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Datum, don't hate'em

In today’s’ spatially enabled environment, an awareness of where our coordinate datum evolved from  — and, more importantly, where it’s going — is essential to ensure that the fundamental data behind the myriad of positioning applications is not taken for granted as being exactly in the right location.

 

This one hour webinar is intended to refresh participants knowledge as to the origins of both GDA and AHD, and then provide an insight as to what changes may be necessary in this space to keep pace with the expectations of an increasingly non-technical user group.

 

Presenters

Glenn Jones is a Senior Surveyor at NSW Land & Property Information and has 37 years experience with the practical applications of geodesy and GNSS positioning. In 2000, he was chairperson of an ICSM working group responsible for introduction of GDA. Glenn currently heads up the team responsible for elevation data management and the establishment of LPI’s own airborne LiDAR capability.

 

Dr Craig Roberts is a Senior Lecturer in Surveying/ GPS/ Geodesy at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He completed his PhD thesis on volcano monitoring using low-cost GPS networks in March 2002 supervised by Prof. Chris Rizos. His current research interests involve leveraging CORS infrastructure for practical application to surveying and spatial information.

 

For more information and registration visit: http://www.sssi.org.au/Events/Datum,-do-not-hate-them,-Lunch-Time-Webinar/eid/436.html