NSW Regional GIS User Group meeting

By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011

Agenda will cover: MapInfo Professional V11; CORSnet; Position Partners; Any additional agenda items for discussion. WHEN: 2011-09-07 to 2011-09-07WHERE: Bathurst Regional CouncilSTATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS Meeting agenda: * MapInfo Professional V11 – presentation by Matt Robinson, Lagen Spatial. * CORSnet – presentation by LPI (former LPMA) representative. * Position Partners – presentation by Adam Burke, Position […]

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Astrium GEO-Information Services increases investment in i-cubed

By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011

The GEO-Information division of Astrium Services (formerly Spot Image and Infoterra) recently announced that it has expanded its investment in i-cubed LLC, a worldwide provider of value-added imagery and geospatial data management technologies based in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. i-cubed provides imagery, geospatial content and distributed asset management hosted in the cloud or […]

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Exprodat’s data directory for new ArcGIS Desktop 10 users

By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011

Exprodat’s Team-GIS Directory was released today for the ArcGIS 10 platform, enhancing usability for ArcGIS Desktop users by offering features such as powerful search tools, previews of data and MXDs from within ArcMap, and the ability to move data from otherArcMap projects without having to open them first. Team-GIS Directory can make ArcMap […]

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eSpatial releases upgrade to OnDemand GIS

By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011

eSpatial has released an upgrade to its Software-as-a-Service GIS product, OnDemand GIS, with enhancements to user administration, data imports, and the user interface. Specific upgrades in this latest release include: Direct access to Google’s driving directions from within eSpatial OnDemand GIS. The ability to add attributes to an existing layer. Support for use […]

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Near-real time video views from space

By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011

Canadian-based company UrtheCast has announced a new video platform that will broadcast near-real time images and video of Earth, captured from the International Space Station (ISS). A pair of HD video cameras will be installed on the ISS; a medium resolution camera will provide a three-colour still image with a swath of 45 […]

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Quasars help in accurate positioning

By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011

Scientists will be able to measure points on Earth much more accurately, following analysis of data that confirms the movement of our solar system in relation to the centre of the Galaxy. Since 1728, after pioneering work by astronomer James Bradley to verify Earth’s passage around the Sun, it has been confirmed that […]

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Australian-NASA space science collaboration takes ‘one small step’

By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011

The importance of Australia's international space science collaboration was highlighted recently at a meeting between NASA Administrator Charles F. Bolden, Jr. and Innovation Minister Senator Kim Carr. International cooperation is key to the success of virtually all space endeavours, with space infrastructure and its applications playing an important part in the daily lives […]

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Best of the Blogs 5/7/2011

By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011

PS News has republished a piece from the UK paper The Guardian that looks at the barriers that are stopping government from adopting a cloud strategy. While written about the UK, most of the article is still relevant, with the same barriers – security, cost, difficulty of migration – applicable down our end of […]

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WA Spatial Excellence Awards Gala Dinner

By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2011

The WA Spatial Excellence Awards will be announced and presented at the Gala Dinner on Friday 22 July 2011 WHEN: 2011-07-22 to 2011-07-22WHERE: Banquet Hall of the University ClubSTATE: WACOUNTRY: AUS The Dinner will feature announcement and presentation of the prestigious WA Spatial Excellence Awards (WASEA) for 2011. Industry awards recognise projects showing exceptional […]

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Spatial Excellence Awards in NSW

By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2011

Nominations for the SPatial Excellence Awards close 15 August 2011. Winners announced 26 August 2011. WHEN: 2011-08-26 to 2011-08-26WHERE: STATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS Over the past seven years, the NSW Spatial Excellence Awards were part and parcel of the NSW Excellence in Surveying and Spatial Information Awards, which were jointly run by the Consulting Surveyors NSW […]

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