Software used in NZ and NZ SDI

Software used in NZ and NZ SDI

Following table could be compiled from the "Groundwater workshop" at the NZ Hydrological Society Conference in Dec. 2011 and several more meetings with Regional Councils, e.g. Hawke's Bay (HBRC), Waikato (EW) and Manuwatu-Wanganui (Horizons).

TIDEDA™	DOS/Windows-based database and reporting application for hydrology related time series data, uses special file formats, prequel to Hilltop, now maintained be NIWA http://www.niwa.co.nz/software/tideda-time-dependent-data
Hilltop Data Tamer™	Windows-based database and reporting application suite for hydrology related time series data, uses special file formats, server system which provides REST-style XML access, can import HydroTel™ data, OGC SOS 2.0 interface planned http://www.hilltop.co.nz/
Hydstra™	Database and reporting application for hydrologic time series data, Australian-based company was acquired by German-based company Kisters around 2003 that promotes Wiski and provides data migration path http://www.kisters.com.au/english/html/au/homepage.html
Kisters Wiski™	Full-fledged data management and reporting system for hydrological data and time series, Kisters is working on WaterML2.0 and took part in the OGC surface water interoperability experiment http://www.kisters.net/wiski.html Kisters OGC news http://kiwis.kisters.de/KiWIS/
HydroTel™	Telemetry / Sensor system from New Zealand based iQuest company (Hamilton), which was acquired by Kisters in 2007 http://www.iquest.co.nz/telemetry-systems-monitoring.php Kisters and HydroTel interoperability tests http://www.iquest.co.nz/environmental-monitoring-blog/index.php/2011/10/05/kisters-using-new-ogc-standards
Oracle™ and Spatial/Locator™	Multiple regional councils and agencies use Oracle database with and without its spatial extensions and implemented different, independent data models to store hydro(geo)logical data, bore, wells, springs etc., e.g. NGMP/GGW, EW bore database

The establishment of a national spatial data infrastructure in NZ is gaining momentum, further info at www.geospatial.govt.nz


Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) is a New Zealand government department responsible for land titles, geodetic and cadastral survey systems, topographic information, hydrographic information, managing Crown property and a variety of other functions. LINZ’s purpose is to:

• maintain and build confidence in property rights in land and geographic information
• encourage land information markets to develop and mature

LINZ established the New Zealand Geospatial Office (NZGO) that is the coordinating body for implementing the New Zealand Geospatial Strategy. Activities carried out by the NZGO include:

• promoting the discovery, access and interoperability of geospatial information, particularly through facilitation of a national Spatial Data Infrastructure (SDI)
• advising government on policy for geospatial information
• facilitating communication between members of the geospatial community

NZGO adheres to the widely accepted OGC standards and established them as national standards. They developed a SDI cookbook, to which organisations and institutions that want to share geo-spatial information shall comply to. Find out more...