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Welcome to XNATMAP

A site for preserving NATMAP's (The Division of National Mapping) history and maintaining contact with the people who were part of that history. As the Australian Landsat Station (ALS), later the Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (ACRES) was part of the Division its history also forms part of this site.

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May 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the:
Conference of the
Director of Commonwealth Lands and Surveys,
the Surveyor-General and the Government Astronomer of New Zealand,
and the Surveyors-General of the States of the Commonwealth of Australia
Melbourne, 20-25 May, 1912.

Recalling why this conference was so important to Australian topographic mapping and the next moves to get the government to commit to a mapping program.

****** The document meant to recognise this anniversary this month has been delayed so unfortunately it will now be uploaded when available ******

    As of 29 April 2012

  • Rabbit Flat has closed its doors with the retirement of Bruce and Jacqueline Farrand. All Natmappers who passed their way thank them for their hospitality.

  • The Map Makers : Natmap from another perspective

  • To all those who, whilst being "bumped about" in a light aircraft undertaking spot-photography, thought "there has to be a better way" well now there is (just 30 years too late) ! This is NOT an endorsement of the product.

  • Edition 56 of the National Mapping News added.

  • The Division of National Mapping's part in the Geodetic Survey of Australia, Activities based on the Melbourne Office, 1951-1969, by R.A. (Reg) Ford.
    Chapter 9 covering the activities of 1959 added.

  • Possibly the last Federal recognition of the Division's existence - National Mapping's entry in the 1986/87 Annual Report for the Deptartment of Resources & Energy.


    • Previously in What's New

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    | National Topographic Mapping | Geodesy | Satellite Imagery |
    | Antarctica |
    | The Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) | The Mapping Sciences Institute |

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    This website may contain the images of deceased Aboriginal persons. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers should exercise care in viewing the content.

 
 
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