2013 Asia Pacific Regional Conference - Report

From all reports this year's Sydney conference proved to be a very productive and most enjoyable conference starting off with the Business Connect Session (pictured right). This has become one of the most valuable sessions to assist all delegates in finding new business partners and to re establish connections with existing clients. This session was followed by a diverse range of presentations provided by Millennium House hands on paper production, albeit very large sheets of paper! through to Esri's 'Walkabout with an iPhone' All presentations were well attended and kept delegates totally engaged. Along with specific forums covering cross sections of our industry the conference certainly provided a great two days of networking along with relaxed social interaction. Many thanks to all who participated at the conference and for the excellent presentations provided over the two days.

Strategic Planning Meeting
Prior to the conference the Asia Pacific Board held a Strategic Planning Meeting open to all IMIA members. This was an extremely important meeting with several members joining the Board and providing valuable input for our regional development into the future.

AGM & 2014 Board of Directors
During the conference the Annual General Meeting was held and if you would like a copy of the minutes of the meeting please contact Noleen Zander.

At the meeting the following 2014 Board Members (pictured to the right) were elected taking up their positions from 1st January 2014:

• President: Bruce McGurty
  
• Past President: Brian Spier
  
• Executive Director: Noleen Zander
  
• Director: Matthew McRobert
  
• Director: Rob Boegheim
  
• Director: Chris Schroder
  
• Director: Sudarshan Karki
  
• Director: Will Pringle
  
• Director: Igor Stjepanovic
  
• Director: Mani Singh (inset)

IMIA Map Award Winners 2013
Map Sheet
Gold Award: Hema Maps - Outback Queensland Map
Silver Award: Groovy Map Thailand - Taipei Map

Book Based Product
Gold Award: Millennium House - Earth Platinum World Atlas
Silver Award: Hema Maps - 4WD Adventures

Tourist/Free Publication
Gold Award: Cartodraft Australia - YHA Australia Map & Hostel Guide
Silver Award: Cartodraft Australia - YHA 2013 Accommodation Guide

Digital Mapping Product:
Gold Award: Hema Maps - 4WD Maps App
Silver Award: Spatial Vision - Wilsons Promontory Guide App

Internet Web Site
Gold Award: Hema Maps - www.hemamaps.com

Graham Stanton Award: Millennium House Australia
Earth Platinum World Atlas

Overall Winner and Regional Entry for the IMIA Global Map Awards:
The Earth Platinum World Atlas won this award (some of the production team pictured right) and is to be entered into the IMIA Global Maps Awards to be judged at the IMIA/Directions Magazine.Map Conference in Cambridge MA, USA September 2013.



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Earth Blue Special IMIA Member Offer

Following on from the keen interest shown in the magnificent Earth Atlases at the recent IMIA Asia-Pacific conference the publisher, Millennium House, has made available copies of the limited edition Earth Blue to IMIA members at a very generous member price. Four (4) copies only of the limited edition Earth Blue are available to IMIA members at a special price of AUD$3,200, HALF the normal retail price of AUD$6,400! This is strictly for IMIA members, only four copies, one copy per member, first in first served.

The truly magnificent Earth Blue Atlas is a limited edition of only 2,000 copies, has 580 pages including 355 maps of 194 countries as well as country descriptions and over 800 beautiful images from the world's best photographers. Each silver-edged page measures 610mm x 469mm and the whole leather and silver-plate bound atlas weighs 19kg. More than fifty cartographers world wide, many of them IMIA members, contributed to this monumental volume. See more of this amazing publication by clicking here.

This offer is being coordinated through Carto Graphics in Adelaide and will be shipped direct to you. Contact Alex to reserve your copy. Remember there are only four available so don't delay. The offer can also be found on the IMIA Facebook page and on the IMIA web site. .

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Asia Pacific Member Contributes To Award Winning Publication

Asia Pacific Member, Spatial Vision, has been commended for its extensive contributions to the Jacaranda World History Atlas for the Australian Curriculum, which was named joint winner of the Outstanding Book of the Year award at the 2013 Australian Educational Publishing Awards.

In an award ceremony held at the State Library of Victoria in Melbourne on 22 August, the Jacaranda World History Atlas was named both Secondary Reference Resource of the Year and joint Outstanding Book of the Year.

The Australian Educational Publishing Awards are presented by the Australian Publishers Association. They are specifically designed to recognise the range of high-quality educational materials that are published during the year.

Award categories cover the different education levels of primary, secondary, TAFE and vocational, and tertiary education. In winning the Outstanding Book of the Year award, the Jacaranda World History Atlas beat more than 130 other publications that were nominated.

The Jacaranda World History Atlas was published by Jacaranda Wiley. Spatial Vision - Australia's leading specialist in spatial technologies - contributed a number of specially-designed educational maps to the publication.

Spatial Vision is extremely proud of the work that was done in the Jacaranda World History Atlas. These awards are recognition of the hard effort put in by the Spatial Vision team, and highlight Spatial Vision's continued dedication towards producing high quality, tailored material.



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Monthly Map Updates On In-Car Navigation Systems

Navman, the New Zealand based manufacturer of marine electronics and GPS technology, will offer monthly map updates on its portable in-car GPS units in Australia and New Zealand. The new map data added each month will include new roads, and roads under construction, junctions, safety alerts, and new point of interests including sporting venues, hospitals and airports.

The company claims that the new feature called "Rapid Map Refresh" is a 'world first' in the portable navigation device (PND) category. It will come standard on Navman's new MY450LMT model, and will be an optional extra on the cheaper MY400LMT and EZY250LM units. The new in-car GPS devices are now available in both Australia and New Zealand. The monthly map updates available on the MY450LMT are "verified and validated" on an automatic basis. Navman's global mapping partner, HERE, says it recorded 42,000 kilometres of new roads, 7500 street name changes, 10,000 turn restrictions, 1800 new one-way streets, and 1800 new road direction signs in the yearly Australian map update from 2012 to 2013 alone. Rapid Map Refresh feature still requires users to connect their GPS device to a PC, but Navman says it is looking at ways to improve the update process.

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2013 Australian Election Sausage Sizzle Map

A sausage sizzle is a traditional Australian dish, consisting of a barbecued sausage served on a slice of white bread. Apparently it is commonly sold to raise funds by Australian charities and at community events. It also appears to be an important part of Australian elections, when eating a sausage, before or after voting, is an important celebration of the democratic process.

The 2013 Election Sausage Sizzle Map shows the locations of sausage sizzle and cake stalls that will be operating on 7 September 2013, which is federal election day. If your stall is missing from the map don't despair as you can slap your sizzling sausage on the map by completing a short form.

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Member Profile

This month we are pleased to feature one of our very early members, Melbourne Map Centre, who are based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia







Melbourne Map Centre is a major retail business of a wide range of Australian touring and topographic maps, marine charts, street directories, road atlases, Australian travel and reference books, and compasses. A large range of international maps and atlases, travel guides, world globes, travel accessories and digital mapping software are also stocked.

Contact: Adam Graham

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Mapping In the News.......

Click on any of the links below to see further details:

* Google Maps Finally Available for the iPad
* Mapping Australia's solar energy potential
* Do our brains pay a price for GPS?
* Participate in Spatial Vision's GIS in the Cloud survey

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Call for Contributions

We encourage all members to communicate with us directly about any interesting developments in their businesses or even news or stories you come across and you believe may be of interest to the broader IMIA community. Copies are also distributed to all members in worldwide. Please email all stories to the IMIA Asia Pacific headquarters.

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