It’s been a long, hard six months since we started our Private Beta on 6th November 2007. But we’re finally at the point where most of the core functionality of Koordinates is stable and our target users have a good chance of understanding how the site works.

So we launched our Public Beta on Friday 4th April, at about 9:20pm NZST.

That milestone was soon followed by our first (unexpected) sale. We priced a layer to test our credit card transaction system and Peter Davis promptly came along and purchased it. Thanks, Peter!

We have a lot planned for the future, so stay tuned as we gradually roll out new features.

Why are most layers “Online only”?

Most such layers are LINZ topographic data, and we’re still working on the license. If all goes to plan, most of the topo data should be downloadable from Koordinates within the next week. Users on our mailing list will be notified of this by email.