Pesticide Summary Data in a GIS vector format.
Simon Kerr made this Official Information request to Department of Conservation
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      From: Simon Kerr
      
    
    Dear Department of Conservation,
With reference to the pesticide summaries available at http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/thre... - The information is in either jpeg images for the detailed maps, or in pdf format for the overall pesticide summary for each region.
This data was previously available on the DOC Geoportal, easily enabling integration in websites and mapping applications. Up-to-date versions are in jpeg and pdf format only. These formats, while being easy for human eyes to view on the DOC website, make it extremely difficult to integrate the underlying data in dynamic maps.
Assuming the jpeg maps are produced using vector data within a GIS application, then can you please publish the original vector data in a format that is easily useable by software developers, as was previously available in the DOC Geoportal.
Yours faithfully,
Simon Kerr
        From: David Hunt
        Department of Conservation
      
    
    Good morning Simon Keer
 
Thank you for your request for
 
With reference to the pesticide summaries available at
 [1]http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation/thre...
 - The information is in either jpeg images for the detailed maps, or in
 pdf format for the overall pesticide summary for each region.
 
This data was previously available on the DOC Geoportal, easily enabling
 integration in websites and mapping applications. Up-to-date versions are
 in jpeg and pdf format only. These formats, while being easy for human
 eyes to view on the DOC website, make it extremely difficult to integrate
 the underlying data in dynamic maps.
 
Assuming the jpeg maps are produced using vector data within a GIS
 application, then can you please publish the original vector data in a
 format that is easily useable by software developers, as was previously
 available in the DOC Geo-portal.
 
Department Response
 
The up to date pesticide data you have requested will be added to the DOC
 Geo-portal and be available by Monday 26 October 2015.  You will be able
 to utilise it as you have previously.
 
Regards
 
Dave Hunt
National Advisor Operations (Kaiwhiri Ruruku ā Motu)
 Operations | Department of Conservation | PO Box 10-420, Wellington -
 6143| 18-32 Manners Street,  Wellington - 6011
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      From: Simon Kerr
      
    
    Dear David Hunt,
Thanks very much for your response and support in this matter. I look forward o being able to access the information once it is added to the geoportal.
Yours sincerely,
Simon Kerr
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