The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) international geospatial standards body is seeking opinions on a Geography Markup Language (GML) XML encoding for describing the characteristics of a moving object, such as a GPS enabled car. The group wants to develop a standard way of describing, in simple terms, the motion of an object, such as a […]

  The UK is looking into deploying a remote sensing system, rather than relying on outside providers. The new space minister, David Willets, has said he will study the feasibility of providing Britain with an independent remote sensing capability according to Aviation Week. The system would probably be based on EADS’ Paradigm’s Skynet 5 satellite […]

  The use of satellite imagery to prosecute those responsible for oil spills has come to the attention of the marine liability industry. North P&I, a UK company providing protection and indemnity insurance to shipowners, is warning their clients that they are now at a higher risk of being investigated for maritime pollution offences, due […]

The New South Wales Government Chief Information Office is asking the public what data it wants opened up in an upcoming refresh of the state's public data catalogue. DataNSW asked for suggestions through a Twitter post last week to over 350 followers. “Catalogue is due for a refresh. Any ideas?” said the post. Interested parties […]

  Lasers will be used as part of a 12-month study of the Mary River near Darwin aimed at providing a better understanding of how rising sea levels will affect the area. Civil engineers from Charles Darwin University are leading the project on behalf of the Territory government to assess the effectiveness of several man-made […]

    The All Points Blog has some updates on how GIS technology is being used in the health sector in the US. Meanwhile the Map Room has a fascinating post about the world’s aquatic dead zones. And Spatial Vision tells us about the grimly inevitable Web 3.0. In the UK, the British Library has […]

The Australian Standard Geographical Classification (ASGC) has launched a new digital product which outlines the official boundaries for a number of different regions. The new product includes boundaries of local government areas, statistical local areas, statistical divisions, statistical subdivisions, states, statistical districts, major statistical regions, statistical regions and statistical region sectors, as of July 2010. […]

A Wisconsin court has given approval for police to monitor a suspect through the use of a GPS. The state’s Supreme Court decision involved the case of a man who was booked for stalking his ex-girlfriend, based on data from a GPS, which was installed on his car without his knowedge. The police used the […]