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 […]
Near-real time video views from space
By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011Canadian-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 […]
Quasars help in accurate positioning
By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011Scientists 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 […]
Australian-NASA space science collaboration takes ‘one small step’
By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011The 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 […]
Best of the Blogs 5/7/2011
By Spatial Source on 5 July, 2011PS 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 […]
WA Spatial Excellence Awards Gala Dinner
By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2011The 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 […]
Spatial Excellence Awards in NSW
By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2011Nominations 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 […]
Utilities must act now to retain knowledge
By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2011Utilities will need GIS technology to ‘institutionalise’ the knowledge of their aging workforce and avoid an information vacuum. The Australian utilities sector faces an information black hole within a decade unless it works to retain the knowledge of its ageing workforce, GIS specialist Bill Meehan told the Smart Electricity World conference in Melbourne […]
Asteroid passes through Earth’s GPS network
By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2011An asteroid, called 2011 MD and measuring about 10 metres in diameter, flew by the Earth on June 27. Usually such a small fly-by isn’t worth reporting on, but what makes it interesting is that the rock flew so close that it passed between the Earth and our GPS satellites. Obviously, it passed by […]
Galileo can afford 24 satellites
By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2011The European satellite positioning system, Galileo, will be able to afford to launch 24 satellites with existing funding. The announcement was made at the Paris Air Show by European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani, who has overall responsibility in Brussels for the project. The project has been plagued by delays and over-running […]
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