Landcare New Zealand launches nation-wide interactive soil map

By Spatial Source on 20 September, 2011

Landcare Research New Zealand has launched a new national soils database, known as S-map Online, which aims to help decision makers understand New Zealand’s land use and ecology. Landcare Research is a government-owned corporation overseeing the sustainable development and the management of land-based natural resources. The online map service uses high-quality base […]

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Event: first Australian Geocortex user conference

By Spatial Source on 20 September, 2011

AAM will host the first Australian Geocortex User Conference in Melbourne from 10–11 October at Citadines on Bourke Street, Melbourne. The workshop will outline the benefits of using Geocortex within the workplace and will demonstrate how Geocortex can provide simple and effective solutions to their web mapping requirements. AAM's Geocortex Product Manager, […]

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Several councils and water utilities adopt ACDC

By Spatial Source on 20 September, 2011

Open Spatial Australia has announced the recent adoption of As Constructed Design Certification (ACDC), by eight Australian councils and water utilities. ACDC is the first commercial off-the-shelf application that validates ‘as constructed’ drawing information for the contributed/gifted assets from third party construction developers and contractors (developers) against a well-defined standard provided by the […]

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VisionMap reveals the next generation of A3 Systems

By Spatial Source on 20 September, 2011

VisionMap has announced two new products, extending the family of the A3 camera and automatic processing system. The A3 Edge is a new premium camera that boasts the largest footprint in the industry. With 80,000 pixels across track, VisionMap claim that its footprint is 4 times larger than other vendors’ cameras. Using new […]

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Best of the Blogs 20th September 2011

By Spatial Source on 20 September, 2011

Fuzzy Tolerance has posted a simply incredible time-lapse video taken as the ISS passes over Earth. Maybe while you’re watching it you can pretend you’re in a spaceship preparing to touch down on planet Earth (not that I did that or anything…). Keep your good eye out for the lightning in the clouds. Spectacular! […]

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First Australian Geocortex User Confrerence

By Spatial Source on 19 September, 2011

WHEN: 2011-10-10 to 2011-10-11WHERE: Citadines on Bourke Street, MelbourneSTATE: VICCOUNTRY: AUS AAM will host the first Australian Geocortex User Conference in Melbourne from 10-11 October in Melbourne. The workshop will outline the benefits of using Geocortex within the workplace, and will demonstrate how it can provide simple and effective solutions to users' web mapping requirements. […]

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Beyond spatial enablement

By Spatial Source on 19 September, 2011

Land administration to support spatially enabled government. Celebrating ten years of CSDILA. WHEN: 2011-10-05 to 2011-10-07WHERE: The University of MelbourneSTATE: VICCOUNTRY: AUS UN sponsored permanent committee on GIS infrastructure for Asia and the pacific (PCGIAP)-wg3 and centre for SDIs and Land Administration (CSDILA) jointly present: Beyond Spatial Enablement. The 4th land administration forum collaborative […]

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Tools and methods for monitoring and evaluating in NRM

By Spatial Source on 19 September, 2011

Monitoring and evaluating to report the impact of the investment made in land, biodiversity and water continues to be challenging and fragmented across programs and regional, state and national scales. WHEN: 2011-11-29 to 2011-11-30WHERE: Citigate CentralSTATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS Monitoring and evaluating to report the impact of the investment made in land, biodiversity and water continues […]

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84 per cent of Victoria at risk from bushfires

By Spatial Source on 13 September, 2011

A two-year spatial assessment of Victoria’s fire risks, which began after the 2009 ‘Black Saturday’ fires, has determined that more than 84 per cent of the state is at risk from fire. The findings will mean fire-preventing building regulations will remain in-force for most of the state. After the 2009 disaster, the entire […]

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Georabble III speakers announced

By Spatial Source on 13 September, 2011

Don’t forget that the third Georabble event will kick off on the 22nd September. Previous events have been great fun, and this next one will doubtless be just as great, with the speakers having recently been announced. The speakers will include: Angela Clark (EveryMap): “Putting Sydney on the Wiki Map” Mapping is at […]

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