Shared geospatial map could save councils millions, inquiry told


David Allen
Reporter

Australia could cut disaster preparedness costs and unlock millions in productivity gains by giving local councils access to a digital map of the nation’s building stock, a federal parliamentary inquiry has heard.

Geoscape Australia — a data company joint owned by all Australian governments — called on Canberra to fund wider access to its National Building Dataset, a spatial map gathered with satellite and aerial imagery that holds details about …

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