Here’s what you’ll find in the October/November 2024 issue of Position magazine, Australia’s geospatial sector journal covering the spatial, surveying, space, UAV, remote sensing, hydrography and mapping sectors and more.

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Inside you’ll find:

• COVER STORY: Faster in the field — The latest generation of Emlid GNSS receivers are transforming the workflows of busy surveyors.
• Q&A Renee Bartolo — As Director and Chief Remote Pilot for the Office of the Chief Remote Pilot, in the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Bartolo is on a mission to protect and preserve Australia’s landscape using cutting-edge drone technology.
• All in one — Leica Geosystem’s groundbreaking Nova MS60 Multistation combines a robotic total station with 3D laser scanning capabilities.
• Mapping vegetation — The NSW Native Vegetation Regulatory Map has proven pivotal for identifying land use over 800,000 square kilometres.
• Seafloor mapping — Ireland-headquartered hydrographic company XOCEAN is expanding its operations around the world, including here in Australia.
• Microcredentials — UniSQ drone mapping and GIS courses aimed to teach new skills and help professionals stay competitive.
• A satisfying career — Dempsey May is living proof that you shouldn’t set limits on your career ambitions.
• AI principles — Britain’s national mapping body says it wants to use AI to effect positive change.
• Reality capture — The NavVis MLX lightweight, handheld laser scanner sets a new standard for exceptional quality, efficiency and portability in data capture.
• PNT’s CrowdStrike moment — GNSS outages have occurred before, and experts say the next time could be worse unless the world wakes up to PNT’s vulnerabilities.
• Expanding machine learning — Engineering-level accuracy and more frequent data collection is enabling better analysis and faster decision-making.
• Spatial information — October’s ISPRS symposium in Fremantle will canvass initiatives for ushering in the Metaverse era.

This issue also contains the latest updates from the Geospatial Council of Australia (GCA):

• GCA CEO’s Column — Tony Wheeler looks ahead to next year’s combined Locate25 and FIG Working Week event.
• A new era of standards — The National Engineering Surveying Certification v2.0 has been launched.

Plus all the latest industry news, a full list of upcoming conferences and details of the latest products on the market.

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