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Nov
28
Thu
Sydney GeoRabble Christmas Party @ Harpoon & Hotel Harry
Nov 28 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Sydney GeoRabble Christmas Party @ Harpoon & Hotel Harry

Ho!Ho!Ho!

Save the date! Georabble Sydney, Nov 28th, Harpoon Harry

As it’s getting to the end of 2019, we look forward to seeing you, reflect back on the year, plan for your next move and of course have fun!

We’ll be waiting for you at 6pm @Harpoon Harry on the 28/11 for our next networking event. As a Xmas tradition, we’ve planned a panel with the founders. We’re also lucky to get a snapshot of the GIS job market thanks to Peter Landis from 360HR: what the skills on demand and where the jobs are. Finally, we’ll have an open mic session for job offers and job hunt.

Drinks and the delicious pub food can be purchased at the bar.

This event brought to you by the Sydney GeoRabble team

Jan
13
Mon
GeoBuiz Summit 2020 @ MONTEREY CONFERENCE CENTRE, MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA
Jan 13 – Jan 14 all-day
GeoBuiz Summit 2020 @ MONTEREY CONFERENCE CENTRE, MONTEREY BAY, CALIFORNIA

GeoBuiz Summit is a two-day confluence of IT and geospatial industry stalwarts, facing the rising tide of innovation, addressing a broad array of issues impacting businesses, innovation and governance dynamics.

A congregate of the most esteemed CIOs, CTOs, CDOs and IT Directors will incorporate a power-packed agenda comprising of presentations, panel discussions, social events designed to ensure collective learning and idea generation, networking and collaboration opportunities. GeoBuiz 2020 is a platform to discuss the future of how geospatial+ location will empower many industries and enable them to lead and succeed.

Jan
30
Thu
ICCGISGS 2020: 14. International Conference on Cartography, GIS and Geoinformation Science @ Metro Aspire Hotel, Sydney
Jan 30 – Jan 31 all-day
ICCGISGS 2020: 14. International Conference on Cartography, GIS and Geoinformation Science @ Metro Aspire Hotel, Sydney

The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives

The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.

ICCGISGS 2020: 14. International Conference on Cartography, GIS and Geoinformation Science aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Cartography, GIS and Geoinformation Science. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Cartography, GIS and Geoinformation Science

Call for Contributions

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Cartography, GIS and Geoinformation Science are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.

Guidelines for Authors

Please ensure your submission meets the conference’s strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers. Downloadable versions of the check list for Full-Text Papers and Abstract Papers.

Please refer to the Paper Submission GuidelineAbstract Submission Guideline and Author Information before submitting your paper.

Conference Proceedings

All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed by three competent reviewers. The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science IndexGoogle ScholarSemantic ScholarZenedoOpenAIREBASEWorldCATSherpa/RoMEO, and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.

Special Journal Issues

ICCGISGS 2020 has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Cartography, GIS and Geoinformation Science. A number of selected high-impact full text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues. All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue. The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly. Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.

Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities

The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor. To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the Conference Sponsorship Request Form.

Selected Papers

  1. Dental Students’ Attitude towards Problem-Based Learning before and after Implementing 3D Electronic Dental Models
    Hai Ming Wong, Kuen Wai Ma, Lavender Yu Xin Yang, Yanqi Yang
  2. A Study on the Power Control of Wind Energy Conversion System
    Mehdi Nafar, Mohammad Reza Mansouri
  3. Strategies for E-Waste Management: A Literature Review
    Linh Thi Truc Doan, Yousef Amer, Sang-Heon Lee, Phan Nguyen Ky Phuc
  4. Students’ Perceptions of the Use of Social Media in Higher Education in Saudi Arabia
    Omar Alshehri, Vic Lally
  5. Algorithm for Path Recognition in-between Tree Rows for Agricultural Wheeled-Mobile Robots
    Anderson Rocha, Pedro Miguel de Figueiredo Dinis Oliveira Gaspar
  6. Phytochemical Analysis and Antioxidant Activity of Colocasia esculenta (L.) Leaves
    Amit Keshav, Alok Sharma, Bidyut Mazumdar
  7. Opportunities and Optimization of the Our Eyes Initiative as the Strategy for Counter-Terrorism in ASEAN
    Chastiti Mediafira Wulolo, Tri Legionosuko, Suhirwan, Yusuf
  8. Identification of Social Responsibility Factors within Mega Construction Projects
    Ali Alotaibi, Francis Edum-Fotwe, Andrew Price /
  9. Exploring the Applicability of a Rapid Health Assessment in India
    Claudia Carbajal, Jija Dutt, Smriti Pahwa, Sumukhi Vaid, Karishma Vats
  10. Validation of Solar PV Inverter Harmonics Behaviour at Different Power Levels in a Test Network
    Wilfred Fritz
  11. Comparison between XGBoost, LightGBM and CatBoost Using a Home Credit Dataset
    Essam Al Daoud
  12. Estimating the Traffic Impacts of Green Light Optimal Speed Advisory Systems Using Microsimulation
    C. B. Masera, M. Imprialou, L. Budd, C. Morton
  13. Smart Lean Manufacturing in the Context of Industry 4.0: A Case Study
    M. Ramadan, B. Salah
  14. Project Management at University: Towards an Evaluation Process around Cooperative Learning
    J. L. Andrade-Pineda, J.M. León-Blanco, M. Calle, P. L. González-R
  15. Design and Analysis of Annular Combustion Chamber for a Micro Turbojet Engine
    Rashid Slaheldinn Elhaj Mohammed
Feb
21
Fri
SSSI-SA GIS in Local Government Seminar 2020 @ City of Tea Tree Gully Municipal offices
Feb 21 @ 12:15 pm – 4:15 pm

