The NSW Department of Lands and Azuron have recently released the stage 1 of a new internet facility offered through the Spatial Information eXchange (SIX) which provides a collaborative work space for surveyors and the Department of Lands and introduces new services and ecommerce facilities to meet the online needs of the community.

Azuron is working with the NSW Department of Lands to undertake a major program that will deliver electronic processing of digital land title plans in NSW. By implementing an information management system based upon electronic service delivery, the ePlan Program will ensure that Lands plan processing is fast and efficient and meets the needs of the growing NSW economy.

During 2009 the ePlan Program has focused on delivering the key components of a new electronic examination system to process digital land title plans that will provide significant benefits to the NSW citizens business communities and more particularly to the surveying profession. 

ePlan is based on the practical application of an Australasian standard for cadastral plan data in Land XML format as endorsed by the Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM). The move to a digital format will allow professionals to automatically validate much of the plan data prior to lodgment. Plans will be processed electronically, using a plan examination tool that will check for compliance with relevant legislative and Department of Lands’ requirements.