These are external services to help define the longitude and latitude of a location. (Read explanation of
geographic co-ordinates.)
Australasian locations:
- Australian
Placenames Search (Gazetteer of Australia)
- Enter an Australian place name, receive a list of matching localities.
Select one, get a detailed map showing your location, together with a list
of details. Interactive maps lead on to available topographic data.
- Service at Geoscience Australia (formerly AUSLIG)
- Australian Antarctic Gazetteer
- Enter an Antarctic place name, get a list of matching names with
details (latitude, longitude, locality image, etc.)
- Service at Australian Antarctic Data Centre (AADC)
- Australian Postcode Search
- Search for postcodes and post office locations
- Service at Australia Post
- References for defining Australian locations, geospatial regions, and geographic place names
- List of useful online services and documents
- Find which catchment
- Enter a point location, receive a list of Australian "Drainage
Divisions and Major River Basins" in which your location resides
- Optionally plot the location on a locality map
- New Zealand Geographic Place-Names Database
- Enter a place name or geographic coordinates with a distance radius
- Service at Land Information New Zealand (LINZ)
- NZ Topgraphic 1:50,000 Map Index (260 series)
- discover the names of specific map sheets
- NZ Topgraphic 1:250,000 Map Index (262 series)
- discover the names of specific map sheets
- Earth View
- Xerox Parc Map Viewer
World-wide locations:
Other useful services:
www.indexgeo.com.au