Australian Surveying and Land Information Group explained

Agency Name:Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG)
Formed:1987
Preceding1:Australian Surveying Office
Preceding2:Division of National Mapping
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Dissolved:2001
Superseding1:Geoscience Australia
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Jurisdiction:Australia
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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.

Its headquarters building was located in Canberra, Fernhill Technology Park.[1]

AUSLIG's main function was to provide national geographic information.

It produced maps and audiovisual products relative to many aspects of Australian geography from the technology available during its time of operation.

It was formed in 1987, when the Australian Survey Office joined with the Division of National Mapping. The Australian Survey Office had been established in 1910.[2] The Division of National Mapping had been in operation since 1947,[3] 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.

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 and had been renamed in 1986. The Australian Survey Office, under its own name, was working with remote sensing data in 1988.

Notes and References

  1. News: $ 15.8m for building. . . 4 July 1991 . 20 December 2015 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Web site: Our History. live. 26 March 2021. Geoscience Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20020227194212/http://www.ga.gov.au:80/about/history/ . 27 February 2002 .
  3. News: Mapping chief retires. . . 3 July 1965 . 20 December 2015 . 10 . National Library of Australia.