The 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 […]
GIS helping Victorian farmers
By Spatial Source on 12 April, 2011GIS software released to farmers through the Victorian Government's Department of Primary Industries is helping farmers manage their land and bolster their operations. The software, part of the FarmPlan 21 pilot program run by the DPI, is based on up-to-date aerial photography and offers precision mapping and paddock recording. It can be modified […]
Great Western Highway: alliance partners announced
By Spatial Source on 12 April, 2011Sinclair Knight Merz and Parsons Brinckerhoff have been selected to partner with the RTA to undertake the detailed design work and obtain the necessary environmental approvals for the upgrade of the Great Western Highway between Mount Victoria and Lithgow. Following the selection of a preferred route after two years of intensive planning and […]
North Korea jamming GPS in South Korea
By Spatial Source on 12 April, 2011North Korea is allegedly jamming GPS signals in South Korea, according to Army General Walter Sharp, commander of U.S. Forces Korea. Last month, South Korean officials made allegations that the north was using GPS jammers, but Gen. Sharp is the first US official to publicly confirm the allegations, saying to Bloomberg News “There […]
Land and Property Management Authority abolished
By Spatial Source on 12 April, 2011Under the recent NSW Government restructure, the Land and Property Management Authority (LPMA) has been abolished as a Division of the Government Service. The previous groups within the LPMA are to be transferred between five new super departments, including: Lake Illawarra Authority staff are transferred to Department of Premier and Cabinet; Office […]
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