Spatially Adjusted has a post outlining Google’s recent release of a game based on Google Maps, and created using HTML and WebGL. It’s a great example of how far browser-based technologies have come in the last few years. Whether or not you believe in Aliens having made contact on earth, there are many […]
Worldview-3 satellite announced
By Spatial Source on 24 April, 2012Walter Scott, the founder and chief technical officer of DigitalGlobe has used the 28th Annual National Space Symposium in Colorado Springs to announce the go-ahead of his company's WorldView-3 spacecraft. According to a set of specifications released for the new spacecraft, it will carry pan, multi-spectral and short-wave infra-red (SWIR) sensors, with a […]
GIS discovers Queensland’s tallest tree
By Spatial Source on 24 April, 2012Sunshine Coast Council and Esri Australia representatives at the announcement of Queensland’s tallest tree, with Sunshine Coast Mayor Bob Abbot. Queensland has a new environmental icon: it’s called Big Bob, stretches up more than 70 metres and is believed to be the state’s tallest tree. Sunshine Coast Regional Council geographers used Geographic Information […]
IPIN 2012 call for papers
By Spatial Source on 24 April, 2012The IEEE sponsored Indoor Positioning and Navigation series of conferences was launched in 2010 by Prof. Rainer Mautz, at ETH Zurich, and is now the largest conference specifically dedicated to the challenges of indoor positioning & navigation. IPIN 2012 will take place on the 13-15th November, 2012, at the University of NSW, in […]
North Korea’s satellite launch fails again
By Spatial Source on 24 April, 2012Last week, North Korea failed to launch its earth observation satellite, Kwangmyongsong-3, marking the third unsuccessful attempt by the country to launch the satellite since 1998. North Korea claims that the satellite will be used to study crops and weather patterns, but other countries believe otherwise. According to media reports, this unsuccessful attempt […]
PhD scholarships at UNSW
By Spatial Source on 24 April, 2012The School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems at UNSW in Sydney is looking for students to fill three PhD and three Research Masters scholarships across three research areas in the field of navigation and earth observation research (NEO). An informational video on NEO is available to stream at https://tv.unsw.edu.au/video/nav-and-earth-obs-research The scholarships are valued at […]
Best of the Blogs 24 April 2012
By Spatial Source on 24 April, 2012PC World have an article discussing Google’s recent addition of balloon- and kite-captured aerial imagery to Google Maps. The high-resolution imagery comes from The Public Laboratory for Open Technology and Science, and supposedly has much livelier colour and detail than the satellite and aerial imagery typically available. Slate have an overview of the […]
Proposed Basin Plan: scientists call for more transparency
By Spatial Source on 17 April, 2012The volume of water needed to secure the long-term sustainability of the Murray-Darling river system cannot be identified clearly due to a lack of transparency in the proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan, more than 60 Australian scientists say in a special joint statement. The proposed plan’s aim to return 2,750 gigalitres (GL) a year […]
Scientists count penguins from space
By Spatial Source on 17 April, 2012A new study using satellite imagery has revealed that there are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring the impact of environmental change on the population of this iconic bird. Reporting this week in the journal PLoS ONE, an international team […]
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