Winners of the 2016 Awards
Supreme Award
Winner: Wellington City Council, People & Community
A community driven cross sector collaboration with the technology company NEC using smart technology to develop solutions to assist with improving community safety and assisting the city’s vulnerable. The project came from series of workshops with community groups, agencies, residents and retailers who were concerned at the increased presence of aggressive begging and anti-social behaviour relating to the sale of psycho- active substances. There was also a strong interest in being able to integrate and map shared data and information to provide a mechanism for evidence based future planning and opportunity for real time responses to local incidences and concerns. The community were interested in looking at ways to use technology to address these and Cuba Mall was identified as an ideal geographic location for a “Living Lab” develop these solutions. The Living Lab leveraged existing assets (CCTV) and sources of data and information which were streamlined and integrated. This was coupled with new sensory and analytical methods and technologies and use cases included: glass breaking, screaming, detection of beggars/rough sleepers and antisocial behaviour. The project also provided an enhanced situational awareness with a GIS map overlaid with real changes real-time alerts/detections and using integrated community data.
Awards for Organisations
Environment & Sustainability
Proudly supported by: Land Information New Zealand
Winner: Statistics New Zealand
Title: Environment Aoteraoa 2015
Export
Proudly Supported by: SIBA New Zealand
Winner: ThunderMaps
Title: ThunderMaps Europe
Innovation & Commercialisation
Proudly Supported by: CoreLogic
Winner: Ballance Agri-Nutrients
Title: SpreadSmart
People & Community
Proudly supported by: Statistics New Zealand
Winner: Wellington City Council
Title: Wellington City Council
Spatial Enablement
Proudly Supported by: e-Spatial
Winner: New Zealand Transport Agency
Title: Spatially Enabling a Thriving New Zealand
Technical Excellence
Proudly supported by: National Map
Winner: National Geodetic Office, Land Information New Zealand
Title: Improving New Zealand's Vertical datum
Awards for Individuals
Professional of the Year
Proudly Supported by: Eagle Technology
Winner: Wendy Lawson, University of Canterbury
Young Professional of the Year
Proudly Supported by: Eagle Technology
Winner: Kurt Janssen, Interpret Geospatial Solutions
Education & Professional Development
Proudly Supported by: NZIS
Winner: Dr Antoni Moore, School of Surveying, University of Otago
Postgraduate Student of the Year
Proudly Supported by: WOODS
Winner: Mike McConachie, University of Otago
Undergraduate Student of the Year
Proudly Supported by: Wellington City Council
Winner: Jeanette Ma, University of Otago
