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PSMA AUSTRALIA SWEEPS INTERNATIONAL SPATIAL AWARDS
Canberra, Australia 13/11/09
Thursday Night - The judging of the prestigious Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards (APSEA) in Perth,
Western Australia found PSMA Australia winning awards in the top two categories of Innovation &
Commercialisation and Spatial Professional of the Year.
PSMA Australia won the Innovation & Commercialisation Award for their joint project with British
company, 1Spatial, for their technical advances in processing continental datasets. This project, utilising
1Spatial’s Radius Studio product, was groundbreaking for both the international and domestic spatial
communities.
Dan Paull, Chief Executive Officer of PSMA Australia, was delighted with winning the Innovation &
Commercialisation Award for this project. “This award demonstrates how Australia is leading the spatial
industry by being innovative and adopting new technologies to produce benefits domestically and
internationally,” he said.
Duncan Guthrie, Group Sales Director of 1Spatial, said this award was a significant achievement for both
PSMA Australia and 1Spatial. “We are thrilled that PSMA Australia has won the Innovation &
Commercialisation Award for the implementation of our Radius Studio product,” he said.
“The winning of this award demonstrates how collaboration, and the strong business relationship between
our two companies, produces great achievements.”
Mr Paull also won the Spatial Professional of the Year Award for the Asia-Pacific region. This award is one
of the highest given within the Spatial Industry, and is well recognised internationally. “I am honoured that
I have been recognised by the industry with this award. The finalists were of such a high calibre, that I am
grateful to have even been considered for this award,” he said.
Mr Paull was one of four finalists considered for the Spatial Professional of the Year Award for the Asia-
Pacific region. Mr Brian Marwick, also a finalist, provides PSMA Australia tremendous support with his
extensive experience and knowledge of the spatial industry. “To have been considered alongside Brian for
the Spatial Professional of the Year Award is truly humbling. He has offered the industry so much, and his
being a finalist for this Award is a testament of that,” Mr Paul said.
Mr Paull has been actively participating in global and domestic spatial initiatives. He was invited by
EuroGeographics to present at the prestigious GSDI Conference in Rotterdam earlier this year, and has
been a keen advocate of collaboration, internationally and domestically, to further continue the
development of continental datasets.
“The work that PSMA Australia is achieving domestically and internationally, in the development of
continental datasets, has been groundbreaking. We look forward to working with our key partners in
Europe, Britain and throughout Australia, to continue leading the way in spatial innovation”.
CONTACT: Dan Paull +61 (0)2 6295 7033
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
ABOUT PSMA AUSTRALIA
PSMA Australia is an unlisted public company, owned by the state, territory and federal governments and
established in 2001 to coordinate the assembly of, and facilitate access to, fundamental national spatial
datasets. PSMA Australia’s Head Office is in Canberra, Australia and is dedicated to developing national
datasets that contribute to the economic, social and environmental outcomes for Australia.
Six national datasets have been developed by PSMA Australia and include:
G-NAF (Australia’s authoritative reference for geocoded addresses);
Transport and Topography (over 2 million kilometres of road centrelines and selected topographic
information);
CadLite (a graphical representation of all 10.5 million registered land parcels in Australia);
Administrative Boundaries (localities, suburbs, local government areas, state boundaries, electoral
boundaries);
Postcode Boundaries (established in collaboration with Australia Post); and
Points of Interest (a collection of point features to add context and detail).
ABOUT DAN PAULL (FAICD)
Dan Paull graduated with a Bachelor of Surveying (Hons) from the University of New South Wales, and
commenced his career as a cadastral surveyor in a rural practice. He then moved into a large national
engineering firm where his experience included the management of large scale topographic, construction
and engineering surveys as well as GIS infrastructure management and GPS control, network analysis and
adjustment. From this ‘hands-on’ experience, Dan was able to make a successful transition to the
management of the spatial information associated with these large projects and ultimately moved into a
project management role with PSMA Australia in 1999. When PSMA Australia became an incorporated
Company in 2001, Dan assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of PSMA Australia. Dan is the author of
numerous scientific papers, reports and reviews, and has recently completed an Executive MBA at the
Australian Graduate School for Management.
CONTACTS
Dan Paull FAICD
Chief Executive Officer
PSMA Australia Limited
Level 1, 115 Canberra Avenue,
GRIFFITH ACT 2604
AUSTRALIA
T: +61 (0)2 6295 7033
F: +61 (0)2 6295 7756
M: +61 (0) 407 893 584
E: dan.paull@psma.com.au
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