About Us

Who We Are

Geoscape Australia is delivering location intelligence to enable positive outcomes across the economy, to help build a smarter and more productive Australia.

Geoscape Australia is the trading name of PSMA Australia Limited, a self-funded public company owned by the 9 governments of Australia.

The Evolution of Geoscape Australia

Era 1: PSMA

In this period, under the name PSMA, we concentrated on meeting Australia’s national demand for location data.

We developed essential datasets from government sources, including G-NAF, Administrative Boundaries, Transport and Topography, CadLite, and Points of Interest.

Era 2: Transformation into Geoscape

In 2020, we rebranded to Geoscape, incorporating private sector sources to enhance our datasets. We overhauled our technology to support automated, continuous data processing.

Major developments included a self-service customer portal and API-based data delivery.

Era 3: Enriching and Expanding Data Accessibility

Currently, we are focused on improving and broadening the accessibility of data that supports the Australian economy. We are continually innovating with products like G-NAF Core to enrich and increase data accessibility.

Our strategy now focuses on offering more flexible and customised solutions to more effectively and efficiently meet the changing needs of our customers.

Our Journey

1992

Public Sector Mapping Agency proposes national digital basemap for the 1996 Census

1996

Census is run with unprecedented quality, speed, and cost efficiency

2001

Incorporation of PSMA Australia Limited; CadLite Launched

2003

Administrative Boundaries dataset released

2004

G-NAF released; Transport & Topography released

2007

Online data delivery begins

2010

Land tenure dataset released

2011

National Address Management Framework launched using G-NAF as the standard; G-NAF used to deliver 2011 Census

2015

Geoscape buildings project design commenced

2016

Open data release of G-NAF and Administrative Boundaries by Commonwealth Government; First release of Geoscape buildings dataset

2018

APIs offered in Developer Portal; National coverage of Geoscape buildings achieved

2020

Rebrand to Geoscape Australia; Geoscape Data on Demand launched; Continuous data platform automates data processing

2021

Dean Capobianco appointed CEO of Geoscape; Product unbundled: CadLite to Cadastre, Property and Planning; Administrative Boundaries into 7 products; Partnered with GeoX to use machine vision and deep learning technology to enhance its 3D digital maps of Australia; Geoscape Buildings 3.0 launched

2022

Introduced Geoscape end-to-end Managed Service built upon our Continuous Data Platform (CPD) for customers looking for a customised solution or interested in creating a workflow to use Geoscape’s data within their production environment