Geospatial Research Institute

The Geospatial Research Institute does interdisciplinary, partnership-based geospatial research across the social and physical sciences. Our research is culturally appropriate, ethical, and engaged.

Our vision

The Geospatial Research Institute Toi Hangarau is a world class centre of interdisciplinary geospatial expertise in New Zealand.

With our interdisciplinary partnership-based geospatial research, we aim to assist NZ Inc. to:

• Leverage latent value from investments in public and other datasets – Deliver expected productivity gains from smarter use of geospatial data, technologies and analytics
• Grow geospatial capacity, by providing access to a range of types and levels of geospatial capability
• Realise the opportunities for geospatial innovation and R&D offered by the scale and nature of the New Zealand jurisdiction
• Provide ongoing global leadership in the rapidly growing field of indigenous GIS.

Our Mission

Our mission is to be a national centre of gravity for geospatial research to deliver transdisciplinary solutions that enables the benefits of spatial information technology to be fully realised.