Australian Surveying and Land Information Group
Australian government body, 1987–2001
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Australian Surveying and Land Information Group (AUSLIG) was an Australian organisation that merged in 2001 with the Australian Geological Survey Organisation to become Geoscience Australia.
- Australian Surveying Office
- Division of National Mapping
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1987 |
Preceding agencies |
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| Dissolved | 2001 |
Superseding agency | |
| Jurisdiction | Australia |
Its headquarters were located in the Fernhill Technology Park in Canberra.[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]