FME 2011 World Tour

By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011

Hone your FME superpowers by participating in the FME 2011 World Tour, a series of free one-day events that will help you smash through spatial barriers and triumph over evil data challenges. WHEN: to WHERE: STATE: StateCOUNTRY: Country Lagen Spatial and Navigate, together with Safe Software, is happy to invite you to the Australia […]

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Crowd sourcing graffiti maps

By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011

A new website is using crowd sourcing to log incidents of graffiti, and forwarding the reports to the appropriate authorities for cleaning up. The site, http://www.vandaltrak.com.au/, asks the community to submit photos of graffiti and to pinpoint the location of the incident on a map. It then uses the location data to determine […]

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New Zealand’s streetscape captured in high definition

By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011

A Wellington firm has just finished filming what it claims is the most comprehensive record ever collected of New Zealand’s roads and highways – including Christchurch as it was before the earthquake. Terralink’s StreetCam – a van fitted with six high-resolution video cameras – has captured every state highway, and major and medium […]

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Online map for diggers

By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011

A new online map launched by the National Archives shows the home towns of World War I diggers and allows people to view individual service records, build tributes, or attach memories to an online scrapbook. The web map, entitled Mapping Our Anzacs, allows researchers or community members to start at an area and […]

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whereNSW Camp to help develop the NSW Location Intelligence Strategy

By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011

The NSW Government is developing a high-level, whole-of-government strategy to plan and manage spatial information, infrastructure and services across NSW. The CS2i Program Office is charged with creating this strategy. The strategy, known as the NSW Location Strategy, will supersede the Common Spatial Information Initiative (CS2i) Action Plan, developed in 2006 by […]

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RapidMap and Partners to hold road show

By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011

RapidMap Group and its GIS/GPS products and services providers are presenting a series of full-day educational sessions in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Aimed at local government, state government and private sector professionals, the sessions will cover government client case studies, discuss emerging technologies and trends in the industry, and highlight successful projects – […]

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Navman now in charge of the Magellan outdoor range in Australia

By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011

Navman Technology has taken over the sales, marketing and distribution of Magellan outdoor GPS products. Navman’s parent company, MiTAC International Corp, bought Magellan in December 2008, but only recently was the decision made to move Magellan’s Australian presence under the control of Navman Technology. Previous to this, Next Destination was Magellan’s Australian […]

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China launches the next satellite in its GNSS

By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011

The eighth satellite in China's Beidou-2 global navigation system was launched on-board a Long March 3A rocket on 10 April 2011, according to the China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology. The Beidou-2 system will compete with the US' Global Positioning System, the European Union's Galileo, and Russia's Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass). […]

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Best of the Blogs 19 April 2011

By Spatial Source on 19 April, 2011

GeoPlace has an interesting article outlining a recent study on the merits of a honeycomb pattern for town planning, including a reduction in the costs of installing infrastructure. Technabob has an interesting piece on a new idea for a GPS device that fits over the top of asthma inhalers, and logs the time […]

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Meta 2011 Conference

By Spatial Source on 18 April, 2011

The Institute of Metadata Management (IMM) will be formally instituted at the 4th Metadata Conference in May this year, themed Business Realities and Implications. WHEN: 2011-05-25 to 2011-05-27WHERE: University House, The Australian National University, Cnr Balmain Cr & Liversidge StSTATE: ACTCOUNTRY: AUS Key themes: Business Intelligence & Analytics – Achieving a joint position and understanding […]

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