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Cadastre 2034
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Education
Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
Australian Tides Manual
Fundamentals of Land Ownership, Land Boundaries and Surveying
Fundamentals of Mapping
Gazetteer of Australia
Glossary of Generic Place Name Terms
PCPN - How Do You Name a Place?
What’s in a Name? - video
Maritime Gazetteer of Australia
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Addressing 2035 Strategy
Addressing Strategy Information Addendum
Tidal Interface Compendium
Tidal Interface Compendium (summary)
Tidal Interface Compendium (full document)
NSW Spatial Digital Twin
NSW Spatial Digital Twin
Tide Prediction
The Factors Contributing to the level of Confidence in the Tidal Predictions Accuracy of Tidal Predictions
Geocentric Datum of Australia (GDA)
Block Shifts Between AGD66, AGD84 & GDA94
Australian Vertical Working Surface Technical Implementation Plan v1.6
Webinar 1 - Upgrading the AGRS - powerpoint
GDA2020 Technical Manual v1.7
Webinar 1 - Upgrading the AGRS - Q&A
GDA2020 Technical Manual v1.5
GDA94 Technical Manual
Webinar 2 - Upgrading the AGRS - powerpoint
GDA94 Technical Manual Spreadsheets
Webinar 2 - Q&A
Webinar 4 - Upgrading the AGRS - powerpoint
Australian Geospatial Reference System Compendium
Special Publication 7, The Australian Map Grid Technical Manual
Webinar 4 - Upgrading the AGRS - Q&A
GDA94 - Grid Calculations
Special Publication 10, The Australian Geodetic Datum Technical Manual
Australian Terrestrial Reference Frame Technical Implementation Plan v2.3
Calculation of Reduced Distance - GDA94
Calculation of Deflection & Laplace Corrections - GDA94
Australian Vertical Working Surface Technical Implementation Plan v1.3
Vincenty's Formulae (Direct and Inverse)
Australian Vertical Working Surface Technical Implementation Plan v1.4
Stakeholder Requirements for Modernising Australia’s Geocentric Datum
Redfearn's Formulae
GDA94 - Test Data for Grid Transformation
Australian Vertical Working Surface Technical Implementation Plan v1.5
GDA94 - Cartesian to Geodetic & 7-Parameter Transformation
GDA2020 Technical Manual v1.8
Molodensky’s Transformation
Tide Gauge Stations
Site Selection Specifications for Tidal Stations
Instrument Specifications for High Precision Sea Level Monitoring Stations
Tide Gauge Survey Instructions and Form
Interpretation of Tide Constituent Sa
Standard for the Australian Survey Control Network (SP1), Version 2.2, December 2020
Archived: Version 1.7, September 2007
Standard for Australian Survey Control Network v2.2
Guideline for Installation and Documentation of Survey Control Marks v2.2
Guideline for Conventional Traverse Surveys v2.2
Guideline for Control Surveys by GNSS v2.2
Guideline for Control Surveys by Differential Levelling v2.2
Guideline for Continuously Operating Reference Stations v2.2
Guideline for Adjustment and Evaluation of Survey Control v2.2
Metadata Working Group
MDWG Meeting #3 - Presentations and report
MDWG Meeting 9 October 2021
MDWG Meeting #4 - Presentations and Reports
MDWG meeting #10, June 2022
Baseline Metadata Catalogue System Survey Feb19
Registry of Metadata Tools and Resources
Baseline Survey Report
Registry of Metadata Resources for Users
Australian Metadata Profile for Spatial Data - High Level Common Elements
MDWG Meeting #1 - Presentations and report
MDWG Meeting #5 - Presentations and Reports
MDWG Meeting #2 - Presentations and report
MDWG Definitions Report
MDWG Meeting #6 - Presentations and Reports
Element Definitions Table
MDWG Meeting #7 - Presentations and Reports
Cadastre
Cadastre Definitions Glossary v1.1 October 2020
Strengths and Weaknesses of Cadastral Systems
Discussion Paper on Cadastral Reform
Standard for the Accuracy of Spatial Cadastres in Australia and New Zealand
Supporting Document for Standard for the Accuracy of Spatial Cadastres in Australia and New Zealand
Cadastre 2034 Strategy
3D Cadastre Survey Data Model and Exchange - Final Report
Permanent Committee on Tides and Mean Sea Level (PCTMSL)
Australian Coastal Vertical Datum Transformation (AusCoastVDT) Software
Australian Tides Manual — ICSM Special Publication #9 (SP9)
Australian Tides Manual v5.0
SP9 Australian Tides Manual Version 6, June 2021
Elevation
ICSM Guidelines for Digital Elevation Data
Elevation and Depth 2030: Powering 3D models of our nation
Place Names
PCPN Brochure
Principles for the Consistent Use of Place Names
Glossary of Generic Place Names Terms
UNGEGN brochure Consistent Use of Place Names
LiDAR Acquisition
LiDAR Specifications and Tender Template - pdf version
LiDAR Specifications and Tender Template - doc version
NZ-LiDAR Specifications and Tender Template - pdf version
NZ-LiDAR Specifications and Tender Template - doc version
All-Hazards Symbology
All-Hazards Symbology, Gap Analysis Report
Australian Spatial Data Infrastructure (ASDI)
Spatially Enabling Australia Report
Spatially Enabling Australia Report - Review Report
ePlan
ePlan Model v1.0
Land XML Mapping v2.1.4
LandXML Structural Requirements
Schema Architecture
Schema Files
Governance
FIG Congress Papers, April 2010
FIG Congress Papers, April 2010
Harmonised Data Model (HDM)
ICSM Harmonised Data Model Version 1 - Policy and Guidelines for Incremental Update
The ICSM Topographic Mapping Feature Catalogue
Topographic Mapping Map Symbols
Harmonised Data Model Version 1
Harmonised Data Model Version 2
ICSM Harmonised Data Model Version 1 - Feature Catalogue
ICSM Acronyms, Initialism and Jargon
ICSM Acronym, Initialism and Jargon Buster
ICSM Biennial Reports
Biennial Report 2016-2018
Biennial Report 2014 - 2016
July 2010 - June 2012
July 2006 - June 2008
July 2004 - June 2006
July 2002 - June 2004
July 2000 - June 2002
July 2012 — June 2014
July 1998 - June 2000
ICSM News
ICSM Achievements
ICSM Newsletters
January 2018 newsletter
New Chair announced for ICSM
2020 Newsletters
National Road Classification Systems
Summary Consistent Representation V1.0, January 2009
List of Proposed Features for Roads Data Model
Permanent Committee on Geodesy Presentation Papers
Next Generation Australian Datum
An Update on the Development of Standards and Practices for Control Surveys (SP1)
Paper: Active GPS and Survey Marks
SIDA
Foundation Spatial Data Framework, Data Manager’s Baseline Survey
Spatial Data Horizontal Accuracy Standard
Spatial Data Horizontal Accuracy Standard
Transport Authorities Survey And Mapping Managers (TASAMM)
Guide to G71, Quality Assurance Specifications for Road Construction Surveys (NG71)
Quality Assurance Specifications for Road Construction Surveys (G71)
