Open Spatial recently announced the release of version 3.0 of its Enlighten Business Intelligence service. Enlighten Bi is a web-based GIS and decision support portal that enables integration of engineering, corporate databases, imagery, mapping data and multimedia. The ability to drill down and drill through corporate data stores from a map is a main strength […]
Best of the Blogs 11/12/12
By Spatial Source on 11 December, 2012IEEE Spectrum talk of highlights from a recent drone games competition, where competitors were invited to hack existing drones. The winner was a drone that infected other drones with a virus, which then spread to other drones they came across. Other notable drones included one that would “behave itself on the end of a leash, […]
ANZ Foundation Spatial Data Framework released for comment
By Spatial Source on 4 December, 2012Through the Australian Government’s Office of Spatial Policy, ANZLIC has released a document describing ten spatial data themes that form the foundation of the authoritative geographic layers of an Australian and New Zealand Foundation Spatial Data Framework. The Office of Spatial Policy is seeking written comments on the data themes contained in the […]
Dialog becomes Thermopylae’s Australian partner
By Spatial Source on 4 December, 2012Dialog Information Technology and Thermopylae Sciences + Technology recently announced that Dialog has been chosen as the first Australian & New Zealand partner for the Thermopylae framework solutions, iSpatial, iHarvest and Ubiquity. iSpatial is a geo-visualisation framework that lets organisations easily build web-based solutions to author, manage, share, and collaborate on geospatial information […]
IEEE GRSS International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
By Spatial Source on 4 December, 2012IEEE GRSS International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS2013) will run in Melbourne from 21-26 July, 2013. The symposium will be an action-packed six days consisting of engaging presentations, technical tours and plenty of networking opportunities through both the Symposium and the social events in and around Melbourne. IGARSS2013 includes many quality […]
Mountains of information shared with Himalayan surveyors
By Spatial Source on 4 December, 2012McMullen Nolan Group recently played host to 12 Bhutanese and Nepalese government surveying and spatial professionals as part of Landgate’s involvement with an AusAid sponsored land administration training program. Ten of the group were from Nepal’s Ministry of Land Reform and Management (MoLRM) and two from Bhutan’s National Land Commission Secretariat (NLCS). […]
Registrations open for ANZ Emergency & Disaster Management Conference
By Spatial Source on 4 December, 2012The Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference will be held at the Mercure Hotel, in Brisbane on 29th-31st May, 2013. Registrations are now open, and available here. The conference will consider what we have learnt in the past few years and provide a comprehensive forum that offers professionals (and […]
earthmine launches in New Zealand
By Spatial Source on 4 December, 2012MapData Services (MDS) has announced that it is providing New Zealand users with access to earthmine 3D technology, which combines LiDAR with high-resolution imagery, to create 3D virtual worlds. MDS General Manager Cassandra Barker said the technology would bring a new era of organisational data management and analysis to New Zealand. “Managing information from […]
Pleiades 1B satellite successfully launched
By Spatial Source on 4 December, 2012On 2 December 2012, Soyuz flight VS04 launched the Pléiades 1B very-high-resolution optical satellite from the Guiana Space Centre. The launch marks a new success for ESA, CNES and Arianespace, who jointly operate the launch base, less than a year after orbiting Pléiades 1A. Astrium Services will be the exclusive distributor of imagery from […]
Topcon announces IP-S2 Compact 3D mobile mapping system
By Spatial Source on 4 December, 2012Topcon Positioning System (TPS) recently introduced the IP-S2 Compact+ mobile mapping system, which can accurately measure objects in adverse weather conditions and enclosed job sites such as tunnels and mines. Topcon’s IP-S2, launched in 2009, introduced a vehicle-mounted mobile mapping system incorporating high-precision GNSS receivers, IMU (inertial measurement unit), vehicle wheel encoders, 360-degree […]
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