The All Points Blog tells us about some Google Map changes. Geospatial World has more updates in the ongoing spatial privacy war in the USA. Google Geo Developers has a post about five great chrome web store apps and maps. Google Maps Mania reports on social networking with Google Maps. Mibazaar has a tweet […]

"This simulation is based on accurate spatial data produced by AAM but is for demonstration purposes only. AAM accepts no liability" – AAM   Last week AAM  produced this video that simulates a 5.5-metre flood in Brisbane – the level the river was expected to peak at during floods – to help authorities plan their […]

    The Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO) will have its role examined as part of a review of all intelligence agencies commissioned by Julia Gillard. DIGO was established under a Cabinet Directive on 8 November 2000 by amalgamating the Australian Imagery Organisation and Directorate of Strategic Military Geographic Information, and the Defence Topographic […]

  A government taskforce is relying on a “misleading” report by Geoscience Australia to develop mining tax policy, according to a group of earth scientists. The Australian Institute of Geoscientists (AIG) say the Geoscience Australia report paints an overly rosy picture of Australia's mineral resource endowment, and the health of the industry. It has been […]

  Aerodata International Surveys will begin capturing the city of Sydney and suburbs at 10 cm resolution with its VisionMap A3 Super Large Format digital aerial survey camera at the end of January. In a first for Australia, the project will provide detailed imagery both vertically and from a perspective view, thanks to the unique […]

  A team of researchers at the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney have been motoring Japan’s first regional navigation satellite, ’Michibiki’. The satellite is the first of three that will provide Japan – and by proxy, Australia – with more accurate and reliable […]

  The move from in-car navigation devices towards software-based navigation systems on mobile phones and personal devices is happening faster than many realise, according to a recent survey by ABI Research. In 2009, almost 95 per cent of revenues came from established, hardware-based technologies such as factory-fitted navigation and unconnected personal navigation devices. Revenues from […]

  Efforts to protect consumers' privacy on the internet are likely to heavily impact companies that collect, use or distribute geo-location data, according to the Management Association for Professional Photogrammetric Surveyors. A number of initiatives in Washington, including a privacy protection bill, the "Best Practices Act of 2010," are looking to protect data about users, […]