Australian & New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference

By Spatial Source on 9 November, 2011

The Australian and New Zealand Disaster and Emergency Management Conference will provide a forum to examine the issues surrounding natural and man-made hazards, entitled Earth: Fire & Rain 2012. WHEN: 2012-04-16 to 2012-04-18WHERE: Brisbane Convention Centre, BrisbaneSTATE: QLDCOUNTRY: AUS The 2012 conference will be held in Brisbane from the 16th to the 18th of April […]

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GeoNext Conference

By Spatial Source on 9 November, 2011

GeoNext aims to connect all users of geo and mash up the emerging threads of geo users and communities to inspire, collaborate and redefine what it means to be a geo professional. WHEN: 2012-02-29 to 2012-02-29WHERE: Australian Technology Park, SydneySTATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS Why is GeoNext different? GeoNext is a new forum that address the […]

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Google Maps to start charging for heavy API access

By Spatial Source on 8 November, 2011

Google Maps, the traditionally free web-mapping service provided by Google, will move to a paid model for its heaviest users, come the new year, according to the BBC. The users affected are those that attract more than 25,000 hits per day – a number that “will only affect 0.35% of users,” according to […]

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International GIS Day, 16 November

By Spatial Source on 8 November, 2011

GIS Day provides an international forum for users of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in our society. More than 80 countries will participate in holding local events such as corporate open houses, hands-on workshops, community expos, school assemblies, and more. As a GIS […]

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Sensis adds National Address File to B2B mapping offer

By Spatial Source on 8 November, 2011

Sensis has launched the Sensis National Address File – a database of geo-coded Australian commercial and residential addresses. The Sensis National Address File contains more than 9 million addresses, drawn from Telstra’s expansive dataset, to allow government agencies, emergency services, dispatch and insurance companies to accurately locate the physical position of addresses across […]

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TerraSAR captures NZ Oil Spill

By Spatial Source on 8 November, 2011

The German Aerospace Centre’s (DLR) TerraSAR satellite has captured the likely extent of the oil spill that occurred off of the northern coast of New Zealand, when the container ship Rena struck the Astrolabe Reef in early October. The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors on board the satellite were able to distinguish calm spots […]

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StreetMapper Laser Surveys WA’s Coastal Highway

By Spatial Source on 8 November, 2011

StreetMapper, the vehicle-based laser mapping system, has completed a survey along the North West Coastal Highway in Western Australia. Travelling at normal traffic speeds, the StreetMapper system captured survey-grade data, achieving millimetre accurate measurements of the road surface and roadside features. StreetMapper mobile surveys replaced the need for surveyors using tripod mounted lasers […]

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Russia launches three Glonass satellites

By Spatial Source on 8 November, 2011

Russia recently launched a Proton-M rocket carrying three Glonass navigation satellites from its Baikonur space centre in Kazakhstan. The launch signifies the first time that a Proton-M rocket has launched with Glonass satellites since the failed launch at the same base last year, which destroyed three Glonass M satellites. The launch was […]

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Avenza launches iOS PDF maps store

By Spatial Source on 8 November, 2011

Avenza Systems Inc., producers of MAPublisher cartographic software for Adobe Illustrator, and Geographic Imager geospatial tools for Adobe Photoshop, recently launched its PDF Maps app and complementary Avenza Map Store on the Apple iOS platform. With the launch of the PDF Maps app, cartographers and map publishers now have access to consumers that […]

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Best of the Blogs 8 November 2011

By Spatial Source on 8 November, 2011

Australian Geographic features a video put together by NASA that shows Australian bushfires over the last decade. The data is placed over the top of MODIS NDVI data, so it’s also interesting to see the vegetation wax and wane during periods of drought and… non-drought (what’s the period called when we don’t have a […]

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