Taranaki Regional Xplorer

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Taranaki Regional Xplorer
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• Government Information System Managers Forum
  GOVIS 2005

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Taranaki Regional Xplorer

• A public enquiry portal for the delivery of a
  board range of geographic information about the
  Taranaki region

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Collaborative solution

• Taranaki Regional Council, Stratford District
  Council, South Taranaki District Council
• Plus Others
• Taranaki Rhododendron Festival Trust
• New Plymouth District Council
• Westgate Transport Ltd
• Venture Taranaki

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The Taranaki Region
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Innovative solution

• National, if not international, first
• Collaborative efforts
• District Council Regional Council data
• Links back into databases

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Change of mindset

• Free of charge
• Move from people requesting information to
  providing information freely and readily
• Eventually will lead to a combined regional and
  district Land Information Memorandum

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The information presented includes

• Regional aerial photography
• Land parcel boundaries
• Topographic data (e.g., roads and rivers)
• Taranaki Regional Council data including resource
  consents, compliance monitoring data, live
  rainfall data, plant and animal pest information,
  hydrology and groundwater information, maraes,
  significant wetlands and land management plan
  information

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The information presented includes

• Stratford and South Taranaki District Council
  information such as water, stormwater and
  sewerage services
• Land information including assessment number,
  address, legal description, area (ha), capital
  value, land value, district council rates,
  regional rates and total rates
• Photographs of features of special interest
  (e.g., maraes)

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Other users

• Taranaki Rhododendron Festival

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Ease of use

• Intuitive to use
• Common internet browsers and hardware platforms
• Initial download within 25 seconds on 56kb
  dial-up modem

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Overwhelming success

• 12,000 hits on day 1 August 2004
• 3,000 4,000 hits per day since
• SDC and STDC using TRX as an interim internal GIS
  deployment

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All of this information can be searched on the
following parameters

• Address
• Assessment Number
• Road
• Place Name
• Farm Dairy Number
• River Name
• Rhododendron Festival Garden
• Rhododendron Festival Garden Trail

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Lessons from Collaboration

• A wanted/needed/useful solution
• Voluntary v compulsory participation
• A cost effective solution
• Total cost
• Maintenance
• Subsidisation
• A proven solution
• A can-do attitude

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Questions