Organisers of the Queensland Spatial Excellence Awards are calling for nominations to recognise excellence in the spatial sciences. The awards acknowledge those at the forefront of the spatial information industry in Queensland and provide an opportunity for spatial information projects and professionals to showcase their achievements. Winners at the Queensland awards are automatically nominated for […]

A new animation provides a frightening glimpse of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. Scientists at the National Centre for Atmospheric Research in the US have created a model, based on ocean currents in the area, which shows the likely path of the oil over a three-month period.   The animation provides a graphic projection […]

The Co-operative Research Centre for Spatial Information (CRCSI) is hosting a series of urban development workshops from 17 to 24 June to help shape the organisation’s research activities. The events, which are open to the public, will focus on spatial tools for urban regeneration in regards to greyfield development.   Greyfields – ageing, declining middle […]

EnergyAustralia has been selected to run the federal government's Smart Grid, Smart Cities project in New South Wales, which is due for completion in 2013.   The utility will be rolled out the $100 million smart grid to five sites in Sydney and the Hunter. The 12,000 smart sensors across EnergyAustralia's electricity network will be […]

An open access project to provide scientific polar data and information has been launched by a consortium of international science and research organisations. The Polar Information Commons is designed to provide a long term, open access framework for polar data. The resource will be managed by the polar science and data community.   The project […]