Critchlow Blog

Recently, Critchlow hosted a very successful launch event for our partnership with Maxar Technologies, in Wellington.

This event was to announce and celebrate the new partnership between Critchlow and Maxar and to introduce attendees to the game-changing high-resolution, affordable, on-demand satellite imagery and analytical systems that Maxar produces. What follows is our recap of the event for those not able to attend in person.

Topics: NZ Geospatial, NationalMap, News, Maxar

 

Since 2014, the NZSEA seek out and give recognition to exceptionally talented people from all sectors, disciplines and communities who use location information in creative and innovative ways to benefit New Zealand.

Topics: NZ Geospatial, Spatial, Spatial Analysis, NationalMap, Spatial Modelling, Events

As a part of the NZGIS4EM community, lately my attention has been on how our organisation can make a difference to emergency managers and services in New Zealand by utilising geospatial data.

It soon became clear to me that the data these teams and organisations needed was something that we already had and have been supplying to our customers for many years.

So, we did some research on what datasets were of the highest priority to emergency managers and teams throughout NZ and, using one of the NationalMap basemaps, created the EM Basemap.

Topics: NZ Geospatial, Spatial, NationalMap, Data, Location Intelligence, GIS, Incident Management, Emergency Management

At the end of October we hosted the 2017 New Zealand Location Intelligence Forum in Wellington, alongside our partner Pitney Bowes.

Topics: Critchlow, NationalMap, Pitney Bowes Software, Location Intelligence, MapInfo Pro, GIS, MapInfo Pro Advanced

The latest six monthly release of NationalMap™ is being rolled out as we speak and, while it boasts a number of reviews and updates to contextual and POI data; motorway junctions; and retail and shopping areas, the biggest and most notable additions are evident in the roads.

Topics: NZ Geospatial, NationalMap, Data, Location Intelligence, GIS

The latest release of NationalMap has now been rolled out and, as always, we're confident in saying that it's a good one!

Topics: Critchlow, NationalMap, Data, Aerial imagery

Critchlow is proud to be a finalist for the e-Spatial Spatial Enablement Award at the 2016 New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards (NZSEA), announced at the NZSEA finalists breakfast this morning in Wellington.

Topics: NZ Geospatial, Spatial, Critchlow, NationalMap, News, GIS

 

With a whole lot of free map data apps and programmes available at the push of a button or the tap of a finger, it’s easy to turn your nose up at the offer of what seems to be the same thing but at a price. We get it. Map data that costs precious dollars is the big, contentious, lumbering elephant in a small room brimming with the latest, greatest, hippest developers throwing shiny, colourful free stuff at you.

Topics: NationalMap, Location Intelligence

With a bunch of benefits and value-adds woven through it, NationalMap offers Kiwi organisations the most detailed, precise, and complete mapping solution available in New Zealand.

Topics: NationalMap

The most recent release of NationalMap is currently being rolled out and we can confidently say that it’s a good one. Over the past six months, our data team have worked tirelessly to push out a number of changes and improvements that continue to make NationalMap a comprehensive, detailed, and invaluable solution for all your mapping and location-based needs.

Topics: Critchlow, NationalMap, Data, Aerial imagery