There is an interesting discussion happening around geotagging (specifically geotagging historical photos on Flickr) over at Archives Outside – the blog of State Records NSW. If this is a topic you have some specialty in, or even just an interest, it’s worth taking a look. Thanks to Iain Stuart from JCIS consultants for sending […]
Satellite imagery catches land clearers
By Spatial Source on 14 June, 2011Queensland’s biggest ever fine handed down for illegal tree clearing was issued with the help of satellites. Finlay and Valerie Cocks must pay $112,000 for clearing 320 hectares of native vegetation on a property near Dingo. Queensland Environment Minister Kate Jones says satellite images exposed the clearing, and that the fine is […]
New SSSI website now online
By Spatial Source on 14 June, 2011The revised Surveying & Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI) website is now online with improved functionality in terms of booking events, payment for membership, adding CPD points, SSSI contacts, and browsing State Chapter and Commission information. The website is still in beta, so if you find any bugs, please report them to support@sssi.org.au […]
Trimble introduces new radio modem
By Spatial Source on 14 June, 2011Trimble has introduced the TDL 450H radio, a long-range radio modem designed to support high-precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) surveying applications. The radio modem features adjustable output power – from 2-35W – allowing the user to find the best balance between output power and battery life. The new radio model forms […]
Dam break modelling using GIS and fluid dynamics
By Spatial Source on 14 June, 2011CSIRO scientists have developed modelling techniques to help understand the full impact of flooding that occurs when dams collapse. The modelling combines static landscape data from a GIS, and combines it with dynamic data generated from fluid analysis to show how infrastructure will be affected. “The modelling technique we developed for this […]
GPS needs increased resilience to space weather
By Spatial Source on 14 June, 2011The American Meteorological Society has released a report highlighting GPS’ vulnerability to space weather events, such as solar flares, and recommending ways to build resilience. The last solar maximum was in 2000, when GPS was still in its infancy. Over the last decade more and more mission-critical systems have come to rely on […]
Ocean-mapping satellite launched into orbit
By Spatial Source on 14 June, 2011Last Friday saw the launch of NASA's Aquarius instrument, which will be used to measure the saltiness of Earth's oceans in order to advance our understanding of the global water cycle and improve climate forecasts. A United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket carrying the Aquarius/SAC-D observatory for NASA and the Space Agency of […]
Hundreds of geospatial ebooks now available for free
By Spatial Source on 14 June, 2011The National Academies Press – the US publisher for the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council – is offering all of its books free in PDF format. The books cover a range of science topics, but of most interest to you and me are the […]
Trimble announces RealWorks 3D Scanning Software Suite
By Spatial Source on 7 June, 2011Trimble recently announced the release of version 7.0 of their RealWorks software suite. Trimble RealWorks is a stand-alone solution for the interpretation and 3D rendering of scan point cloud data. This version is the first commercially available software suite that incorporates the newly approved ASTM International E57 E2807 data exchange standard for […]
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