Pacific Hydro, a global developer and operator of clean energy projects that include solar, geothermal, hydro and wind, has linked their ESRI GISystem with their Microsoft SharePoint document storage, spatially enabling the organisation’s documents. Maja Barnett, GIS Co-ordinator at Pacific Hydro, estimates that over 95% of documents across the organisation have some sort […]
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Best of the Blogs 24/5/2011
Uh oh! It’s not the first time, and it probably won’t be the last, but the Gothamist has pointed us to the tale of a Jersey man trusting his GPS over his gut, and using it to navigate in foggy conditions. This obviously led to disaster, when his car (and family) ended up driving […]
ISDE7 – 7th International Symposium on Digital Earth
ISDE7 will provide an exciting insight into the use of digital technologies in today’s and tomorrow’s world. WHEN: 2011-08-23 to 2011-08-25WHERE: Perth Convention and Exhibition CentreSTATE: WACOUNTRY: AUS ISDE7 – 7th International Symposium on Digital Earth Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 23 – 25 August 2011 The 7th International Symposium on Digital Earth (ISDE7) […]
Ozri 2011
Organised by Esri Australia, Ozri is a user conference for professionals within the spatial industry to come together, collaborate, learn and be inspired. WHEN: 2011-10-12 to 2011-10-14WHERE: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition CentreSTATE: VICCOUNTRY: AUS The countdown has begun: Ozri, one of the largest geospatial events on the Asia Pacific calendar, will be held at the […]

GIS lacking support from C-level executives
Esri Australia has conducted research showing that IT professionals believe state-of-the-art mapping technology had the potential to increase their business success if it were understood better by C-level executives. The research, conducted among 397 Australian businesses, shows 93 per cent of professionals who use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) identify it as being an […]
ISRSE34 is underway
The 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment is happening this week in Sydney. The theme of the symposium is The GEOSS era: towards operational environmental monitoring, and contains five parallel streams: Earth observation supporting disaster management and situational awareness; Briefings from space agencies; GEO forest carbon; Space policies; A panel on climate and […]

Social network map of unrest in Libya
ESRI has released a mashup map of the unrest in Libya that combines information, images, and videos from geo-located posts to Twitter, YouTube and Flickr. The default search terms return good results, but can also be tweaked to find the specific type of information that users are interested in. There is also an […]

GeoRabble roundup
The first-ever GeoRabble event was held last week in Sydney, with around one hundred geo-types crowding into the Occidental Hotel for a casual night of tales, laughter, drinks, and a few talks. Speakers included Stephen Lead from Ajilon, Monique Potts from the ABC, Francisco Urbina from Esri Australia, Chris Broadfoot from Google, Peter […]
Crowdsourcing Seminar
As a joint initiative between the Points of Interest Working Group and the Data Group, WALIS has organised a Crowdsourcing Seminar for 6 April. WHEN: 2011-04-06 to 2011-04-06WHERE: ARRC Auditorium, Kensington, Western AustraliaSTATE: WACOUNTRY: AUS As a joint initiative between the Points of Interest Working Group and the Data Group, WALIS has organised a Crowdsourcing […]

Best of the Blogs 15th March 2011
GIS User tells us of an interactive Japan Trends Map from ESRI, that shows aggregated reports or reports categorized by property damage, hazards, evacuations, power outages, or help/services available. Google Maps Mania has a link to some interactive satellite imagery, contrasting areas before and after the quake. And, in other earthquake news, Mibazaar has put together […]
