Clark Labs has released a DVD archive of monthly global Normalised Difference Vegetation Index and Enhanced Vegetation Index MODIS data. The data was processed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Centre from the Terra sensor, and projected on a 0.05 degree climate modelling grid. The DVD contains more than 3GB of data from the […]
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Infoterra SAFEcommand
Infoterra has released SAFEcommand, a suite of products for public safety and emergency response organisations. They address three key areas: data management, mobile and emergency. According to the manufacturer, benefits include better access to the latest incident information and improved response times. Critical resources can be located accurately and in real time. A central […]
Virtual Brisbane for 3D City Planning
JONATHON POWERS The world of 3D visualisation is rapidly maturing, at least in applications designed for city planning. This is not so much about the model itself. Practical 3D modelling capability has been around for the best part of two decades. Rather, it’s about the interfaces that now exist between GIS and visualisation, and the […]
Mapping the Ocean Floor
JON FAIRALL It’s a truism that the surfaces of Mars and the Moon are better mapped that the surface of the Earth. Three-quarters of our globe is covered by a layer of water several kilometres thick. Mapping through the murk is difficult and expensive. However, the news is not all bad. New technologies are making […]
Laser Scanning for Mine Safety
SIMON ARTHUR and DAVID ELDRIDGE In an effort to enhance mine safety, the management of Beaconsfield gold mine, at Beaconsfield in north eastern Tasmania, has purchased a new laser scanning system. It can rapidly scan the underground workings. What’s more, it is remote-controlled, so the operators are never exposed to danger. Historically, Beaconsfield’s mine surveying […]
Precision Agriculture: A Success Story
DEREK TICKNER Last year, the Grains Research and Development Corporation and CSIRO released the results of a study of six farms that use information technology. The report was entitled, The Economic Benefits of Precision Agriculture: Case Studies From Australian Grain Farms. The project was led by Michael Robertson from CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems in Western Australia. […]
Earthquake Prediction After Sichuan
PAUL GRAD A massive earthquake hit China’s Sichuan Province on 12 May. As aftershocks and landslides threatened further loss of life and property damage, a team from the University of New South Wales joined several other organisations to provide detailed satellite images of the affected area. The earth tremor was of magnitude 8.0 on the […]
Re-Aligning the Cadastre
Bundaberg is located at the southern tip of the Great Barrier Reef in the heart of a rich sugar and horticultural belt. The name is well known – it is the home of the famous Bundaberg Rum. Just four hours drive north from Brisbane, the city is home to 46,000 people. It services 120,000 […]
Cyclone Sidr Devastates Bangladesh
On 15 November 2007, a category 4 cyclone, called Cyclone Sidr, came ashore in Bangladesh. Wind speeds reached 225 km/h; some waves were eight metres high. More than 3200 people died. Bangladesh is a prisoner of its geography. Three rivers, the Brahmaputra, the Ganges and the Meghna, rise in the Himalaya mountains before they converge […]
Electronic Conveyancing: Victoria Takes the First Step
CHRISTINA UELTZEN Stage two of Victoria’s ambitious e-conveyancing system was launched in Melbourne on 16 November. It allows for electronic transactions for financial property settlement, the lodgement of land transfer and mortgage documents, as well as the discharge of mortgage documents with Land Victoria. Far from basking in public approval, however, Victorian officials are […]
