötn eruptions, Iceland: Insights from GPS geodetic measurements |
Semester 2 | |||
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Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
25 June | Dr. David Goodwin | School of Surveying | Communal land tenure in transition: improved policy planning through case study comparison |
17 July | Don McKinnon | LINZ | Out of the Pan - Into the Fire - Zen and the Art of Cadastral Maintenance |
24 July | Stan Lusby | Link to Supporting Document | The Spatial Awareness Conundrum in Ancient Polynesia (With Parallels from Ancient Greece) - Star Pillar Navigation Concepts; Indigenous experience versus Cartesian Science |
31 July | Dr. Mick Strack | School of Surveying | A new look at resource management: EDS v King Salmon 2014 |
7 August | Emily Tidey | School of Surveying | Marine Habitat Mapping: Linking Pattern and Process in Marine Systems |
14 August | Hydro Student Presentations | Hydrography - More than just Charts | |
21 August | Dr. Simon Cox | GNS Science - Te Pu Ao | The Te Horo (Dart) Landslide – Laser Scanning, SfM Photogrammetry, Hydrosurveying and some lessons for Land Use Planning |
29 August | Mid-Semester Break | ||
4 September | Engineering Surveying Class Presentations | School of Surveying 4th year students | SURV 459 Student Presentations |
11 September | Maaike Duncan | Terramark | Gardens View and the Sabina Apartments |
18 September | SURV 480 / SURV 590 Student Presentations | School of Surveying Students | SURV 480 / SURV 590 Student Presentations |
18 September |
Visitor Teaching Seminars A |
1 pm - Joseph Wright
2 pm - Dr. Chris Pearson |
Visitor Teaching Seminars A |
19 September | Visitor Research Seminars A | 1 pm - Dr. Chris Pearson 2 pm - Joseph Wright |
Visitor Research Seminars A |
Mon 22 + Wed 24 September | Visitor Teaching Seminars B | 1 pm M - Dr. Yushin Ahn 2 pm M - Dr. Cindy Wang 12 noon W - Dr. Robert Odolinski |
Visitor Teaching Seminars B |
23 September | Visitor Research Seminars B | 9 am - Dr. Cindy Wang 12 noon - Dr. Yushin Ahn 1 pm - Dr. Robert Odolinski |
Visitor Research Seminars B |
2013
Semester 1 | |||
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Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
26 February | Prof. Frank Schwarzbach | Dresden University | The German Cadastral System |
7 March | Dr. Abdelali Fadil | School of Surveying | New Zealand 20th Century sea level rise |
14 March | Dr. Dr. Abdelali Fadil and Dr. Pascal Sirguey | School of Surveying | Assessment of MODIS precipitable water vapor over New Zealand using GPS and radiosondes measurements |
21 March | No Seminar Scheduled | ||
26 March | Prof. John P. Wilson | University of Southern California | The Geospatial Revolution |
27 March | Prof. Natascha Oppelt | University of Kiel | Use of hyperspectral remote sensing in coastal waters & integration of remote sensing data into hydrological or vegetation models |
28 March | Mr. Massimo Santanicchia | Icelandic Academy of Arts | The Reykjavik Urban Environment |
4 April | Mid-Semester Break | ||
11 April | Dr. Chris Pearson | School of Surveying | PositioNZ-PP: Development of an online GPS Post-Processing Service for New Zealand |
18 April | Dr. Don Grant | Land Information New Zealand | Reshaping the New Zealand Cadastre: A 10 - 20 Year Strategy |
25 April | Anzac Day | ||
9 May | Mr. Richard Hemi | School of Surveying | Scanning the past for a future perspective |
16 May | Summer 2012/13 Bursary Student Presentations | Summer 2012/13 Bursary Presentations | |
23 May | Panel Discussion | New Zealand Housing Panel Discussion | |
30 May | Panel Discussion | Landscape representation and visualisation |
Semester 2 | |||
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Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
18 July | TBA | TBA | TBA |
25 July | TBA | TBA | TBA |
1 August | Emily Tidey | School of Surveying | Hydrography - the big picture and the finer detail |
8 August | Benjamin Quaye | School of Surveying | Land information deficiencies and the development of the urban real estate market - case study of Ghana |
15 August | Dr. Martin Gribble | GHD | Logging trucks on local roads - are we killing the pavement? |
22 August | Prof. Christina Hulbe | School of Surveying | What's past is prologue |
29 August | Mid-Semester Break | ||
5 September | No Seminar | ||
