“NearMap could map all of Australia for just $75 million”

To quote Stuart Nixon (source),

NearMap could map all of Australia for just $75 million (and at vastly higher quality, with free use by all Australians and Government agencies). This compares favourably to the $48 million or so that MDBA would expect to pay to just map the Murray Darling Basin (which covers 15% of Australia) based on their Stage 1 tender.

To be fair I should also consider the details of the license agreements that each offer their imagery under…

Also from his letter,

In July 2009 MDBA issued a “Stage 1” tender to cover 5% or 50,000km2 of the Basin. NearMap’s $1.1 million offer provided 1 meter Terrain and 10cm ortho-photo maps. Instead, the tender was awarded to the overseas company Intermap Technologies at a cost of about $2.4 million for 5 meter terrain and 60 cm ortho-radar maps.

The “Stage 1” tender is a precursor to obtaining terrain and photo maps for the remaining 95% of the Basin. NearMap’s all-of-Basin solution would save $26 million compared to overseas suppliers.

If only I had time to investigate further.

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NSW Group Voting Tickets – 2010 Federal Election

The AEC has publish the group voting tickets for the Senate for the upcoming 2010 Federal Election. I didn’t think the provided format was very usable (and I couldn’t see the dataset in machine readable form), so here is the GVT for “the three main” parties with preferences listed in order for NSW. (It would take too long for me to do every party, but you can construct your own tables for the other parties from the AEC’s published PDFs)

Labor

Number	Surname	Given name	Party
1	FAULKNER	John	Labor
2	THISTLETHWAITE	Matthew	Labor
3	HUTCHINS	Steve	Labor
4	MURNAIN	Anne	Labor
5	SEATON	Fiona	Labor
6	McDERMOTT	Hugh	Labor
7	RHIANNON	Lee	The Greens
8	McILROY	Keith	The Greens
9	JEGATHEESWARAN	Brami	The Greens
10	SWIFT	Harriett	The Greens
11	MORRISSEY	Simone	The Greens
12	KANAK	Dominic Wy	The Greens
13	DRUERY	Glenn	Liberal Democrats (LDP)
14	GABB	Lucy	Liberal Democrats (LDP)
15	STITT	Peter	Liberal Democrats (LDP)
16	ECKFORD	Michael
17	STEVENS	Criselee
18	STEFANAC	Jennifer
19	COOLEY	Tucky Tania
20	BROWN	Ray	Building Australia
21	O’DONNELL	Michael	Building Australia
22	GREEN	Paul	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
23	PEEBLES	Robyn	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
24	NILE	Elaine	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
25	McCAFFREY	Simon Thomas	Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia
26	CULLEN	Martin	Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia
27	CARTER	Marylou	Carers Alliance
28	BUCKWALTER	Maree	Carers Alliance
29	BRYCE	Ian	Secular Party of Australia
30	WARREN	Lyle Richard	Secular Party of Australia
31	CLANCY	Fiona	Australian Democrats
32	MITCHELL	Jen	Australian Democrats
33	LEISHMAN	Marianne	Australian Sex Party
34	CAMPBELL	Huw	Australian Sex Party
35	ZIMMERMAN	Larissa	Australian Sex Party
36	HODGES	Robert
37	FRIER	Bob
38	ROBINSON	Tony
39	SELBY	Noel
40	BLOOM	Nadia
41	IRELAND	Bede
42	SAMPSON	Meg
43	HINCHCLIFFE	J
44	BELGRAVE	Leon Adrian
45	BEREGSZASZI	Janos
46	RICHARDSON	Hamish	Independent
47	HOOPER	Norman H Joseph	Independent
48	SCOTT-IRVING	Stewart	Independent
49	PAPE	Bryan	Independent
50	WHALAN	Andrew	Independent
51	BOURKE	William
52	O’CONNOR	Mark
53	BEAMS	Nick	Socialist Equality Party
54	ZABALA	Gabriela	Socialist Equality Party
55	KOUTALIANOS	Bill	The Climate Sceptics
56	BROWN	Geoffrey	The Climate Sceptics
57	MUIRHEAD	Jim Gerard	Shooters and Fishers
58	McGLASHAN	Alistair David	Shooters and Fishers
59	EVANS	Rachel	Socialist Alliance
60	ISKANDER	Soubhi	Socialist Alliance
61	BAS	Wes	Senator On-Line
62	ROACH	Brianna	Senator On-Line
63	SWANE	Greg	Family First
64	LAMB	Phil	Family First
65	THOMPSON	Andy	Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)
66	FOSTER	Roland	Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)
67	KERNOT	Cheryl
68	CANT	Simon
69	FIERRAVANTI-WELLS	Concetta	Liberal
70	HEFFERNAN	William	Liberal
71	NASH	Fiona	The Nationals
72	HUGHES	Hollie	Liberal
73	DENNIS	Joe	The Nationals
74	BILIC	George	Liberal
75	LAWLER	Geoff	Communist
76	KELLAWAY	Brenda Anne	Communist
77	BARKER	David
78	ZUREIK	S G
79	HODGES	Darrin
80	FOLKES	Nick
81	BUTLER	Robert H	Citizens Electoral Council of Australia
82	McCAFFREY	Ian David	Citizens Electoral Council of Australia
83	WEBBER	Andrew	One Nation
84	BRETT	John	One Nation

