The ICS Cadastral Index offers the users of survey plans a bulk electronic copy of pre 300,000 survey plans as imaged by LINZ for Landonline. These are available in national sets on a hard drive that includes all 13 land districts along with a search application that has been designed to make it easy to find and view the survey plan. Each of the 1.38 million images have been grouped by district and indexed by plan type and number (DP, SO etc).
Some of the advantages of owning your own copy of these images are:
- The images are available to you 24 hours a day 7 days a week
- There is no waiting for images to be sent to you from LINZ
- There are no LINZ charges
Cadastral Index Order Form
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does it cost?
The initial cost for a single computer installation and license is $775 for ICS members and $1175 for non-members. Multi-computer and network installations incur higher costs – see the order form above for details.
An additional annual fee is charged to cover development of the application and reinstallation of security codes. This fee is $100 for the first, and $25 per additional computer or for network licences $200 for up to 15 Users, and $300 for 16+ Users.
All fees are exclusive of GST.
How do I install the Index?
The installation guide for the Index can be downloaded here.
Where can I download the latest version of the Cadastral Index program?
The latest version, released December 2021, can be downloaded from here.
How do I print an enlargement of a piece of a plan?
Use the Rectangle Selection Tool (on the Toolbar) to select the area you wish to print.
Then click Menu > File > Print.
By default, it prints your selected area on the page as big as possible. (fit to page). Under the Options button are some other ways to print it.
You may also wish to change to landscape mode (menu, file, page setup) if it is a wide piece you are trying to print.
There are some plans that are missing from the Cadastral Index. Why?
The index and images were both supplied by LINZ. We have found a few discrepancies between the images (not) supplied and what is listed in the index.(~0.2% of 1.38 million images). We suspect there will be an equivalent amount of images not listed in the index nor supplied. We would like to receive any images you might get from the LINZ system emailed to us (ics-support@m-tech.co.nz) and we will include them in the next update.
Can I view individual images directly from the hard drive?
No. The images are stored in large ‘Library’ files. These large library files are easier to manage than several thousand individual files.
Are the images updated when plans are re-imaged into Landonline at a higher quality?
No. To date LINZ have been unwilling to release updated images of plans.
Are there plans to add post-300,000 plans to the dataset?
We would love to extend the cadastral index to include post 300,000 plans, however LINZ are unwilling to release this data to us.
Any more questions?
If you have any other questions please feel free to contact the Secretary on 03 686 9400 or sec@ics.org.nz.