The Northern Territory Archives Service (NTAS) is responsible for the preservation and management of Territory records, both government and non-government. The collection includes diaries, manuscripts, photographic prints and slides, scrapbooks, maps, letters, personal papers. reports, minutes of meetings, correspondence, policy files, publicity material, journals, legal documents, plans, posters and oral history recordings and transcripts.
Aerial photography is captured primarily for the purposes of producing topographic mapping. Photographs (prints and digital images) are available for purchase through the Land Information Centres (http://www.dpi.nt.gov.au/whatwedo/landinformation/mapsnt/index.html) The Aerial Photography Archive consists of in excess of 350,000 photographs dating back to the 1940s. About 2,000 photographs are added to the archive each year.
The Department of Planning and Infrastructure is the lead agency for spatial information in the Northern Territory Government, largely delivered through the Land Information Division. Land Information delivers its services through a number of business units: Survey, Land Information Services, Valuation Services and NT Land Information Systems Services.
NT Atlas is an online application allowing users to view and query some of the more commonly used Northern Territory Government spatial datasets. The NT Atlas provides an interface to the NT Spatial Data Directory (NTSDD). The NT Spatial Data Directory (NTSDD) is available by clicking on the "Spatial Data Search " tab of the NT Atlas. The NTSDD is a catalogue of spatial datasets available from the various government departments of the Northern Territory. Users can search by keywords or data themes to access the metadata and contact details required to obtain the data.
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