Duane Wilkins
| Duane Wilkins | |
|---|---|
| https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/46/Baghdad_Fire_Engine_Rescue_Service.jpg | |
| Born | |
| 🏳️ Nationality | New Zealander |
| 🏫 Education | Waikato University Master's degree |
| 💼 Occupation | Geospatial Advocate |
| Known for | Streetview Photography, Mapping Capability Building |
Duane Wilkins is a geospatial advocate from Wellington, New Zealand.
In 2020 he received "Te Tohu Ratonga Tūmatanui | New Zealand Public Service Medal[1][2] for "his commitment to increasing Māori communities’ geospatial information[3] science knowledge"[4].
He contributed more than one million images to Google Maps’ Streetview. It made Lower Hutt one of the world’s most photographed places on Google Maps[5] by sharing 360 view images, and is the subject of a Google documentary[6].
He is a judge for the New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards[7], and was nominated Spatial Professional for the Year 2019 [8]for his work with indigenous Māori communities throughout New Zealand[9] for work involving geospatial capability building, training, and support.
In 2007-2011 he directed the city mapping project capability development programmes for USAID[10] for the United States Agency for International Development throughout Iraq[11] and Afghanistan.
He is a mapping capability leader for Land Information New Zealand, and contributor to NZ Survey and Spatial Magazine.[12] He makes large mapping activities for New Zealand intermediate students.[13] as part of the LEARNZ Virtual Field Trip[14] series "Map My Waahi".[15] Waahi - a Te Reo Māori word for Place.
References[edit]
- ↑ "Te Rā Ratonga Tūmatanui | Public Service Day Awards 2020 - 2020-go5020 - New Zealand Gazette". gazette.govt.nz. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "Honours for LINZ work in Māori geospatial science and Christchurch regeneration". Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). Retrieved 2021-01-03.
- ↑ "Digital mapping wananga builds hapū knowledge and skills". ngatiporou.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "'Honours for LINZ work in Māori geospatial science and Christchurch regeneration'". www.voxy.co.nz. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "Lower Hutt is the second-most photographed place in the world on Google Street View". Stuff. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ↑ "Mapping New Zealand by Bike: Street View's Cycling Samaritan - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "NZSEA - Judges". NZSEA - New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ↑ "NZSEA - Winners". NZSEA - New Zealand Spatial Excellence Awards. Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ↑ "LINZ wins Spatial Excellence Environment & Sustainability Award". Land Information New Zealand (LINZ). Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ↑ Wilkins, Duane (2014-08-03), Duane and Sam outside the GIS office with our US Embassy Shirts on., retrieved 2020-10-18
- ↑ Wilkins, Duane (2008-02-20), Sandstorm in Iraq January 2008, retrieved 2020-10-18
- ↑ "Top 10 Geospatial Things : Survey Spatial New Zealand". www.surveyspatialnz.org. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ↑ "Over Four Thousand Students Participate in Virtual Field Trip". www.gim-international.com. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ↑ "Meet Duane Wilkins | LEARNZ". www.learnz.org.nz. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
- ↑ "Over 4000 students take part in LINZ-led virtual field trip". www.voxy.co.nz. Retrieved 2020-10-18.
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