ASCER Disaster Management Workshop

By on 21 November, 2011

Discussions about using satellites for disaster preparedness and response. WHEN: 2011-12-06 to 2011-12-06WHERE: UNSW Kensington, SydneySTATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS We are aiming to bring together people at the policy level with researchers, satellite service providers as well as users of satellites in disasters. We will discuss using satellites for disaster preparedness and response. By bringing all […]

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Nationwide one-second DEM launched

By on 15 November, 2011

  The CSIRO, the Australian National University (ANU), the Bureau of Meteorology, Geoscience Australia and the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation have just completed building the finest resolution national computer model of Australia's ground surface topography and river networks. . The new one-second – or 30-metre resolution – hydrological Digital Elevation Model (DEM) incorporates rivers […]

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Rob Manson confirmed for GeoNEXT conference

By on 15 November, 2011

  The GeoNEXT conference, kicking off in Sydney on 29 February 2012, has just confirmed that Rob Manson, managing director and co-founder of Sydney-based R&D lab, MOB, will be presenting on Augmented Reality.   Rob regularly presents on mobile, AR and future technology developments, is a co-founder of AR-UX.com and ARStandards.org, and is an invited […]

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eMap launches in NZ

By on 15 November, 2011

  eMap, developed by Wellington geospatial firm Terralink International and launched last week, is a SaaS location intelligence tool that allows organisations to integrate their own data with other external geospatial, land and property information.   The eMap service is targeted at companies without GISystems, many of which still have a need for spatial analysis […]

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Tasmania’s Spatial Information Showcase a success

By on 15 November, 2011

  The critical role of spatial information in evidence-based planning and decision-making was the key message for delegates at Tasmania’s inaugural Spatial Innovation Showcase, held at Wrest Point Convention Centre in Hobart on 27 October 2011.   The event was a great success, attended by more than 160 delegates, speakers and exhibitors from all levels […]

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spatial@gov opens in Canberra

By on 15 November, 2011

  More than 80 guest speakers and 40 exhibitors including sponsors have descended on the Canberra Convention Centre for spatial@gov, a conference that brings together the latest cutting-edge spatial technologies from both government and the private sector.   Organised by Hannover Fairs Australia (HFA), the company that produces the ICT exhibition CeBIT, spatial@gov is the […]

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NT Spatial conference call for papers

By on 15 November, 2011

  The NT Regional Committee of the Surveying and Spatial Science Institute (SSSI) has released a call for papers for NT Spatial 2012 – a spatial and surveying conference to be held from the 21st to 23rd March 2012 at the Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.   The overall theme of the event […]

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SSSC2011 conference approaches

By on 15 November, 2011

  The start of SSSC2011 is only days away and all indications are pointing to a bumper turn-out.   For the first time in NZ, exhibitors have an opportunity to showcase their wares during a public open day/expo on Tuesday the 22nd of November. The sponsors have turned out in numbers, and exhibition space sold […]

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Best of the Blogs 15 November 2011

By on 15 November, 2011

  Fuzzy Tolerance highlight a web comic from the always geekeriffic xkcd that I couldn’t help but share entitled “What your favourite map projection says about you.”   Image and Data Manager have a story on just how the Bureau of Statistics’ Melbourne Data Processing centre coped with the container loads of census forms that […]

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NT Spatial 2012: Northern Exposure “Science and Applications”

By on 10 November, 2011

NT Spatial 2012 is a spatial and surveying conference to be held from the 21st to 23rd March 2012 at the Darwin Convention Centre, Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. WHEN: 2012-03-21 to 2012-03-23WHERE: Darwin Convention Centre.STATE: NTCOUNTRY: AUS NT Spatial 2012 is a spatial and surveying conference to be held from the 21st to 23rd March […]

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