This week saw the successful (yay!) landing of the latest Mars rover, Curiosity. If you missed the teary live landing, you can catch up on the mission details here. I don’t know about you, but I prefer this kinda thing to the Olympics. In fact, in the midst of all this space fever, […]
Pleiades Introductory Offer
By Spatial Source on 3 August, 2012Purchase 50cm Pleiades 1A imagery over Australia or New Zealand and obtain 10 times the coverage in 2.5m SPOTMaps data at no additional cost. The Pleiades 1A satellite offers 50cm resolution, a 20km swath width and 1 million km2 of daily coverage to ensure best of class acquisition capacity for the commercial market. Pleiades […]
Esri Dekho v4.0 announced
By Spatial Source on 31 July, 2012The latest release of Esri’s Dekho web application server provides improvements to the software’s map interface, search capability and editing functions. As a technology platform, Dekho seamlessly integrates with GIS software and other IT systems to combine data into one web-based mapping interface. Dekho Product Manager Bryce Smith said Dekho 4.0 has […]
DigitalGlobe and GeoEye combine
By Spatial Source on 31 July, 2012DigitalGlobe and GeoEye recently announced that the boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement, under which the companies will combine in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately US$900 million. The combined company will be named DigitalGlobe and continue to trade on the NYSE under the […]
Esri and Microsoft to provide disaster maps and apps
By Spatial Source on 31 July, 2012Esri recently announced a strategic alliance with Microsoft to assist public and private agencies and communities around the world during disasters. Microsoft will display Esri public information maps on its cloud-based Disaster Response Incident Portal, as well as point citizens to the maps via its online outlets, such as MSN and Bing. Esri's […]
Google product manager to speak in Melbourne
By Spatial Source on 31 July, 2012Google Earth’s product manager, Dylan Lorimer, will be a keynote speaker at the 17th Annual Geospatial Solutions Conference (GITA 2012), being held from 6–8 August in Melbourne. He will be discussing Google Cloud, Google’s online business platform used to build applications and websites, store and analyse data, and how it is enabling innovation […]
AFAC2012 – fire and emergency services conference
By Spatial Source on 31 July, 2012Australia's largest fire and emergency services conference, AFAC2012 will once again be hosting a full day professional development program in Perth on the latest applications of Spatial technologies throughout Australia's Emergency management organisations. Coordinator for the event, Steve Forbes (Manager Spatial Services for the ACT Emergency Services Agency) said "this exciting development program, […]
SSSI ACT Conference 2012 – ‘Apps with Maps’
By Spatial Source on 31 July, 2012The Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute, ACT Region, invites members and non-members to attend the inaugural ACT SSSI conference in August 2012. This conference will for the first time, be run entirely by the young spatial professionals in Canberra. The event will include short and sharp presentations on innovative uses of spatial/location information […]
Geoscience Australia open day
By Spatial Source on 31 July, 2012Geoscience Australia will again open its doors to the community to celebrate National Science Week on Sunday, 19 August 2012, from 10am to 4pm. Open Day offers a diverse program of activities that showcase Geoscience Australia’s wide range of work in the fields of petroleum, mineral, marine mapping, groundwater and natural hazard research. […]
Mapped Out 2012
By Spatial Source on 31 July, 2012Organised by the Riverina Eastern Regional Organisation of Councils (REROC), and endorsed by SSSI, the Mapped Out conference will return for 2012 on Thursday 18 October at the Charles Sturt University Convention Centre, Wagga Wagga, NSW. Showcasing the use of Spatial Data to enhance the operation and delivery of Government Services, presentation topics […]
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