13 October 2022
It’s a common conversation of wondering how much data is being captured through our smartphones, if we’re being tracked, and for what purpose.
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11 August 2022
It’s been a great time in the tech space with the NZ Hi-Tech Awards being hosted in Wellington last Friday. With a turnout of close to 1100 people, including the Prime Minister and the Mayor of Wellington, it was a night to enjoy all the great innovation being developed here in Aotearoa. Congratulations to all the finalists and winners - it was great to see so many members from the wider Tech Alliance grace the stage and be acknowledged for all their hard work.
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14 July 2022
LocationTech thanks the Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) for theopportunity to submit on the Advanced Manufacturing Draft Industry Transformation Plan. Thissubmission is in response Priority Two, increasing investment in advanced technologies and processesto lift productivity and wages, as well as Priority Five, creating a leading sustainable circular net-zeroemissions sector. LocationTech was not involved … Continue reading "Hidden in plain sight…"
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Hiding in plain sight, Location Based Services (LBS) are often taken for granted! Without it, our daily lives would be far more difficult. Now commonplace, LBS is found in many of the most used applications on our smartphones and other devices. For example, Facebook, Goog
May 13, 2021
During the last few months the LocationTech executive council has been seeking new council members and we have appreciated your responses. We are pleased to announce that Dr Leo Browning from Qrious joins us. In addition, Manu King, who was previously on the SIBA committee will rejoin us, replacing
April 16, 2021
A single blog post, written ten years ago was the beginning of Geoawesomeness! Geoawesomeness was founded to illustrate, examine and celebrate the impact of location technology and data on our lives. A decade later and the location based blog boasts a global team with the aim of being the b
April 15, 2021
If, like me, you live in Auckland, then you will have just experienced another Alert Level 3 lockdown. Regardless of region, these unwelcome times impact us all and it is with a sense of frustration that we announce the Locate21 conference will no longer take place in person in Wellington.&nb
March 11, 2021
The Digital Technologies Industry Transformation Plan (ITP) is a collaboration between industry and Government to help grow the digital technologies sector. It is something every location professional needs to know about and we want to ensure LocationTech is well represented. What is
March 10, 2021
Thankfully, with 2020 behind us the LocationTech team is looking to the future. Projects that were delayed last year are moving forward and opportunities abound. We know 2021 is going to be an exciting year! LocationTech is particularly enthused about the Digital Technologies In
February 12, 2021
Well, what a year! Who would have predicted a global pandemic and the havoc it wreaked in 2020? Terms like ‘pivot’, ‘new normal’, ‘be kind’ and of course ‘unprecedented’ have been used with, well, an unprecedented frequency. However, through adversity we have also
December 9, 2020
Event highlights: FOSS4G State of the Map Last month, on behalf of LocationTech, I attended my first ever Free and Open Source Software for Geoinformatics (FOSS4G) State of the Map event at Devonport Navy Base in Auckland. As a lifelong user of Esri technology, this was a great opportunity
December 9, 2020
During 2020, location technology’s profile was boosted, largely due to the global impact of COVID-19. It quickly became clear how location technology is crucial to the management of the pandemic; mapping of cases, contact tracing, regional lockdown management and dashboards. Earlier this
December 3, 2020
Since our last newsletter, there have been a couple of prominent elections. While there is little comparison between ours, here in New Zealand and the United States of America, both heralded change. The location technology industry bids haere rā to Eugenie Sage and says haer
November 12, 2020