How lucky are those who get to work with GIS in Local Government?!

What other organisation applies GIS to such a diverse range of disciplines?

In the latest iteration of this highly popular seminar series, join us to hear yet another broad range of topics involving applications of GIS in Local Government.

Come along to learn, share and network with SA Councils about all things spatial.

SEMINAR PROGRAM
(subject to change)

Andrew Craig, Rhyss Cook and Joe Fan, City of Tea Tree Gully
The GIS journey – Improvement, implementation, integration and mobility

Eugene Lamnek, GeoIT Solutions
Reporting and Measuring Bushfire Mitigation Work – Software Pilot
Discover the uses and functions of the pilot Treatment Reporting System (TRS) for storing and managing bushfire mitigation tasks.

Jeremy Miller, AdaptWest Regional Coordinator, Climate Change Adaptation
Collaborative projects using Remote Sensing and Lidar  
Recent collaborations between State Government (DPTI) and Councils, such as the Adapt West and Resilient South projects, have acquired products derived from remote sensing and lidar. Hear how this type of data is being applied in various ways and the benefits gained through collaboration.

Brief updates from our Level 1 Seminar Sponsors

         

SEMINAR PROGRAM Contd.

Hugh Round, City of Salisbury
Using ArcGIS to drive business work flows
Planning, set-up and public event maps & Tree Planting Programme

Sam Fulton and Russell King, City of Mitcham
Asset Renewal Modelling: From Spreadsheets to Spatial

Georgie Cassar, City of Port Adelaide Enfield
GIS in Works Management Processes
From creating a customer request to a closing a work order:  How are various Councils incorporating spatial data at the different stages of their work management processes? This session reports the findings of a quick survey of Councils.

Karen Hansen, Locatable Solutions
How to get the most out of State and National Open Data Portals

Venue
City of Tea Tree Gully 571 Montague Road Modbury, SA 5092

Room
Banksia Room

Cost
$0-$50

Mar
12
Thu
GeoRabble Melbourne @ The Coopers Inn
Mar 12 @ 5:30 pm – 9:00 pm

Announcing the 16th GeoRabble Melbourne

Speakers

Leila H.Mirkalaei – Integration of cadastral survey information into BIM

Along with the growth in 3D cadastre, lack of survey information and 2D observations have existed with the current BIM applications. During the 3D building formation procedure, the survey information and 2D observations are only used for cadastral registration and have not been included in BIM.

Sylvia Niderla – The Joys of Mentoring in a Sh*tty World

My experiences with mentoring a GIS Graduate in the SSSI mentoring program 2018 – experiences and lessons learnt.

Dr Jon Stanger – MAGNM – A novel approach to validating and managing networked assets.

Multiple highly interconnected networks (infrastructure, cabling, logical, bearer) can be modelled using classical graphs (mathematical structures that model pairwise object relationships) with Multi-axis Graph Network Model (MAGNM) representation utilizing open source GIS libraries and software.

Mina Jahanshahi – 99 Bluetooth Ballons

If an artist can take a little red cart of phones around Berlin to hack a Google traffic jam, who else or what else will be disrupting our data sources in the future? While we’re hacking away at making our own data, who else is counter-hacking it? How much are we relying on non-standard data sources for our inputs and where should we be trying to find data governance? Interactive talk- for every buzzword I use I ask you to heckle me with a hiss.

