As a SpatialSource or Position subscriber, you are entitled to a discount of up to $165 off the cost of registration for the spatial@gov conference.   spatial@gov is 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 […]

  Australian-based company, Locata, has announced the industry's first GPS-style indoor positioning solution. The company's TimeTenna will enable new high-accuracy positioning, automation and robotics applications indoors where GPS signals don't reach.   The company also announced that they have released the interface specifications (ICD) partners need to begin building receivers for Locata's ground-based positioning technology, and […]

  The Melbourne Open GIS event is on again at 6pm on this Thursday the 29th of September at the OpenHub.   Melbourne Open GIS is a forum to discuss open standards and interoperability in GIS. The meetings bring together professionals from geospatial and other disciplines in a casual environment for some presentations, informal discussions, […]

  First up is an update on last week’s reports of the Times Comprehensive Atlas of the World’s reduction of Greenland’s Ice cover by 15% (it's closer to 1%).   Spatially Adjusted have a post entitled “The Guide to What Was Important at FOSS4G for People Who Didn’t Go to FOSS4G 2011”, which probably gives […]

  Dr Nagaraj Shivaramaiah from the Australian Centre for Space Engineering Research has won the US Institution of Navigation’s Parkinson Award for outstanding new research, marking the first time that an Australian entry has won.   Dr Shivaramaiah’s doctorate, for the School of Surveying & Spatial Information Systems at the University of New South Wales, […]