OPEN DATA: The way to the future for New Zealand's geospatial industry

摘要

IT'S ALWAYS INTERESTING TO GET A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE ON OUR INDUSTRY - HOW WE STACK UP, WHAT IS BEST PRACTICE INTERNATIONALLY, WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM, WHAT AREAS WE ARE LEADING IN. WE HAVE SOME VERY CLEVER KIWIS DOING AWESOME THINGS OVERSEAS AND THEIR PERSPECTIVES ON THE GLOBAL MARKET CAN BE VERY TELLING AND HELPFUL. SUCH AS THE INSIGHTS MARK FISHER, FOUNDER AND MD OF EIGHTY4 RECRUITMENT, GLEANED FROM ONE OF HIS INTERNATIONALLY EXPERIENCED CANDIDATES RETURNING HOME RECENTLY. Andrew Hunter spent eight years as an assistant professor at the University of Calgary, teaching land survey, GIS, and planning courses to Department of Geomatics Engineering students. Before this he worked for a multinational land development company in Brunei Darussalam, where he first got involved in the digital world of spatial information and GIS. Mark spoke to Andrew about his thoughts on New Zealand's future in Spatial Information and GIS.