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Historic NSW flood maps online

The National Library of Australia (NLA) recently announced that it has now digitised its set of 24 Flood Inundation Maps of cities and towns in NSW, produced in the late 70s/early 80s.

Tue 15/05/2012 02:12:14 / Read More »

China launches spy satellite

After the recent successful Beidou satellite launch, China launched an optical military reconnaissance satellite on Thursday, May 10.

Tue 15/05/2012 02:08:09 / Read More »

Christchurch City Council wins ALGIM GIS award

Christchurch City Council recently received the Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM) GIS Project of the Year Award for implementing an innovative GIS solution in response to the 2011 earthquake.

Wed 16/05/2012 10:01:51 / Read More »

2012 Spatial Salary Survey now open

The 2012 Salary Survey on behalf of the Spatial Industry Statistics Program is now open and ready for contributions from individuals and employers.

Tue 15/05/2012 02:05:04 / Read More »

Georabble Melbourne #2 is nearly here

The next Georabble Melbourne event is almost here. Feedback for the events has been unanimously positive, as it's primarily a fun night to catch up with like-minded people.

Tue 15/05/2012 02:01:59 / Read More »

Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg 2012

The programme for GI_Forum 2012 is now available online. It offers tracks on GIScience & Technology and Learning with a focus on geovisualisation, society and learning, and the inter-relationship between them.

Tue 15/05/2012 01:46:37 / Read More »

New major in Spatial Science degrees at USQ

USQ Faculty of Engineering and Surveying is launching an urban and regional planning major in the Associate Degree and Bachelor of Spatial Science.

Tue 15/05/2012 01:29:58 / Read More »

Exploration & Mapping in Mining - Spatial Source special offer

Resourceful Events has announced that Spatial Source readers are entitled to a 10% discount for the Exploration & Mapping in Mining conference to be held 17-19 July 2012 at the Duxton Hotel, Perth.

Tue 15/05/2012 01:23:12 / Read More »

Best of the Blogs 15 May 2012

Travel times of ancient Rome; SDI re-launch; free LIDAR data; Eurovision song contest map; how to correct errors in Google Earth; Maps as stories.

Tue 15/05/2012 01:15:45 / Read More »

China launches two more Beidou satellites

China has successfully launched two satellites into space for its Beidou global navigation and positioning network.

Tue 08/05/2012 03:50:09 / Read More »

Position Magazine

Position magazine is the only ANZ-wide independent publication for the spatial industries.

Position covers the acquisition, manipulation, application and presentation of geo-data in a wide range of industries including agriculture, disaster management, environmental management, local government, utilities, and land-use planning. It covers the increasing use of geospatial technologies and analysis in decision-making for businesses and government.