12 September | Dr. Brian Ballanytne (via podcast) | Natural Resources Canada | Boundary disputes: the price of federalism |
19 September | Dr. John Haines | GNS | Revealing Hidden Deformation Sources in New Zealand |
26 September | Mr. Bruce Wallen | Discovery Marine Limited | Hydrographic Surveying with Multibeam Echo Sounders in the Bay of Islands |
10 October | Mr. George Williamson | Walking Access Commission | A discussion on Walking Access Maps |
2012
Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
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8 March | Dr. Mick Strack | School of Surveying | Coastal Boundaries |
15 March | Dr. Pascal Sirguey | School of Surveying | Insights into temporal variability of surface flow velocity of the Tasman Glacier, New Zealand, provided by optical satellite imagery and A century of ice retreat on Kilimanjaro: The mapping reloaded |
22 March | Prof. John Hannah | School of Surveying | A detailed determination of regional sea level trends in New Zealand |
29 March | Dr. Chris Pearson | School of Surveying | Surveying of shaky ground, maintaining accurate coordinates in tectonically active areas |
19 April | Dr. David Goodwin | School of Surveying | Securing land rights for land in transition from communal to individualized tenure |
10 May | Dr. Mike Hilton | Department of Geography | Surveying and monitoring the dynamic dune systems of Stewart Island (1998 – 2012): A Geographer’s perspective |
17 May | Mr. Grant Humphries | PhD Candidate, Department of Zoology | Automated species distribution modeling: Python, ArcGIS and the Alaska GAP Initiative |
31 May | Dr. Ali Fadil | School of Surveying | Evidence for high rates of sea level rise in New Zealand during the 20th Century |
19 July | Mr. Vick Jaya | MSc Candidate, School of Surveying | 3D GIS – extending data visualization capabilities into the 3rd dimension |
26 July | Dr. Mick Strack | School of Surveying | Claims for water rights |
9 August | Mr. Clifford Patterson | PhD Candidate, School of Surveying | Monitoring deforestation and agricultural intensification in the New River Watershed, Belize |
16 August | Mr. Mark Smith | LINZ | Crown pastoral lease tenure review: a Surveyor's perspective |
23 August | Assoc. Prof. Julian Smit | University of Cape Town, South Africa | Geomatics: a profession in flux |
23 August | Prof. Venkat Lakshmi | University of South Carolina, USA | Studies of the land surface hydrological cycle using modeling, observations and remote sensing |
23 August | Prof. Christina Hulbe | Portland State University, USA | Big or little? Using numerical models to interpret recent change in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet |
13 September | Dr. Huw Horgan | Victoria University, Wellington | The grounding zone of the Whillans Ice Stream, West Antarctica |
18 September | Dr. David Fairbairn | Newcastle University, United Kingdom | Integrating volunteered geographic information with official spatial data |
26 September | Ms. Nuala Gallagher | Cypress Hills Verde, USA | Equity and sustainability in an urbanizing world |
26 September | Dr. Sean Connelly | University of Regina, Canada | Getting beyond green: strategic sustainability for 21st Century communities |
26 September | Mr. Colin O'Byrne | Victoria University, Wellington | Exploring the influence of governance on urban form |
2011
Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
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17 February | Dr. Robert Tenzer | School of Surveying | Estimation of the global averaged value of the crust-mantle density contrast |
3 March | Dr. Mick Strack | School of Surveying | Coastal erosion in Norfolk: the dilemma of property |
10 March | Mr. Neil Bates / Mr. Josh Columbus / Mr. Luzi Gan | School of Surveying | Deformation surveying / A high resolution DEM for New Zealand / Joint adjustment levelling networks in New Zealand |
17 March | Dr. Piotr Jankowski / Dr. Timothy Nygerges | San Diego State University / University of Washington | Using online spatial decision support collaborative tools in distance learning education |
22 March | Dr. Timothy Nygerges and Dr. Piotr Jankowski | University of Washington / San Diego State | Participatory geospatial information architectures |
24 March | Dr. Timothy Nygerges and Dr. Piotr Jankowski | University of Washington / San Diego State | Participatory role-play in collaborative decision support |
