Nearmap.com captures WA development hotspots

By on 13 December, 2011

  Aerial imagery provider nearmap.com has recently finished capturing 5,000 sq km of high-resolution photo maps over Western Australia’s north-west section. The capture includes some major developmental hot spots in the area, including Barrow Island (home to the $43 billion Gorgon Project), Karratha, Dampier, Burrup Peninsula, James Price Point (gas precinct), Onslow's Ashburton North facility […]

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Traffic alerts web map launched in Victoria

By on 13 December, 2011

  Finding out what roads are closed in Victoria due to floods, fires, major crashes or road damage will now be far quicker using a new map-based website.   “The new VicRoads ‘Road Closures and Traffic Alerts’ website will be Victoria’s official source for road closure information during emergencies,” Victorian Minister for Roads, Terry Mulder, […]

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Targeted spatial jobs

By on 13 December, 2011

  While free job ads have undoubted appeal, the enduring success of a jobs website lies in how well it can target, and then actually reach, all of the potential job market. And that includes those hard to reach people who didn’t even know they wanted to move!   When it comes to online job […]

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Mipela GeoSolutions opens Melbourne office

By on 13 December, 2011

  Mipela GeoSolutions is opening a new office in Melbourne on Monday 9th January 2012. This is in line with one of the company’s “Twenty14 Strategic Plan” key objectives of expanding geographical presence.   The Melbourne office has been opened to serve the company’s existing and new clients in South East Australia in the energy […]

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AVEVA and FARO announce interoperability agreement

By on 13 December, 2011

  AVEVA, provider of engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, and FARO, provider of high precision laser scanning and 3D documentation technology, recently announced that they have signed an interoperability agreement.   Under the terms of this agreement, AVEVA and FARO will co-operate closely to provide an efficient […]

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Best of the Blogs 13 December 2011

By on 13 December, 2011

  Very Spatial show us a web map that uses night-time imagery. It’s a great way for astronomers to gauge the relative light pollution in their area, but – for most of us – it’s just a pretty way to pick out the size of developed cities. The imagery si from 2003, however, so could […]

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Precision Agriculture 2012 Annual Conference

By on 12 December, 2011

There is a huge opportunity to accelerate improvements in farming practises by facilitating knowledge transfer among like-minded farmers and professionals. WHEN: 2012-02-16 to 2012-02-17WHERE: Novotel Twin Waters, Sunshine CoastSTATE: QLDCOUNTRY: AUS PrecisionAgriculture.com.au is fortunate to be working with some of Australia's most innovative farmers and agronomists.   There is a huge opportunity to accelerate improvements in your […]

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Optech’s 6th International Terrestrial Laser Scanning User Meeting

By on 12 December, 2011

Presentations at Optech’s 6th International Terrestrial Laser Scanning User Meeting will be presented by expert users of both static and mobile land-based scanning technologies. WHEN: 2012-06-26 to 2012-06-27WHERE: Novotel Nice Centre, Nice, FranceSTATE: InternationalCOUNTRY: INT What was once a disruptive technology is now mainstream. Laser scanning technologies enable organizations to analyze the environment in greater […]

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GeoNext program released

By on 6 December, 2011

  GeoNext, the new conference that addresses the gap between industry and vendor geo events, has released its program.   With topics covering FOSS, Mobile, Augmented Reality, Monetising Location, and GIS and Design, the conference will appeal to all practitioners of location-based technology. The audience will comprise of experts from the fields of GIS, mapping, […]

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Australia’s first national soil mapping facility

By on 6 December, 2011

  With World Soil Day having occured on Monday, the Terrestrial Environment Research Network (TERN) has announced that it will fund a new soil mapping facility for Australia.   The facility, known as the Soil and Landscape Grid of Australia, is a collaboration between CSIRO, state and territory agencies, Geoscience Australia and the University of […]

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