TerraExplorer v6 released

By Spatial Source on 12 April, 2011

Skyline Software has announced the formal release of version 6.0 of its TerraExplorer 3D visualisation tool for desktop, web-integrated, and custom OEM environments. This release of TerraExplorer v6.0 has brought many of the features that were only available in the TerraExplorer Pro level products to the lower cost TerraExplorer Plus and free TerraExplorer […]

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Trimble releases new rangefinder

By Spatial Source on 12 April, 2011

Trimble has released a new rangefinder, the LaserAce 1000. The handheld measurement tool combines a laser distance meter, a digital inclinometer and a sighting scope, for measuring the range, height and slope of passive targets up to 150 m away. It also includes Bluetooth technology, so it can communicate wirelessly with Trimble’s other […]

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UAVs checking health of Tassie crops

By Spatial Source on 12 April, 2011

The University of Tasmania's Terraluma team is using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to check the health of farmers' crops, in the hope of being able to provide a commercial crop mapping service. Using a UAV known as the ‘oktocopter’, the researchers are hoping to gather useful data on how the crops look at […]

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SSSI event: introduction to mashups and ad hoc mapping

By Spatial Source on 6 April, 2011

A joint event to help surveyors and spatial professionals understand: What are mashups? Why should I be creating them? How do I get started? WHEN: 2011-04-13 to 2011-04-13WHERE: ISNSW Office, Level 4, 162 Goulburn St Surry Hills, Sydney.STATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS SSSI and the Institute of Surveyors NSW will hold a joint event on 13th April […]

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SSSI event: introduction to mashups and ad hoc mapping

By Spatial Source on 5 April, 2011

SSSI and the Institute of Surveyors NSW will hold a joint event on 13th April to help surveyors and spatial professionals understand: What are mashups? Why should I be creating them? How do I get started? A mashup is a website or application that combines data or functionality from several sources to create […]

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Best of the Blogs 5 April 2011

By Spatial Source on 5 April, 2011

The US’ attempt at ’government 2.0‘ – namely the data.gov website – may be shutting down just two years after its launch, due to budget cuts. However, there is a movement trying to save the website, according to a post over at Read Write Web. Cameron Shorter has a short post outlining the […]

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Cadcorp previews its latest update

By Spatial Source on 5 April, 2011

Cadcorp, the UK based developer and supplier of GIS and web mapping software, gave its business partners a preview of the next release of SIS 7 software, at its International Partner Conference held in Amsterdam earlier this month. The new update brings a completely redesigned user interface for its desktop GIS products, GIS […]

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UNSW looking to rename spatial school

By Spatial Source on 5 April, 2011

From teaching the first surveying degree program in New South Wales in 1957, the UNSW School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems (UNSW SSIS) has experienced great variations in its commencing undergraduate enrolments, from a peak in 1974 of 146 to around 10 a year since 2009. The first Global Positioning System (GPS) […]

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Singleton Council automates its development process

By Spatial Source on 5 April, 2011

Open Spatial Australia announced late last week that Singleton Council has chosen its ‘As Constructed’ design certification system to automate the council’s As Built/As Constructed/Work as Executed process. By accepting submissions digitally now, the council hopes to provide faster turnarounds to developers submitting their ‘Work as Executed’ drawings. The ‘As Built’ submissions […]

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SA Government to create new land information system

By Spatial Source on 5 April, 2011

The South Australian Government has announced that it has entered into an eight-year partnership with Salmat, in order to deliver a new land information system. The Integrated Land Information System (ILIS), originally developed by the Northern Territory Government Department of Lands and Planning, and recently commercialised for sale by Salmat, is a web-based […]

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