28 March | Dr. Timothy Nygerges and Dr. Piotr Jankowski | University of Washington / San Diego State | Participatory modelling methodology - tightening the geoweb design loop |
7 April | Mr. Graeme Blick | LINZ | LINZ's geospatial, customer and geodectic strategies |
14 July | Dr. Tony Moore | School of Surveying | Layered and embedded approaches to cartography-art interface |
21 July | Ms. Amelia Auge / Ms. Dawn Coburn | Phd Candidates, School of Surveying | Satellites, radiowaves and sea lions: new insights of site fidelity in pinnipeds? / Gone tomorrow? Choosing the past to create the future |
22 July | Dr. Pavel Novak | University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic | Gravity field modelling and satellite techniques |
28 July | Dr. Greg Leonard | School of Surveying | Analysis of Antarctic landfast sea ice displacements derived from a combined Global Navigation System and Total Station array |
4 August | Mr. Julian Muenster, Mr. Paul Crane, Dr. Mariusz Nowotawski / Mr. Geoff Hay | Department of Information Science / School of Surveying | Augmented reality virtual note application on Android Phones / Time for OSCAR |
11 August | Dr. Josef Strobl | University of Salzburg, Austria | People and actions - geosocial sensors and map interfaces |
18 August | Dr. Ali Fadil / Mr. Ahmed Abdalla | School of Surveying | Evidence for a slow subsidence of the Tahiti island from GPS, DORIS and combined satellite altimetry and tide gauge records / Accuracy analysis of state-of-the-art global gravity models using GPS-levelling and gravity data - a New Zealand case study |
25 August | Mr. Brian Coutts | School of Surveying | Regulation and discipline for cadastral surveyors - a case study in the Australasian reciprocating region |
8 September | Mr. Robert Wayumba / Mr. Chris Joseph | PhD Candidates, School of Surveying | History and effects of land registration in Kenya / Land tenure research in a post-conflict environment |
22 September | Dr. Hauti Hakopa | Department of Information Science | Mapping the Mana of the Whenua |
29 September | Dr. Femke Reitsma | University of Canterbury | Measuring and representing processes for GIS |
6 October | Dr. Mick Strack, Assoc. Prof. Kerry Shepherd, Mr. Tim Jowett and Mr. John Harraway | School of Surveying, HEDC, Department of Mathematics and Statistics | Monitoring changes in the environmental attitudes of higher education students |
13 October | Dr. Paul Denys, Dr. Chris Pearson and Mr. Mike Denham | School of Surveying | A geodetic study of the Otago Fault System |
20 October | Dr. Chris Pearson | School of Surveying | Surveying on shaky ground: An improved model of tectonic deformation and how this helps surveyors in the western US and Alaska |
25 October | Mr. Jeremy Palmer | LINZ | The LINZ GIS data service |
27 October | Dr. Mick Strack | School of Surveying | Commentary on recent land law: using and stopping unformed legal roads / Developments on coastal hazard zones |
4 November | Dr. Mairead de Roiste | Victoria University, Wellington | Do users agree? Exploring users' expectations about the placement of common map elements |
10 November | Ms. Judy Rodda / Mr. Mariano Rodriguez | PhD Candidates, School of Surveying | Counting dolphins is not as easy as it would seem - estimating the seasonal abundance of Hector's dolphins using capture-recapture techniques / Spatial ecology of introduced mammalian predators in New Zealand: Using satellite technology to quantify resource selection |
1 December | Mr. Igor Drecki and Ms. Shannon McColley | University of Auckland | GeoDataHub: Building a geospatial data repository for New Zealand |
2010
Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
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29 January | Dr. Robert Tenzer / Mr. Yuri Marinovich / Ms. Julia Nicholson | School of Surveying | The study of long-term temporal deformation of the Earth's crust induced by the polar motion in New Zealand / A compilation of the map of the lateral topographical density distribution in New Zealand from the currently available geological data |
12 February | Dr. Robert Tenzer / Mr. Ahmed Abdalla | School of Surveying | First results of a new gravimetric geoid model for New Zealand / Validation of the new gravimetric geoid model KTH-NZ2010.v1 using GPS-levelling and existing quasigeoid models for New Zealand |
