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Product
• 24 Sep, 2023
Try the 3D Map Viewer
Add another dimension to your data.
All koordinates.com users now have early access to our new 3D Map Viewer. Explore over 13,000 public datasets using global elevation and hill shading, with Koordinates' normal layering and transparency options.
Try it by visiting https://koordinates.com/explore/ and clicking “Try it now” in the pop-up.
3D will be launched in the near future for private, commercial and public site customers running on Koordinates Cloud. Get in touch if you'd like early access via your existing site, or to ask about signing up for a site for your business or government agency.
As always, if you have any questions or encounter any issues, please don't hesitate to contact support@koordinates.com
Other News & Updates
Product
• 16 Feb, 2022
New License and Site Category Management
We have fully rebuilt and are about to launch our license and site category management functions. This brings improved performance and usability to the platform, and helps you to curate and refine your data in more ways.Read More
Product
• 23 Feb, 2022
Latest Desktop App release - v0.9.2
The latest version of our Desktop App has been released (v0.9.2) This represents extensive performance increases and other improvements to the App.Read More
Product
• 23 Feb, 2022
Introducing Multi-factor authentication and Okta support for Koordinates ID
Built with OAuth 2.0, the dominant web authentication standard in 2022Read More
Product
• 23 Feb, 2022
Koordinates QGIS Kart Plugin is now available
Allowing for direct Kart integration, get ready to unlock the full potential of QGISRead More
Product
• 17 Nov, 2021
Koordinates now supports GDA2020
The latest Australian national datum for mappingRead More
Product
• 29 Nov, 2021
Latest Desktop App release (v0.9)
Performance upgrades to enhance and improve speed and usabilityRead More
Product
• 24 Nov, 2021
Spatial filtering for Kart and QGIS Kart Plugin
The latest Kart release completes a major new feature for spatial filtering repositories and adds an upcoming plugin for QGISRead More
Product
• 30 Nov, 2021
New changes to our Data Management functionality
This feature lets a publisher/owner of data collect layers into a group, name it, and host it on their web portal.Read More
Product
• 04 Mar, 2020
Sno, our new open source tool for distributed data versioning
Sno brings the distributed, version-controlled workflows of software development to geospatial and tabular data.Read More
Product
• 19 Mar, 2020
Announcing Koordinates’ New Pro User Plan
We’re excited to announce our new entry-level Pro User plan for Koordinates Data Management.Read More
Product
• 10 Dec, 2019
Announcing new-and-improved Data Management for Teams
We've upgraded our Data Management Team Plan — and reduced the price.Read More
Company Update
• 22 Nov, 2019
Why the world still struggles with open geospatial data publishing
Realising the potential of open geospatial data will require us to think of data publishing in a fundamentally different way.Read More
Product
• 18 Sep, 2019
Why Koordinates supports many (many) different file formats
Koordinates supports a wide range of formats beyond GIS, including DWG, CSV, KML, and geospatial PDF.Read More
Product
• 10 Sep, 2019
How Koordinates Solves the Problem of XML Metadata
Koordinates supports connected metadata sources, making it easier to publish and update XML metadata.Read More
Product
• 20 Aug, 2019
How Koordinates Handles Data Uploads
Koordinates supports a classic 'drag-and-drop' workflow, with a few special features under the hood.Read More
Product
• 15 Oct, 2017
Data is the key to unlocking the spatial revolution
Geospatial industry CMO Linda Stevens writes about the importance of unlocking Earth's data.Read More
Product
• 22 Jun, 2017
A data service, not a data portal
A data service is designed for all users, in all industries, and promises radically higher levels of reuse.Read More
Product
• 23 May, 2017
From open data to active data
In 2017, it’s no longer good enough to just ‘get open data out there.’Read More
Product
• 11 May, 2017
Solving the problem of dormant data
We now have the tools — policy, legal, cultural and technical — to solve the problem of data that is open but underused.Read More
Company Update
• 03 May, 2017
Talking Geospatial Data and Design
Next week our Head of Design, Dan Newman is talking at Techweek as part of the SIBA ‘Talk Geospatial’ breakfast series.Read More
Product
• 23 Mar, 2017
Realising the vision of open data
The connected data lifecycle shows how agencies can raise the bar and publish their open data better.Read More
Company Update
• 15 Mar, 2017
Open data and the Stats NZ Datarama
We’re excited to be a partner for the Stats NZ Datarama next Friday, 24 March.Read More
Product
• 10 Nov, 2016
The birds and the bees of software
A bit of magic happens when people from our various teams get together and cross-pollinate.Read More
Product
• 06 Nov, 2016
The future of open data publishing
The internet is awash in authoritative government data, much of it freely available. But are we seeing a radical increase in reuse?Read More
Company Update
• 21 Oct, 2016
Design Research
The design team at Koordinates has been busy researching the workflows and requirements of our publishers and users.Read MoreCompany Update
• 17 Dec, 2015
Welcome Statistics NZ!
Statistics NZ recently launched the prototype of their data service on the Koordinates platform, with a view to making their statistical data more easily consumable for users.Read MoreCompany Update
• 17 Apr, 2013
Koordinates & the LDS win
The LINZ Data Service, built using Koordinates and supported by our engineers, won both the Spatial Enablement category and the JK Barrie Award for Overall Excellence at the Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards.Read MoreCompany Update
• 23 Apr, 2013
Our CEO chats with Kim Hill
Koordinates CEO Ed Corkery was invited by the Royal Society of New Zealand and the National Library to talk about open data with Radio New Zealand’s Kim Hill.Read MoreCompany Update
• 05 Jul, 2013
Minister Williamson praises the LINZ Data Service
By making it quick and easy to find, check and view datasets, our portals have enabled public agencies to reuse public datasets that already exist, saving a heap of time and money.Read More
Company Update
• 13 Jul, 2013
New Zealand local government data
Local government datasets have huge social and economic significance, and are used by everyone from architects and data professionals to home-owners and ratepayers.Read More
Product
• 13 Aug, 2013
Useful (and nice looking) open data
Students at Auckland University, spent their summer investigating how open data could help two groups, home buyers and professionals, make better decisions.Read MoreProduct
• 13 Nov, 2013
LINZ Data Service and the Global Open Data Barometer
New Zealand has placed fourth on the Global Open Data Barometer.Read More
Product
• 24 Jul, 2015
New Zealand National Broadband Map
The National Broadband Map allows you to enter your address and get an instant view of the different internet connection types available (or planned) in your area.Read More
Product
• 29 Oct, 2015
Getting what you want - even when it's not in the box
With cloud technology changing the playing field of publishing and sharing data, more organisations are making the transition to new software.Read More
Company Update
• 28 Oct, 2015
The changing economics of data publishing and sharing
The business models and subsequent economics associated with making data available are also evolving.Read More
Product
• 04 May, 2016
Mapping an ocean reserve at Cloud Break
Koordinates Customer Experience Manager Anne Harper helped map out the new Kurukuru Ocean Reserve in FijiRead More
Product
• 25 Sep, 2023
Desktop App Public Beta
The Desktop App is now in public beta, meaning anyone can download and try it today!Read More
Company Update
• 23 Sep, 2023
ISO27001 Certification
Ready to discover the secure, enterprise-grade geospatial data management capabilities of Koordinates?Read More
Product
• 22 Sep, 2023
Web Plugin added to Giraffe
Our web plugin allows you to embed a Data Browser into any map-based web applicationRead More
• 20 Sep, 2023
Explore v10 UI
Take a in-depth tour of our new user interface, v10.Read More
Product
• 26 Sep, 2023