Port Stephens Council is most of the way through preparing a new vegetation map of its local government area.
Spatial Snippets for Wednesday, 5 November 2026
By jnally on 5 November, 2025This week: Free GIS training, World GIS Day, job vacancies, and compensation over the sinking of NZ’s survey ship.
NISAR’s science phase to begin this month
By jnally on 5 November, 2025Early images have revealed the dual-band, NASA-ISRO synthetic aperture radar satellite’s imaging strengths.
Flood mapping now covers 60% of US population
By jnally on 3 November, 2025NOAA’s Flood Inundation Mapping tool provides near-real-time, street-level visualisations of flood waters.
ICA releases the Atlas of Sustainability
By jnally on 3 November, 2025The Atlas provides insightful snapshots of the current state of play of the Sustainable Development Goals.
AI model maps carbon emissions from buildings
By jnally on 3 November, 2025The open-source model has mapped emissions from buildings in cities such as Melbourne, using open public data.
Save the date for LOCATE, November 2026!
By jnally on 31 October, 2025The news that the LOCATE conference will go ahead next year has been greeted with relief across the industry.
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