Terralink International is a New Zealand owned and operated provider of Geographic information systems (GIS) and mapping solutions.

Overview

Terralink International specialises in delivering mapping

Cartography

Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:*Set the map's...

, property information and imagery, as well as geographical and spatial information. Terralink also produces and updates many of New Zealand's official topographic, city and scientific maps.
Other geospatial

Geospatial

Geospatial analysis is an approach to applying statistical analysis and other informational techniques to geographically based data. Such analysis employs spatial software and analytical methods with terrestrial or geographic datasets, including geographic information systems and...

 related services and solutions provided by Terralink International include:

• GIS/Spatial data maintenance, production and analysis
• Photogrammetry
  Photogrammetry
  Photogrammetry is the practice of determining the geometric properties of objects from photographic images. Photogrammetry is as old as modern photography and can be dated to the mid-nineteenth century....
  
  
• Cartography
  Cartography
  Cartography is the study and practice of making maps. Combining science, aesthetics, and technique, cartography builds on the premise that reality can be modeled in ways that communicate spatial information effectively.The fundamental problems of traditional cartography are to:*Set the map's...
  
  
• Imagery acquisition, provision and hosting
• Data replication and integration
• GIS infrastructure development
• Addressing Services/Matching
• Geocoding
  Geocoding
  Geocoding is the process of finding associated geographic coordinates from other geographic data, such as street addresses, or zip codes...
  
  
• Online hosting
• Web and software development
• Customer Support Services
• Data analytics

History

A former Government-owned enterprise with a history extending back over 100 years, Terralink International maintains and manages New Zealand’s largest and most comprehensive land and property information database.
Terralink NZ Limited was privatised in June 2001 when it was purchased by a consortium of investors to form Terralink International Limited. This occurred following a receivership in January 2001.[1] Today its shareholding is 80% Animation Research Holdings Ltd, a New Zealand company specialising in 3D animation, and 20% Spatial Holdings Ltd. Terralink International is 100% New Zealand owned and operated.

Location

Terralink International's head office and core production facility is situated in Wellington

Wellington

Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...

 with a satellite office in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

. Currently around 75 staff are employed by Terralink International.