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How is the NBN being used?

This section of the website brings together a number of examples showing how the NBN is being used in a variety of ways by a number of different organisations.  It also gives guidance to help you if you are planning on using the NBN for a specific area of work.

Click on any of the topics below to see who is putting the NBN to good use and how:

More information

If you would like more information on any of these areas of work and feel that they could benefit your business we would be delighted to tell you more.  Please contact Geoff Johnson for more information.

Already using NBN data?

If you are already using NBN data in any of the above ways please do get in touch as we’d love to share your examples here.  Please contact Mandy Henshall

Education

The NBN Gateway is in its early days of use in education and this is an area we are seeking to increase in the future

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Land management & practical conservation

Data is a vital part of land management and conservation decisions. See how NBN data is helping.

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Planning / Development

Data from the NBN Gateway is proving invaluable for planning and development schemes

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Policy Making & Reporting

New policies need good data to back them up and that’s where the NBN Gateway is really starting to help in the decision making process

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Public engagement

The interested public will be an increasingly important part of recording in the future. Here are some examples of websites specifically aimed at the public, using the NBN Gateway.

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Research

The NBN Gateway is in its early days of use for research and this is an area we are seeking to increase in the future

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Web services

Integrating NBN Gateway maps into your own website or application, allows you to have the benefit of NBN data whilst maintaining your own identity

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Archive

Information on some of the older examples of how NBN data has been used over the last few years.

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