IEEE 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, […]

  Dialog 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 […]

  McMullen 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).   […]

  MapData 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 […]

  A great map has been published by the Economist, showing – geographically – the relationships between some of the tech world’s biggest players. It’s a truly great illustration for an interesting story.   The Newcastle Herald has posted a video of a 3D flyover of Newcastle with a twist – it shows the city […]