Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG) was an Australian organization that merged in 2001 with the Australian Geological Survey Organization to become Geoscience Australia.
| Agency overview | |
|---|---|
| Formed | 1987 |
| Preceding agencies |
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| Dissolved | 2001 |
| Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Australia |
Its headquarters building was located in Canberra, Fernhill Technology Park.[1]
AUSLIG's main function was to provide national geographic information.[2]
It produced maps and audiovisual products relative to many aspects of Australian geography from the technology available during its time of operation.[3][4]
It was formed in 1987, when the Australian Survey Office[5] joined with the Division of National Mapping. The Australian Survey Office had been established in 1910.[6] The Division of National Mapping had been in operation since 1947,[6][7] and had been publisher of the Atlas of Australian resources which had incorporated over 20 component booklets of standard information about Australian natural resources at the time of publication.[8][9][10][11]
AUSLIG also provided satellite imagery to industry and government. AUSLIG incorporated the Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (ACRES), which had been established in 1979 as the Australian Landsat Station[12] and had been renamed in 1986.[13][14][15][16] The Australian Survey Office, under its own name, was working with remote sensing data in 1988.[17]
References edit
- ^ "$ 15.8m for building". The Canberra Times. 4 July 1991. p. 2. Retrieved 20 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (1991), AUSLIG : Australian Surveying & Land Information Group, Australian Surveying and Land Information Group, retrieved 20 December 2015
- ^ Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (1997), Australia's maritime zones (Ed. 1 ed.), AUSLIG, retrieved 20 December 2015
- ^ Australian Surveying and Land Information Group; Space-Time Research (Firm) (1996), Australia unfolded interactive atlas of Australia, AUSLIG, retrieved 20 December 2015
- ^ Australian Survey Office (1984), The Australian Survey Office, Commonwealth Department of Administrative Services, The Office, retrieved 20 December 2015
- ^ a b "Our History". Geoscience Australia. Archived from the original on 27 February 2002. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- ^ "Mapping chief retires". The Canberra Times. 3 July 1965. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Australia. Division of National Mapping; Plumb, T. W. (Trevor W.) (1962), Atlas of Australian resources (2nd series ed.), Division of National Mapping, retrieved 20 December 2015
- ^ Australia. Division of National Mapping (1987), Australia fuels, The Division, retrieved 20 December 2015
- ^ Australia. Division of National Mapping (1986), Climate, The Division, ISBN 978-0-642-51506-3
- ^ Australia. Division of National Mapping (1982), Atlas of Australian resources third series. Volume 3, Agriculture (Third series ed.), Division of National Mapping, ISBN 978-0-642-51482-0
- ^ Australian Landsat Station; Australia. Dept. of Science and Technology (1982), Australian Landsat Station, Australian Government Publishing Service, retrieved 20 December 2015
- ^ Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (1990), ACRES, Australian Centre for Remote Sensing, retrieved 21 December 2015
- ^ Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (1990), ACRES user manual (2nd ed.), Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (published 1991), ISBN 978-0-642-15505-4
- ^ Australian Surveying and Land Information Group; Australian Geological Survey Organisation (1999), Discovering remote sensing, Australian Geological Survey Organisation, ISBN 978-0-642-39790-4
- ^ Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (1991), ACRES update, Australian Centre for Remote Sensing, retrieved 21 December 2015
- ^ Golding, Peter; Holland, Peter (March 1988), "Remote sensing in the Australian Survey Office", Surveying Australia, 10 (1): 15+, retrieved 21 December 2015