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March 2010 NABIS updates...
Hi All,
We have been busy rolling out new functionality and data improvements.
New functionality:
Customise button allows you to change units of measure, north arrows, display information and
latitude/longitude display format so you can pick your preferred format of coordinates that display as you roll over the map.
Data view has a 'selected features' option so you can choose certain features (within a map layer) to display and hide the others.
Data updates:
NEW Bathymetry 10 - 100m contours
UPDATED Section 186 temporary closures
UPDATED Rohe moana
UPDATED Selected commercial fishing regulations
UPDATED Selected amateur fishing regulations
UPDATED Commercial catch and effort data has been updated to October 2009
Web Mapping Service:
NABIS now includes a Web Mapping Service (WMS). Ninety eight data layers are now accessible via WMS.
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New functionality
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CUSTOMISE (including lat/long format selection):
Find and select the new customise button at the top of the map page:
The customise page lets you choose:
1) Your preferred coordinate format. When you roll your mouse over the map you will see lat/long coordinates displayed in the bottom left side of the internet browser (in the status bar).
A combination of decimal degrees and degrees decimal minutes is displayed:
2) Your preferred units of measure (linear and area) - to be used in size calculations for lines and polygons (as part of import my points) and by the measure distance tool.
Nautical miles measurement displayed:
3) Your preferred map appearance options - including style of north arrow.
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DATA VIEW'S SELECTED FEATURES:
Let's say you wanted to have the map display only Blue cod quota management area 1 (BCO1). Here's how to do it quickly and easily...
1) Click the data view link on the legend for a map layer you are interested in, in this case Blue cod quota management areas (QMA's):
2) You will be taken to the data view page. Place a tick in the box to the left of a row to select the feature you want, then click the 'Show Selected Objects' button. Here we are selecting just BCO1:
3) Voila! BCO1 only! The rest of the map layer is hidden. This can be useful for making your own maps on NABIS when you only want to show certain features.
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Data updates |
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Bathymetry data for 10m to 100m contours (and those in between).
See the ENVIRONMENT topic in the SELECT LAYERS tree.
Use what's here or data view to query or show specific depths.
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Customary maps updated due to legislative changes:
1) s186 Temporary Closure at Pukerua Bay has been extended till 2011.
2) new rohe moana for Ngati Tahinga added near Waikato River mouth:
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Commercial and Amateur regulations updated due to legislative changes:
Auckland and Kermedecs
1) Amateur regulation 6C (l) (3) and commercial regulation 15A (1) amended to exclude the Waionui Inlet from the regulation.
2) New cockle and pipi harvest closure at Whangateau Harbour for both amateur and commercial regulations.
Central
Improvements to the accuracy of both the amateur and commercial regulations following regulatory changes passed on October 1 2009.
Challenger (amateur regulations only)
Improvements to the accuracy of attribute data following regulatory changes in 2008.
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Web mapping service
The Ministry of Fisheries spatial data infrastructure (SDI) is now making 98 of its data layers available via a web mapping service (WMS). This is a technical way of saying that these 98 maps can be reused in other systems / websites. For example - the map showing the Annual distribution of Albacore tuna can now be directly accessed over the internet via the web address -
http://sdi.fish.govt.nz/sdi/mapserver.wms?VERSION=1.3.0&REQUEST=GetMap&LAYERS=Annual%20distribution%20of%20Albacore%20tuna&STYLES=&CRS=EPSG:4326&BBOX=-57.500758, 157.0018,-24.000006, 193&WIDTH=768&HEIGHT=1024&FORMAT=image/png&TRANSPARENT=TRUE&BGCOLOR=0xFFFFFF
The link above (and others like it) can be edited to change the colours and display of the map image.
For a list of all the available layers click to visit our help page: Web map service help page.
Here's a link for more information on WMS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Geospatial_Consortium.
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The next update will see more map data being added.
We will be back with another communication soon!
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Please contact us @ nabis@fish.govt.nz
- We will answer your questions and provide help on using the functions on NABIS.
- Please let us know of improvements (cosmetic or otherwise) and suggestions for new data on the site.
- Sorry not all the data has been loaded, we are working on this. If you let us know of any particular map layers you are missing we can prioritise them for you.
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