Aerodata Australia Pty Ltd created

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

Belgium-based Aerodata International Surveys recently established Aerodata Australia Pty Ltd, based in Brisbane, Qld. The new company will provide aerial photography using the VisionMap A3 super large format camera. A survey using the camera was recently conducted over Sydney, where Aerodata was able to capture 4,000 sq km of imagery at 10cm GSD […]

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Report covering the quality of environmental datasets now available

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

A new report, with the impossibly long, but thoroughly descriptive, title Scientific information for making decisions about natural resource management – a report on the value, status and availability of key ABARES datasets is now available. This report describes key scientific natural resource and social datasets held by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural […]

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Topcon tracking new GLONASS K1 satellite signals

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

Within an hour of the first signal emanating from the new GLONASS K1 satellite in April this year, Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) engineers were tracking the satellite’s L1 and L2 signals. TPS receivers tracked the new code division multiple access (CDMA) L3 signals the same day. Topcon was the first major company to […]

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Best of the Blogs, 19 July 2011

By Spatial Source on 19 July, 2011

The final Atlantis space shuttle flight is currently underway, and while we all wipe those tears of nostalgia from our eyes, Google Earth Blog has a post outlining some of the tools available to track its progress in near-real time. According to PC World, Google has quietly pulled traffic information from its browser-based […]

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The National Broadband Network

By Spatial Source on 12 July, 2011

SIBA presents: The National Broadband Network – How it will impact your business, and why it’s important to you. WHEN: 2011-08-11 to 2011-08-11WHERE: The Greek Club, 29 Edmonstone Street, South BrisbaneSTATE: QLDCOUNTRY: AUS SIBA presents Paul Campbell, Telma Cordeiro, Wally Donaldson, & Jack de Lange at: The National Broadband Network: What it means for you […]

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Best of the Blogs, 12 July 2011

By Spatial Source on 12 July, 2011

This week marks the 32nd anniversary of the Skylab's dramatic (and destructive) re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere. Wired have a post detailing the day, and also mention the Perth resident who travelled travelled to San Francisco to claim a $10,000 prize after a piece of the space station landed on his roof. Last week […]

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Satellite images find uncontacted Amazonian tribe

By Spatial Source on 12 July, 2011

Satellite images have uncovered an ancient, uncontacted tribe deep in the Amazon rainforest. Fabricio Amorim, a regional co-ordinator for Brazil's indigenous foundation, Funai (http://www.survivalinternational.org/about/funai), said the indigenous community had been found after three small forest clearings were detected on satellite images. Flyovers were carried out in April, confirming the community's existence. The […]

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SPOTMAPS Australia updated

By Spatial Source on 12 July, 2011

The second version of SPOTMAPS Australia is now available from Astrium GEO-Information Services. More than 5 million square km are already available in its second version, the majority of which is made with data acquired within the last two years. The updated Australian SPOTMAPS now include coverage of Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, […]

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Topcon appoints new regional survey sales manager

By Spatial Source on 12 July, 2011

Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) has announced that Queensland-based Greg Frankish has been appointed regional survey sales manager for Australia and New Zealand. In his new role, Frankish will be in charge of survey sales for the Topcon line of products and will work directly with the company's distributor network in the region. He […]

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CRCSI study to support spatial marketplace

By Spatial Source on 12 July, 2011

The CRC Spatial Information Australia is aiming to deliver research to support the creation of a fully functional spatial marketplace. The marketplace will facilitate discovery and access to a broad range of spatial information products and services from a variety of sources (from government owned to volunteered geographic information). The marketplace will also […]

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