Peter Kinne accepts the Award for Technical Excellence on behalf of DigitalGlobe. Image provided by SIBA | GITA.
Five Queensland businesses and seven individuals received recognition for their achievements and innovation on Monday night at the Asia-Pacific Spatial Excellence Awards for Queensland, run by SIBA | GITA.
Entrants competed in categories covering spatial innovation, people and community, women in leadership, education development, spatial enablement, spatial export, and technical excellence.
The awards, run by the Spatial Industries Business Association (SIBA|GITA) and the Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI), celebrate the achievements of top spatial information enterprises and individuals.
Innovators with services and products related to surveying, mapping, remote sensing, geographic software, GPS technology, and location intelligence are recognised as part of the awards.
Winners of the 2017 Queensland SIBA | GITA awards in their respective categories are below.
Category: Award for Innovation and Commercialisation
Winner: Queens Wharf Brisbane by Land Solution Australia Pty Ltd
Highly commended: Emlid ReachRS – RTK GNSS for the
masses! by Alistair Hart, Mangoesmapping, Igor Vereninov and Emlid
Special commendation:
Springwood – the start of South East Queensland’s next CBD, by Aerometrex and Logan City Council
Category: Women’s Leadership Award
Winner: Megan Dillon
Category: Education Development Award
Winner: Stuart Phinn
Category: Award for Spatial Enablement
Winner: Laying the Foundations of a 5D Strategy, by Cohga Pty Ltd
Highly commended: Douglas Shire Council Lawn Mowing Tender by Alistair Hart, Mangoesmapping Pty Ltd, Peter Logan and Douglas Shire Council
Category: Award for Environment and Sustainability
Winner: Gully Erosion Monitoring for Reef Health, by Mangoesmapping Pty Ltd
Category: Postgraduate Student of the Year Award
Winner: Rebecca Runting
Category: Undergraduate Student Award
Winner: John Tasker
Category: Undergraduate Student Award
Winner: Scott Archbold
Category: Undergraduate Student Award
Winner: Leigh Tingle
Category: Award for Technical Excellence
Winner: Making of Geoscape by DigitalGlobe and PSMA Australia
Category: Professional of the Year Award
Winner: Kevin McDougall
Category: Young Professional of the Year Award
Winner: Ben Moritz
Category: Young Professional of the Year Award
Winner: Dale Atkinson
Category: Special Achievement Award
Winner: Ken Melchert
Category: Service to the QLD Surveying and Spatial Sciences Community Award
Winner: Peter Swan
