SSSI and the Institute of Surveyors NSW will hold a joint event on 13th April to help surveyors and spatial professionals understand: What are mashups? Why should I be creating them? How do I get started?   A mashup is a website or application that combines data or functionality from several sources to create […]

  Open Spatial Australia announced late last week that Singleton Council has chosen its ‘As Constructed’ design certification system to automate the council’s As Built/As Constructed/Work as Executed process.   By accepting submissions digitally now, the council hopes to provide faster turnarounds to developers submitting their ‘Work as Executed’ drawings.   The ‘As Built’ submissions […]

  The South Australian Government has announced that it has entered into an eight-year partnership with Salmat, in order to deliver a new land information system.   The Integrated Land Information System (ILIS), originally developed by the Northern Territory Government Department of Lands and Planning, and recently commercialised for sale by Salmat, is a web-based […]

  Two days after the magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Christchurch, on 24 February 2011 NZ Aerial Mapping Limited flew a Rockwell 690 at 5,500 feet acquiring 10 cm GSD imagery, using its Vexcel UCXp large-format digital camera over the urban area.   This imagery was flown, processed and supplied by NZ Aerial Mapping Ltd at […]