The Australian Information Commissioner, John McMillan, launched the government's eight principles on open public sector information at the Meta 2011 conference in Canberra last week. The principles were developed by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) through a process of public consultation, and recognise government information as a national resource that […]
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RapidMap and Partners to hold road show
RapidMap Group and its GIS/GPS products and services providers are presenting a series of full-day educational sessions in Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane. Aimed at local government, state government and private sector professionals, the sessions will cover government client case studies, discuss emerging technologies and trends in the industry, and highlight successful projects – […]
Singleton Council automates its development process
Open Spatial Australia announced late last week that Singleton Council has chosen its ‘As Constructed’ design certification system to automate the council’s As Built/As Constructed/Work as Executed process. By accepting submissions digitally now, the council hopes to provide faster turnarounds to developers submitting their ‘Work as Executed’ drawings. The ‘As Built’ submissions […]
Esri becomes NAVTEQ reseller
NAVTEQ, the global provider of maps, traffic and location data enabling navigation, location-based services and mobile advertising around the world, has announced at the spatial@gov conference in Canberra that it has completed an Enterprise Reseller Agreement with the Esri Australia group, providers of location intelligence solutions with more than 33 years of experience. With […]
Melbourne gets innovation award
GIS technologies have helped Melbourne become one of the top 20 innovative cities in the world, according to an index by 2thinknow. The city is using GIS technologies to plan and coordinate the delivery of public services as part of the Future Melbourne strategy, which aims to improve the knowledge economy in the city. […]
Integrating CAD and GIS
PETER KINNE The concept is familiar: take data from one environment to another without losing integrity, information or intelligence. However, the integration of CAD and GIS environments continues to be an issue, especially for local government and agencies where information from designers needs to be placed in its true geographic context. CAD design […]
Victorian 2026 EISSI Awards recipients announced
Individuals and organisations have been honoured with awards across 14 different industry categories.
NSW’s SEED platform celebrates 10 years, wins award
Used by more than 74,000 people each month, SEED has become an essential environmental data platform.
Environment Agency mapping tool for reducing flood risk
The Stakeholder and Beneficiary Mapping Tool brings trusted data together in one platform for public sector users.
Spatial Snippets for Friday, 9 October
It’s all geospatial job vacancies this week, from spatial analysts to surveyors, town planners to scientists.
