ePlan Working Group

ePlan at SSSI National Land Surveying Conference

The ePlan Working Group members presented at the SSSI National Land Surveying Conference in Melbourne on 20th April 2002. Mark Deals (NSW), Mohsen Kalantari (VIC) and Nev Cumerford (QLD) presented on the following topics:

• Brief History of ePlan
• Benefits of ePlan
• Update from a National Perspective
• Five stages of Digital lodgement:
  • 1) Protocol 2) Internal Process 3) Services 4) Approval and 5) Value Add
• The Unified ePlan Protocol (Structure and Common Elements)
• Validation
• Visualisation
• How will industry generate an ePlan and updates on working with surveying software vendors
• Details of LandXML and how it relates to ePlan protocol from a NSW perspective
• NSW, QLD and VIC presented updates on where each are in the implementation of the 5 stages

The presentation provided the audience with a good understanding of the status of ePlan across Australia, how it will affect them and how they can engage with the process and be part of the pilot.