Infoterra More Map

By Spatial Source on 31 May, 2010

EADS Astrium subsidiary Infoterra has launched More Map, a national mapping content service for Great Britain. The service allows users to map buildings, roads, boundaries and model terrain, vegetation and building height information. There is also a function to magnify imagery, and to add interpretation, intelligence and statistics. The company says it has developed vector […]

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Welcome

By Spatial Source on 31 May, 2010

Welcome to Spatial Source, Australia and New Zealand’s new destination for the latest news from the geospatial world. Spatial Source is the online partner to Position Magazine. Your participation helps us stay relevant and up-to-date. Contact us with your news, rants and raves about the site. And if you haven’t already signed […]

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Leica Zeno GIS series

By Spatial Source on 31 May, 2010

Leica Geosystems Viva systems includes a new series of GNSS/GIS products targeting the data collection market. The revolutionary Leica Zeno GIS offers professionals and newcomers around the globe the most multi-functional and easiest GNSS/GIS solution with superior performance. Leica Zeno GIS provides a one-click automated workflow between the field and office. With the new Leica […]

China Regulates Internet Mapping

By Spatial Source on 31 May, 2010

The State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping of China will release its first round of internet mapping licenses this month. The announcement comes with a warning that by the end of the year any companies that are providing internet mapping services without a license will be prosecuted. It is expected that the new […]

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Blogging May Slow Government 2.0

By Spatial Source on 31 May, 2010

The enthusiastic public response to a government department blog has raised concerns that blogs may require too many resources to maintain and create a drag on Government 2.0. Speaking at last week’s CeBIT conference, Mia Garlick, assistant secretary for the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, said that her department’s blog had […]

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Yahoo Partners with Nokia Maps

By Spatial Source on 31 May, 2010

Nokia and Yahoo are teaming up to provide navigation, mapping, email and instant messaging services on a global basis. Nokia’s Ovi Maps will become the exclusive provider of Yahoo Maps and navigation services and Yahoo will provide Ovi mail and chat services on Nokia handsets as a result of a new partnership. The […]

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New MDA Chief

By Spatial Source on 31 May, 2010

MDA Information Systems has a new CEO for their Geospatial Division. Herb Satterlee, the new chief executive, previously served as president and CEO of Novariant where he oversaw a tripling of revenues in less than three years. He also served as chairman and CEO of DigitalGlobe where his tenure included the launch of QuickBird 2. […]

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Business Intelligence from Location Intelligence Solutions from OMNILINK

By Spatial Source on 28 May, 2010

Location is a unifying theme in business. Location can be an address, a service boundary, a sales territory, or a delivery route. All these things can be visualised and interactively managed and analyzed. Spatial relationships, patterns and trends reveal invaluable business intelligence and bring easy-to-understand visualisation to business applications. Location Intelligence Solutions can be used […]

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Virtual Maps a Criminal Offence

By Spatial Source on 28 May, 2010

Internet-generated maps are being linked to crime in the US state of Louisiana. Lawmakers have just approved a bill, by a vote of 89-0, which adds up to 10 years to a sentence for anyone who uses a “virtual street-level map” during a crime. The bill defines the map as something that is available […]

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Navteq Enters Location-Based Advertising Market

By Spatial Source on 28 May, 2010

Navteq has launched a new location-based mobile advertising service in Australia, which allows advertisers to target products and services to a consumer’s current location. The digital mapmaker has partnered with local company Yapp Mobile to offer its new service, LocationPoint Advertising, via Mocal, one of the most popular downloaded navigation products on Apple’s iTunes store. […]

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