11 Jan 2011

NTV Resource Centre online

The NTV Resource Centre, covering all you need to know about using NTV, is now available online. The Resource Centre has been revised to include the recent updates to NTV.

The Resource Centre includes information about:

• where to find NTV
• searching and visualisation using NTV
• explanations of native title terms and NTV geospatial layers

We hope you find this Resource Centre to be helpful and welcome any feedback.

To access the Resource Centre choose 'NTV Resource Centre' from the 'more' menu, alternatively click here.

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7 Jan 2011

New toolbar buttons

The new toolbar buttons in NTV let you switch between jurisdictions without closing your map window and starting again from the NTV home page.

	New South Wales & ACT		Northern Territory
	Queensland		South Australia
	Victoria & Tasmania		Western Australia

Please note that switching jurisdictions will reset your layers, and you will lose any annotations you may have made to your map.

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1 Dec 2010

NTV Updated

The underlying software that provides the platform for NTV has been updated. The first thing you will notice is a new look and feel. If you've used applications like Google Earth, many of the new tools and buttons will already be familiar to you. Some of the key changes for users are the ability to:

• Change the map zoom using your mouse scroll wheel
• Turn map layers on and off without having to click any 'apply' button.
• Hover your mouse over a feature in the selection layer and NTV will reveal information about that feature without you having to select it.

We think that the new intuitive tools in NTV will help you get your work done faster, and some of the changes behind the scenes will enable us to offer more functions in the future. Please direct any comments or questions to Geospatial Services.

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8 Dec 2009

Visualising Indigenous Protected Areas in Native TitleVision

In collaboration with the Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA), and following consultation with Registry Managers, we are pleased to include Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) as a further layer of searchable information available within the Tribunal’s spatial solutions.

IPAs are areas of Indigenous-owned land or sea where traditional owners have entered into an agreement with the Australian Government to promote biodiversity and cultural resource conservation.

There are currently 33 declared IPAs and over 40 consultation projects across Australia. The Australian Government's Caring for our Country initiative plans to increase IPAs by at least 40 per cent over the next five years - an increase of at least eight million hectares.

IPAs deliver more than environmental benefits as managing these areas helps Indigenous communities to protect their significant cultural values for future generations and receive spin-off health, education, economic and social benefits.

Further information on IPAs can be found at http://www.environment.gov.au/indigenous/ipa/background.html

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1 Oct 2009

Searching the world’s premier Australian Indigenous studies collection via NTV

An innovation opportunity between the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS) and the National Native Title Tribunal (NNTT) has resulted in Native TitleVision users now being able search the online AIATSIS MURA® catalogue at the same time.

Existing users of the online MURA® catalogue will already be aware that it offers the world's most comprehensive collection of print, moving image, sound recordings and photographic materials relating to Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures and histories.

Searching has now been made even easier with NTV users able to search on placenames and review Mura catalogue holdings at the same time!

From October 2009, registered users of the award-winning online native title visualisation system, Native TitleVision (NTV), will be able to search for placenames and review Mura catalogue holdings for that location at the same time.

Users should note that on the initial implementation NTV will search the Classic Mura AIATSIS Collections catalogue. Learn more about Classic Mura.

So how does it work?

By using the Placenames query layer, a user simply enters the name of a location and searches for it. This will visualise the location and in the top right hand side of the screen an information panel will reveal:

• placename description e.g. populated place
• longitude and latitude
• hyperlink to conditions of use of the Mura catalogue
• hyperlinks to Mura search results by place or where the location is used in a phrase

At the touch of a button, a page listing all Mura catalogue material referenced by the placename will appear with hyperlinks to each catalogue record.

Each catalogue record contains valuable reference information including:

• unique call number
• personal name
• corporate subject
• language/group
• source

How to search Mura from NTV in four easy steps:

Step 1: In NTV, select the Placenames query layer.

Step 2: Enter the desired place name and click the search button.

Step 3: Select a link to search Mura using your selected place name.

Step 4: View the search results returned from Mura.

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28 April 2009

The National Native Title Tribunal extends its collaboration with NTSS in Western Australia

The Native Title Spatial Services section of Landgate is the agency responsible for mapping native title matters for the Western Australian government. Because NTSS has in-house access to the WA cadastre, with which many native title matters are aligned, the Tribunal has tended to adopt the NTSS spatial definition as the authoratative record. This also removes duplication of effort in having both the Tribunal and NTSS capture and maintain the spatial records of each WA native title matter. In return, the Tribunal verifies that the data correctly depicts the matter concerned. Having the most accurate data available is of benefit to all concerned, and ensures that unnecessary work isn’t undertaken when a claim may appear to overlap a land parcel because of poor quality data.

