Position Partners has launched its new presentation trailer at this year’s Civenex exhibition in Sydney. The 12 m-long trailer, which is towed by a separate prime mover, allows Position Partners to transport, display and demonstrate a wide range of Topcon machine control, surveying and laser equipment, as well as other products and services […]
Nearmap.com appoints digital business advisory board
By Spatial Source on 7 June, 2011Perth-based aerial mapping provider nearmap.com recently announced that it has appointed four Australian digital business veterans to an advisory board. The digital business advisory board will help nearmap.com maximise revenue opportunities, specifically pertaining to content monetisation, distribution and mobile strategies. The board consists of: Cliff Rosenberg – MD of LinkedIn Australia & […]
Queensland sex offenders to be tracked with GPS
By Spatial Source on 7 June, 2011The Queensland Government will track known sex offenders using GPS technology by next year. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says that $2.2 million will be set aside in the state budget to introduce the technology, which will monitor the locations of former prisoners under supervision orders. All qualifying offenders – currently at 70, […]
Google Maps moves indoors
By Spatial Source on 7 June, 2011Google has announced Business Photos for Google Maps, a new product that allows people to view the inside of participating businesses. Marissa Mayer, Google’s vice president of consumer products, announced the new product at the Social-Loco conference in San Francisco this week, where she demoed the ability to transition from the outside ‘Street […]
Indonesia to use geospatial information for environment protection
By Spatial Source on 7 June, 2011Bakosurtanal, Indonesia’s coordinating agency for survey and mapping, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Environment in an effort to maximise the use of geospatial information for the protection and conservation of the environment. The agreement aims to strengthen collaboration between the Ministry of Environment and Bakosurtanal, in order […]
Best of the Blogs, 7/6/11
By Spatial Source on 7 June, 2011LiDAR News poses the question: if it’s legal to photograph public places, is it legal to 3D laser scan public places, too? And what are the ramifications of doing so? There is a discussion underway, so feel free to chime in! The Map Room points us to a story recently run on Tech […]
WASSIC 2011 coming up soon
By Spatial Source on 31 May, 2011The 2011 Western Australian Surveying and Spatial Information Conference will be held on 20-21 June at the Burswood Entertainment Complex in Perth, WA. The conference aims to put on show all the spatial expertise that WA has to offer, with an emphasis on the development of the resource sector. This year, […]
Smartphone app tracks trolleys
By Spatial Source on 31 May, 2011Woolworths has launched a new smartphone app that uses GPS to locate missing trolleys. The app hopes to reduce the $50 million annual cost of trolley collection and replacement. The app works in conjunction with the Trolley Tracker hotline and website, and, as with the other reportage services, all reports go into […]
Open public sector information principles now available
By Spatial Source on 31 May, 2011The Australian Information Commissioner, John McMillan, launched the government's eight principles on open public sector information at the Meta 2011 conference in Canberra last week. The principles were developed by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) through a process of public consultation, and recognise government information as a national resource that […]
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