2009 AWARD-WINNING TEAM
Last month Tonkin Consulting won the “People and Community” industry award at the 2009 SA Spatial Excellence Awards for a recent project we undertook for Fleurieu Peninsula Tourism.
This was the first time we entered an award outside of the Infrastructure Category, and highlights the diversity of projects we undertake and depth of skills within the Spatial Services team.
As part of the implementation of the Fleurieu Peninsula Region Integrated Strategic Tourism Plan 2007-2012, we were awarded the project to create a series of maps to visualise places of relevance to the tourism industry.
Data in a variety of formats was collated from the four participating local councils and other sources to create a regional perspective of the area. Large maps were printed for a Visioning Workshop, providing participants with an overview of the locations and relationships between tourism points. They also showed how zoning regulations could impact on tourism investment. The maps became a vehicle to encourage the group to actively participate in discussions and generate ideas. By encouraging participants to draw on the maps, these ideas were captured and documented and included in the mapping database. The use of layered PDFs was one of the more innovative uses of technology for the project as well.
The project demonstrated the power of using mapping visualisation to bring together different and sometimes conflicting ideas of various stakeholders, and provide a basis for strategic forward planning.
Congratulations to the team for their efforts.
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PARTNER OF THE YEAR 2008
We’re very pleased to announce that Tonkin Consulting again won the Pitney Bowes Business Insight Australia & New Zealand Location Intelligence Partner of the year. We received the award in Sydney at the Partner Conference, June 2009.
The Spatial Services team at Tonkin Consulting work hard to provide you, our clients, with the best of both worlds: effective consulting services and advice, together with state-of-the-art spatial solutions and training.
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TRAINING UPDATE
To ensure you gain the most from the newly released MapInfo Professional v10.0 why not book to attend a course. The training manuals have just been updated to include the new functionality and now would be a great time to update your skills!
As an Authorised Training Centre, Tonkin Consulting provides comprehensive training in MapInfo Professional and the full range of MapInfo products, technologies and applications. Courses are held in our accredited training centre; with class sizes are generally limited to a maximum of eight. All courses have been designed with a hands-on approach, ensuring that trainees spend the majority of the course time using the product.
We also offer the flexibility of on-site training, where courses are tailored to meet the needs of your organisation. Our training consultants are fully equipped to conduct on-site training courses. This is particularly beneficial where clients are located in a remote region, or have specific training needs.
“Very well presented course for attendees looking to upskill MapInfo knowledge” Kevin Sharrad – Telstra Network Designer
“Have now done all Level I & II and absolutely loved every minute of the training. Excellent in every way! Thank you very much for providing the training” Sonia Ayers – Technical Officer District Council Ceduna
To make a booking go to http://www.tonkinspatial.com.au/training.htm or email Kym Barnett at kym.barnett@tonkin.com.au.
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Spatial Services Team Newsletter Number 2 September 2009
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