The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) has released new industry guidelines to help promote the privacy of people using location-based services (LBS) on mobile devices. The association also released a number of tips for consumers that would help them maintain privacy when using the technology, which targets services to users based on their mobile […]

New Zealand’s NorthSouth GIS Group (NSGG) has become one of the first global partners to be selected for 'Gold Tier' status by the Esri Partner Network.   The Esri Partner Network is a global partner program for companies developing and delivering GIS solutions and services based on Esri's enterprise GIS software platform. David Pimblott, executive […]

Wind  consultants Continental Wind Partners (CWP) will be using advanced remote sensing technology to speed up the process of developing wind farms in Australia. CWP has already helped developed Dandaragan Wind Farm near Perth and the Boco Rock Wind Farm in New South Wales. CWP will use Second Wind's Triton Sonic Wind Profiler – an […]

  The Spatial Source industry directory is now live online. The directory features more than 190 suppliers of products and services to the mapping, surveying and geospatial industry.  The directory includes detailed descriptions of hundreds of brands and is searchable by product and service categories across hardware, software, data supply and capture services, consulting and […]

  New Zealand’s navy will no longer carry out underwater mapping work for non-military purposes under new cost-cutting measures. In a major review of military capability, defence chiefs have been told to find up to NZ $400 m worth of savings to redirect into combat capability. The navy had been working with Land Information New […]

  This week in the blogosphere: GIS Lounge charts phase two of the Geospatial revolution. GIS Development says Boeing has launched the last in a series of four SkyMed spacecraft for the Italian COSMO project. Google Maps has a jet-ski glitch. The Map Room tells us how to make a scratch and sniff map. The […]

A trial of Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) technology in New South Wales found 89 per cent of motorists reduced the amount of time they spent speeding when the dashboard device was installed in their vehicle. The ISA devices use GPS technology linked to a map of every road and its speed limit in the region, […]