An agreement between Critchlow and Nokia Location & Commerce has been signed increasing the geospatial datasets available to New Zealand's government and the commercial sector. The deal sees Wellington-based Critchlow become the preferred reseller for a range of specialist NAVTEQ Map data and services. Not only does the agreement introduce datasets not currently available in […]
Best of Blogs 19 June 2012
By Spatial Source on 19 June, 2012ABC News has the skinny on the recently unveiled world’s largest network of marine reserves, wrapping around the coast of most of Australia. Better yet, maps of the reserves network are available here. The NY Times has an interesting piece on the shift of Apple away from Google Maps. It’s amazing just how […]
Terrestrial Photogrammetry to Improve Surveyors’ Efficiency And Safety
By Spatial Source on 19 June, 2012Trimble® Business Center is a desktop surveying office software that complements Trimble's full range of survey solutions. The new version 2.70 features an exciting new functionality which advances the capabilities of surveying offices. With Trimble VISION™ Photogrammetry the surveyor can now precisely measure objects using two or more images taken from the Trimble S6 and […]
Easily publish your maps to the cloud
By Spatial Source on 18 June, 2012MapInfo Stratus is a web-based mapping application that provides current information about the location of assets, businesses and services. It provides an efficient way to publish information-rich maps to your website for easy user access and interaction – with no GIS experience required. MapInfo Stratus provides 24/7 access to location-based data and analysis via the […]
Esri ArcGIS 10.1 released
By Spatial Source on 12 June, 2012Esri’s ArcGIS 10.1 was released this week. The new version aims to make it possible for users to share their maps, analysis and geographic information with anyone – via any web browser or smartphone. Esri Australia Chief Technology Strategist Josh Venman said the vision behind ArcGIS 10.1 is sharing and collaboration – making […]
Searching for the link between earthquakes and health
By Spatial Source on 12 June, 2012The impact that last year’s earthquakes in Christchurch have had on people’s health in different parts of the city is being undertaken by researchers at the University of Canterbury. The research is part of an initiative to support the health sector with improved service delivery following natural disasters. Funded through the Cooperative […]
Aging Landsat 5 switches back to MSS
By Spatial Source on 12 June, 2012Landsat 5 has orbited Earth over 150,000 times since it was launched in 1984, making it the longest-operating Earth observation satellite of its kind. During this time, two data collection instruments onboard Landsat 5 – the thematic mapper (TM) and the multi-spectral scanner (MSS) – have transmitted over five million images of land conditions […]
4th Digital Earth Summit call for papers/early bird extended
By Spatial Source on 12 June, 2012After receiving a number or requests to extend the early bird registrations to allow for the end of the financial year, the organising committee for the 4th Digital Earth Summit has extended the early bird registration period to Friday, 29 June 2012. In addition to the early bird registrations, the committee has also […]
Lockheed Martin bags USD 68 million GPS III contract
By Spatial Source on 12 June, 2012The US Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a USD 68 million contract to provide mission readiness, launch, early orbit checkout and on-orbit operations engineering support for the first two GPS III space vehicles. The first and second GPS III satellites are on schedule for launch availability in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The […]
SSSI NSW remote sensing and earth observation fields seminar
By Spatial Source on 12 June, 2012This event will bring together people who are working in the remote sensing and earth observation fields to hear how some professionals in NSW are using earth observation data for their applications, as well as some of the latest developments in processing of earth observation data. It brings together members of SSSI RS&P Commission […]
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