Geospatial sector recipients in Honours List

By on 28 January, 2026

John Manning and Ken Sherwood have been recognised with awards in the Australia Day Honours List.

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PNT2026 conference is only one week away

By on 28 January, 2026

More than 200 positioning, navigation and timing experts are about to descend upon Sydney for the new PNT conference.

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Global forest maps could be out by a factor 10

By on 27 January, 2026

A comparison of eight leading satellite-derived forest datasets found they concurred only 26% of the time.

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Maps show progress on national 30 x 30 plan

By on 27 January, 2026

Three new biodiversity and ecosystem maps show progress on plans to protect 30% of the country by 2030.

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New geospatial tools for bushfire management

By on 27 January, 2026

South Australia’s Country Fire Service is boosting its ability to plan for and manage bushfires across the state.

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Vale: Gladys West, 27 Oct 1930 – 17 January 2026

By on 23 January, 2026

The geodesy and GNSS world is mourning the loss of Gladys West, one of its pioneers, who passed away on 17 January.

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SGV helps bushfire-affected property owners

By on 23 January, 2026

Victoria’s Surveyor-General is offering assistance for owners whose boundary fences have burned down.

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Tide gauge vertical reference datum updates

By on 23 January, 2026

Selected tide gauge stations in Western Australia will have their vertical reference datum updated from CD to LAT.

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Explaining the importance of VLBI for geodesy

By on 22 January, 2026

A new website outlines the importance of very long-baseline interferometry for geodesy and the wider community.

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Gilmour Space raises $217m to boost development

By on 22 January, 2026

The funding boost includes $75 million each from the National Reconstruction Fund and Hostplus.

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