Liberal/Nationals (“The Coalition”)

Number	Surname	Given name	Party
1	FIERRAVANTI-WELLS	Concetta	Liberal
2	HEFFERNAN	William	Liberal
3	NASH	Fiona	The Nationals
4	HUGHES	Hollie	Liberal
5	DENNIS	Joe	The Nationals
6	BILIC	George	Liberal
7	GREEN	Paul	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
8	PEEBLES	Robyn	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
9	NILE	Elaine	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
10	SWANE	Greg	Family First
11	LAMB	Phil	Family First
12	McCAFFREY	Simon Thomas	Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia
13	CULLEN	Martin	Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia
14	MUIRHEAD	Jim Gerard	Shooters and Fishers
15	McGLASHAN	Alistair David	Shooters and Fishers
16	CARTER	Marylou	Carers Alliance
17	BUCKWALTER	Maree	Carers Alliance
18	THOMPSON	Andy	Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)
19	FOSTER	Roland	Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)
20	BROWN	Ray	Building Australia
21	O’DONNELL	Michael	Building Australia
22	CLANCY	Fiona	Australian Democrats
23	MITCHELL	Jen	Australian Democrats
24	DRUERY	Glenn	Liberal Democrats (LDP)
25	GABB	Lucy	Liberal Democrats (LDP)
26	STITT	Peter	Liberal Democrats (LDP)
27	KOUTALIANOS	Bill	The Climate Sceptics
28	BROWN	Geoffrey	The Climate Sceptics
29	SAMPSON	Meg
30	HINCHCLIFFE	J
31	ROBINSON	Tony
32	SELBY	Noel
33	BLOOM	Nadia
34	IRELAND	Bede
35	BELGRAVE	Leon Adrian
36	BEREGSZASZI	Janos
37	BOURKE	William
38	O’CONNOR	Mark
39	STEFANAC	Jennifer
40	COOLEY	Tucky Tania
41	ECKFORD	Michael
42	STEVENS	Criselee
43	PAPE	Bryan	Independent
44	SCOTT-IRVING	Stewart	Independent
45	WHALAN	Andrew	Independent
46	RICHARDSON	Hamish	Independent
47	HOOPER	Norman H Joseph	Independent
48	BAS	Wes	Senator On-Line
49	ROACH	Brianna	Senator On-Line
50	KERNOT	Cheryl
51	CANT	Simon
52	RHIANNON	Lee	The Greens
53	McILROY	Keith	The Greens
54	JEGATHEESWARAN	Brami	The Greens
55	SWIFT	Harriett	The Greens
56	MORRISSEY	Simone	The Greens
57	KANAK	Dominic Wy	The Greens
58	FAULKNER	John	Labor
59	THISTLETHWAITE	Matthew	Labor
60	HUTCHINS	Steve	Labor
61	MURNAIN	Anne	Labor
62	SEATON	Fiona	Labor
63	McDERMOTT	Hugh	Labor
64	BARKER	David
65	ZUREIK	S G
66	HODGES	Darrin
67	FOLKES	Nick
68	HODGES	Robert
69	FRIER	Bob
70	LEISHMAN	Marianne	Australian Sex Party
71	CAMPBELL	Huw	Australian Sex Party
72	ZIMMERMAN	Larissa	Australian Sex Party
73	BRYCE	Ian	Secular Party of Australia
74	WARREN	Lyle Richard	Secular Party of Australia
75	BEAMS	Nick	Socialist Equality Party
76	ZABALA	Gabriela	Socialist Equality Party
77	EVANS	Rachel	Socialist Alliance
78	ISKANDER	Soubhi	Socialist Alliance
79	LAWLER	Geoff	Communist
80	KELLAWAY	Brenda Anne	Communist
81	BUTLER	Robert H	Citizens Electoral Council of Australia
82	McCAFFREY	Ian David	Citizens Electoral Council of Australia
83	WEBBER	Andrew	One Nation
84	BRETT	John	One Nation