Natalie Scott: Lights and Sirens: Building a network for fire appliances

We use networks to answers questions about how long it takes to get somewhere, or how far we can go within a set time. While we are accustomed to being able to answer these questions for cars, how do you go about building a suitable network for a fire appliance? I’ll be talking about some of the different approaches we’ve used, and why it matters.

Want to speak at the next GeoRabble event – email melbourne@georabble.org to express interest

The purpose of GeoRabble is to have fun, share and inspire. There are a few simple rules:

  1. Celebrate each others’ triumphs
  2. Respect each others’ choice – no technology bigotry
  3. No sales pitches – this includes services, software, data etc
  4. No company logos or ‘about us’ slides (special exception for our event sponsor)
  5. Keep it short – 10 minutes per talk

* Please note Coopers Inn function room is up three flights of stairs with no elevator access. We are looking for an accessibly Melbourne venue for future events, got ideas? Let us know!

Special thanks our sponsor LandSurveys for making the event possible.

Mar
23
Mon
Postponed – International Lidar Mapping Forum @ Walter E. Washington Convention Center
Mar 23 – Mar 25 all-day
Postponed - International Lidar Mapping Forum @ Walter E. Washington Convention Center

Why Attend?

International Lidar Mapping Forum (ILMF) is a technical conference and exhibition showcasing the latest airborne, terrestrial, and underwater lidar as well as emerging remote-sensing and data collection tools and technologies. With a special emphasis on data acquisition, fusion, integration, processing and visualization, ILMF is the must-attend event for professionals involved in utility asset management, transportation, urban modeling, coastal zone mapping, and more.

ILMF is the ideal place to access strategic contacts, cutting-edge hardware and software, and expert education to seize the abundant opportunities in the geospatial technology market.

In 2020, ILMF will take place as part of Geo Week along with ASPRS Annual Conference, and MAPPS Federal Programs Conference meaning more education, networking, and technology under one roof than ever before!

Who Should Attend?

International Lidar Mapping Forum is for professionals using airborne, terrestrial and underwater lidar as well as complementary technologies for:

  • Asset Management
  • Civil Infrastructure
  • Coastal Zone Mapping
  • Emergency Services & Disaster Response
  • Land and Natural Resource Management
  • Urban Modeling
  • and more!

At ILMF, you will:

  • Network with lidar and remote sensing industry leaders, technical innovators, academics, and researchers
  • Explore, vet, and compare solutions from 100+ vendors in the exhibit hall
  • Hear about innovative, project-centric business case studies from end-users and service providers
  • See the latest product demonstrations featuring cutting-edge 3D technologies
  • Learn about the latest lidar sensor developments and trends
  • Understand the full lifecycle of a lidar mapping project
  • Discover new approaches to data distribution, analysis, and exploitation
  • Listen to panel discussions about relevant industry issues
  • Have fun at the conference’s social outings
  • Be inspired by influential keynote speakers
  • Ask technical questions and receive actionable feedback
Mar
26
Thu
International Conference on Geospatial Defence and Intelligence ICGDI @ Sydney, Australia
Mar 26 – Mar 27 all-day
International Conference on Geospatial Defence and Intelligence ICGDI @ Sydney, Australia

The International Research Conference Aims and Objectives

The International Research Conference is a federated organization dedicated to bringing together a significant number of diverse scholarly events for presentation within the conference program. Events will run over a span of time during the conference depending on the number and length of the presentations. With its high quality, it provides an exceptional value for students, academics and industry researchers.

ICGDI 2020: 14. International Conference on Geospatial Defence and Intelligence aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Geospatial Defence and Intelligence. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, and concerns as well as practical challenges encountered and solutions adopted in the fields of Geospatial Defence and Intelligence

Call for Contributions

Prospective authors are kindly encouraged to contribute to and help shape the conference through submissions of their research abstracts, papers and e-posters. Also, high quality research contributions describing original and unpublished results of conceptual, constructive, empirical, experimental, or theoretical work in all areas of Geospatial Defence and Intelligence are cordially invited for presentation at the conference. The conference solicits contributions of abstracts, papers and e-posters that address themes and topics of the conference, including figures, tables and references of novel research materials.

Guidelines for Authors

Please ensure your submission meets the conference’s strict guidelines for accepting scholarly papers. Downloadable versions of the check list for Full-Text Papers and Abstract Papers.