This cooperative approach has existed with respect to native title applications for many years, but in recent months it has been extended to cover ILUAs and Native Title Determinations in WA. The Tribunal hopes that the collaborative approach in Western Australia sets a model that can in time be applied to other jurisdictions.

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16 Feb 2008

Major Update to Native TitleVision

Old landing page:

New landing page:

• Satellite imagery: 30m resolution mosaic of Australia
• 1:250,000 map image: mosaic of topgraphic maps
• Northern Territory: non-freehold cadastral layer

Note that pastoral leases are now shown on the non-freehold layer for Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

New features in Native TitleVision:

The new Native TitleVision is built using the updated version of IntraMaps, the same software that was used to build the old NTV. All of the functions from the old NTV are still there, but there are several important improvements and the interface has been enhanced to give you easier access to the tools and information you use the most:

• The 'Query layer' panel replaces the old 'Module' list, and it can be repositioned on screen anywhere you like. The extensive list of map layers available to search on is the same as for the old NTV.
• The search tabs now feature predictive text that narrows the results as you type.
• The Layer tab now displays an example of the symbology for each layer.
• The views tab allows you to jump to a map coordinate (latitude & longitude in decimal degrees), and set the map extent. You can also save a reference to a location as a 'saved view' to enable you to quickly return to the same position at another time.
• The map presentation has been enhanced to progressively display more features (such as roads) as you zoom in, and less features as you zoom out. Remember you can turn layers on or off using the Layers tab, or the Layer Control pop-up window available from the toolbar.
• The annotation tool is easier to use when you want to add your own text or graphic objects to your map. Note that annotation is not saved between NTV sessions and selecting a different layer to search by may also remove your annotation.
• Native TitleVision can also be accessed through other web browsers such as Firefox.

For more information on how to make sure your computer is set up to take advantage of all features offered by Native TitleVision please read the FAQ

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03 Feb 2006

Non-freehold search added for South Australia and Victoria

New modules have been added to allow searches of non-freehold parcels in South Australia and Victoria. This is in addition to the non-freehold Search modules already available for Queensland and Western Australia.

In South Australia you can search for non-freehold land parcels by Parcel Number or by Title Number as shown below:

In Victoria you can search for non-freehold parcels by a combination of Allotment number and Parish Name as shown below:

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01 Nov 2005

Native TitleVision Migrates to a New Datum

The reference datum used for the geospatial data visualised in Native TitleVision has been changed from AGD84 (Australian Geodetic Datum 1984) to the current mapping datum GDA94 (Geocentric Datum of Australia 1994). This datum reference is included on all map templates used in Native TitleVision and also any coordinates displayed when undertaking a spatial query.

The datum migration has been undertaken in compliance with Australian Government policy in this area.

Further information about GDA94 can be found at www.icsm.gov.au/icsm/gda/index.html

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15 Sep 2005

Native TitleVision Wins Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Award

Peter Bowen (right) receiving the excellence award

Native TitleVision, the National Native Title Tribunal's extranet website, was the clear winner for the community category in the prestigious Spatial Industry Excellence Awards.

In presenting the award Mr Dan Paull, CEO of Public Sector Mapping Agencies, acknowledged both the quality of the product and the Tribunal's submission.

The Judges said Native TitleVison was a perfect demonstration of how organisations with large amounts of spatial information will need to work in the future. They also commented that data for its own sake is great but putting that data into a spatial context that enables users to discover it easily via the internet to make informed decisions is where we need to be.

Geospatial Services Manager Peter Bowen said, 'Many people were involved in setting up Native TitleVision. Congratulations were due to everyone including Tribunal staff, Digital Mapping Solutions and government agencies that had made their data readily available.'

The Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards recognise industry excellence and celebrate the achievements of spatial information enterprise and professionalism.

Native TitleVision was started in 2004 to provide native title stakeholders with access to geospatial information through an extranet. The system was initially trialled with the Federal Court then successfully launched in November 2004 to a wide cross section of users including case officers, lawyers, native title applicants, judges, administrators and interested parties.

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09 Sep 2005

Native TitleVision Now Delivers More!

• Nonfreehold search module for Queensland and Western Australia
• Ability to search on date range for Future Act Notices
• Larger map areas for A4 and A3 paper sizes
• Change of module name from Native Title Rep Bodies to RATSIB Areas
• Removal of ATSIC Regions
  

Nonfreehold Search For Queensland And Western Australia
A new module, Nonfreehold Search, has been added which provides the ability to search on lot on plan number in Queensland as shown in the example below:



and in Western Australia, on the land identifier, which can be a lease, reserve, state forest or marine park identifier.



The module will search and centre upon the identifier which has been entered. Further information about land identifiers can be found at

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