Caught up in Olympic Fever? Google has created an Olympic Medals map that highlights which countries have one the most medals. Do check it out. Want more Olympics, but less Google? Check out the Bing Maps Blog for Microsoft’s coverage of the big event. One more Olympics story: LiDAR News has a post […]
Metadata and Spatial Data Infrastructures – Full Day Workshop
By Spatial Source on 27 July, 2012Surveying & Spatial Sciences Insitute (SSSI), NSW & ACT Chapters presents “Metadata and Spatial Data Infrastructures” Full Day Workshop – Canberra, ACT. WHEN: 2012-08-16 to 2012-08-16WHERE: Canberra Institute of TechnologySTATE: ACTCOUNTRY: AUS Surveying & Spatial Sciences Insitute (SSSI) NSW & ACT Chapters "Metadata and Spatial Data Infrastructures" Full Day Workshop – Canberra, ACT […]
Landsat celebrates its 40th anniversary
By Spatial Source on 23 July, 2012This week marks the 40th anniversary of the launch of the first Landsat satellite. Landsat 1 was launched on 23 July 1972; at that time the satellite was known as the Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS). It was the first Earth-observing satellite to be launched with the express intent to study and monitor […]
GITA 2012 only 2 weeks away
By Spatial Source on 23 July, 2012The 17th Annual Geospatial Solutions Conference – GITA 2012 – is fast approaching; it will be held from 6-8 August at the Sofitel, Victoria, Australia. GITA 2012 is the premier geospatial technologies conference in Australia and New Zealand. This year’s conference has the theme “From Fundamentals to the Future – Managing Assets Spatially”, and the […]
Esri acquires Maptel
By Spatial Source on 23 July, 2012Esri has announced that it recently acquired Maptel, a mobile application development company based in Melbourne. The addition of Maptel, which has been the developer for Esri’s ArcPad software for several years, will strengthen Esri’s field data collection capabilities and its overall mobile platform. “We have worked side-by-side with Esri for many years,” said Elvin […]
Japanese supply vehicle launches two new earth observation imagers
By Spatial Source on 23 July, 2012Two new earth observation camera systems recently launched aboard the Japanese HTV-3 transfer vehicle, headed to the International Space Station. The seven-day trip will end with delivery of the cameras and other supplies on July 27. The cameras will acquire imagery for disaster analysis and environmental studies. The Environmental Research and Visualization System […]
Trimble expands Positions software to support Esri
By Spatial Source on 23 July, 2012Trimble recently introduced the Trimble Positions Mobile extension – a new choice for integrating Trimble’s GNSS field solutions and data verification into the Esri ArcGIS for Windows Mobile environment. The Trimble Positions software was first introduced as a development kit to Trimble’s GIS developer community in late 2011. Today, the software suite has expanded to […]
12d Model Conference registrations close this week
By Spatial Source on 23 July, 2012The International 12d Model International User Conference will be held at the Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre on Sunday 29, Monday 30 and Tuesday 31 July, 2012. Registrations close this week, so don’t miss out. Connect with developers, pick the brains of 12d Model support staff, network with industry leaders, learn more about what you […]
Georabble Sydney #5 announced, Perth #3 this week
By Spatial Source on 23 July, 2012The 5th Georabble Sydney has been announced, along with a call for speakers. Georabble is a casual night of vendor-free geospatial talks and networking that happen across the country. This, the fifth in Sydney, will be held at the Occidental Hotel, 43 York St, Sydney, on Thursday 23 August. Doors open 5:30 PM, talks start […]
Best of the Blogs 24 July 2012
By Spatial Source on 23 July, 2012Wired Magazine has an interesting article on a recent experiment where a UAV was commandeered by spoofing GPS signals. Just ignore the typically sensationalist Fox News report embedded in the middle. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/07/drone-gps-spoof/all/ Gizmag has an article that talks of a high-resolution Doppler radar that can detect the velocity of individual raindrops. That’s some serious […]
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