New technology for the State’s web mapping

NSW Department of Primary Industries now  has a new, enhanced, user friendly web mapping service available through the  website.

DPI Director Geological Survey of NSW  Lindsay Gilligan said the substantially upgraded version of DPI’s web mapping  service MinView, has now been released.

“The MinView system enables users to  interactively display and query historical and current exploration tenement and  geoscience information via the internet,” Mr Gilligan said.

“Users can now access the improved service  from the new blue MinView icon either on the Minerals Division home page or on  the Geological Survey page.

“Importantly, users will now be able to lodge  and pay for mineral exploration licence applications through a new online  payment function on the site. The new feature reconciles licence applications  against competing land tenure such as other minerals tenements and conservation  areas then passes the information to an online payment facility” Mr Gilligan  said.

“Existing functions including text  searches, spatial queries, and downloads and links to the wealth of NSW  open-file exploration company and geoscience reports available via the  Department’s DIGS® document archive have also been retained.”

“The new version has vastly improved user  interface with large scale new zoom and pan functionality, so even large data  sets such as geophysical images can be quickly viewed using a broadband  internet connection.

“It also introduces a new interactive  experience to registered users - providing both an Email Reminder service,  which reminds the user of upcoming exploration licence expiry dates, and an  Email Alert service which provides the user with an email message alert when  changes to tenure occur in a user-specified location.

“A bookmark facility allows users to recall  up to 100 customised screen views and users can access their own stored ‘profile’  from any remote site where they have web browser access to broadband internet.

For more information or support contact:
    minview.info@dpi.nsw.gov.au - for advice on using MinView, or on
    minview.reguser@dpi.nsw.gov.au - to become a registered user or for password maintenance
  or
  02 6738 8522 (International + 61 2 6738  8522), or
  02 6360 5331 (International +61 2 6360  5331)

Summary of New Features

New pan and zoom functionality –the original MinView’s fixed zoom levels  and static pan tools have been replaced with powerful zoom, window zoom and map  window pan functionality which dramatically improves ease of use.

Customisable maps – users can create their own maps by customising their preferred map  legends from a large choice of data layers using the Select Layer tool.

Image rendering – statewide geophysical and other images may now be displayed even at  high zoom levels.

Bookmarks – Users can zoom to and save areas of interest with data layers  customised to suit their needs. Registered users can save up to 100 bookmarks  to facilitate continuity between sessions and their stored bookmarks are then  available from any other computer or remote site where web browser access to  broadband internet is available.

Email Reminders – Registered users can receive emails reminding them of an impending  exploration licence expiry for one or more titles defined by the user.

Email Alerts - Registered users can receive emails alerting them to a change in  title attributes over user-defined areas of interest.

Apply for minerals title – a new graphical interface now enables  online lodgement and payment for mineral exploration title applications.