Spatial concerns over broadband plan

By Spatial Source on 21 September, 2010

Spatial industry body SSSI is to raise concerns in Canberra that the proposed national broadband rollout will interfere with the cadastral survey. SSSI president Jonathan Saxon told the Victorian Surveying and Spatial Summit 2010 this week that he would be writing a letter to Malcolm Turnbull, recently appointed by Tony Abbott to spearhead opposition […]

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Warning system to go mobile

By Spatial Source on 21 September, 2010

The Australian Federal Government is to fund the upgrade of a national system that will deliver warnings to mobile phones based on the location of the handset. The ‘Emergency Alert’ system currently sends warnings by recorded voice and text message to landlines and mobile phones based on an owner’s billing address rather than the […]

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Australia Post invests in GIS

By Spatial Source on 21 September, 2010

Australia Post has completed an implementation of enterprise GIS across the organisation. The two and a half year project involved streamlining and centralising data, software and technical staff, so that all parts of the 35,000 strong organisation were able to share and use GIS in the same way. Amongst other things Australia Post uses […]

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Spatial body considers legal framework

By Spatial Source on 21 September, 2010

The Victorian Spatial Council is currently considering whether to recommend legislation that would establish a framework for sharing spatial data. The council represents business, government, and academic spatial professionals. It has recently published a development strategy, and is now considering the best way to implement that strategy. Oli Hedberg, chair of the council, said the […]

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Diabetes modelled in Victoria

By Spatial Source on 21 September, 2010

Geospatial analytics have been used to model the spread of heart disease and diabetes across the state of Victoria. Data was collected by a computer-assisted interview done by a social research centre. Five environmental factors were modelled including fruit and vegetable intake, smoking, physical activity, and weight. The medical history of family was also […]

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Melbourne gets innovation award

By Spatial Source on 21 September, 2010

GIS technologies have helped Melbourne become one of the top 20 innovative cities in the world, according to an index by 2thinknow. The city is using GIS technologies to plan and coordinate the delivery of public services as part of the Future Melbourne strategy, which aims to improve the knowledge economy in the city. […]

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Japan launches first GPS satellite

By Spatial Source on 21 September, 2010

The Japanese Space Agency (Jaxa) has launched a rocket carrying the country's first GPS satellite. The H-IIA rocket was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center carrying the satellite named ‘Michibiki’. Currently Japan uses the US GPS network of 30 satellites, but the government hopes the system will be enhanced by the new satellite which […]

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SIBA elects new board

By Spatial Source on 21 September, 2010

The Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA) has elected Glenn Cockerton from Spatial Vision as a new member of its board for 2010. Cockerton is managing director of Spatial Vision and has previously been an industry representative on the Victorian Spatial Council as well as a director of SIBA’s previous incarnation, the Australian Spatial Information […]

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Gi4DM

By Spatial Source on 21 September, 2010

GeoInformation for disaster management WHEN: 2011-05-03 to 2011-05-08WHERE: Antalya, TurkeySTATE: InternationalCOUNTRY: INT The conference will cover user requirements, monitoring and processing, early warning systems, early impact systems, and spatial data infrastructures. www.gi4DM2011.org

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Entire 12d Model Projects, In The Field!

By Spatial Source on 16 September, 2010

12d Field gives Surveyors and Engineers the ability to use the full functionality of 12d®Model™ on small daylight readable tablets and notebooks in the field. Developed With Surveyors & Engineers. Tested On Major Projects. 12d Field has been developed in consultation with leading surveyors and engineers. Site needs have continually been added to the […]

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