More Accurate Info for Australian Motorists

By Spatial Source on 29 June, 2010

An Australian firm has developed a database of travel times for the Australian road network that will help motorists using GPS devices predict travel times more accurately. Most navigation and route planning applications continue to apply outdated travel time estimations regardless of the time of departure, according to developer Intelematics Australia. So the […]

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Radar Reveals Ancient City

By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2010

An Austrian archaeological team has used radar imaging to uncover the history of a 3,500 year-old city. The images show the extent of the ruins of what was once the capital of Egypt. Egypt was ruled for a century from 1664-1569 BC by the Hyksos, a group of warriors from Asia whose summer capital, Avaris, […]

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The Tube in Real-Time

By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2010

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Mapping Crime In San Francisco

By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2010

Bloggers have created a series of 3D maps that show the crime rate in San Francisco as peaks in the landscape. The smaps help locals to get a picture of the crime rate in their area for a number of offences including narcotics, prostitution, assault, vehicle theft and robbery. The information was taken from […]

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World Cup Flights with a Twist of Culture

By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2010

England’s World Cup endeavours haven’t been a complete washout. In anticipation of the World Cup, the UK’s Royal Geographical Society created a website, called Hidden Journeys to encourage South Africa-bound England fans to learn more about the continents they would be crossing en route. Hidden Journeys allows users to explore the lands below international flights […]

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Mashing in NSW

By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2010

Innovative ideas for using and sharing government information in New South Wales have been recognised with $100,000 in prize money. An application that allows users to overlay Australian demographic information onto a map and a mashup that compares and contrasts Australian suburbs were the joint first place winners in the Apps4NSW mashup competition. Winners of […]

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Online Tops Industry Growth List

By Spatial Source on 28 June, 2010

Online information services and mobile telecommunications are two of the Australian industries pegged for high revenue growth over the next year. IBISWorld has just released its annual list of the top five industries expected to have the highest growth rates during the 2010-2011 financial year. Organic farming heads the list, followed by online information […]

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31st Asian Conference on Remote Sensing

By Spatial Source on 25 June, 2010

Experts from around the world will present technical papers on remote sensing. WHEN: 2010-11-01 to 2010-11-05WHERE: Hanoi, VietnamSTATE: InternationalCOUNTRY: INT The Conference is being organized by the Vietnam Association of Geodesy, Cartography and Remote Sensing (VGCR), and the Institute of Geography, VAST, in conjunction with the Asian Association on Remote Sensing (AARS).

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Trimble Dimensions 2010

By Spatial Source on 23 June, 2010

A gathering place for the growing community of advanced positioning technology users. WHEN: 2010-11-08 to 2010-11-10WHERE: Las Vegas, USASTATE: InternationalCOUNTRY: INT Increase your knowledge base from hundreds of educational sessions that focus on surveying, engineering, construction, mapping, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), geospatial, infrastructure, utilities and mobile resource management solutions. www.trimbledimensions.com

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GSDI12 World Conference: Realising Spatially Enabled Societies

By Spatial Source on 23 June, 2010

This conference will explore the complementary roles of government, private industry and the academic community in realizing better means for sharing geographic data and technologies and developing improved location-based services for meeting real world ne WHEN: 2010-10-19 to 2010-10-22WHERE: SingaporeSTATE: InternationalCOUNTRY: INT This conference will provide the leading opportunity in 2010 to share and discuss […]

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