Spatial Insights

October 2025

DCS Spatial Services has released the NSW Land Subdivision Pipeline dataset, providing early visibility into where new land development is being planned and approved across the state.

This forward-looking data empowers planners, developers, councils, and communities with timely, location-specific insights to support smarter decision-making.
This powerful dataset:

• Enables proactive infrastructure planning – Support smarter decisions for schools, transport and essential services
• Accelerates housing delivery – Track subdivision and development progress in near real-time
• Enhances transparency – Access subdivision data up to 18 months earlier than traditional sources
• Supports strategic investment – Make informed choices about where to live, build or invest.
  Explore the data via:
  NSW Spatial Digital Twin Explorer
  NSW Spatial Collaboration Portal

This initiative aligns with the NSW Digital Strategy, reinforcing NSW Government's commitment to open data, digital innovation and streamlined planning processes.

Register now for a free webinar to explore how the NSW Land Subdivision Pipeline is transforming spatial data access and accelerating housing delivery. 

This is your opportunity to see the data in action and explore how it can support smarter, faster planning decisions. Learn about new offerings via the Web Feature Service, including upcoming strata plan datasets and gain insights into future enhancements like the NSW Digital Housing Pipeline and proposed addressing improvements. 
Free webinar: Unlocking Better Planning Decisions with the NSW Land Subdivision Pipeline, Tuesday, 4 November  11:00am - 11:45am.

DCS Spatial Services proudly partnered with Investment NSW to deliver a dynamic web application supporting the 76th International Astronautical Congress, held in Sydney from 29 September to 3 October.

Hosted by the Space Industry Association of Australia (SIAA) and co-hosted by the Australian Space Agency and NSW Government, the event welcomed more than 7,400 delegates from 100 countries.
Developed by Spatial Services, the web app is a database that provides a foundation, highlighting NSW-based companies that demonstrate the state’s technical strengths, commercial readiness, and global potential in the space sector. 

This web-based database will continue to grow to reflect the full depth and diversity of the NSW space ecosystem, from cutting-edge satellite system manufacturers to leaders in Earth observation, remote sensing, and data analytics. 

Learn more about the NSW Space Ecosystem: Space Industry | NSW Government.

The 2025 update to our Smart Topographic Maps is now live. This is a suite of digital maps designed to integrate seamlessly with GPS-enabled devices, including smartphones and tablets.

Whether you're navigating rugged terrain, planning land use, or coordinating emergency response, these maps are now more powerful and user-friendly than ever.

The 2025 updates reflect our commitment to delivering greater accuracy, enhanced usability and smarter navigation tools for all users, from outdoor enthusiasts to professionals in the field. Explore the new 2025 Smart Topographic Maps and experience the difference.

Your feedback is welcome as we continue to evolve our mapping products to meet the needs of a diverse and growing user base.

Key enhancements include:

•    Unsealed roads now included and clearly marked in the legend
•    Improved readability with refreshed colour schemes for contours and gridlines
•    True North arrows added to map collars for precise orientation
•    20m map frame overlaps to eliminate gaps between sheets
•    Interactive PDFs with toggleable layers in map collars
•    Latest spatial data integrated across all maps

The NSW Spatial Data Submission Hub is a new, optimised platform designed to support the streamlined delivery of spatial data, placing data custodians (local government councils and other government agencies) in full control of their data and metadata.

With a user-friendly interface and built-in quality assurance, the hub simplifies how spatial data is ingested and shared.

While we expect a gradual uptake from our users, we encourage early engagement to help your agency get familiar with the platform and its benefits.

The introduction of the NSW Spatial Data Submission Hub is a key milestone in ensuring data custodians have more control of their agency’s data through this secure, easy-to-use and reliable platform.

Support is available to guide data custodians through the onboarding process. If you are a state or local government agency, you can request access to the NSW Spatial Data Submission Hub by lodging a ticket via the Spatial Services Customer Hub and registering your interest in joining the platform.

The NSW Spatial Digital Twin (SDT) product and services catalogue is now available, unlocking powerful new ways to visualise and interact with spatial data.

By integrating 3D, 4D and real-time data, the SDT is transforming how government agencies and councils plan, manage and respond. From urban development and infrastructure upgrades to environmental monitoring and emergency response, the SDT supports smarter, data-driven decisions.

Users can build interactive maps to explore land use, zoning and community planning, track assets and maintenance, monitor climate impacts and share insights with the public through accessible dashboards.

NSW Treasury in partnership with Spatial Services, has unveiled the Mapping the Budget 2025–26 interactive tool, launched alongside the NSW Government's annual budget release.

This innovative platform provides a spatially enabled overview of the government's capital expenditure commitments across the state.

It offers a visual representation of the $118.3 billion capital expenditure allocated over 4 years, facilitating a clearer understanding of where public funds will be invested.

Accessible via the official My Budget website, the map allows users to explore planned infrastructure projects by region, Local Government Area, agency, and project type.

A successful collaboration between Spatial Services’ surveyors and the ACT Office of the Surveyor-General has led to the integration of 67 kilometres of historic ACT Rural Bench Mark levelling data into the NSW Survey Control Information Management System (SCIMS).

Originally recorded in the mid-1970s by the Department of the Interior, this valuable dataset played a key role in early planning for potential expansion of the ACT northward toward Yass and Goulburn.

The quality of the original survey work was exceptional. First Order marks were constructed using deep-driven rods and concrete witness posts, while Third Order marks featured star pickets with brass collars demonstrating the precision and care of the era’s surveyors.

This integration not only preserves an important piece of geodetic history but also strengthens the foundation of modern spatial infrastructure. 

What’s been added?

• Gunning to Collector: 29 km of LA levelling, 26 marks
• Collector to Tarago: 38 km of LC levelling, 48 marks

All Survey Control Information Management System data is available via the NSW Spatial Collaboration Portal. 

It’s time to transition to NSW Point Version 3, the next-generation address validation application, available exclusively to NSW Government agencies.

NSW Point Version 2 will be officially decommissioned on 30 September 2026, with all remaining API keys permanently disabled. From now until 30 November 2025, new V2 API keys will only be issued in exceptional cases with supporting justification.

Built on scalable, secure infrastructure, version 3 is designed to support long-term service delivery with enhanced reliability.

NSW Point V3 retains all the core functionality you rely on, and introduces expanded services including coordinate, cadastral parcel, and property validation. Developed with agency feedback, version 3 offers a more intuitive experience and improved performance.

Everything you need to get started, from developer guides to FAQs – is available on the NSW Point V3 website. Want a quick overview? Check out the side-by-side comparison table to see what’s new.

Start preparing to switch today and future-proof your systems with NSW Point V3

We’re inviting you to take a short 10-minute survey to share your thoughts on our products and services. Your feedback helps us understand what’s working, where we can improve and how we can better support you.

This is your chance to help shape the future of DCS Spatial Services. Every response makes a difference and helps us support you more effectively.

Take the survey now and be part of the improvement journey.  All responses are confidential and used only to improve our services.

We’re asking about:

• How you access and use the Foundational Spatial Data Framework (FSDF)
• What your user experience is like with our products
• A bit about you, so we can better understand the people we are designing for.