Best of the Blogs 29 May 2012

By on 29 May, 2012

  GIS Lounge has a beautiful post that talks of the way that maps have provided inspiration for artworks beyond just cartography.   IT News have a post that calls into question the accuracy of PSMA’s G-NAF data, claiming that inaccuracies in multi-dwelling units has slowed down progress of the NBN, and required NBN Co […]

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Highest ever resolution image of earth captured

By on 22 May, 2012

  The Russian weather satellite, Elektro-L, has captured what is claimed to be the highest resolution, single-capture image ever taken of Earth from space.   The camera that snapped the image is equipped with a 121 megapixel image sensor, capturing three visible, and one infrared wavelength. Due to this, vegetation in the image appears orange in […]

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GITA 2012 call for abstracts

By on 22 May, 2012

  The organisers of GITA 2012 invite you to participate in the Conference as a presenter through the delivery of a relevant presentation or abstract. With a particular desire for presentations that will extend, challenge and stimulate delegates at this important congress.   Why should you consider presenting at the GITA 17th Annual Geospatial Solutions […]

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Norrkoping empowers its citizens in urban planning

By on 22 May, 2012

  The City of Norrköping, in Sweden, has launched a new web service empowering its citizens to plan the future city centre. The project was initiated by the city planning office of Norrköping to communicate plans for the new city centre as well as engage the citizens to contribute with ideas.   In the service, […]

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International LiDAR Mapping Forum call for papers

By on 22 May, 2012

  The Technical Committee for the International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF), which is taking place in Denver, USA, February 11-13, 2013, has announced a Call for Papers and invites any interested parties to submit their abstracts by September 28, 2012 online here.   The ILMF Technical Committee, led by Conference Chairman Alastair MacDonald from TMSI, […]

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Chinese navigation system to cover Asia-Pacific

By on 22 May, 2012

  China's home-grown Beidou Navigation Satellite System, aka Compass Navigation System, will be able to provide high-quality services to most users in the Asia-Pacific region this year, an unidentified official from the system's management office said Wednesday.   The official said at a seminar held in the southern city of Guangzhou that three satellites will […]

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Pitney Bowes census breakfast seminars

By on 22 May, 2012

  The results from last year’s national Census of Population & Housing are due for release to the public in June. To help you understand the value that this five-year event presents for improved planning and decision-making, Pitney Bowes Software is conducting a series of Breakfast Seminars in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane in the first week […]

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Intergraph New Zealand road show

By on 22 May, 2012

  Intergraph is touring New Zealand, presenting its vision of the future of the geospatial industry, through a road show entitled “Together at Last.”   Hear from Vince Smith, Intergraph's executive consultant geospatial business development, who will be showcasing Intergraph’s geospatial portfolio, providing live demonstrations of GeoMedia, ERDAS IMAGINE, GeoMedia Smart Client, and more.   Additionally, the […]

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Best of the Blogs 22/5/2012

By on 22 May, 2012

  Google has removed the tag identifying the Persian Gulf from its popular mapping service, angering the Iranian government. Tehran says it will sue the search giant. ZDNet has the full story.   The All Points Blog alerts us that GITA (in the US) has cancelled the Oil and Gas Conference, and stating that “The […]

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Australian Technology Park Tour

By on 22 May, 2012

This event is being conducted by SSSI / MSIA and GITA for members and non members who have an interest in innovative technology. There will be a technical tour of ATP with a spatial context. WHEN: 2012-05-29 to 2012-05-29WHERE: Australian Technology Park, Locomotive Street Eveleigh NSW 2015STATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS This event is being conducted by […]

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