The winner of the Position/Spatial Source reader survey competition has been announced.
3D scanner for Queensland Police
By Simon Chester on 18 February, 2014Police in Queensland will employ a handheld 3D scanner to quickly map crime scenes.
GeoImage announced as Aust. reseller for Skybox Imaging
By Simon Chester on 18 February, 2014GeoImage is now the reseller for Skybox Imaging in the Australasian & South East Asia markets.
Nearmap launches nearmap Rail
By Simon Chester on 18 February, 2014Nearmap has released a new service for the ports, mining, and rail industries.
Spectra Precision releases new GNSS receiver
By Simon Chester on 18 February, 2014Spectra Precision has announced a new GNSS receiver, known as the SP80.
Apologies for last week
By Simon Chester on 11 February, 2014Sincere apologies for last week’s missing newsletter.
GeoNext AURIN Workshop announced
By Simon Chester on 11 February, 2014AURIN will be running a free post-GeoNext workshop on Thursday 27th February.
Best of the Blogs 2 February 2014
By Simon Chester on 11 February, 2014Winter Olympics fever; 3D sat. imagery; open data best practice; NASA cubesats; Free mobile GIS.
Data.Vic competition entries close 28 Feb
By Simon Chester on 11 February, 2014SIBA and DSDBI are running a competition based around the data available on www.data.vic.gov.au.
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