What are the key benefits for Users?
Benefits are largely associated with the simplification and streamlining of all components of procurement, contractural arrangements, technical expertise, product quality, coordination and project management. By establishing a SPC for spatial imagery and elevation products, the coordination of procurement for this asset can be managed through a central team. The Program Team track projects with synergies in terms of geographic region or product specifications. Participating agencies can then share costs or save money on the basis of economies of scale. Further efficiencies can be gained by this data being placed on the Image Web Server (IWS) and made available to departments as part of their core GIS resources. This will also enable departments to use historical spatial imagery for monitoring change, or utilising it as a reference set where new spatial imagery is not a requirement of the project.
