Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) combines the power of terrestrial laser scanners with the positioning technology provided by GPS and Inertial Measurement Units (IMU’s). When these components are mounted together and interfaced they produce an extremely powerful measurement tool. As the vehicle moves, the laser rotates rapidly collecting 300,000 points per second, measuring everything to a […]
With heads in the cloud, HP launches printing revolution
By Spatial Source on 19 October, 2010At what it describes as its biggest product launch in ten years, HP has unleashed on an army of Asia Pacific journalists its revolutionary ‘print-through-the-cloud’ web-enabled printers as well as vastly improved professional large-format printers. High productivity high-end printers Of most interest to GIS professionals is the new HP Z6200 large format photo printer. […]
Australian early warning systems reliant on foreign satellites
By Spatial Source on 19 October, 2010Australia is heavily reliant on space-based international systems for early warnings of impending natural disasters, according to evidence given to a UN committee last week. The committee is examining the importance of international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space. David Windsor, acting deputy permanent representative to the UN, said Australia was reliant […]
‘Gliders’ to probe ocean depths
By Spatial Source on 19 October, 2010Australian scientists are preparing to use data from a $22m array of high-tech equipment to help them probe deeper into the nation’s coastal oceans. The technology is part of a vastly improved set of tools provided by the Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) to study the open ocean. Floats that ‘sense’ breaks in […]
Queensland town to be modelled in community event
By Spatial Source on 19 October, 2010The Queensland town of Bell will be mapped using a number of different techniques as part of a new project by the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute’s Queensland Young Professionals Committee (SSSIQ YPs). The MapMyTown scheme aims to use as many available spatial and surveying technologies and methods as possible to build spatial resources and […]
Auckland leads way on NZ spatial city plans
By Spatial Source on 19 October, 2010New Zealand needs to develop holistic spatial plans for its cities to improve planning and infrastructure development, according to a new government report. The discussion document 'Building competitive cities – reform of the urban and infrastructure planning system', points out that poorly managed economic growth can have a wide-range of negative impacts on the […]
New Zealand to look at underwater fault lines
By Spatial Source on 19 October, 2010Scientists in New Zealand are using new techniques to interpret the history of undersea earthquakes occurring on major fault lines around New Zealand. The researchers are using acoustic soundings to analyse the history of undersea fault’s activity. Investigation of faults on land and what they reveal about their earthquake history is an established discipline, […]
Cahill goes to Cody
By Spatial Source on 19 October, 2010The Cody Corporation of Adelaide, South Australia has recently appointed Geoffrey Cahill to the role of national sales manager to be based out of Sydney. Cahill’s efforts will focus on the newly released products from Ashtech and Nikon but will also include the many other brands represented by Cody in Australia. This will […]
Indonesia atlas under spotlight
By Spatial Source on 19 October, 2010The International Cartographic Association will discuss The National Atlas of Indonesia this week with a focus on the national, regional, city and school atlases of the country. Indonesia’s first national atlas was launched last year and took two years and Rp 2bn (AUD$160,000) to develop. The atlas contains theme-specific maps, illustrations, photographs and satellite […]
Best of the Blogs 19th October
By Spatial Source on 19 October, 2010Strange Maps has an interesting post on the usefulness of Australian land. GIS User reports on OpenTreeMap. You guessed it, it’s OpenStreetMap for trees. Google Geo Developers has some very cool styled maps. Urban Tick puts the modern city under the microscope.
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