NZSEA - Winners of the 2018 New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards - NZSEA

Winners of the 2018 Awards

Supreme Award

Ethos Environmental, Environment and Sustainability

Ethos Environmental invented a GIS-powered Internet of Things system that records when a trap is sprung, with the data accessible from anywhere in the world. Not only is this system saving the unique and precious species of Glenfern Sanctuary on Great Barrier Island, Ethos Environmental are working with other groups and agencies throughout New Zealand to progress the use of GIS in pursuit of conservation.

People's Choice Award
Proudly supported by Stats NZ

Claire Buxton
Senior Licensed Cadastral Surveyor at Calibre

This is the finalist that received the most overall votes on the evening. Claire also won the Young Professional of the Year Award and was a finalist for the Women's Leadership Award.

Outstanding Contribution to Spatial Award

Geoff O’Malley
Principal Analyst – Geospatial Capability Building at Land Information New Zealand

Geoff has long been involved with both spatial and survey in New Zealand, from when he graduated Otago School of Surveying he joined what went on to become Land Information New Zealand today. In recent years Geoff has worked with schools to encourage kiwi participation in the Barbara Petchenik Children’s World Map Drawing Competition. He is one of handful of Geospatial Professionals in NZ who have the professional qualification of GISP-AP. In addition, Geoff has helped to organise the Geocart conference in 2016 and 2018. He was also a key driver behind getting Geospatial on the skills shortage list in New Zealand.

New Zealand Cartographic Society Award

Andrew Douglas-Clifford
Geospatial Analyst at Tonkin + Taylor, former Student at University of Canterbury

Andrew is truly passionate about his maps. He calls himself the "Map Kiwi" and has a website devoted to his work. The website and two of his maps form part of his NZSEA submission in the Student of the Year category. The New Zealand Cartographic Society felt that these examples demonstrated Andrew's ability to clearly communicate through his maps. They showed a sound appreciation and awareness of, not only the principles of map design, but the importance and value of good map design.

Watch Andrew's video

Organisations

Winners of these awards have been automatically entered into the Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards (APSEA).

Environment and Sustainability Award
Proudly supported by Survey and Spatial New Zealand

Ethos Environmental

Ethos Environmental demonstrated their achievement through their passion and technical expertise applying cutting-edge technology to solve an inherently location-based conservation issue. The use of spatial information to gain insight into the problem, and to share that insight with the community, is commendable. It’s also great that the solution could be scalable nationwide, which would make a real difference for everyone in New Zealand.

Watch the video

Export and Innovation Award
Proudly supported by e-Spatial

Orbica

Orbica produced a product called GeoBI with Environment Canterbury that combines business intelligence information with spatial data layers. The product has become a powerful storytelling tool for ratepayers, providing greater transparency and interactivity around how the council spends rates money.

Watch the video

People and Community Award
Proudly supported by Land Information New Zealand

The University of Auckland

The University of Auckland developed an index to better measure area-level deprivation through employment, income, crime, housing, health, education and access to services. All of this has helped people to better understand communities, and is informing research, policies and practices designed to reduce inequalities in society.

Watch the video

Spatial Enablement Award
Proudly supported by Eagle Technology

Christchurch City Council

The Christchurch City Council transformed its approach to using spatial information, to enable teams to create and share their own spatial applications. Now people who aren’t spatial experts can innovate with spatial data and this has increased its use to help make good decisions and target Council services appropriately.

Watch the video

Technical Excellence Award
Proudly supported by Trimble

Orbica

Orbica created a system called GeoAI that uses artificial intelligence to automatically extract and classify features of the Earth’s surface. By classifying features in earth observation imagery captured from satellites, planes and drones; GeoAI provides rapid and valuable insights in real-time without needing onerous, expensive and time-consuming human intervention, which frees up people to focus on more valuable uses of their time.

Watch the video

Individuals

Winners of these awards have been automatically entered into the Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards (APSEA).

Education and Professional Development Award
Proudly supported by SIBA New Zealand

Dr. Robert Odolinski
Senior Lecturer in GNSS/Geodesy at University of Otago

Robert has achieved through his research, teaching and publications; and has proven his leadership in empowering his students; in fact, the 2018 Student of the Year – Julian Thom – is one of Robert’s students. Robert’s long-term dedication to not only the advancement of education but the overall industry is admirable.

Watch Robert's video

Professional of the Year Award
Proudly supported by Critchlow

Elaine McAlister
Technical Geospatial Business Analyst at Department of Conservation

In addition to Elaine’s impressive work history and raving reviews from her peers, what really stands out is her commitment to encouraging and supporting women in the surveying and geospatial industries through the Women in Spatial group she established. This group has helped many women’s careers to succeed in the spatial industry.

Watch Elaine's video

Student of the Year Award
Proudly supported by New Zealand ESRI Users Group

Julian Thom
University of Otago

Julian has a strong academic record which has culminated in a piece of research on property rights which has strong application to the spatial sector. This work and further independent research was subsequently published in two academic journals demonstrating its quality and technical expertise.

Watch Julian's video

Women’s Leadership Award
Proudly supported by CoreLogic

Kat Salm
NCTIR Visualisation Lead at Aurecon

Kat leads by example in her contribution to the spatial profession as a whole and has held many diverse and senior roles across the geospatial sector. These roles have inspired and continue to contribute to the profession, and the way that women look to their careers within this sector.

Watch Kat's video

Young Professional of the Year Award
Proudly supported by Eagle Technology

Claire Buxton
Senior Licensed Cadastral Surveyor at Calibre

Claire's passion and enthusiasm are obvious from the significant impact she has already made on the geospatial industry. Her high involvement in numerous successful groups and committees shows that she acts as a role model for others in the industry and is an emerging young leader in her field.

Watch Claire's video

team@nzsea.org
PO Box 5304, Lambton Quay, Wellington 6011