Did you know that they world population is now 7 billion? The historic milestone has either just been reached, or will be reached by the month’s end (depending on who you ask). Spatial Sustain has a post that shows a map that SAP and the United Nations Population fund have put together that examines […]

  The Australian spatial industry has shown why it’s on the upside of the nation’s two-speed economy, after the Esri user conference, Ozri, drew its largest crowd of GIS professionals in its 25 year history.   More than 550 government, commercial and not-for-profit GIS professionals from the Australia, the Asia Pacific and the U.S.A. packed into […]

  The head of Australia’s largest post-disaster reconstruction effort has highlighted the impact that Geographic Information System (GIS) technology has had in leveraging reconstruction efforts since Queensland’s summer of disasters.   In a keynote address to Ozri 2011, Australasia’s leading spatial conference, Chair of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, Major General Dick Wilson said spatial technology […]

  Cutting-edge spatial technology will be at the core of Australia’s newest bushfire prediction tool, one of the initiative’s key architects has revealed.   Still in development, the Bushfire Spread Prediction Tool was presented to a captivated audience at Ozri 2011, the Asia Pacific region’s premier showcase for the latest advances in Geographic Information System […]

  Northern Territory utility Power and Water Corporation has provided a demonstration of their new asset management system, at Australasia’s leading spatial conference, Ozri 2011.    Underpinned by Geographic Information System (GIS) technology from Esri Australia and business intelligence software from IBM, Power and Water Corporation’s new asset management system will be rolled out in the first half […]

  ArcGIS Online, the cloud-based system for creating and sharing maps and geographic information online, was applauded at Ozri 2011 as having the power to bring GIS to the masses.   Speaking at the conference last week, Esri Australia Managing Director Brett Bundock said ArcGIS Online would do for GIS what Google has done for […]

State-of-the-art GIS technology which can create highly detailed 3D maps of entire forests is set to overhaul Australia’s $2.5 billion forestry industry, according to one of the nation’s leading spatial professionals. The technology, from location intelligence specialists Esri Australia, was on display at SilviLaser 2011, an annual showcase of LiDAR, or light detection and ranging, […]