Please refer to the Paper Submission GuidelineAbstract Submission Guideline and Author Information before submitting your paper.

Conference Proceedings

All submitted conference papers will be blind peer reviewed by three competent reviewers. The peer-reviewed conference proceedings are indexed in the Open Science IndexGoogle ScholarSemantic ScholarZenedoOpenAIREBASEWorldCATSherpa/RoMEO, and other index databases. Impact Factor Indicators.

Special Journal Issues

ICGDI 2020 has teamed up with the Special Journal Issue on Geospatial Defence and Intelligence. A number of selected high-impact full text papers will also be considered for the special journal issues. All submitted papers will have the opportunity to be considered for this Special Journal Issue. The paper selection will be carried out during the peer review process as well as at the conference presentation stage. Submitted papers must not be under consideration by any other journal or publication. The final decision for paper selection will be made based on peer review reports by the Guest Editors and the Editor-in-Chief jointly. Selected full-text papers will be published online free of charge.

Conference Sponsor and Exhibitor Opportunities

The Conference offers the opportunity to become a conference sponsor or exhibitor. To participate as a sponsor or exhibitor, please download and complete the Conference Sponsorship Request Form.

Apr
14
Tue
Webinar: Native Title and the role of the Cadastral Surveyor
Apr 14 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Webinar: Native Title and the role of the Cadastral Surveyor

We are pleased to announce our Qld Conference Highlights Webinar Series, showcasing some of the most popular presentations from our 2019 Qld Surveying & Spatial Day, Central Group and Northern Group Conferences.

First up is Dale Atkinson, presenting Native Title and the role of Cadastral Surveyor.

There have been over 120 Native Title Determinations registered in Queensland alone. Complicated legal concepts, lengthy federal court judgements and cultural sensitivities have made this a very avoidable issue for the cadastral surveyor. This talk attempts to provide a basic understanding and argues that there is a vital role for cadastral surveyors to play in this process.

Dale is a cadastral surveyor that runs a small rural based practice in North Queensland. He has a keen interest in rural surveying and maintains a good relationship with many retired rural surveyors. Dale is currently the Chair of the Qld Land Surveying Commission Committee.

Don’t forget to check out our other webinars here.

Registration

By registering below, you receive access to the watch the webinar live OR if you can’t watch it live, you receive the link to the recording 24 hours after the event date.  You can then watch the recording at your leisure.

BOSSI CPD

BOSSI CPD points have been assessed as below.  The event code for BOSSI is: tbc

  • 1.00 BOSSI Cadastral points for live viewing
  • 1.00 BOSSI Cadastral points for viewing the recorded webinar if accompanied by a questionnaire with 80% pass mark (contact Katie for a copy)
  • 0.5 BOSSI Cadastral CPD points for viewing of the recorded webinar with no questionnaire

Contact

Katie Le Miere
rom.qld@sssi.org.au

Apr
16
Thu
The Outcome: SSSI National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon Webinar
Apr 16 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Outcome: SSSI National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon Webinar

Held on Sunday, 9th February, 2020, the SSSI National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon was a way for the national and international community to work together to map a total of 2,793,879 hectares affected by recent Australian bushfires with the focus being on burnt infrastructure. Join us for this Webinar to hear more about the initiative.

Speakers:

Dr Lesley Arnold (SSSI National Board Director) will give an overview of the Map-a-thon initiative and discuss overall logistics of planning; industry, government and NGO engagement; the challenges and overall execution of the event.

Nathan Eaton, Executive Director, NGIS Australia will give an overview of the technical set-up of this mammoth Map-a-thon and highlight some of the challenges and triumphs experienced.

This is a free event open to those who participated in the Map-a-thon or are involved in the surveying and spatial community.

Details about how to join the Webinar will be emailed to you prior to the event.

To read more about the SSSI National Bushfire Recovery Map-a-thon see the news item here

Apr
23
Thu
Webinar: Marine & Coastal Policy
Apr 23 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Webinar: Marine & Coastal Policy

Speaker:

Rebecca Price is the Principal Policy Officer, Land Management Policy | Energy, Environment and Climate Change at DELWP.

Rebecca will be presenting on the update of the Marine and Coastal Policy that was recently released. Join in the questions and answers after the presentation.

If you are involved in sea level implications from beach erosion, storm surges, the tidal interface, land tenure etc, don’t miss this webinar!

Second speaker to be announced.

Cost
Member FREE | Non-member $45

Contact

rom.vic@sssi.org.au

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