This week: Geospatial jobs around the country, upcoming events, and NSW’s new Deputy Surveyor-General.
OGC announces extension of the GeoJSON format
By jnally on 2 June, 2026The OGC Features and Geometries JSON (JSON-FG) Standard supports additional capabilities for a variety of use cases.
Satellite data helping Fiji track land changes
By jnally on 2 June, 2026A three-day satellite data technical workshop brought together participants from five government departments.
What’s next for Pozi: Meet the team leading the way
By SS Advertiser on 2 June, 2026Pozi is an Australian-owned, hosted and supported enterprise GIS application, currently trusted by more than 50 local governments across Australia. It is a hybrid cloud-based platform and delivers spatial data to users through a standard web browser, with no client software to install. Pozi is built on QGIS, an industry-standard open-source GIS, allowing clients to […]
BYDA urges national underground data reform
By jnally on 1 June, 2026BYDA is calling on governments to make ‘before you dig’ excavation checks mandatory to save lives and money.
Vietnam to complete land database by end of 2026
By jnally on 1 June, 2026Although there are 106 million land parcels nationwide, full or partial data is held on only 62 million of them.
EarthDaily, Geospatial Intelligence partnership
By jnally on 29 May, 2026The Canadian satellite company and Australian GEOINT firm have partnered to supply Earth Daily imagery data.
Advancing women’s land rights: New report
By jnally on 28 May, 2026A landmark FIG publication outlines 10 steps for global action by surveyors and other land professionals.
NASA AVIRIS-3 Australia campaign: EOI call
By jnally on 28 May, 2026Local researchers have until 30 June to express interest in bringing the world-leading airborne sensor to Australia.
Military geospatial team put through its paces
By jnally on 28 May, 2026Members of the Maritime Geospatial Warfare Unit recently undertook two weeks of training in northern Sydney.
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Events
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Oct 30
Tasmanian Surveying & Geospatial Conference 2026
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Western Australia EISSI Awards 2026
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Nov 6
GIS in Local Government Day 2026
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Nov 9
2026 Advancing Earth Observation Forum
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Nov 10
SouthPAN Industry Day
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