China has its Eye on the Sky

By Spatial Source on 9 August, 2010

China has announced it will launch its first high resolution, stereoscopic mapping satellite for civilian use in the second half of 2011. The announcement came within two months of the country’s successful launch of a navigation satellite, its fourth orbiter. The mapping satellite is expected to "provide steady and reliable data sources for surveying […]

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Assessing Coastal Vulnerability to Climate Change

By Spatial Source on 9 August, 2010

The results of a project to assess coastal vulnerability in Western Australia and prepare for possible sea level rise have been made available. The models include complete data files of water depths and broad seabed imagery from pseudo-reflectance and a high resolution coastal 3D model of the land and seabed between Two Rocks and […]

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EU and US to Team up on GPS

By Spatial Source on 9 August, 2010

The EU and the US have announced a bilateral agreement regarding the use of their GPS systems. The EU is currently developing its Galileo GPS system, a network of 30 satellites that will give EU countries an independent GPS network from 2014. Currently most GPS devices use the US GNSS system. A working […]

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DigitalGlobe Competition

By Spatial Source on 9 August, 2010

High-resolution imagery company DigitalGlobe is launching a competition to find projects that make the best use of eight band spectral imagery. The firm will grant access to 100km² of free eight band imagery to approved applications which aim to monitor the impact of using this data for land use analysis, environmental and coastal […]

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Hackers have access to Home Addresses

By Spatial Source on 9 August, 2010

Hackers have used geolocation software to find the home address of users who visit the wrong websites, according to a report on the BBC. The software works by identifying network router number by tricking the router into providing it. Presenting at a hacking conference known as “Black Hat”, hacker Samy Kamkar demonstrated how a router’s identification […]

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African Mapping Project Seeks Volunteers

By Spatial Source on 9 August, 2010

A project to map Africa’s conservation areas is looking for volunteers to help map a section of West Africa. The Mapping Africa’s Protected Areas (MAPA) project aims to create and publicise high accuracy maps of major parks and reserves in Africa in order to help preserve the continent’s conservation areas. As part of the […]

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Social Location Still a Niche Market

By Spatial Source on 9 August, 2010

A new report says social location sites such as Foursquare, Loopt, MyTown, and Brighkite have yet to hit the big time. Forrester has found that only four per cent of US adults have ever used these type of online services. Just one per cent of adults actively engage with these services more than once per week […]

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Best of the Blogs 10th August

By Spatial Source on 9 August, 2010

The All Points Blog points to a project where students are using GIS to track past cases of Lyme Disease. Presentations from the 2010 ESRI User Conference are now available online. GIS Lounge tells you where to go for wind GIS data. Google maps mania directs us to the nearest travel guide. Nasa […]

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34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment

By Spatial Source on 9 August, 2010

An excellent high quality Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment WHEN: 2011-04-10 to 2011-04-15WHERE: SydneySTATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS The Symposia series is now guided by the international committee (ICRSE) comprising experts in the field of remote sensing who represent most of the world’s national space agencies.

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34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment

By Spatial Source on 9 August, 2010

The Organizing Committee of the 34th International Symposium for Remote Sensing of the Environment (ISRSE) cordially invites you to visit Sydney and participate in what promises to be an excellent high quality Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment WHEN: 2011-04-10 to 2011-04-15WHERE: SydneySTATE: NSWCOUNTRY: AUS The Symposia series is now guided by the international […]

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