This week: Free GIS training, World GIS Day, job vacancies, and compensation over the sinking of NZ’s survey ship.
NISAR’s science phase to begin this month
By jnally on 5 November, 2025Early images have revealed the dual-band, NASA-ISRO synthetic aperture radar satellite’s imaging strengths.
Seafloor mapping of ‘eruption of the century’
By jnally on 4 November, 2025Researchers have mapped the seafloor around the Hunga Volcano in Tonga, which erupted spectacularly in 2022.
Robotic total station with AI
By jnally on 4 November, 2025The Leica TS20 robotic total station features edge AI to automate surveying and minimise manual mistakes.
Flood mapping now covers 60% of US population
By jnally on 3 November, 2025NOAA’s Flood Inundation Mapping tool provides near-real-time, street-level visualisations of flood waters.
ICA releases the Atlas of Sustainability
By jnally on 3 November, 2025The Atlas provides insightful snapshots of the current state of play of the Sustainable Development Goals.
Positioning for mobile mapping
By jnally on 3 November, 2025Trimble has introduced the Applanix POS LVX+ and POS AVX RTX for land-based and aerial mobile mapping.
AI model maps carbon emissions from buildings
By jnally on 3 November, 2025The open-source model has mapped emissions from buildings in cities such as Melbourne, using open public data.
Save the date for LOCATE, November 2026!
By jnally on 31 October, 2025The news that the LOCATE conference will go ahead next year has been greeted with relief across the industry.
Major step forward for WA’s spatial digital twin
By jnally on 31 October, 2025The spatial digital twin project will pull together data sources, cloud services, analytics and enterprise elements.
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Jul 4
XXV ISPRS Congress 2026
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada -
Jul 26
12D Tech Forum
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre -
Aug 5
Putting the ‘Geo’ into Geospatial
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Aug 7
Spatial Information Day 2026
Adelaide Convention Centre -
Aug 26
GeoCart'2026: 12th National Cartographic Conference
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand







