The Locate14 conference has wrapped up, and next year’s dates and Brisbane venue announced.
Best of the Blogs, 15 April 2014
By Simon Chester on 15 April, 2014More MH370; GLONASS outage; My 50km walk; Russia & NATO; Copernicus near miss; geospatial Easter.
Fifth Boeing GPS IIF satellite joins GPS fleet
By Simon Chester on 15 April, 2014The fifth Boeing GPS IIF satellite has now been handed over to the U.S. Air Force.
GIS People wins IT Champion award
By Simon Chester on 15 April, 2014GIS People has won the title of ‘IT Champion’ at the Aust. Small Business Champion Awards 2014.
Hexagon to acquire Mintec
By Simon Chester on 15 April, 2014Mintec, software and service provider for the mining industry, will be acquired by Hexagon AB.
Nearmap launches nearmap Solar
By Simon Chester on 15 April, 2014Aerial imagery provider, nearmap, has launched nearmap Solar for the Australian solar industry.
Sparx Systems and CSIRO sign collaboration agreement
By Simon Chester on 15 April, 2014CSIRO and Sparx Systems sign deal for development of geospatial modelling tools, aiding the FSDF.
Dr Vanessa Lawrence mapping out new career direction
By Simon Chester on 7 April, 2014The director general of Ordnance Survey is mapping out a new direction in her own career.
Latest Geospatial News
View all
An international marine robotics team has conducted a preliminary search of Port Royal, Jamaica.
ADVERTISEMENT
The 2015 Spatial Salary Survey is now open and seeking online entries.
The South Australian Spatial Information Day will be held in Adelaide on Friday 14 August.
The full conference program has been released for GeoNext 2015, to be held 19 August at the MCG.
Leica Geosystems has announced its new collaboration with software providers Autodesk.
Sea View; natural GNSS; it's Vegas baby; GIFnosis; Star Wars 3D map; our "inner GPS"- blog time!
ADVERTISEMENT
With the theme of ‘GIS generations’, Ozri 2015 will be held in Melbourne 2 – 4 September.
Aidedo was founded based on the practical experience of CEO Aiden Tong while studying and working with many Civil Engineering and Land Surveying firms in developed countries.
Australia's CRC for spatial information has launched an IP registry of commercial opportunities.
Cool Tools
View All-
Inside the 12d Tech Forum 2026: Automation, Collaboration, and the Industry’s Next Chapter -
Why Boundary Disputes Are Rising in Sydney, and How Surveyors Are Uniquely Positioned to Resolve Them -
What’s next for Pozi: Meet the team leading the way -
Scaling Photogrammetry in the Cloud With Distributed Processing
Events
View All-
Jul 26
12D Tech Forum
Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre -
Aug 5
Putting the ‘Geo’ into Geospatial
Online webinar -
Aug 7
Spatial Information Day 2026
Adelaide Convention Centre -
Aug 13
MAGNET Summit 2026
Parliament House, 6 Macquarie Street, Sydney -
Aug 26
GeoCart'2026: 12th National Cartographic Conference
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand







