Don McKinnon
BSurv, NZCLS, MNZIS
Contact Details
Tel 64 3 479 7606
Email don.mckinnon@surveying.otago.ac.nz
Profile
Don's surveying career started in Upper Hutt as a trainee survey technician in 1974. He completed NZCLS in 1978 and worked for a variety of survey practices conducting cadastral, topographical and engineering surveys throughout the Wellington region.
In the late eighties he was self-employed and contracted to a private firm and the Central Institute of Technology as a tutor/lecturer for the NZCLS and NZCE surveying papers.
From 1991-1993 Don completed his BSurv at the University of Otago and registered as a surveyor in early 1995. All his postgraduate experience has been with a private practice in Dunedin where he was responsible for the unit title development of a major retirement village and other major construction projects including the Carisbrook (House of Pain) terrace redevelopment.
Teaching Responsibilities
Research Interests
- Data presentation for Cadastral Surveys
- Land-on-Line Software Comparison
- Multi-Unit Developments (Retirement Villages) and jointly owned land
- Cadastral Studies Departmental Study Group
- Automation of the Cadastral Records System
- Accuracy of Land Information New Zealand's Landonline coordinates
- Limited as to parcels land transfer surveys
Publications
Mckinnon, D.N., "Using Landonline Coordinates and GPS RTK Surveying", Survey Quarterly, June 2003
McKinnon, D.N., "Some Pleasure at the House of Pain", Survey Quarterly September 1998
Personal Interests
- Restoration and riding of classic motorcycles
- Motorcycle touring