Terralink International was a New Zealand owned and operated provider of

geographic information systems A geographic information system (GIS) is a type of database containing geographic data (that is, descriptions of phenomena for which location is relevant), combined with software tools for managing, analyzing, and visualizing those data. In a br ...

(GIS) and mapping solutions. In 2014 it was bought by Property IQ, and has now become CoreLogic NZ Limited; 60% owned by the US-based

CoreLogic CoreLogic, Inc. is an Irvine, CA-based corporation providing financial, property, and consumer information, analytics, and business intelligence. The company analyzes information assets and data to provide clients with analytics and customized ...

corporation.

Overview

Terralink International specialises in delivering mapping, property information and imagery, as well as geographical and spatial information. Terralink also produces and updates many of New Zealand's official

topographic Topography is the study of the forms and features of land surfaces. The topography of an area may refer to the land forms and features themselves, or a description or depiction in maps. Topography is a field of geoscience and planetary scie ...

, city and scientific maps. Other

geospatial Geographic data and information is defined in the ISO/TC 211 series of standards as data and information having an implicit or explicit association with a location relative to Earth (a geographic location or geographic position). It is also call ...

related services and solutions provided by Terralink International include: * GIS/Spatial data maintenance, production and analysis *

Photogrammetry Photogrammetry is the science and technology of obtaining reliable information about physical objects and the environment through the process of recording, measuring and interpreting photographic images and patterns of electromagnetic radiant ima ...

Cartography Cartography (; from grc, χάρτης , "papyrus, sheet of paper, map"; and , "write") is the study and practice of making and using maps. Combining science, aesthetics and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality (or an im ...

* Imagery acquisition, provision and hosting * Data replication and integration * GIS infrastructure development * Addressing Services/Matching *

Geocoding Address geocoding, or simply geocoding, is the process of taking a text-based description of a location, such as an address or the name of a place, and returning geographic coordinates, frequently latitude/longitude pair, to identify a locatio ...

* Online hosting * Web and software development * Customer Support Services * Data analytics

History

A former

Government-owned enterprise A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a government entity which is established or nationalised by the ''national government'' or ''provincial government'' by an executive order or an act of legislation in order to earn profit for the government ...

with a history extending back over 100 years, Terralink International maintains and manages New Zealand’s largest and most comprehensive land and property information database. Terralink NZ Limited was privatised in June 2001 when it was purchased by a consortium of investors to form Terralink International Limited. This occurred following a receivership in January 2001, after which its ownership was 80% Animation Research Holdings Ltd, a New Zealand company specialising in 3D animation, and 20% Spatial Holdings Ltd. In 2014 it was bought by Property IQ, and has now become CoreLogic NZ Limited; 60% owned by the US-based

corporation. Property information firms mergeTerralink International is 100% New Zealand owned and operated.

Location

Terralink International's head office and core production facility is situated in

Wellington Wellington ( mi, Te Whanganui-a-Tara or ) is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the second-largest city in New Zealand by me ...

with a satellite office in

Auckland Auckland (pronounced ) ( mi, Tāmaki Makaurau) is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. The List of New Zealand urban areas by population, most populous urban area in the country and the List of cities in Oceania by po ...

. Currently around 75 staff are employed by Terralink International.

References

External links

Terralink International's corporate website
{{Authority control Geographic information systems Information technology companies of New Zealand