Asian Surveying & Mapping
Breaking News
bitsensing Signs MOU with IKIO Technologies to Advance AI-Based Traffic Monitoring on India’s Expressways, Highways and Municipal Areas
Backed by proven success in South Korea and Europe,...
Nuri rocket successfully completes KAIST’s next-gen satellite mission
The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)...
President Lai reviews progress on first indigenous satellite constellation
President Lai Ching-te said developing space technology is a...
Japan’s iQPS lines up eight SAR launches
ST. LOUIS — Japan’s Institute for Q-shu Pioneers of...
UAE Astronauts Promote AI and Collaboration in Space at GITEX Europe
The Arab world’s first astronaut, Hazzaa Al Mansouri, and...
New species of space-adapted bacteria discovered on China’s Tiangong space station
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown strain of microbe...
Isro’s 101st mission fails as PSLV-C61 suffers third-stage anomaly
India’s latest Earth observation satellite mission faced a setback...
Iraq’s First Fully Solar-Powered Village in Kulak Is Now Operational
ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – May 20, 2025 — The...
Australia’s Gilmour Space Technologies ready to launch maiden Eris Test flight the nation’s first orbital launch in over 50 years
Gilmour Space Technologies is the leading launch services company...
Korea’s space agency seeks revision of plan to modify next-gen rockets into reusable system
South Korea's aerospace agency said on Thursday that it...
  • Apr 14, 2020
  • Comments Off on Coronavirus: Aussie Air Survey Flights Over New Zealand Leave a Trail of Finger Pointing
  • Feature
  • 988 Views

An Australian aerial survey company is being accused by Kiwis of breaching lockdown rules, but it says it has been cleared to fly. Australia-based Nearmap has come under fire from Kiwi operators after allegedly completing survey flights across New Zealand during the past fortnight.

Flight records show an Australian aircraft operated across the South Island in late March, and in Whāngārei, Tauranga and Wellington from April 3 to 5. The Cessna aircraft, which is owned by Handel Aviation, was also active in the skies above Hamilton despite authorities previously saying air surveying companies aren’t exempt from lockdown rules.

Nearmap’s website says it captures high-resolution aerial imagery across New Zealand multiple times a year. 

Click here for more information.