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History of the NSW Spatial Cadastre Exploring the development of NSW Spatial Cadastre and DCS Spatial Services commitment to its accuracy and improvement. September 2024

Survey results on the Spatial Collaboration Portal September survey results February 2024

How Geoscape datasets are being used by NSW Government agencies NSW Government agencies have used Geoscape data to create initiatives to support site identification and assessment for development and planning purposes to better support people and businesses across the State. October 2023

Partnership enhancing whole-of-government location-based reporting DCS Spatial Services is partnering with FrontierSI in a project to reduce the costs, risks and issues associated with location-based reporting. June 2023

Department of Customer Service (DCS) Spatial Services mapping electoral boundaries for Government within NSW DCS Spatial Services supported the NSW Electoral Commission as part of the recent election by mapping adjustments to boundaries for each State Electoral District (SED). June 2023

DCS Spatial Services secures new Geoscape datasets for whole-of-government access DCS Spatial Services has secured access and distribution for two new Geoscape datasets: building footprint and trees coverage. October 2022

DCS Spatial Services enables next step in digitisation for NSW Planning Portal Digitisation of subdivision and strata related land developments will transform how applicants and assessing authorities visualise applications via the Planning Portal September 2022

New Gravity Model to transform data for NSW More accurate data to help deliver investment opportunities, aid regional jobs and drive economic growth across the State will soon be available for people across NSW with the NSW Government’s state-wide Gravity Model. June 2022

Spatial Digital Twin includes current NSW mouse plague data DCS Spatial Services has been working with NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and CSIRO’s Data61 to bring new and very current mouse plague data into the NSW Spatial Digital Twin (SDT). August 2021

Survey team upgrades CORS site at Ivanhoe DCS Spatial Services has been engaged to upgrade all of the original AuSCOPE Tier 2 CORS sites across NSW for Geoscience Australia which will contribute to the Federal Government’s Positioning Australia program. May 2021

Elevation and depth data reaches new heights DCS Spatial Services has collaborated with Geoscience Australia from 2017 onwards to deliver NSW elevation and depth data through the online ELVIS platform. December 2020

New e-Planning service powered by government data The NSW Government has announced a new ePlanning service, delivered by NSW technology start-up Giraffe, that allows users to display and analyse the many layers of data that contribute to the infrastructure future of NSW. November 2020

NSW Point and Service Point use Geoscape API technology to leverage better customer services DCS Spatial Services has been working with Geoscape (formerly PSMA Australia) on a case study demonstrating how we use their Predictive and Address API (application programming interface) products within NSW Point and Service Point. October 2020

Digital survey plans now available to industry Land surveyors in NSW are set to benefit from access to digital survey plans captured through an innovative Australian first DCS Spatial Services project. August 2020

NSW Survey Marks Mobile App The updated DCS Spatial Services NSW Survey Marks App has now been released. July 2020

SPOT6/7 Imagery Spatial Services is delighted to announce the release of the second SPOT 6/7 imagery mosaic. July 2020

GDA2020 Foundation Spatial Data is available via the Spatial Collaboration Portal from 1 July 2020 GDA2020 Foundation Spatial Data June 2020

Spatial dashboarding NSW’s Small Business COVID-19 Support Grant applications Spatial Services is delivering real-time location-based reporting that tracks customer transactions, including Small Business COVID-19 Support Grant applications June 2020

Notice for existing Incremental Feed clients Incremental Feed and GDA2020 May 2020

Spatial Services aids bushfire recovery efforts on many fronts Helping rebuild after the 2019/20 bushfires with spatial data. May 2020

NSW Spatial Collaboration Portal now delivers authoritative land values and property information This new platform will provide access to a wider variety of spatial information than was available on the former NSW Globe. April 2020

Discover Spatial Services’ critical role in emergency management Behind the scenes of a crisis there’s a team that supports emergency prevention, preparedness, response and recovery in ways you mightn’t expect. February 2020