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Tuesday, 24th August 2010

New: Environmental Resource from New Zealand: Land Resource Information System (LRIS) Portal

From an Announcement from Landcare Research:

New Zealand has a powerful new online resource to assist people in understanding its diverse natural environments and resources.

With the launch of the Land Resource Information System (LRIS) Portal, individuals working in regional and central government, industry, research and education now have quick and easy access to environment data held by Landcare Research. These geospatial datasets, many of which are considered of national significance, can be used for creating maps, analysis, modelling and generally for finding out about New Zealand’s environments and land resources.

The information available includes records from the New Zealand land resource inventory, data underpinning the land environments NZ (LENZ) data set, fundamental soils layers, regional soil databases and digital elevation models. These data can be used in a diverse range of applications. Examples include catchment and resource management, national monitoring of carbon sources and sinks, studies of climate change, and preparation of farm plans for land managers.

Built using software provided by Koordinates Limited, the LRIS Portal marks a major shift to free on-line access to geospatial information facilitated by Backbone funding from the Foundation for Science Research and Technology.

“Making data collected and managed by Landcare Research available to a wider audience through an easy-to-use facility is an important first step by Landcare Research to support New Zealand’s government-wide programme to open and reuse government data”, says David Medyckyj-Scott, LRIS Portal Project Leader.

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See Also: Other Databases from Landcare Research

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