The Greens

Number	Surname	Given name	Party
1	RHIANNON	Lee	The Greens
2	McILROY	Keith	The Greens
3	JEGATHEESWARAN	Brami	The Greens
4	SWIFT	Harriett	The Greens
5	MORRISSEY	Simone	The Greens
6	KANAK	Dominic Wy	The Greens
7	ECKFORD	Michael
8	STEVENS	Criselee
9	KERNOT	Cheryl
10	CANT	Simon
11	BRYCE	Ian	Secular Party of Australia
12	WARREN	Lyle Richard	Secular Party of Australia
13	EVANS	Rachel	Socialist Alliance
14	ISKANDER	Soubhi	Socialist Alliance
15	LAWLER	Geoff	Communist
16	KELLAWAY	Brenda Anne	Communist
17	CLANCY	Fiona	Australian Democrats
18	MITCHELL	Jen	Australian Democrats
19	LEISHMAN	Marianne	Australian Sex Party
20	CAMPBELL	Huw	Australian Sex Party
21	ZIMMERMAN	Larissa	Australian Sex Party
22	CARTER	Marylou	Carers Alliance
23	BUCKWALTER	Maree	Carers Alliance
24	SAMPSON	Meg
25	HINCHCLIFFE	J
26	STEFANAC	Jennifer
27	COOLEY	Tucky Tania
28	BAS	Wes	Senator On-Line
29	ROACH	Brianna	Senator On-Line
30	BOURKE	William
31	O’CONNOR	Mark
32	FAULKNER	John	Labor
33	THISTLETHWAITE	Matthew	Labor
34	HUTCHINS	Steve	Labor
35	MURNAIN	Anne	Labor
36	SEATON	Fiona	Labor
37	McDERMOTT	Hugh	Labor
38	SCOTT-IRVING	Stewart	Independent
39	ROBINSON	Tony
40	SELBY	Noel
41	BEAMS	Nick	Socialist Equality Party
42	ZABALA	Gabriela	Socialist Equality Party
43	PAPE	Bryan	Independent
44	RICHARDSON	Hamish	Independent
45	HOOPER	Norman H Joseph	Independent
46	WHALAN	Andrew	Independent
47	FIERRAVANTI-WELLS	Concetta	Liberal
48	HEFFERNAN	William	Liberal
49	NASH	Fiona	The Nationals
50	HUGHES	Hollie	Liberal
51	DENNIS	Joe	The Nationals
52	BILIC	George	Liberal
53	DRUERY	Glenn	Liberal Democrats (LDP)
54	GABB	Lucy	Liberal Democrats (LDP)
55	STITT	Peter	Liberal Democrats (LDP)
56	HODGES	Robert
57	FRIER	Bob
58	BLOOM	Nadia
59	IRELAND	Bede
60	BELGRAVE	Leon Adrian
61	BEREGSZASZI	Janos
62	BROWN	Ray	Building Australia
63	O’DONNELL	Michael	Building Australia
64	McCAFFREY	Simon Thomas	Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia
65	CULLEN	Martin	Democratic Labor Party (DLP) of Australia
66	SWANE	Greg	Family First
67	LAMB	Phil	Family First
68	THOMPSON	Andy	Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)
69	FOSTER	Roland	Non-Custodial Parents Party (Equal Parenting)
70	BUTLER	Robert H	Citizens Electoral Council of Australia
71	McCAFFREY	Ian David	Citizens Electoral Council of Australia
72	KOUTALIANOS	Bill	The Climate Sceptics
73	BROWN	Geoffrey	The Climate Sceptics
74	MUIRHEAD	Jim Gerard	Shooters and Fishers
75	McGLASHAN	Alistair David	Shooters and Fishers
76	GREEN	Paul	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
77	PEEBLES	Robyn	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
78	NILE	Elaine	Christian Democratic Party (Fred Nile Group)
79	HODGES	Darrin
80	FOLKES	Nick
81	BARKER	David
82	ZUREIK	S G
83	WEBBER	Andrew	One Nation
84	BRETT	John	One Nation