Christchurch City Council wins ALGIM GIS award

By on 16 May, 2012

  Christchurch City Council (CCC) recently received the Association of Local Government Information Management (ALGIM) GIS Project of the Year Award. CCC received the award for implementing an innovative GIS solution in response to the devastating earthquake that took place in Christchurch, New Zealand, on February 22, 2011.   Christchurch City Council is New Zealand’s […]

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Historic NSW flood maps online

By on 15 May, 2012

  The National Library of Australia (NLA) recently announced that it has now digitised its set of 24 Flood Inundation Maps of cities and towns in NSW, produced by the erstwhile NSW Water Resources Commission in the late 70s/early 80s, and is able to provide digital or paper copies through its standard Copies Direct service. […]

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China launches spy satellite

By on 15 May, 2012

  After the recent successful Beidou satellite launch, China launched an optical military reconnaissance satellite on Thursday, May 10, aboard a Long March 4B rocket, successfully orbiting another member in a fleet of spacecraft spying for Chinese intelligence agencies, according to Space.com.   The secretive Yaogan 14 satellite launched at 0706 GMT (3:06 a.m. EDT) […]

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2012 Spatial Salary Survey now open

By on 15 May, 2012

    The 2012 Salary Survey on behalf of the Spatial Industry Statistics Program is now open and ready for contributions from individuals and employers.   Individual employees should be able to complete the one page survey in a couple of minutes. Employers can add all their staff through the web-based survey or request a […]

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Georabble Melbourne #2 is nearly here

By on 15 May, 2012

  The next Georabble Melbourne event is almost here. Feedback for the events has been unanimously positive, as it’s primarily a fun night to catch up with like-minded people.   If you haven't been to Georabble before, it's an evening to share geo-ideas, full of fun, and free from sales-pitches. Each presentation is light, relevant to […]

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Geoinformatics Forum Salzburg 2012

By on 15 May, 2012

  The programme for GI_Forum 2012 is now available online. This year’s GI_Forum offers full-fledged, intertwined tracks on GIScience & Technology and Learning with a focus on geovisualisation, society and learning, and the inter-relationship between them.   The programme includes keynotes, presentations, and discussion sessions, as well as the Young Researchers Forum. The call for […]

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New major in Spatial Science degrees at USQ

By on 15 May, 2012

  USQ Faculty of Engineering and Surveying is launching an urban and regional planning major in the Associate Degree and Bachelor of Spatial Science. Like the existing majors, surveying and GIS, the Associate Degree enables students to get a qualification after two years and, if they wish, continue their studies to gain the four year […]

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Exploration & Mapping in Mining – Spatial Source special offer

By on 15 May, 2012

Resourceful Events is delighted to announce the Exploration & Mapping in Mining conference to be held, 17-19 JULY 2012 at the Duxton Hotel, Perth.    The conference provides a forum for participants to explore the many multidisciplinary aspects of geographical research developments, policy, and data management.   The stellar line-up of speakers will not only […]

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Best of the Blogs 15 May 2012

By on 15 May, 2012

A peculiar map recently featured on Mashable calculates the travel times between major cities in Ancient Rome. To quote: “it’s Google Maps for the ancient world, complete with the ‘Avoid Highways’ feature.”   Spatial Information in the 21st Century has a discussion of the SDI re-launch at the CRC-SI annual conference that occurred in Brisbane […]

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China launches two more Beidou satellites

By on 8 May, 2012

  China successfully launched two satellites into space for its Beidou global navigation and positioning network, news agency Xinhua has recently reported. The Beidou-2 satellites, launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in the south-western province of Sichuan, were lifted into space by a Long March-3B carrier rocket and have entered the scheduled orbit.   […]

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