12 March | Dr. Tony Moore | School of Surveying | Maps as comics, comics as maps |
19 March | Mr. Robert Wayumba | PhD Candidate, School of Surveying | Modelling land tenure systems |
16 April | Mr. Richard Hemi | School of Surveying | Laser scanning for heritage and archaeological preservation |
23 April | Mr. Chris Joseph | PhD Candidate, School of Surveying | Land tenure and human security during post-conflict development |
30 April | Dr. Greg Leonard | School of Surveying | Ice crystals in the water column: the view from an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) |
7 May | Dr. Pascal Sirguey / Mr. Todd Redpath / Assoc. Prof. Sean Fitzsimons / Dr. Andreas Kaab | School of Surveying / Department of Geography | Utilising optical satellite imagery to derive multi-temporal flow fields for the Tasman Glacier |
14 May | Dr. Robert Tenzer / Mr. Vladislav Gladkikh | School of Surveying | Global bathymetric stripping corrections to the gravity field quantities / Mathematical model of the global ocean saltwater density distribution |
21 May | Dr. Mick Strack | School of Surveying | Responding to the Crown's proposal to remove lands from Schedule 4 of the Crown Minerals Act and allow for mining on protected conservation land |
28 May | Dr. David Goodwin | School of Surveying | An alternative Cadastral Survey Dataset for New Zealand |
4 June | Mr. Brian Coutts | School of Surveying | Disciplinary principles for Cadastral Surveyors - A case study in Australia and New Zealand |
11 June | Mr. Phil Rhodes | School of Surveying | Urban design in the making |
18 June | Mr. Phil Rhodes | School of Surveying | The survey-accurate digital Cadastre - can a coordinate define a boundary point? |
25 June | Dr. Robert Tenzer | School of Surveying | Crustal deformations due to oean-tide loading in New Zealand |
16 July | Prof. John Hannah | School of Surveying | The difficulties in using tide gauges to monitor long-term sea level change |
23 July | Mr. Chris Knight | School of Surveying | Surveying and aviation |
30 July | Mr. Don McKinnon | School of Surveying | Why I went to America and what I found - or does the GPS as-built match the design! |
13 August | Mr. Chris Knight | School of Surveying | A perspective on the evolution of computing and communication networks from then to now |
20 August | Mr. Geoff Hay | PhD Candidate, School of Surveying | The Open Source Cadastral Application and Registry (OSCAR) software: Theory of operations overview |
27 August | Dr. Chris Pearson | US National Geodetic Survey | The inclusion of Alaska and other progress in improving the accuracy of geodetic coordinates in the Pacific North America plate boundary zone |
10 September | Dr. Paul Denys | School of Surveying | Tide gauge-cGPS measurements in New Zealand |
16 September | Mr. Vladislav Gladkikh / Dr. Robert Tenzer | School of Surveying | Atmospheric pressure loading software |
8 October | Mr. Geoff Bates | Otago Surveying Company | Life after graduation |
15 October | Mr. Scott Preskett | School of Surveying | Multi-antenna GPS motion sensing for hydrographic surveying in ports and harbours to the Spheroid |
22 October | Ms. Teresa Cole | MSc Candidate, School of Surveying | An intensive investigation into the presence of an acceleration in sea level rise using New Zealand's long-term records |
12 November | Mr. David Shearer | MSc Candidate, School of Surveying | Shared spaces and the role they could play in New Zealand |
26 November | Mr. Luke Chamberlain | PGDip. Candidate, School of Surveying | Victorian future coasts LiDAR survey |
2009
Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
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12 March | Mr. Joseph Wright / Mr. Aaron Fleury | Summer Bursary Students, School of Surveying | Wastewater and stormwater GIS-based models of urban catchments / Evaluation of consumer-grade GPS in bush environments under tree canopies / Reliability evaluaiton of GPS RTK systems using the ISO 17123-8 standard |
19 March | Dr. Robert Tenzer | School of Surveying | Gravimetric forward modelling of the step-wise topographically corrected and CRUST 2.0 model crust density contrasts stripped gravity field |
9 April | Mr. Phil Rhodes | School of Surveying | An introduction to vacuum sewerage systems with case studies |
23 April | Dr. Robert Tenzer | School of Surveying | Modelling the monthly variation in continental water storage with GRACE |
