The IGNSS Society announces that the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2011 Australian Challenge will run from April 1 to June 30 2011. The €20,000 grand prize in the 2010 European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) went to the Salzburg start-up Mobilizy for its revolutionary navigation system Wikitude Drive, which uses augmented reality to superimpose driving […]
Australian UAV finds use in real estate
By Spatial Source on 29 March, 2011An Australian-invented remote controlled surveying helicopter is being used in oil and gas exploration, war zones, law enforcement, and… by a Perth real estate agent to sell property in WA. The CyberQuad, invented by 27-year old Joshua Portlock and built by WA company Cyber Technology, is a 4-blade helicopter equipped with a high […]
Mapping through time
By Spatial Source on 29 March, 2011Google Earth is a great program for viewing parts of the world you may never otherwise see, but what about those parts as they existed millions of years ago? A new program developed at Sydney University does just that. The free, open source program, called GPlates1.0, recreates the continents, oceans, and tectonic plates, […]
Social network map of unrest in Libya
By Spatial Source on 29 March, 2011ESRI has released a mashup map of the unrest in Libya that combines information, images, and videos from geo-located posts to Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. The default search terms return good results, but can also be tweaked to find the specific type of information that users are interested in. There is also an […]
China to crack down on illegal mapping
By Spatial Source on 29 March, 2011China’s State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping has launched an operation aiming to crack down on illegal mapping in the nation, according to a statement posted on its official website earlier in the month. Working with an additional 12 governmental bodies, the bureau will enforce the mapping licenses that were made a legal […]
DECCW to get a Fire Information Systems Strategic Plan
By Spatial Source on 29 March, 2011The NSW Government’s Department of Environment, Climate Change & Water has contracted Spatial Vision to carry out a review of its current systems and data requirements, and deliver a Fire Information Systems Strategic Plan (FISSP). To date, Spatial Vision has facilitated a series of structured workshops, with participants from various operational functional streams […]
Aerial surveys underway in three states
By Spatial Source on 29 March, 2011Major aerial surveys began this month that will result in the acquisition of almost two million line kilometres of new onshore and offshore geophysical data. Geoscience Australia will manage the programs on behalf of the Geological Survey of Western Australia, Mineral Resources Tasmania and the Geological Survey of Queensland. In Western Australia, […]
Crowdsourcing Seminar
By Spatial Source on 24 March, 2011As a joint initiative between the Points of Interest Working Group and the Data Group, WALIS has organised a Crowdsourcing Seminar for 6 April. WHEN: 2011-04-06 to 2011-04-06WHERE: ARRC Auditorium, Kensington, Western AustraliaSTATE: WACOUNTRY: AUS As a joint initiative between the Points of Interest Working Group and the Data Group, WALIS has organised a Crowdsourcing […]
WASSIC 2011 Surveying and Spatial Information Conference
By Spatial Source on 22 March, 2011This year SSSI has decided to enhance the annual WASSIC conference to cater for the expanding diversity of membership and to provide an opportunity for sponsors and exhibitors to contribute and benefit from the experience. WHEN: 2011-06-20 to 2011-06-21WHERE: Burswood Convention CentreSTATE: WACOUNTRY: AUS This year SSSI has decided to enhance the annual WASSIC conference […]
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