A new online map launched by the National Archives shows the home towns of World War I diggers and allows people to view individual service records, build tributes, or attach memories to an online scrapbook. The web map, entitled Mapping Our Anzacs, allows researchers or community members to start at an area and […]
whereNSW Camp to help develop the NSW Location Intelligence Strategy
By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011The NSW Government is developing a high-level, whole-of-government strategy to plan and manage spatial information, infrastructure and services across NSW. The CS2i Program Office is charged with creating this strategy. The strategy, known as the NSW Location Strategy, will supersede the Common Spatial Information Initiative (CS2i) Action Plan, developed in 2006 by […]
RapidMap and Partners to hold road show
By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011RapidMap Group and its GIS/GPS products and services providers are presenting a series of full-day educational sessions in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Aimed at local government, state government and private sector professionals, the sessions will cover government client case studies, discuss emerging technologies and trends in the industry, and highlight successful projects – […]
Navman now in charge of the Magellan outdoor range in Australia
By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011Navman Technology has taken over the sales, marketing and distribution of Magellan outdoor GPS products. Navman’s parent company, MiTAC International Corp, bought Magellan in December 2008, but only recently was the decision made to move Magellan’s Australian presence under the control of Navman Technology. Previous to this, Next Destination was Magellan’s Australian […]
China launches the next satellite in its GNSS
By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011The eighth satellite in China's Beidou-2 global navigation system was launched on-board a Long March 3A rocket on 10 April 2011, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. The Beidou-2 system will compete with the US' Global Positioning System, the European Union's Galileo, and Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass). […]
Best of the Blogs 19 April 2011
By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011GeoPlace has an interesting article outlining a recent study on the merits of a honeycomb pattern for town planning, including a reduction in the costs of installing infrastructure. Technabob has an interesting piece on a new idea for a GPS device that fits over the top of asthma inhalers, and logs the time […]
Meta 2011 Conference
By Spatial Source on 18 April, 2011The Institute of Metadata Management (IMM) will be formally instituted at the 4th Metadata Conference in May this year, themed Business Realities and Implications. WHEN: 2011-05-25 to 2011-05-27WHERE: University House, The Australian National University, Cnr Balmain Cr & Liversidge StSTATE: ACTCOUNTRY: AUS Key themes: Business Intelligence & Analytics – Achieving a joint position and understanding […]
whereNSW Camp
By Spatial Source on 13 April, 2011The whereNSW camp will be an informal, barcamp-style event to enable more informal and dynamic input into the development of the NSW Location Intelligence Strategy. WHEN: 2011-06-04 to 2011-06-04WHERE: UNSW CBD Campus, O’Connel St, SydneySTATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS The whereNSW camp will be an informal, ‘barcamp’-style event to enable more informal and dynamic input into the […]
Best of the Blogs 12 April 2011
By Spatial Source on 12 April, 2011Best of Blogs 12 April 2011 It's not a blog, but the Courier Mail has a piece mentioning the use of GIS in finding ‘junk food’ clusters around schools. Google Maps Mania has a little piece talking about a covert GPS that looks like a tail light, but will alert you if […]
ISRSE34 is underway
By Spatial Source on 12 April, 2011The 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment is happening this week in Sydney. The theme of the symposium is The GEOSS era: towards operational environmental monitoring, and contains five parallel streams: Earth observation supporting disaster management and situational awareness; Briefings from space agencies; GEO forest carbon; Space policies; A panel on climate and […]
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