High-resolution aerial imagery for rural towns

By Spatial Source on 29 November, 2011

Aerometrex has announced the official launch of its AMX Countrywide aerial imagery initiative, offering dozens of rural towns and communities the benefit of its high-resolution Ultracam orthophoto aerial imagery. The program commenced in rural Queensland, but has now been extended to South Australian and Western Australian towns, with an on-going capture program also […]

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eSpatial seeks strategic partners for GIS market

By Spatial Source on 29 November, 2011

eSpatial, provider of GIS delivered via Software-as-a-Service (SaaS), is seeking strategic partnerships in the UK, North American and Australasian markets. With growing demand for its flagship SaaS product – eSpatial OnDemand GIS – the company is seeking partnerships with GIS consultancies. “In order to make our software more available to the GIS […]

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Esri Australia and SSSI form alliance

By Spatial Source on 29 November, 2011

Two heavyweights of Australia’s $2.1 billion geospatial industry have joined forces in an industry-first partnership designed to expand spatial technology into new, ‘untapped’ markets. GIS specialists, Esri Australia, and the nation’s peak spatial professionals body, the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI), announced the alliance at the International Surveying and Spatial Sciences Conference […]

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Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards – Industry 2011

By Spatial Source on 25 November, 2011

The annual Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence awards are the only Awards in the Asia-Pacific region that recognise the excellent achievements of both individuals and organisations engaged in the spatial information industry across the region. In 2011 the format differed from previous years, with the project awards being presented at the APSEA Gala Dinner held in […]

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spatial@gov 2011 overview

By Spatial Source on 24 November, 2011

The annual spatial@gov conference, the only geospatial event organised in conjunction with the peak organisations in Australia and New Zealand representing the public, private, research and professional sectors of the spatial community, has now finished for another year. Themes for this year included: water security; spatial@defence; government spatial activities in other countries; access […]

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Spatial Marketplace demonstrator project

By Spatial Source on 24 November, 2011

Cathy Crooks, project manager of the Australia and New Zealand Spatial Marketplace Demonstrator Project at the Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria) showed the crowd spatial@gov the first look at the marketplace that is set to change the way that Australia and New Zealand find, attain, and even create, spatial data. The Spatial […]

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Modelling a virtual world

By Spatial Source on 24 November, 2011

One of the conceptual highlights of the spatial@gov conference had to be Michael Haines' concept of a Virtual Australia and New Zealand – a ‘true to life computer model of the physical world.’ The model would contain all infrastructure, both above and below ground, and all buildings, inside and out. The idea […]

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National Datasets on Australia’s Land Cover and Topography Released

By Spatial Source on 24 November, 2011

Minister for Resources and Energy, Martin Ferguson AM MP welcomed the release by Geoscience Australia last week at the spatial@gov conference of two new valuable mapping tools for use by the private sector and the general public. The first was Digital Elevation Modelling (DEM) data @ 30m resolution and the second was a […]

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The Atlas of Living Australia

By Spatial Source on 24 November, 2011

The Atlas of Living Australia is a joint initiative to build a national database of our flora and fauna. The project brings together a huge array of information on Australia’s biodiversity, accessible through a single website. Partners in this collaborative project include CSIRO, museums, herbaria, other biological collections, the Australian Government and the community. […]

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DigSAFE Pro and Dial Before You Dig

By Spatial Source on 24 November, 2011

Dial Before You Dig (DBYD) has become a relevant service to Local Government as Councils not only attempt to protect underground assets, but also work to optimise maintenance activity on other significant Council assets including roads, footpaths and parklands. Utility companies, excavators, electricians, plumbers, planners, developers, farmers, land surveyors, builders, contractors, home owners and landscapers […]

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