The start of SSSC2011 is only days away and all indications are pointing to a bumper turn-out. For the first time in NZ, exhibitors have an opportunity to showcase their wares during a public open day/expo on Tuesday the 22nd of November. The sponsors have turned out in numbers, and exhibition space sold […]
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International GIS Day, 16 November
GIS Day provides an international forum for users of geographic information systems (GIS) technology to demonstrate real-world applications that are making a difference in our society. More than 80 countries will participate in holding local events such as corporate open houses, hands-on workshops, community expos, school assemblies, and more. As a GIS […]
spatial@gov Exhibition Open Day
The spatial@gov Exhibition Open Day on 15 November will give visitors the opportunity to meet with the spatial industry to talk about how spatial information, services and capabilities can be applied to across government. Register now for your complimentary ticket. The application of spatial (or location-based) information can enhance governments’ ability to deliver the […]
Spatial Industry Charges Upside of Two-Speed Economy
The Australian spatial industry has shown why it’s on the upside of the nation’s two-speed economy, after the Esri user conference, Ozri, drew its largest crowd of GIS professionals in its 25 year history. More than 550 government, commercial and not-for-profit GIS professionals from the Australia, the Asia Pacific and the U.S.A. packed into […]
Queensland Reconstruction Boss Addresses Spatial Conference
The head of Australia’s largest post-disaster reconstruction effort has highlighted the impact that Geographic Information System (GIS) technology has had in leveraging reconstruction efforts since Queensland’s summer of disasters. In a keynote address to Ozri 2011, Australasia’s leading spatial conference, Chair of the Queensland Reconstruction Authority, Major General Dick Wilson said spatial technology […]
GIS Underpins Australian Bushfire Prediction Tool
Cutting-edge spatial technology will be at the core of Australia’s newest bushfire prediction tool, one of the initiative’s key architects has revealed. Still in development, the Bushfire Spread Prediction Tool was presented to a captivated audience at Ozri 2011, the Asia Pacific region’s premier showcase for the latest advances in Geographic Information System […]
New Spatially Enabled Asset Management Solution for NT Utility Provider
Northern Territory utility Power and Water Corporation has provided a demonstration of their new asset management system, at Australasia’s leading spatial conference, Ozri 2011. Underpinned by Geographic Information System (GIS) technology from Esri Australia and business intelligence software from IBM, Power and Water Corporation’s new asset management system will be rolled out in the first half […]
ArcGIS Online On Show
ArcGIS Online, the cloud-based system for creating and sharing maps and geographic information online, was applauded at Ozri 2011 as having the power to bring GIS to the masses. Speaking at the conference last week, Esri Australia Managing Director Brett Bundock said ArcGIS Online would do for GIS what Google has done for […]
3D Forests Show the Way for Sustainable Future
State-of-the-art GIS technology which can create highly detailed 3D maps of entire forests is set to overhaul Australia’s $2.5 billion forestry industry, according to one of the nation’s leading spatial professionals. The technology, from location intelligence specialists Esri Australia, was on display at SilviLaser 2011, an annual showcase of LiDAR, or light detection and ranging, […]
Best of the Blogs 11 October 2011
The Map Room has a fantastic video (it’s almost 11 minutes long, but really worth the time) that details Jerry Gretzinger’s ever-evolving map of a mythical country that he originally started back in the 60s, and hasn’t stopped yet. He uses a deck of cards to randomise what features he adds next, so the […]
