Civil Geotechnical Consultants says high-risk corridors should be assessed to spot hazards before landslides fall.
Spatial Snippets for Wednesday, 9 September
By jnally on 9 September, 2026This week: A rundown of upcoming surveying and spatial events, plus job geospatial vacancies around the states.
SimActive boosts script processing speed in Correlator3D
By jnally on 8 September, 2026A new interactive mode runs multiple scripts in succession within the same session, reducing total execution time.
UN encourages adoption of the Equal Earth projection
By jnally on 8 September, 2026While not doing away with the Mercator projection, the UN vote aims to raise awareness of continents’ true sizes.
Google Research introduces the Planetary Prediction Engine
By jnally on 7 September, 2026PPE is an experimental capability for automating full geospatial workflows from natural-language queries.
Australian GIS, aerial imaging experts helping Nepal
By jnally on 7 September, 2026The 15-person team includes drone pilots and mapping experts from the Queensland and NSW fire services.
Topcon releases MAGNET Office v2026.0
By jnally on 7 September, 2026Topcon has announced a return to the MAGNET name for Office and Field, and released the latest v2026.0 version.
Launches add to Earth observation satellite fleets
By jnally on 4 September, 2026The satellites will boost environmental monitoring, disaster management and spatial data collection.
Report: National research facilities good value for money
By jnally on 4 September, 2026A new report shows that facilities such as AuScope, AURIN and TERN help deliver $1.5 billion in annual benefit.
Save the date: 2026 A-SPEC National Forum series
By jnally on 4 September, 2026The online forum series will explore the impact of AI on smarter data capture and infrastructure validation.
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Western Australia EISSI Awards 2026
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