Michael Haines, CEO, VANZI confirmed for GeoNext

By on 20 December, 2011

  Michael Haines, CEO for Virtual Australia New Zealand Infrastructure has been confirmed as a speaker at GeoNext.   In this presentation Michael will discuss in detail the background to VANZI, its partners across the range of technologies: spatial, simulation, optimisation, visualisation, gaming and building information and city information modelling, as well as government agencies […]

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Gatewing image processing software released

By on 20 December, 2011

  Gatewing, manufacturer of the X100 unmanned aerial system (UAS) for mapping and surveying, has released Gatewing Stretchout, image processing for converting X100 image data to accurate orthophotos and DSMs.   Stretchout begins the process by geotagging your images and then processes them using automatic aerial triangulation. This is followed by a bundle block adjustment, […]

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Fugro awarded New Zealand airborne LiDAR bathymetry survey

By on 20 December, 2011

  Fugro has been awarded a contract for an Airborne LiDAR Bathymetry (ALB) survey in New Zealand by LINZ (Land Information New Zealand). Data will be collected during December 2011 to IHO Order 1a standard to enable the use of ALB technology to be evaluated as a suitable tool for hydrographic surveys for nautical charting. […]

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TechnologyOne partners with Digital Mapping Solutions

By on 20 December, 2011

  TechnologyOne recently announced a strategic partnership with Digital Mapping Solutions (DMS) to jointly develop and sell integrated asset management and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) solutions.   The collaboration will see TechnologyOne Asset Management deliver a map-based interface by integrating DMS’s IntraMaps GIS application. This will provide customers with a visual representation of spatial data […]

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Best of the Blogs 20/12/11

By on 20 December, 2011

  Lockheed Martin recently delivered its first test satellite for the new GPS III system – the much needed update to the current, aging GPS II. To coincide with this, Digital Trends have created an ‘everything you need to know’ guide to GPS III. It’s well worth reading.   The Sydney Morning Herald has an […]

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GRS-1 competition winners announced

By on 13 December, 2011

  Our competition to win one of two Topcon GRS-1 RTK rover systems was drawn last Friday, at our offices in Glebe.   Congratulations go to the winners: Garry Cislowski, Senior Surveyor at the Department of Environment & Resource Management; and Alan Garside, Manager, Spatial Data Services at Land & Property Information.   The winners […]

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New President for NZIS

By on 13 December, 2011

  The New Zealand Institute of Surveyors (NZIS) recently announced that Andrew J Stirling has taken over as President of the Institute from 24 November 2011. The post has been held for the last two years by Mark Dyer of Rotorua.   Andrew has been a member of the Institute since 1989 and has been […]

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Nearmap.com captures WA development hotspots

By on 13 December, 2011

  Aerial imagery provider nearmap.com has recently finished capturing 5,000 sq km of high-resolution photo maps over Western Australia’s north-west section. The capture includes some major developmental hot spots in the area, including Barrow Island (home to the $43 billion Gorgon Project), Karratha, Dampier, Burrup Peninsula, James Price Point (gas precinct), Onslow's Ashburton North facility […]

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Traffic alerts web map launched in Victoria

By on 13 December, 2011

  Finding out what roads are closed in Victoria due to floods, fires, major crashes or road damage will now be far quicker using a new map-based website.   “The new VicRoads ‘Road Closures and Traffic Alerts’ website will be Victoria’s official source for road closure information during emergencies,” Victorian Minister for Roads, Terry Mulder, […]

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Targeted spatial jobs

By on 13 December, 2011

  While free job ads have undoubted appeal, the enduring success of a jobs website lies in how well it can target, and then actually reach, all of the potential job market. And that includes those hard to reach people who didn’t even know they wanted to move!   When it comes to online job […]

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