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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Aerial photography of Christchurch earthquake now available

By Spatial Source on 5 April, 2011

Two days after the magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Christchurch, on 24 February 2011 NZ Aerial Mapping Limited flew a Rockwell 690 at 5,500 feet acquiring 10 cm GSD imagery, using its Vexcel UCXp large-format digital camera over the urban area. This imagery was flown, processed and supplied by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd at […]

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Web-based koala habitat map launched

By Spatial Source on 5 April, 2011

A new web-based map has been launched by the Australian Koala Foundation that aims to mobilise communities to help save koalas and their habitats. The map, available at http://koalamap.savethekoala.com/, allows anyone to enter their residential address, to see if they live in or near a crucial koala population. The map uses data […]

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Best of the Blogs 29 March 2011

By Spatial Source on 29 March, 2011

Lidar News links us to an MIT article talking about a new smartphone app that allows quick creation of 3d models, just by snapping a few pics on your phone’s camera. GIS Lounge has an interesting piece on using thermal imagery to view relative heat loss of buildings at night, in order to […]

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ESNC 2011 Australian Challenge

By Spatial Source on 29 March, 2011

The IGNSS Society announces that the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2011 Australian Challenge will run from April 1 to June 30 2011. The €20,000 grand prize in the 2010 European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) went to the Salzburg start-up Mobilizy for its revolutionary navigation system Wikitude Drive, which uses augmented reality to superimpose driving […]

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Australian UAV finds use in real estate

By Spatial Source on 29 March, 2011

An Australian-invented remote controlled surveying helicopter is being used in oil and gas exploration, war zones, law enforcement, and… by a Perth real estate agent to sell property in WA. The CyberQuad, invented by 27-year old Joshua Portlock and built by WA company Cyber Technology, is a 4-blade helicopter equipped with a high […]

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Mapping through time

By Spatial Source on 29 March, 2011

Google Earth is a great program for viewing parts of the world you may never otherwise see, but what about those parts as they existed millions of years ago? A new program developed at Sydney University does just that. The free, open source program, called GPlates1.0, recreates the continents, oceans, and tectonic plates, […]

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