The Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education has engaged ACIL Tasman, SKM and Lester Franks to investigate the economic and social benefits of positioning information to different industry sectors in Australia. Research for this work has commenced and will continue over the months of September to November 2012.   The consultants […]

    A program that helps Aboriginal Australians to map and share their cultural heritage and a pilot system that is aiding China to adopt the Torrens land titling system were amongst the winners recognised at the Victorian Spatial Excellence Awards last week.   Minister for Technology Gordon Rich-Phillips, who spoke at the awards, congratulated […]

  The Georabble organisers recently announced the first speakers for the next GeoRabble event in Melbourne on Wed 12 September,in the Lanai Function room at CQ Melbourne. Doors open 5:30pm talks from 6:30pm.   Bill Cartwright – “NEOCartography: Prospects and Issues”. Bill takes a look at what is NeoCartography and what are the opportunities, issues […]

  Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto has created a beautiful, undeniably scary time-lapse map of the 2053 nuclear explosions that took place between 1945 and 1998, beginning with the Manhattan Project's "Trinity" test near Los Alamos, and concluding with Pakistan's nuclear tests in May of 1998. This leaves out North Korea's two alleged nuclear tests in this […]

  The once-every-four-years congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS) has finished up, with the closing ceremony running on Saturday, 1st September.   Attracting 2,000 visitors from across the world – including around 500 from Australia – the Congress ran for a week from 25 August at the Melbourne Convention and […]

  During the congress, there were a number of awards given to various people and organisations for their contribution to the fields of photogrammetry and remote sensing.   Honorary Membership was awarded to: Ian Dowman, UK; and Deren Li, China; in recognition of their distinguished services to the ISPRS and its aims.   Fellowships were […]

  The General Assembly, held at the ISPRS Congress on Wednesday 29 August, elected the Czech Republic to host the next ISPRS Congress in the wonderful city of Prague. The Congress will run from the12th to the 19th July in 2016. Mark the date in your diary now!   The Congress Director, Lena Halounovà said […]

  Of great interest to many attendees was the Vendor Hall, attracting around 70 vendors from all around the world, each displaying the latest technologies to aid in remote sensing and photogrammetry.   One clear trend on the floor was 3D laser scanning/LiDAR hardware and software. With the majority of vendors offering one or the […]