7 May | Dr. Greg Leonard | School of Surveying | Platelet ice - ocean interaction during winter in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica |
23 July | Dr. Stuart Edwards | Newcastle University, United Kingdom | GPS calibration and validation of altimetric satellite radiometers |
27 July | Dr. Chris Pearson | US National Geodetic Survey | The future of the North American Datums: Whate we have now, what's wrong and things may change |
3 August | Dr. Robert Tenzer | School of Surveying | Global atmospheric corrections to the gravity field quantities |
17 August | Dr. David Goodwin | School of Surveying | The spirit behind land agreements - examples from Canada, Zimbabwe and New Zealand |
24 August | Dr. Mick Strack | School of Surveying | Property rights for a new world: can our property regime adapt to an ethic of sustainability? |
8 October | Dr. Robert Tenzer / Matt Stevens | School of Surveying | A study of vertical tectonic deformations in New Zealand using continious GPS data |
22 October | Dr. Tony Moore | School of Surveying | Geographical vector agents and agricultural land use |
2 November | Mr. Abraham Growcott / Mr. Pascal Sirguey | Department of Marine Science / School of Surveying | Acoustic and photogrammetric length estimates of sperm whales |
9 December | Dr. Robert Tenzer / Mr. Ahmed Abdalla | School of Surveying | The ellipsoid corrections to the fundamental formula of physical geodesy |
2008
Date | Presenter | Institution | Title |
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15 September | Dr. Tomaz Podobnikar |
Scientific Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts |
Simulation and representation of the positional errors of boundary and interior regions in maps |
9 October | Dr. Tony Moore | School of Surveying | Visual spatial metaphors for user focus: an alternative view of cartograms |
16 October | Dr. Peter Whigham | Department of Information Science | Keep your eye on the ball: revisiting a mouse-based spatio-temporal system for collecting rugby union patterns |
23 October | Dr. Tony Moore | School of Surveying | Visual spatial metaphors for user focus: an alternative view of choropleth maps |
30 October | Dr. Nigel Stanger | Department of Information Science | Scalability of techniques for online geographic visualization of web site hits |
6 November | Dr. Steven Roberts | Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada | MOEA for greenlands system design |
13 November | Dr. Greg Leonard | School of Surveying | The role of collection systems modelling in the strategic review of an existing wastewater reticulation system - a case study of the Nelson Regional Sewerage Business Unit Network |
20 November | Mr. Geoff Hay | PhD Candidate, School of Surveying | Architecture for an open source semantic spatio-temporal land administration application |
5 December | Dr. Peter Knight | School of Surveying | The contribution of the School of Surveying to hydrography of Otago Harbour |
11 December | Dr. Brendon Woodford | Department of Information Science | Rule extraction from spatial data using an entropy-based evolving fuzzy neural network |
18 December | Mr. Pascal Sirguey | School of Surveying |
The application of the Snowmelt Runoff Model (SRM) in the Upper Waitaki |
Conferences
GeoComputation 2019, Queenstown, 18th to 21st September 2019
The 15th International conference on GeoComputation, GeoComputation 2019, will run in the Rydges Lakeland Resort Hotel, Queenstown, from 18th to 21st September 2019..
Find out more about GeoComputation 2019.
125th NZIS Conference, Dunedin, 2013
The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors will be celebrating its 125th anniversary at their annual conference to be held in Dunedin from 29-31 August 2013. The occasion also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the National School of Surveying.
Find out more about the 125th NZIS Conference.
SIRC NZ 2013
SIRC NZ 2013 is a new GIS and Remote Sensing research conference, running on 29th August and 30th August 2013 at the University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ.
Find out more about the SIRC NZ 2013.
Symposia
2014 New Zealand Sea Ice Symposium
The New Zealand Sea Ice Symposium is a biennial event attended by New Zealand's sea ice research community. The 2014 edition is being hosted by the School of Surveying.