This week’s best from around the geospatial blogosphere.
Open Knowledge public lectures
By Simon Chester on 30 July, 2013OKFN Australia is hosting five public lectures by Dr Rufus Pollock about open knowledge & data.
New GPS technology for NSW Fire & Rescue
By Simon Chester on 30 July, 2013An $850,000 rollout of new GPS tech for all Fire & Rescue NSW fire engines has been announced.
Free articles from International Journal of Digital Earth
By Simon Chester on 30 July, 2013The IJDE has released a selection of ‘editor’s choice’ articles for free until the end of 2013.
SIBA NSW breakfast briefing
By Simon Chester on 30 July, 2013SIBA NSW is holding the latest of its ‘SIBA breakfast briefings’ in Sydney on August 9th.
pbEncom Discover Suite 2013 launched
By Simon Chester on 30 July, 2013Pitney Bowes has announced the availability of the 2013 edition of the pbEncom Discover suite.
Data.gov.au launches on OS platform
By Simon Chester on 23 July, 2013The revised data.gov.au has launched, and is now based on the open source CKAN platform.
First Australian open source geospatial laboratory
By Simon Chester on 23 July, 2013The University of Melbourne will be home to Australia’s first open source geospatial laboratory.
Best of the Blogs 23 July 2013
By Simon Chester on 23 July, 2013This week’s best produce, hand-picked from around the spatial blorchard.
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NZ Aerial Mapping, founded in 1936, was put into receivership after running out of cash.
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Driverless car; P2P datacentres; aircraft tracking; Scotland history; Galileo conspiracy; rat brains; Burning Man; Ebola map.
The NSW Transport Dept. has released real-time public transport network data from its roads.
Brisbane GIS Day has a large number of competitions on offer, including the chance to win $5000
Showcasing the use of Spatial Data to enhance the operation and delivery of Government Services
1,700 new maps and datasets to show local communities any threatened species in their area.
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The GEO Business 2015 conference will take place at the Business Design Centre in London in May.
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.
Archaeologists have created the most detailed below-ground map of Stonehenge and its surrounds.
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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







