Our competition to win one of two Topcon GRS-1 RTK rover systems was drawn last Friday, at our offices in Glebe. Congratulations go to the winners: Garry Cislowski, Senior Surveyor at the Department of Environment & Resource Management; and Alan Garside, Manager, Spatial Data Services at Land & Property Information. The winners […]
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spatial@gov 2011 overview
The annual spatial@gov conference, the only geospatial event organised in conjunction with the peak organisations in Australia and New Zealand representing the public, private, research and professional sectors of the spatial community, has now finished for another year. Themes for this year included: water security; spatial@defence; government spatial activities in other countries; access […]
Real -Time Humanitarian Imagery
In an effort to support humanitarian relief and human security activities around the world, DigitalGlobe has formed an alliance with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research’s Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT) using FirstLook. UNOSAT aims to use satellite imagery for relief efforts, security, and strategic territorial and development planning within and outside of […]
spatial@gov
Hannover Fairs Australia and the Office of Spatial Policy will stage the third spatial@gov Conference and Exhibition in Canberra from 15 to 17 November 2011. The Conference will explore the increasingly important influence that Geospatial information and technologies have across government activities, enhancing the ability to provide the right services to the right […]
Special spatial@gov offer for SpatialSource subscribers
As a SpatialSource or Position subscriber, you are entitled to a discount of up to $165 off the cost of registration for the spatial@gov conference. spatial@gov is the only geospatial event organised in conjunction with the peak organisations in Australia and New Zealand representing the public, private, research and professional sectors of the […]
Webmap helping plan WA’s future
Western Australia’s most senior decision-makers are using a GIS-based planning mega-map to ready the state for the next four decades. Australian economic and social policy think-tank, the Committee for the Economic Development of Australia (CEDA), partnered with Esri Australia to construct the map exclusively for its ‘Inventing the Future: Shaping WA from 2010 […]
Forests NSW upgrades spatial tools
Forests New South Wales is implementing GPS, mobile internet and GIS technologies to aid timber harvesting in the state. The system will provide contractors and machine operators with real-time maps displaying their location and position relative to exclusion area boundaries. An important benefit from the project is the automated recording of exactly where the harvest […]
McMullen Nolan Mobile Laser Scanning (video)
Mobile Laser Scanning (MLS) combines the power of terrestrial laser scanners with the positioning technology provided by GPS and Inertial Measurement Units (IMU’s). When these components are mounted together and interfaced they produce an extremely powerful measurement tool. As the vehicle moves, the laser rotates rapidly collecting 300,000 points per second, measuring everything to a […]
APSEA awards for organisational excellence in spatial industry
Awards to organisations For awards to individuals please see separate article. Innovation and Commercialisation Award: Services Mapping Using Ground Penetrating RADAR – Whelans InSites This project employed a new method of determining the reliable location of underground assets. It is especially useful where no information – or inaccurate information – exists. Judges stated […]
Melbourne wins spatial honours
Melbourne’s spatially-enabled city management system won top honours in Victoria’s annual Spatial Excellence Awards. The system, known as Compass, combines and integrates location-based information with the latest mapping, aerial and ground-level imagery and geospatial information technology into a single system that can be accessed by council staff and registered users. It is used by […]
