Australian CrossCountry app gallops onto iOS

By Spatial Source on 4 October, 2011

An Australian iPhone app is helping horse riders measure, map and memorise their courses. In the equestrian triathlon of ‘Eventing’ competitors gallop 2-7kms and jump obstacles such as hedges, logs and ditches. CrossCountry app creates a course map using GPS over a Google map and automatically calculates time markers. While walking the course in […]

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Altus Positioning Systems to offer ikeGPS devices

By Spatial Source on 4 October, 2011

Altus Positioning Systems recently signed a value-added reseller agreement with Surveylab to offer ikeGPS multi-sensor data acquisition devices as part of its product portfolio. The ikeGPS combines a GPS receiver, laser rangefinder, 3-D compass and digital camera in a single ruggedised handheld device, providing a fully integrated low-cost solution for geospatial data acquisition. […]

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New software and survey tools from Trimble

By Spatial Source on 4 October, 2011

Trimble has announced several product upgrades at INTERGEO 2011, including a new, 64-bit version of its Trident Analyst software, as well as additions to its survey portfolio. The new version of its terrestrial mobile mapping office software, Trident Analyst 4.7, is designed to interpret high-resolution digital images and large point clouds, and automatically […]

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Avenza PDF Maps wins award

By Spatial Source on 4 October, 2011

Avenza Systems Inc. has received the Best Use of New Technology & New Media Award at the International Map Trade Association (IMTA) Americas conference in Rancho Mirage, California. Avenza won the award for its popular PDF Maps app for Apple iOS devices "We are ecstatic to receive this award. I'm pleased to see […]

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Fugro awarded AUV survey

By Spatial Source on 4 October, 2011

Fugro Survey Pty Ltd, Perth, is shortly due to commence a deepwater AUV survey as part of the Woodside-operated Browse LNG Development. Woodside has commissioned Fugro to undertake a detailed seabed mapping program, extending offshore from the proposed Central Processing Facility, that will provide high-quality data to assist with the engineering process for […]

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Best of the Blogs, 4 October 2011

By Spatial Source on 4 October, 2011

Vector One asks the question: is the gap between surveying and GIS contributing to lower precision farming uptake? Map Butcher has a great post that talk about GIS on the web, specifically, how it’s changing, how it’s failing, and how it’s working. Google Maps Mania point us to a map application that […]

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IT industry giants unveil latest advances

By Spatial Source on 4 October, 2011

The world of cutting-edge spatial technology will open up next week when global computer giant IBM and top international location data provider Navteq unveil their latest developments at Australasia’s largest spatial industry conference, Ozri 2011. Hosted by location intelligence specialists Esri Australia, the market leader in Australia’s $2.1 billion spatial industry, Ozri is […]

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Lurid tale of Tassie female factory unearthed

By Spatial Source on 4 October, 2011

Spatial scientists, historians and archaeologists have used world-leading GIS technology to unearth the unexpectedly sordid past of a 19th century Tasmanian women’s prison. The amazing story of the mapping and excavation of the 250 year-old Female Factory, located in the Tasmanian midlands township of Ross, is one of dozens of extraordinary projects that […]

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ArcGIS 10.1 sneak peek

By Spatial Source on 4 October, 2011

The next release of the world’s leading GIS, ArcGIS 10.1, is set to bring mapping and geospatial analytics to the masses. One of the most important aspects of this release is that ArcGIS users will be able to deliver any GIS resource, such as maps, imagery, geodatabases, and tools, as a web service. […]

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Maps that tell stories

By Spatial Source on 4 October, 2011

GIS professionals know more than most that some of the greatest stories of our time are told with maps. Maps have the power to educate and to inspire – and translate large volumes of data into a universal language. To celebrate the significance of maps, Esri Australia is inviting you to enter […]

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