Mapping Earth’s Gravity

By Spatial Source on 1 January, 1970

A new model of the Earth’s gravitational field may help climate change researchers and geophysicists better understand our planet. The detailed model is based on the European Space Agency’s GOCE satellite data. The satellite, which was launched in 2009, flies at a low altitude of 254.9 km. The low orbit makes the satellite more […]

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NCRIS partners work together to build Soils-to-Satellites tool

By Spatial Source on 1 January, 1970

One of the great challenges to increasing the sustainability of land management is the need to integrate many different kinds of data at many different scales. In a step towards addressing this problem, cyber-infrastructure professionals from a number of the Australian Government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) program capabilities, including TERN, have joined forces […]

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Cardno Acquires Australian Underground Services

By Spatial Source on 1 January, 1970

International infrastructure services group Cardno has acquired Australian Underground Services. AUS provides utility detection and mapping services using surface geophysical technologies. Its work also includes non-destructive vacuum excavation and data management services. It has around 30 staff based in Victoria. AUS is expected to contribute revenue of around $5 million to Cardno annually. […]

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