Spatial information was a key part in the development of the Murray-Darling Basin plan, the first stage of which was released late llast week. The plan aims to restore flows to rivers in the Murray-Darling Basin by setting limits on water use across the basin. The Murray-Darling Basin covers more than 1 million square kilometres, […]

Europe’s rival to the US GPS network, known as Galileo, is late, over budget, and will not be profitable for years, according to reports in the German press. The 32-satellite system was expected to deliver geographical positioning data accurate to one metre by 2018, with the first satellites being launched next year. The European Commission […]

    Spatial Vision announces its new four wheel drive series: GIS Lounge has some tips on a career in GIS: Mapperz has some info on a Video version of Street View: The Map Room links rural schools and rural poverty in the US. And Urban Tick has a post on ecological urbanism.

Awards to organisations For awards to individuals please see separate article.   Innovation and Commercialisation Award: Services Mapping Using Ground Penetrating RADAR – Whelans InSites   This project employed a new method of determining the reliable location of underground assets. It is especially useful where no information – or inaccurate information – exists. Judges stated […]

The seventh annual Asia Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards, held at the gala dinner during spatial@gov 2010 conference in Canberra, celebrated the pinnacle of success for the spatial industry.   The awards are hosted jointly by the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute and the Spatial Industries Business Association. These awards continue to provide an opportunity for […]

The capability of spatial data is so relevant for the public and private sectors a federal minister has pleaded its case, giving the technologies a push into horizontal markets and the mainstream. Opening spatial@gov forum on Wednesday, the Honourable Martin Ferguson, Federal Minister for Resources and Energy and Tourism, assured a business and government audience […]

 The Office for Spatial Data Management (OSDM) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).   OSDM is currently working to unite the standards work being done by organisations across Australia, such as Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO), Cooperative Research Centre Spatial Information (CRCSI), Public Sector Mapping Agencies (PSMA) Australia […]