National Geographic Maps and Avenza Systems have joined in an alliance to offer a new channel to access NGM’s rich map content. The alliance enhances Avenza’s digital map database by adding more than 500 maps from National Geographic and furthers National Geographic Maps’ established reach with mobile consumers. The Avenza PDF Maps app takes advantage […]

          The rise of smartphones means that sophisticated spatial technology is no longer restricted to field workers and geo-professionals. Maps and location-based technologies are becoming as useful for someone buying a coffee as they are for someone prospecting for oil. The cost of location-aware devices is falling, data is a commodity […]

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has concluded its investigation into the crash of a helicopter conducting a geophysical survey. On 3 September 2011, the pilot and one crewman of a Robinson Helicopter Company R44 helicopter, registered VH-HCA (HCA), departed an airstrip located near Kumarina roadhouse, approximately 150 km south of Newman, Western Australia. The task to […]

  CSIRO scientists have invented a new 3D mapping technology, Zebedee, giving researchers and the public unprecedented access to sites of global significance. It is licensed to UK start-up company GeoSLAM and global distributor 3D Laser Mapping.   The Zebedee system consists of a lightweight laser scanner mounted on a simple spring mechanism. It bobs […]