European Lidar Mapping Forum (ELMF)

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

The second European LiDAR Mapping Forum will be held from 29th – 30th November 2011 at the Salzburg Congress in Austria. WHEN: 2011-11-29 to 2011-11-30WHERE: Salzburg Congress, AustriaSTATE: InternationalCOUNTRY: INT The second European LiDAR Mapping Forum will be held from 29th – 30th November 2011 at the Salzburg Congress in Austria and is the European […]

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AIMS 2011 Conference

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

Australian Institute of Mine Surveyors Annual Conference WHEN: 2011-08-17 to 2011-08-19WHERE: Sebel Hotel, Albert Park, Melbourne, VictoriaSTATE: VICCOUNTRY: AUS Melbourne, 17 – 19 August 2011 The 30th annual AIMS conference will be held at the Sebel Hotel, Albert Park in Melbourne. Convention Host – Vince Sorrenti In terms of comic entertainment, Vince Sorrenti is […]

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Undersea volcanoes discovered off Antarctica

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

A dozen previously undiscovered volcanoes have been found off of Antarctica using a sonar survey. The multibeam sonar survey, conducted by the British Antarctic Survey, was conducted to fill in a 600 kilometre gap in existing seabed maps. The nearby Sandwich Islands are volcanic, and, in 1962, a passing British naval vessel […]

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CSIRO helping map the world’s soils

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

The CSIRO has joined with other scientific bodies from around the globe to help create a worldwide digital soil map. The CSIRO joins a global consortium that aims to make a new free, 3D digital soil map of the world using state-of-the-art and emerging technologies for soil mapping and predicting soil properties at […]

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Report helps community understand floods

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

The Queensland Chief Scientist, Dr Geoff Garrett, AO, recently released the report Understanding Floods: Questions and Answers explaining key scientific and engineering concepts of floods to the community. The report was written by the Queensland Floods Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) panel and focuses on three themes: floods and their consequences; flood forecasts […]

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Position Partners appoints Theodist as exclusive distributor for PNG

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

Position Partners has announced the appointment of Theodist, PNG stationery and survey equipment retailer, as regional distributor across its complete product range. Under the agreement, Theodist will offer the full suite of Topcon survey, GPS, machine control and laser equipment, from software through to robotics and RTK solutions. “We are delighted to […]

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Aerodata Australia Pty Ltd created

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

Belgium-based Aerodata International Surveys recently established Aerodata Australia Pty Ltd, based in Brisbane, Qld. The new company will provide aerial photography using the VisionMap A3 super large format camera. A survey using the camera was recently conducted over Sydney, where Aerodata was able to capture 4,000 sq km of imagery at 10cm GSD […]

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Report covering the quality of environmental datasets now available

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

A new report, with the impossibly long, but thoroughly descriptive, title Scientific information for making decisions about natural resource management – a report on the value, status and availability of key ABARES datasets is now available. This report describes key scientific natural resource and social datasets held by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural […]

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Topcon tracking new GLONASS K1 satellite signals

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

Within an hour of the first signal emanating from the new GLONASS K1 satellite in April this year, Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) engineers were tracking the satellite’s L1 and L2 signals. TPS receivers tracked the new code division multiple access (CDMA) L3 signals the same day. Topcon was the first major company to […]

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Best of the Blogs, 19 July 2011

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

The final Atlantis space shuttle flight is currently underway, and while we all wipe those tears of nostalgia from our eyes, Google Earth Blog has a post outlining some of the tools available to track its progress in near-real time. According to PC World, Google has quietly pulled traffic information from its browser-based […]

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